Issue 10/2008
Content (35 Articles)
Older Patients Perceptions of “Unnecessary” Tests and Referrals
M. Brooke Herndon, Lisa M. Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, Denise Anthony, Patricia Gallagher, Floyd J. Fowler, Elliott Fisher
Identification of Limited English Proficient Patients in Clinical Care
Leah S. Karliner, Anna M. Napoles-Springer, Dean Schillinger, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable
The Demographic Assessment for Health Literacy (DAHL): A New Tool for Estimating Associations between Health Literacy and Outcomes in National Surveys
Amresh D. Hanchate, Arlene S. Ash, Julie A. Gazmararian, Michael S. Wolf, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow
Contents of General Practitioner-Patient Consultations in the Treatment of Depression
Michael Linden, Tatjana Christof, Christiane Rentzsch
Depression and Diabetes: A Potentially Lethal Combination
Wayne Katon, Ming-Yu Fan, Jürgen Unützer, Jennifer Taylor, Harold Pincus, Michael Schoenbaum
The Closure of a Medical Practice Forces Older Patients to Make Difficult Decisions: A Qualitative Study of a Natural Experiment
Mary Anne J. Nidiry, Aysegul Gozu, Joseph A. Carrese, Scott M. Wright
Physician Burnout and Patient-Physician Communication During Primary Care Encounters
Neda Ratanawongsa, Debra Roter, Mary Catherine Beach, Shivonne L. Laird, Susan M. Larson, Kathryn A. Carson, Lisa A. Cooper
Patient Reported Receipt of Medication Instructions for Warfarin is Associated with Reduced Risk of Serious Bleeding Events
Joshua P. Metlay, Sean Hennessy, A. Russell Localio, Xiaoyan Han, Wei Yang, Abigail Cohen, Charles E. Leonard, Kevin Haynes, Stephen E. Kimmel, Harold I. Feldman, Brian L. Strom
The Impact of Consumer-Directed Health Plans and Patient Socioeconomic Status on Physician Recommendations for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Craig Evan Pollack, Giridhar Mallya, Daniel Polsky
Using the Experiences of Bereaved Caregivers to Inform Patient- and Caregiver-centered Advance Care Planning
Terri R. Fried, John R. O’Leary
Changes in Medical Students’ Attitudes Towards End-of-Life Decisions Across Different Years of Medical Training
Pascale C. Gruber, Charles D. Gomersall, Gavin M. Joynt, Anna Lee, Pui Yin Grace Tang, Adelina Shuan Young, Nga Yui Florrie Yu, Oi Ting Yu
How Do Community Practitioners Decide Whether to Prescribe Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections?
Robert S. Wigton, Carol A. Darr, Kitty K. Corbett, Devin R. Nickol, Ralph Gonzales
Comfort of General Internists and General Pediatricians in Providing Care for Young Adults with Chronic Illnesses of Childhood
Megumi J. Okumura, Michele Heisler, Matthew M. Davis, Michael D. Cabana, Sonya Demonner, Eve A. Kerr
Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Disease-related Conditions in Patients with and without Mental Disorders
Amy M. Kilbourne, Deborah Welsh, John F. McCarthy, Edward P. Post, Frederic C. Blow
Socioeconomic Position and Cardiovascular Disease in Adults with and Without Diabetes: United States Trends, 1997–2005
Rosemary Dray-Spira, Tiffany L. Gary, Frederick L. Brancati
Content of Weblogs Written by Health Professionals
Tara Lagu, Elinore J. Kaufman, David A. Asch, Katrina Armstrong
Patient Opinions Regarding ‘Pay for Performance for Patients’
Judith A. Long, Marie Helweg-Larsen, Kevin G. Volpp
Characteristics of Yoga Users: Results of a National Survey
Gurjeet S. Birdee, Anna T. Legedza, Robert B. Saper, Suzanne M. Bertisch, David M. Eisenberg, Russell S. Phillips
Patient Assessments of the Most Important Medical Decision During a Hospitalization
Thomas V. Perneger, Agathe Charvet-Bérard, Arnaud Perrier
Physician Effects on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Patients’ Experiences of Primary Care
Hector P. Rodriguez, Ted von Glahn, David E. Grembowski, William H. Rogers, Dana Gelb Safran
The Impact of the Medicare Part D Prescription Benefit on Generic Drug Use
James X. Zhang, Wesley Yin, Shawn X. Sun, G. Caleb Alexander
Perceived Discrimination in Health Care and Use of Preventive Health Services
Leslie R. M. Hausmann, Kwonho Jeong, James E. Bost, Said A. Ibrahim
Appointment Adherence and Disparities in Outcomes Among Patients with Diabetes
Joel M. Schectman, John B. Schorling, John D. Voss
A Clinical Decision Rule to Aid Ordering of Serum and Urine Protein Electrophoresis for Case-Finding of Paraproteins in Hospitalized Inpatients
Ammarin Thakkinstian, Huy Tran, Glenn Reeves, Stuart Murch, John Attia
Hospital Case Volume and Clinical Outcomes for Peptic Ulcer Treatment
Horng-Yuan Lou, Herng-Ching Lin, Kuan-Yang Chen
Providers’ Perceptions of Relationships and Professional Roles when Caring for Patients who Leave the Hospital Against Medical Advice
Donna M. Windish, Neda Ratanawongsa
Affective Forecasting: An Unrecognized Challenge in Making Serious Health Decisions
Jodi Halpern, Robert M. Arnold
Large Apical Thrombus in a Patient with Persistent Heart Failure and Hypereosinophilia: Löffler Endocarditis
A. Altug Cincin, Beste Ozben, M. Azra Tanrikulu, Ozdil Baskan, Mehmet Agirbasli
Beyond Gatekeeping: Enlisting Patients as Agents for Quality and Cost-Containment
Richard L. Kravitz
Medicare Beneficiaries and Free Prescription Drug Samples: A National Survey
Daniella A. Zipkin
Medicare Beneficiaries and Free Prescription Drug Samples: A National Survey
Jennifer Tjia, Becky A. Briesacher, Stephen B. Soumerai, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Jerry H. Gurwitz
Brief Report: Coronary Heart Disease Events Associated with Hormone Therapy in Younger and Older Women
Shelley R. Salpeter, Judith M. E. Walsh, Elizabeth Greyber, Edwin E. Salpeter