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Predicting high-risk cholesterol levels
(International Statistical Institute, 1994)
The pattern of longitudinal changes in cholesterol levels has important implications for screening policies and for understanding the role of cholesterol as a risk factor for coronary heart disease. We explored a variety ...
Can technology assessment control health spending?
(Project Hope, 1994)
Because medical technology is the most important controllable component of health spending growth, the success of strategies for limiting spending growth depends upon their impact on technology dissemination. Technology ...
Practice guidelines and cholesterol policy
(Project HOPE, 1991)
A multivariate analysis of mortality and hospital admission rates of high-flux dialysis
(American Society of Nephrology, 1992)
The use of high-flux dialysis in clinical practice increased rapidly despite an absence of reports on the clinical effectiveness of the technique. Mortality and hospital admission rates of patients treated with high-flux ...
A discrete-time model of the acquisition of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitalized patients
(International Biometric Society, 1989)
Antibiotic use is thought to promote bacterial antibiotic resistance by selectively inhibiting the growth of sensitive strains. This study investigates the relation between antibiotic use and the propagation of ...
A computer program for statistically-based decision analysis
(American Medical Informatics Association, 1990)
The majority of patients with coronary artery disease do not fall into the well defined populations from randomized clinical trials. Observational databases contain a rich source of information that could be used by ...
Costs and benefits of prenatal screening for cystic fibrosis
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1991)
Costs and health consequences of cholesterol screening for asymptomatic older Americans
(American Medical Association, 1991)
To predict the consequences of cholesterol screening among elderly Americans who do not have symptoms of heart disease, we explore the cost implications of a cholesterol screening program, evaluate evidence linking ...
Workshop J: prevention strategies, economic realities, and identification of prevention research needs
(Elsevier - Academic Press, 1994)
Problems with the report of the expert panel on blood cholesterol levels in children and adolescents
(American Medical Association, 1995)
An Expert Panel convened by the National Cholesterol Education Program has recommended selective screening and treatment of children for high blood cholesterol levels, based on family history of cardiovascular disease or ...