Browsing Department of Health Services Faculty Papers by Issue Date
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Changes in the use of coronary artery revascularization procedures in the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Hospital Discharge Survey, and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 1991-1999
(2003)Background: There have been dramatic increases in the number of coronary artery bypass surgeries (CABS) and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) performed during the last decade. Whether this finding is true for ... -
Changes in characteristics of veterans using the VHA health care system between 1996 and 1999
(2005)Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides a health care safety net to veterans. This study examined changes in characteristics of veterans using the VHA health care system ... -
Comparison of amplification enzymes for Hepatitis C Virus quasispecies analysis
(2005)Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) circulates as quasispecies (QS), whose evolution is associated with pathogenesis. Previous studies have suggested that the use of thermostable polymerases without proofreading function ... -
Readability of pediatric health materials for preventive dental care
(2006)Background: This study examined the content and general readability of pediatric oral health education materials for parents of young children. Methods: Twenty-seven pediatric oral health pamphlets or brochures from ... -
Randomized pilot study to disseminate caries-control services in dentist offices
(2006)Background: To determine whether education and financial incentives increased dentists' delivery of fluoride varnish and sealants to at risk children covered by capitation dental insurance in Washington state (U.S.). Methods: ... -
Reducing Oral Health Disparities: A Focus on Social and Cultural Determinants
(2006)Oral health is essential to the general health and well-being of individuals and the population. Yet significant oral health disparities persist in the U.S. population because of a web of influences that include complex ... -
Protocol of the COSMIN study: COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments
(2006)Background: Choosing an adequate measurement instrument depends on the proposed use of the instrument, the concept to be measured, the measurement properties (e.g. internal consistency, reproducibility, content and construct ... -
Managed care and patient ratings of the quality of specialty care among patients with pain or depressive symptoms
(2007)Background: Managed care efforts to regulate access to specialists and reduce costs may lower quality of care. Few studies have examined whether managed care is associated with patient perceptions of the quality of care ... -
A simulation study comparing aberration detection algorithms for syndromic surveillance
(2007)Background: The usefulness of syndromic surveillance for early outbreak detection depends in part on effective statistical aberration detection. However, few published studies have compared different detection algorithms ... -
Cause of death in Washington state veterans hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes in the veterans health administration
(2008)Background: In the United States, relatively little is known about cause of death in individuals who die prior to or after hospital discharge for acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The purpose of this report was to compare ...