Quality of Care
Translating Evidence into Medical Practice Quality of Care 15 David J. Ballard, Briget da Graca, and David Nicewander HEALTH SCENARIO Mrs. E., a 69-year-old, Spanish-only-speaking Hispanic woman with a history…
Translating Evidence into Medical Practice Quality of Care 15 David J. Ballard, Briget da Graca, and David Nicewander HEALTH SCENARIO Mrs. E., a 69-year-old, Spanish-only-speaking Hispanic woman with a history…
Figure 14-1. Flow chart showing inclusion/exclusion of studies in the off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) meta-analysis.*Sensitivity analyses that included the studies excluded because they were limited…
Figure 16-1. County-level risk-standardized 30-day heart failure readmission rates (%) in Medicare patients by performance quintile for July 2009 to June 2012. (Data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;…
Figure 17-1. National immunization survey of teens, United States, 2006 to 2013. ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; HPV, human papillomavirus; MenACYW, meningococcal conjugate; Tdap, tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid,…
Collecting Evidence for Medical Practice Clinical Trials 7 Valerie L. Durkalski-Mauldin and Kathleen T. Brady HEALTH SCENARIO Stroke is a potentially debilitating medical event that affects approximately 800,000 people in…
Figure 9-1. Illustration of the design of a case-control study. Shaded areas represent exposed persons, and unshaded areas represent unexposed persons. The general design of a case-control study shown in…
Figure 5-1. Linear relationship between job grade and mortality. CHD, congestive heart disease. (Reproduced with permission from Marmot MG, Rose G, Shipley M, Hamilton PJ. Employment grade and coronary heart…
Figure 13-1. Flow diagram of article screening process for Joint National Committee 8 review of pharmacologic therapy of hypertension at specific blood pressure levels to improve outcomes. (Data from James…
Summarizing Evidence for Medical Practice Comparative Effectiveness 11 Annie N. Simpson and Kit N. Simpson HEALTH SCENARIO Dr. Block was just told by his nurse that Mr. Green had been…
• Answer the same key question(s) of interest • Provide appropriate and timely information • Offer feasible and reasonable approaches to answering the key question(s), solving a similar problem, or meeting specific needs…