V Maizes, D Rakel, C Niemiec - Explore, 2009 - Elsevier
Integrative medicine has emerged as a potential solution to the American healthcare crisis. It provides care that is patient centered, healing oriented, emphasizes the therapeutic …
K Claxton, S Martin, M Soares, N Rice… - Health Technology …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Cost-effectiveness analysis involves the comparison of the incremental cost- effectiveness ratio of a new technology, which is more costly than existing alternatives, with …
The US health care system is in crisis. At stake are the quality of care for millions of Americans and the financial well-being of individuals and employers squeezed by …
Background An important medical concern of the Iraq war is the potential long-term effect of mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, particularly from blast explosions. However, the …
R Chou, A Qaseem, DK Owens, P Shekelle… - Annals of internal …, 2011 - acpjournals.org
This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a supplement. Diagnostic imaging is indicated for patients with low back pain only if they have …
Background Patient satisfaction is a widely used health care quality metric. However, the relationship between patient satisfaction and health care utilization, expenditures, and …
M Feng, JI McSparron, DT Kien, DJ Stone… - Intensive care …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose While the use of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in the ICU is rapidly expanding, the contribution of TTE to altering patient outcomes among ICU patients with …
Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To systematically search for critically appraise and summarize studies that (1) evaluated the association between degenerative magnetic …
B Starfield - The British Journal of General Practice, 2001 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
THERE is no longer any doubt of the importance of pri-mary care as the key to an effective and efficient health service. Primary care, defined in terms of the achievement of its four …