Articles of Interest

March 12, 2004

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These articles appeared in recently released journals and newsletters. They include articles funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or authored by AHRQ researchers; articles mentioning or discussing AHRQ; articles related to AHRQ-funded Evidence-based Practice Centers; articles mentioning the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force/Put Prevention into Practice; articles mentioning the Presidents Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry and Agency-supported activities relating to the Quality Interagency Task Force; and other research using AHRQ data.

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AHRQ-Funded/Authored Articles

Academic Radiology
Zou KH, Fielding JR, Ondategui-Parra S. What is evidence-based medicine? Acad Radiol 2004 Feb; 11(2):127-33. [Supported by Grant No. R03 HS13234-01.]

Blackmore CC. Critically assessing the radiology literature. Acad Radiol 2004 Feb; 11(2):134-40. [Supported by Grant No. K08 HS11291.]

Zou KH, Warfield SK, Bharatha A, et al. Statistical validation of image segmentation quality based on a spatial overlap index. Acad Radiol 2004 Feb; 11(2):178-89. [Supported by Grant No. R01 HS13234-01.]

Rosen MP, Jarvik JG, Swan JS. Expect the unexpected: thoughts, insights and musing about research in radiology. Acad Radiol 2004 Feb; 11(2):206-12. [Supported by Grant No. HS09499.]

American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Adegoke OJ, Blair A, Ou Shu X, et al. Agreement of job-exposure matrix (JEM) assessed exposure and self-reported exposure among adult leukemia patients and controls in Shanghai. Am J Ind Med 2004 Mar; 45(3):281-8. [Supported by Grant No. R24 HS116401-01 RISP.]

American Journal of Managed Care
Liang SY, Phillips KA, Tye S, et al. Does patient cost sharing matter? Its impact on recommended versus controversial cancer screening services. Am J Manag Care 2004 Feb; 10(2):99-107. [Supported by Grant Nos. P01 HS10771 and P01 HS10856; uses AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data.]

Piette JD, Richardson C, Valenstein M. Addressing the needs of patients with multiple chronic illnesses: the case of diabetes and depression. Am J Manag Care 2004 Feb; 10(2):152-62. [Supported by AHRQ grant, no number given.]

American Journal of Medicine
Walter LC, de Garmo P, Covinsky KE. Association of older age and female sex with inadequate sigmoidoscopy. Am J Med 2004 Feb 1; 116(3):174-8. [Supported by Grant No. K02 HS00006.]

American Journal of Nursing
Hughes RG, Rogers AE. Are you tired? Sleep deprivation compromises nurses' health—and jeopardizes patients. Am J Nurs 2004 Mar; 104(3):36-8. [First author is researcher in AHRQ's Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships (CP3) and coordinator of the journal's column, First, Do No Harm, in which this article appears.]

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Groessl EJ, Kaplan RM, Barrett-Connor E, et al. Body mass index and quality of well-being in a community of older adults. Am J Prev Med 2004 Feb; 26(2):126-9. [Supported by Grant No. R01 HS09170.]

Annals of Internal Medicine
Iezzoni LI, O'Day BL, Killeen M, et al. Communicating about health care: observations from persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Ann Intern Med 2004 Mar 2; 140(5):356-62.[Supported by Grant No. R01 HS10223-03.]

Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Raji MA, Kuo Y, Salazar JA, et al. Ethnic differences in antihypertensive medication use in the elderly. Ann Pharmacother 2004 Feb; 38(2):209-14. [Supported by Grant No. R24 HS011618.]

Archives of Internal Medicine
Baker DW, Einstadter D, Husak SS, et al. Trends in postdischarge mortality and readmissions. Arch Intern Med 2004 Mar 8; 164(5):538-44. [Supported by Grant No. R01 HS09969.]

Arthritis and Rheumatism
Fitzgerald JD, Orav EJ, Lee TH, et al. Patient quality of life during the 12 months following joint replacement surgery. Arthritis Rheum 2004 Feb 15; 51(1):100-9. [Supported by Grant No. R01 HS06573.]

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention
Hawley ST, Vernon SW, Levin B, et al. Prevalence of colorectal cancer screening in a large medical organization. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004 Feb; 13(2):314-9. [Supported by Grant No. K02 HS00007-03.]

Cellular and molecular biology
Levine R, Husaini B, Emerson J, et al. Using a nursing protocol to assure equitable delivery of cancer-related prevention services. Cell Mol Biol 2003 Dec; 49(8):1229-32. [Supported by Grant No. U18 HS11131.]

Child Maltreatment
Trokel M, DiScala C, Terrin NC, et al. Blunt abdominal injury in the young pediatric patient: child abuse and patient outcomes. Child Maltreat 2004 Feb; 9(1):111-7. [Supported by Grant No. T32 HS00060-09.]

Clinical Infectious Diseases
Lautenbach E, Strom BL, Nachamkin I, et al. Longitudinal trends in fluoroquinolone resistance among enterobacteriaceae isolates from inpatients and outpatients, 1989-2000: differences in the emergence and epidemiology of resistance across organisms. Clin Infect Dis 2004 Mar 1; 38(5):655-62. [Supported by Grant No. U18 HS10399.]

Diabetes Care
El-Kebbi IM, Ziemer DC, Cook CB, et al. Utility of casual postprandial glucose levels in type 2 diabetes management. Diabetes Care 2004 Feb; 27(2):335-39. [Supported by Grant No. R01 HS09722.]

Egede LE. Diabetes, major depression, and functional disability among U.S. adults. Diabetes Care 2004 Feb; 27(2):421-28. [Supported by Grant No. K08 HS11418.]

Diabetes Educator
Barnes CS, Ziemer DC, Miller CD, et al. Little time for diabetes management in the primary care setting. Diabetes Educ 2004 Jan-Feb; 30(1):126-35. [Supported by Grant No. R01 HS-07922.]

Disease-a-Month: DM
Redlener I, Markenson D. Disaster and terrorism preparedness: what pediatricians need to know. Dis Mon 2004 Jan; 50(1):6-40. [Supported by Grant No. R13 HS13855.]

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Gould CV, Fishman NO, Nachamkin I, et al. Chloramphenicol resistance in vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia: impact of prior fluoroquinolone use? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2004 Feb; 25(2):138-45. [Supported in part by Grant No. U18 HS10399.]

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
Lautenbach E, Gould CV, LaRosa LA, et al. Emergence of resistance to chloramphenicol among vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) bloodstream isolates. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2004 Feb; 23(2):200-3. [Supported by Grant No. U18 HS10399.]

JAMA
Pantell RH, Newman TB, Bernzweig J, et al. Management and outcomes of care of fever in early infancy. JAMA 2004 Mar 10; 291(10):1203-12. [Supported by Grant No. R01 HS06485.]

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics
Wyrwich KW. Minimal important difference thresholds and the standard error of measurement: is there a connection? J Biopharm Stat 2004 Feb; 14(1):97-110. [Supported by Grant No. K02 HS11635.]

Lyles RH, Lin H, Williamson JM. Design and analytic considerations for single-armed studies with misclassification of a repeated binary outcome. J Biopharm Stat 2004 Feb; 14(1):229-47. [Supported by Grant No. R03 HS11452.]

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Wolraich ML, Lambert EW, Bickman L, et al. Assessing the impact of parent and teacher agreement on diagnosing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. J Dev Behav Pediatr 2004 Feb; 25(1):41-7. [Supported by Grant No. HS/MH 0905 (attributed to National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)).]

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Miranda J, Cooper LA. Disparities in care for depression among primary care patients. J Gen Intern Med 2004 Feb; 19(2):120-6. [Supported by Grant Nos. R01 HS08349 and P01 HS19758.]

Siegel S, Moy E, Burstin H. Assessing the Nations progress toward elimination of disparities in health care: the National Healthcare Disparities Report. J Gen Intern Med 2004 Feb; 19(2):195-200. [First and third authors are members of CP3; second author is a member of AHRQ's Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS).]

Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
Carder PC, Hernandez M. Consumer Discourse in Assisted Living. J Gerontol Soc Sci 2004 Mar; 59B(2):S58-S67. [Supported by Grant No. R03 HS09886.]

Journal of National Black Nurses Association
Dutta AP, Dutta AP, Bwayo S, et al. Complementary and alternative medicine instruction in nursing curricula. J Natl Black Nurses Assoc 2003 Dec; 14(2):30-33. [Supported by Grant No. R24 HS11673.]

Journal of Nursing Administration
Potter P, Boxerman S, Wolf L, et al. Mapping the nursing process: a new approach for understanding the work of nursing. J Nurs Adm 2004 Feb; 34(2):101-9. [Supported by Grant No. R01 HS11983-01.]

Journal of Trauma
Glance LG, Dick A, Osler TM, et al. Judging trauma center quality: does it depend on the choice of outcomes? J Trauma 2004 Jan; 56(1):165-72. [Supported by Grant No. K08 HS11295.]

Holbrook TL, Hoyt DB. The impact of major trauma: quality-of-life outcomes are worse in women than in men, independent of mechanism and injury severity. J Trauma 2004 Feb; 56(2):284-90. [Supported by Grant No. R01 Hs07611.]

Medical Care Research and Review
Hoff T, Jameson L, Hannan E, et al. A review of the literature examining linkages between organizational factors, medical errors, and patient safety. Med Care Res Rev 2004 Mar; 61(1):3-37. [Supported by Grant No. 1 U18 HS11880.]

Movement Disorders
Cheng EM, Siderowf A, Swarztrauber K, et al. Development of quality of care indicators for Parkinsons disease. Mov Disord 2004 Feb; 19(2):136-50. [Supported by Grant No. K08 HS000004.]

New England Journal of Medicine
Bliss SJ, Flanders SA, Saint S. Clinical problem-solving. A pain in the neck. N Engl J Med 2004 Mar 4; 350(10):1037-42. [Supported by Grant No. P20 HS11540.]

Nursing Outlook
Vahey DC, Swan BA, Lang NM, et al. Measuring and improving health care quality: nursings contribution to the state of science. Nurs Outlook 2004 Jan-Feb; 52(1):6-10. [Supported by Grant No. R13 HS12058; presented at conference dedicated to former AHRQ Director John Eisenberg.]

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Guise J, Berlin M, McDonagh M, et al. Safety of vaginal birth after cesarean: a systematic review. Obstet Gynecol 2004 Mar; 103(3):420-9. [Supported by Grant No. 1 K08 HS11338-01 and Contract No. 290-97-0018.]

Caughey AB, Washington AE, Gildengorin V, et al. Assessment of demand for prenatal diagnostic testing using willingness to pay. Obstet Gynecol 2004 Mar; 103(3):539-45. [Supported by Grant No. U01 HS07373.]

Patient Education and Counseling
Tran A, Haidet P, Street R, et al. Empowering communication: a community-based intervention for patients. Patient Educ Couns 2004 Jan; 52(1):113-21. [Supported by Grant No. P01 HS10876.]

Pharmacoeconomics
Keren R, Pati S, Feudtner C. The generation gap: differences between children and adults pertinent to economic evaluations of health interventions. Pharmacoeconomics 2004; 22(2):71-81. [Supported by Grant No. K08 HS00002.]

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) Risk Assessment Workshop. Risk assessment of drugs, biologics and therapeutic devices: present and future issues. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2003 Dec; 12(8):653-62. [Supported by Grant No. R13 HS12084.]

Wang PS, Benner JS, Glynn RJ, et al. How well do patients report noncompliance with antihypertensive medications?: a comparison of self-report versus filled prescriptions. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2004 Jan; 13(1):11-19. [Supported by Grant No. T32 HS00020-15.]

Research on Aging
Peek CW, Koropeckyj-Cox T, Zsembik BA, et al. Race comparisons of the household dynamics of older adults. Res Aging 2004 Mar; 26(2):179-201. [Supported by Grant No. HS 00086.]

Telemedicine Journal and e-Health
McIntosh WA, Alston LT, Booher JR, et al. Time spent with patients and charges to patients for specialty consultations using telemedicine. Telemed J E Health 2003 Winter; 9(4):345-50. [Supported by Grant No. R01 HS08247.]

AHRQ-Related Articles

American Journal of Managed Care
Walker DR, Stern PM, Landis DL. Examining healthcare disparities in a disease management population. Am J Mang Care 2004 Feb; 10(2 Pt 1):81-88. [Cites AHRQ-authored article Fiscella, et al. (Fourth author is AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy), JAMA,2000.]

Blue Sheet
Health disparities. Blue Sheet 2004 Mar 1; 47(9):20. [Mentions comments made by AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy regarding the National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR).]

Clinical research public/private partnership would help bottlenecks group. Blue Sheet Mar 8; 47(10):15. [Discusses the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Clinical Research Roundtables proposal for a new type of research body dubbed the National Clinical Research Enterprise (NCRE) which would ideally include AHRQ.]

BNAs Health Care Policy Report
HHS issues original version of report that highlighted disparities in health care. BNAs Health Care Policy Rep 2004 Mar 1; 12(9):275-6. [Discusses the release of the original version of the NHDR.]

Rx drugs least insured medical service covered by private plans, PhRMA finds. BNAs Health Care Policy Rep 2004 Mar 8; 12(10):328. [Summarizes a report by the Pharmaceutical Research , and manufacturers of America (PhRMA), which uses data from MEPS; mentions a recent AHRQ report based on 1999 MEPS data.]

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Geldmacher DS. Differential diagnosis of dementia syndromes. Clin Geriatr Med 2004 Feb; 20(1):27-43. [Cites AHRQ guideline, Early Identification of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias, 1996.]

Crooks EA, Geldmacher DS. Interdisciplinary approaches to Alzheimers disease management. Clin Geriatr Med 2004 Feb; 20(1):121-39. [Cites AHRQ guideline, Early Identification of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias, 1996; uses the guidelines recommendations for Functional Activities Questionnaire.]

EBRI Notes
Jaffe J. Evidenced based medicine: putting research into practice. EBRI Notes 2004 Feb; 25(2):8-12. [Cites AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy.]

Health Grants and Contracts Weekly
Practice-based research networks (AHRQ/NIH). Health Grants and Contracts Weekly 2004 Mar 9; 27(10):5. [Describes AHRQ-funded project with NIH.]

Health services research dissertation support (AHRQ). Health Grants and Contracts Weekly 2004 Mar 9; 27(10):5. [Describes AHRQ-funded dissertation research.]

JAMA
Bruce ML, Ten Harve TR, Reynolds CF, et al. Reducing suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms in depressed older primary care patients. JAMA 2004 Mar 3; 291(9):1081-91. [Cites AHRQ clinical practice guideline, Depression in Primary Care, 2: Treatment of Major Depression, 1993.]

Wong GY, Schroeder DR, Carns PE, et al. Effect of neurolytic celiac plexus block on pain relief, quality of life, and survival in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. JAMA 2004 Mar 3; 291(9):1092-9. [Cites AHRQ guideline, Management of Cancer Pain, 1994.]

Vastag B. Disparities act. JAMA 2004 Mar 10; 291(10):1190. [Cites release of original NHDR.]

Newacheck PW, Park MJ, Brindis CD, et al. Trends in private and public health insurance for adolescents. JAMA 2004 Mar 10; 291(10):1231-7. [Cites AHRQ-authored articles Bartman et al. (Second author, Ernest Moy, is a researcher in CQuIPS), J Health Care Poor Underserved, 1997 and Selden et al. (Authors are researchers in AHRQ's Center for Financing Access and Cost Trends (CFACT)), Health Affairs, 1998; cites AHRQ report, The ABCs of Childrens Health Care: How the Medicaid Expansions Affected Access, Burdens and Coverage Between 1977 and 1996, 2003.]

Roberts KB. Young, febrile infants: a 30-year odyssey ends where it started. JAMA 2004 Mar 10; 291(10):1261-2. [Comments on AHRQ-funded article by Pantell et al., cited in AHRQ-Funded/Authored Articles.]

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety
Reiling JG, Knutzen BL, Wallen TK, et al. Enhancing the traditional hospital design process: a focus on patient safety. Jt Comm J Qual Saf 2004 Mar; 30(3):115-24. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Zhan and Miller (authors are current and former researchers in CQuIPS respectively), JAMA, 2003.]

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Troyer JL, Thompson HG. The impact of litigation on nursing home quality. J Health Polit Policy Law 2004 Feb; 29(1):11-42. [Cites AHRQ-authored articles Cohen JW and Spector (authors are researchers in CFACT and AHRQ's Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets (CDOM) respectively), J Health Econ, 1996, Spector et al., Health Econ, 1998, and Studdert et al. (third author is Helen Burstin), Med Care, 2000.]

Blewett LA, Good MB, Call KT, et al. Monitoring the uninsured: a state policy perspective. J Health Polit Policy Law 2004 Feb; 29(1):107-45. [Describes purpose and utilization of MEPS-Household component.]

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Johnson RL, Saha S, Arbelaez JJ, et al. Racial and ethnic differences in patient perceptions of bias and cultural competence in health care. J Gen Intern Med 2004 Feb; 19(2):101-10. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Schulman et al., N Engl J Med, 1999; cites AHRQ-authored article by Brach and Fraser (authors are researchers in CDOM), Med Care Res Rev, 2000.]

Peek ME and Han JH. Disparities in screening mammography. J Gen Intern Med 2004 Feb;19(2):184-94. [Cites AHRQ-funded article by Schulman et al., N Engl J Med,1999.]

Shugarman LR, Campbell DE, Bird CE, et al. Differences in Medicare expenditures during the last 3 years of life. J Gen Intern Med 2004 Feb; 19(2):127-34. [Cites AHRQ-authored articles, Fiscella et al. (fourth author is AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy), JAMA, 2000 and Weinick et al. (first author is a researcher in AHRQ's Office of Performance Assessment Resources and Technology (OPART), second and third authors, Zuvekas and Cohen JW, are researchers in CFACT), Med Care Res Rev, 2000; cites AHRQ-funded article by Schulman et al., N Engl J Med, 1999.]

Bigby J, Perez-Stable EJ. The challenges of understanding and eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health. J Gen Intern Med 2004 Feb; 19(2):201-3. [Cites the NHDR as referred to in the IOM report, Guidance for the National Healthcare disparities Report, 2002; cites AHRQ-funded report, Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Medical care: a Synthesis of the Literature, 2000.]

Medical Care Research and Review
Chen L, Shea DG. The economies of scale for nursing home care. Med Care Res Rev 2004 Mar; 61(1):38-63. [Cites MEPS report, Nursing Homes Structure and Selected Characteristics, 1996.]

Grabowski DC. Nursing homes with persistent high and low quality. Med Care Res Rev 2004 Mar; 61(1):89-115. [Cites AHRQ-authored articles, Cohen JW and Spector, J Health Econ, 1996 and Spector and Takada, J Aging Health, 1991.]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)/Put Prevention into Practice-Related Articles

American Family Physician
Fink K, Clark B. Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus. Am Fam Physician 2004 Mar 1; 69(5):1187-8. [First author is the USPSTF program director and a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Outcomes and Evidence (COE); gives case study questions based on USPSTF recommendations, Screening for Gestational Diabetes, 2003, as posted on AHRQ Web site; cites summary of USPSTF recommendations, Brody et al., Obstet Gynecol, 2003; cites evidence review Screening for Gestational Diabetes, 2003.]

American Journal of Health Promotion
Ruthman JL, Ferrans CE. Efficacy of a video for teaching patients about prostate cancer screening and treatment. Am J Health Promot 2004 Mar-Apr; 18(4):292-5. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on prostate cancer; cites AHRQ-funded article by Flood et al., J Gen Intern Med, 1996.]

American Journal of Nursing
Berg AO, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: recommendations and rationale. Am J Nurs 2004 Mar; 104(3):83-92. [Summarizes Task Force recommendations on screening for type-2 diabetes.]

Seley JJ. Commentary on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. Am J Nurs 2004 Mar; 104(3):93-4. [Comments on previous citation summarizing Task Force recommendations on screening for type 2 diabetes.]

Annals of Internal Medicine
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for family and intimate partner violence: recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2004 Mar 2; 140(5):382-6. [Summarizes Task Force recommendations on screening for family and intimate partner violence.]

Lachs MS. Screening for family violence: what's an evidence-based doctor to do? Ann Intern Med 2004 Mar 2; 140(5):399-400. [Comments on previous citation summarizing Task Force recommendations on screening for family and intimate partner violence.]

Nelson HD, Nygren P, McInerney Y, et al. Screening women and elderly adults for family and intimate partner violence: a review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med 2004 Mar 2; 149(5):387-96. [Reviews evidence for Task Force recommendations on screening for family and intimate partner violence.]

Journal Watch
Screening and treatment for thyroid disease: insufficient evidence. Journal Watch 2004 Mar 1; 24(5):41. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening and treatment for thyroid disease as published in Ann Intern Med, 2004.]

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Benard VB, Eheman CR, Lawson HW, et al. Cervical screening in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, 1995-2001. Obstet Gynecol 2004 Mar; 103(3):564-71. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for cervical cancer, 2003.]

Report on Medical Guidelines and Outcomes Research
Panel rejects certain heart disease tests for asymptomatic patients. Rep Med Guidel Outcomes Res 2004 Mar 5; 15(5):3. [Comments on Task Force recommendations on screening for coronary heart disease.]

Evidence-based Practice Centers-Related Articles

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hashima JN, Eden KB, Osterweil P, et al. Predicting vaginal birth after cesarean delivery: a review of prognostic factors and screening tools. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2004 Feb; 190(2):547-55. [Supported by Contract No. 290-97-0018, Task Order No. 9, to the Oregon Health and Sciences University Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) and by Grant No. 1 K02 HS111338-01.]

JAMA
Burton AW, Rajagopal A, Cleeland CS, et al. Management of cancer pain. JAMA 2004 Mar 3; 291(9):1067-8. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment summary, Management of Cancer Pain, 2001.]

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
Ebell MH, Siwek J, Weiss BD, et al. Strength of recommendation taxonomy (SORT): a patient-centered approach to grading evidence in the medical literature. J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 Jan-Feb; 17(1):59-67. [Cites AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Systems to rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence, 2002.]

Research by Others Using AHRQ Data or Products

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Weech-Maldonado R, Elliott MN, Morales LS, et al. J Gen Intern Med 2004 Feb; 19(2):136-45. [Uses Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study (CAHPS) data; cites AHRQ-authored article by Brach and Fraser, Med Care Res Rev, 2000.]

Current as of March 2004