Context: Little is known about the types and outcomes of testing process errors that occur in
primary care. Objective: To describe types, predictors and outcomes of testing errors …

PURPOSE We investigated 3 approaches for implementing the Chronic Care Model to
improve diabetes care:(1) practice facilitation over 6 months using a reflective adaptive …

OBJECTIVES. After-hours call centers have been shown to provide appropriate triage with
high levels of parental and provider satisfaction. However, few data are available on the …

Objectives To quantify physician-reported preventive counseling and screening during well-
child visits (WCVs) and to examine racial and ethnic disparities in these activities. Design …

PURPOSE Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) has increased tremendously during the
past decade. Recent changes in the DTCA environment may have affected its impact on …

PURPOSE Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
Despite tests that can detect and enable removal of precancerous polyps, effectively …

Background and objective: Latino children have lower rates of injury visits to emergency
departments (EDs) than non-Latino white and African American children. This study tests the …

PURPOSE An increasing number of Americans are putting their health at risk from being
overweight. We undertook a study to compare patient-level outcomes of 2 methods of …

INTRODUCTION: This study was designed to determine if physicians' attitudes and
recommendations surrounding implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are regionally …

Latino children have lower visit rates to emergency departments and primary care
physicians than white children in the USA. Using a nationally representative household …