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| Eugene OddoneSummaryAffiliation: Duke University Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Perceived racial/ethnic bias in healthcare in Durham County, North Carolina: a comparison of community and national samplesJoelle Y Friedman
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA
N C Med J 66:267-75. 2005..We sought to compare findings of a national survey of perceptions of racial/ethnic discrimination in healthcare to those of a community survey, with emphasis on the perceptions of Latinos...- To what extent should quality of care decisions be based on health outcomes data? Application to carotid endarterectomyGregory Samsa
Department of Biostatistics, Center for Clinical Health Policy, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Stroke 33:2944-9. 2002..We assessed the extent to which this holds true for carotid endarterectomy... - Healthcare access and utilization by patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: does gender matter?Tamara L Box
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:391-7. 2003..To examine access to and utilization of primary healthcare services with respect to gender. Greater family and child-rearing responsibilities are possible barriers to healthcare access and utilization for women with HIV infection... - Intentional and unintentional nonadherence to antihypertensive medicationKathryn P Lowry
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Ann Pharmacother 39:1198-203. 2005..Furthermore, different interventions may be necessary to improve adherence in unintentionally and intentionally nonadherent patients... - Sydenham Society: racial variations in carotid endarterectomyEugene Oddone
Center for Health Services Research, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 60:208-11. 2007 - Is specialty care associated with improved survival of patients with congestive heart failure?Olafur S Indridason
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Am Heart J 145:300-9. 2003..We wanted to examine the association between pattern of outpatient care and survival of patients with CHF... - Improving blood pressure control by tailored feedback to patients and cliniciansHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Am Heart J 149:795-803. 2005 
How well do clinic-based blood pressure measurements agree with the mercury standard?Jennifer W Kim
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:647-9. 2005..Clinical trials implement strict protocols, whereas clinical practices and studies that assess quality of care utilize a less rigorous protocol for BP measurement...
Telephone-based self-management of osteoarthritis: A randomized trialKelli D Allen
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Ann Intern Med 153:570-9. 2010..Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of pain and disability, and self-management behaviors for osteoarthritis are underutilized...- A model of psychosocial and cultural antecedents of blood pressure controlHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27705, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 94:236-48. 2002..These interventions will require the involvement of clinicians and consideration of sociocultural factors to be successful... - Cascade iatrogenesis: factors leading to the development of adverse events in hospitalized older adultsDeirdre K Thornlow
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University School of Nursing, 307 Trent Dr, Durham, NC 27710, United States
Int J Nurs Stud 46:1528-35. 2009..We believe that this model will help guide research in this area and enable clinicians to identify systemic failures and develop targeted interventions to prevent their occurrence... - Implementing a disease management intervention for depression in primary care: a random work sampling studyLinda H Harpole
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 25:238-45. 2003..This information will be helpful to those who may wish to implement this disease management strategy... - Feasibility of blood pressure telemonitoring in patients with poor blood pressure controlFelicia McCant
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Duke University, Durham, NC 27703, USA
J Telemed Telecare 15:281-5. 2009..47%, P = 0.002) than those generating 2 or fewer alerts. Despite the potential for improving health care using home BP telemonitoring, certain patients will require more support to use the equipment successfully... - Medication barriers and anti-hypertensive medication adherence: the moderating role of locus of controlTantina B Hong
Center for Health Sciences Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medial Center, North Carolina 27705, USA
Psychol Health Med 11:20-8. 2006..Future efforts to improve medication adherence should consider the patient's perceived level of medication barriers in conjunction with their locus of control... - Veterans Affairs Research and Development: using science to improve health care for veteransEugene Z Oddone
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
N C Med J 69:35-7. 2008..Furthermore, because these findings overlap with the general population, VA Research & Development programs can be applicable on a much broader scale... - Genes and Environmental Exposures in Veterans with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: the GENEVA study. Rationale, study design and demographic characteristicsSilke Schmidt
Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Neuroepidemiology 30:191-204. 2008.... - Quality of pharmacotherapy and outcomes for older veterans discharged from the emergency departmentS Nicole Hastings
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:875-80. 2008..To determine whether suboptimal pharmacotherapy increases the risk of adverse outcomes in older adults discharged from the emergency department (ED)... - The Self-Management of OsteoArthritis in Veterans (SeMOA) Study: design and methodologyKelli D Allen
Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705P, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 29:596-607. 2008..There is a need to implement effective self-management programs among the growing number of adults with OA... - A multidimensional integrative medicine intervention to improve cardiovascular riskDavid Edelman
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:728-34. 2006..Our objective was to determine whether personalized health planning (PHP), an intervention based on the theories and principles underlying integrative medicine, reduces 10-year risk of coronary heart disease (CHD)... - Does participatory decision making improve hypertension self-care behaviors and outcomes?Alex H Cho
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Vetterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9:330-6. 2007..No relationship between PDM score and blood pressure control was observed... - Take Control of Your Blood Pressure (TCYB) study: a multifactorial tailored behavioral and educational intervention for achieving blood pressure controlHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, United States
Patient Educ Couns 70:338-47. 2008..Evaluating a randomized controlled trial involving a tailored behavioral intervention conducted to improve blood pressure control... - Adverse health outcomes after discharge from the emergency department--incidence and risk factors in a veteran populationS Nicole Hastings
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1527-31. 2007..An Emergency Department (ED) visit represents a time of significant risk for an older adult; however, little is known about adverse outcomes after an ED visit in the VA system... - The impact of health status on physicians' intentions to offer cancer screening to older womenMitchell T Heflin
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, 2511 Blue Zone Duke South, Durham, NC 27710, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:844-50. 2006..Screening for breast and cervical cancer reduces disease-specific mortality, but high rates of comorbidity and disability among elderly persons may alter the risks and benefits of screening... - The quality of pharmacotherapy in older veterans discharged from the emergency department or urgent care clinicS Nicole Hastings
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1339-48. 2007.... - Characteristics associated with participation in DNA banking: The National Registry of Veterans with ALSLisa DiMartino
Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, VAMC, Durham NC 27705, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 28:572-82. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine characteristics associated with participation in a DNA bank among veterans diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)... - Strategies for analyzing multilevel cluster-randomized studies with binary outcomes collected at varying intervals of timeMaren K Olsen
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC, USA
Stat Med 27:6055-71. 2008..When analyzing data from this type of design, we recommend using either adaptive quadrature or Bayesian methods to fit a multilevel generalized linear mixed model including all available measurements... - Literacy and blood pressure--do healthcare systems influence this relationship? A cross-sectional studyBenjamin J Powers
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham NC, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 8:219. 2008..We sought to determine the association between literacy and blood pressure in primary care patients with hypertension and to determine if this relationship was consistent across distinct systems of healthcare delivery... - Patient self-management support: novel strategies in hypertension and heart diseaseHayden B Bosworth
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27701, USA
Cardiol Clin 28:655-63. 2010.... - Economic analysis of a tailored behavioral intervention to improve blood pressure control for primary care patientsSantanu K Datta
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am Heart J 160:257-63. 2010..We report on the economic analysis of a nurse-administered intervention designed to improve blood pressure control among hypertensive veterans... - Obesity and receipt of clinical preventive services in veteransWilliam S Yancy
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1827-35. 2010..This may be due to the VA health service coverage and performance directives, a more homogeneous patient demographic profile, and/or unmeasured factors related to service receipt... - Association of ALS with head injury, cigarette smoking and APOE genotypesSilke Schmidt
Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, 595 LaSalle Street, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA
J Neurol Sci 291:22-9. 2010..Since head injury and cigarette smoking are two previously implicated environmental risk factors that are more common in military than civilian study populations, we tested their association with ALS in a US veteran study population... - A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet vs orlistat plus a low-fat diet for weight lossWilliam S Yancy
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:136-45. 2010..Two potent weight loss therapies, a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet (LCKD) and orlistat therapy combined with a low-fat diet (O + LFD), are available to the public but, to our knowledge, have never been compared... - Economic evaluation of home blood pressure monitoring with or without telephonic behavioral self-management in patients with hypertensionShelby D Reed
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Am J Hypertens 23:142-8. 2010..The combined intervention led to a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure compared with usual care alone. We examined direct and patient time costs associated with each intervention... - Informal and formal care infrastructure and perceived need for caregiver training for frail US veterans referred to home and community-based servicesCourtney Harold Van Houtven
Center of Excellence in Health Services Research and Development in Primary Care, Veterans Administration, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Chronic Illn 6:57-66. 2010.... - Factors associated with survival in the National Registry of Veterans with ALSDaniel M Pastula
School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Amyotroph Lateral Scler 10:332-8. 2009..This finding could be due to a common exposure, a shared characteristic, an unmeasured confounder, or an enrollment bias. More research will be needed to understand the reasons behind this new finding... - Two self-management interventions to improve hypertension control: a randomized trialHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Center for Aging and Human Development, Duke Hypertension Center, and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27703, USA
Ann Intern Med 151:687-95. 2009..Fewer than 40% of persons with hypertension in the United States have adequate blood pressure (BP) control... - Training physicians for careers in clinical research: a tailored educational experienceWilliam E Wilkinson
Clinical Research Training Program, Durham, NC, USA
Nat Biotechnol 20:99-100. 2002 - The Cholesterol, Hypertension, and Glucose Education (CHANGE) study for African Americans with diabetes: study design and methodologyBenjamin J Powers
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am Heart J 158:342-8. 2009..The increased CVD risk in African Americans is due in large part to the clustering of multiple CVD risk factors... - The effect of a hypertension self-management intervention on diabetes and cholesterol controlBenjamin J Powers
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am J Med 122:639-46. 2009..We evaluated the effect of a tailored hypertension self-management intervention on the unintended targets of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)... - Comparison of medicine resident diabetes care between Veterans Affairs and academic health care systemsBenjamin J Powers
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:950-5. 2009.... - Correlation between symptoms and function in older adults with comorbidityHeather E Whitson
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:676-82. 2009.... - Patient education and provider decision support to control blood pressure in primary care: a cluster randomized trialHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, NC 27705, USA
Am Heart J 157:450-6. 2009..Less than one third of the 65 million Americans with hypertension have adequate blood pressure (BP) control. This study examined the effectiveness of 2 interventions for improving patient BP control... - Study protocol: Couples Partnering for Lipid Enhancing Strategies (CouPLES) - a randomized, controlled trialCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Trials 10:10. 2009.... - Frequency and predictors of adverse health outcomes in older Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the emergency departmentS Nicole Hastings
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Med Care 46:771-7. 2008..The goal of this study was to determine the frequency and predictors of adverse outcomes among older adults discharged from the ED... - Racial differences in health concernCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:36-42. 2006..Interventions to inform blacks and Latinos about their health risks must strike a balance between creating enough health concern to encourage health behavior but not so much that it interferes with health-promoting behaviors... - Utility of hemoglobin A1c in predicting diabetes riskDavid Edelman
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:1175-80. 2004.... - The National Registry of Veterans with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) #500aEdward J Kasarkis
VA Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40502 2236, USA
Amyotroph Lateral Scler Other Motor Neuron Disord 5:129-32. 2004..The Registry will also function as a means of communication with the enrolled patients about basic and clinical ALS-specific research. Executive and scientific research committees guide the activity of the registry... - Racial/ethnic variations in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use among patients with osteoarthritisKelli L Dominick
Health Services Research and Development Service, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 13:683-94. 2004..While there are documented racial differences in the use of opioid analgesics, little is known about racial differences in the use of NSAIDs... - Enrollment in clinical trials according to patients race: experience from the VA Cooperative Studies Program (1975-2000)Eugene Z Oddone
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Control Clin Trials 25:378-87. 2004..This report summarizes the experience of the VA Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) in enrolling white, black and Hispanic patients... - Patient risk perceptions for carotid endarterectomy: which patients are strongly averse to surgery?Hayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27705, USA
J Vasc Surg 40:86-91. 2004..Patient risk perception for surgery may be central to their willingness to undergo surgery. This study examined potential factors associated with patient aversion of surgery... - Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use among patients with GI bleedingKelli L Dominick
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center VAMC, Durham, NC 27705 3897, USA
Ann Pharmacother 38:1159-64. 2004.... - An economic analysis of a store and forward teledermatology consult systemJohn D Whited
Institute for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research, VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Telemed J E Health 9:351-60. 2003..Teledermatology was cost-effective for decreasing the time required for patients to reach a point of initial definitive care. Cost-effectiveness ratios ranged from $0.12-0.17 (U.S.) per patient per day of time to initial intervention... - Clinical identifiers of complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremiaVance G Fowler
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:2066-72. 2003..This investigation sought to define readily available clinical characteristics that could help identify patients at risk for complicated SAB... - Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after median sternotomy: clinical utility of blood culture results in the identification of postoperative mediastinitisVance G Fowler
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Circulation 108:73-8. 2003..Mediastinitis is a complication of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) that can be difficult to diagnose. This study evaluated the utility of blood culture results in identifying patients with mediastinitis... - Quality of care for patients diagnosed with diabetes at screeningDavid Edelman
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, North Carolina 27705, USA
Diabetes Care 26:367-71. 2003..We wished to determine the process and quality of diabetes care for patients diagnosed with diabetes by systematic screening... - Carotid endarterectomy and race: do clinical indications and patient preferences account for differences?Eugene Z Oddone
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
Stroke 33:2936-43. 2002..The purpose of this work was to determine the importance of clinical indications and patient preferences in predicting the use of carotid angiography and CE in a racially stratified sample of patients... - Teledermatology's impact on time to intervention among referrals to a dermatology consult serviceJohn D Whited
Institute for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research, VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Telemed J E Health 8:313-21. 2002..Teledermatology consult systems can result in significantly shorter times to initial definitive intervention for patients compared to traditional consult modalities, and, in some cases, the need for a clinic-based visit can be avoided... - Impact of diabetes screening on quality of lifeDavid Edelman
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
Diabetes Care 25:1022-6. 2002..We sought to determine the effects of a new diagnosis of diabetes, discovered by systematic screening, on patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) 1 year after diagnosis... - Racial variations in postoperative outcomes of carotid endarterectomy: evidence from the Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramRonnie D Horner
VA Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Stroke QUERI Program, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Med Care 40:I35-43. 2002..It is unclear whether worse surgical outcomes are influencing clinical decision-making regarding use of the operation among minority group patients... - Patient and clinician satisfaction with a store-and-forward teledermatology consult systemJohn D Whited
Institute for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research, VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 17705, USA
Telemed J E Health 10:422-31. 2004..Our study showed a high level of satisfaction among all users of a store-and-forward teledermatology consult system, and, in some cases, our survey results could be validated with observed clinical outcomes... - Variations in coronary procedure utilization depending on body mass indexWilliam S Yancy
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:1381-7. 2005..The relationship between BMI and utilization of diagnostic or therapeutic procedures for coronary heart disease has not been examined... - Racial differences in blood pressure control: potential explanatory factorsHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am J Med 119:70.e9-15. 2006..We explored antihypertensive medication adherence and other factors that may explain racial differences in blood pressure control... - Who trusts healthcare institutions? Results from a community-based sampleCorrine I Voils
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27705, USA
Ethn Dis 15:97-103. 2005..The goal of this research was to examine racial differences in trust in various healthcare institutions... - Nurse administered telephone intervention for blood pressure control: a patient-tailored multifactorial interventionHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Patient Educ Couns 57:5-14. 2005..A randomized controlled trial involving a nurse administered patient-tailored intervention is being conducted to improve blood pressure (BP) control... - Subjective and objective evaluations of health among middle-aged and older veterans with hypertensionTantina B Hong
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Building 16, Room 70, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Aging Health 17:592-608. 2005..The congruence between self-rated health and objective health was examined for associations with health factors related to hypertension (health behaviors, medication barriers, and perceived blood-pressure control)... - Hypertension Intervention Nurse Telemedicine Study (HINTS): testing a multifactorial tailored behavioral/educational and a medication management intervention for blood pressure controlHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am Heart J 153:918-24. 2007..Only 31% of Americans with hypertension have their blood pressure (BP) under effective control. We describe a study that tests 3 different interventions in a randomized controlled trial using home BP telemedicine monitoring... - Impacting late life depression: integrating a depression intervention into primary careSabine M Oishi
Center for Health Services Research, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, 10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024 7082, USA
Psychiatr Q 74:75-89. 2003..Basic elements of the IMPACT model seem to support integration of late life depression care into primary care. Research-related components may need modification for dissemination... - Improving depression outcomes in older adults with comorbid medical illnessLinda H Harpole
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27709, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 27:4-12. 2005..Depression is common in older adults and often coexists with multiple chronic diseases, which may complicate its diagnosis and treatment... - Perceived discrimination and reported delay of pharmacy prescriptions and medical testsCourtney Harold Van Houtven
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:578-83. 2005..Access to health care varies according to a person's race and ethnicity. Delaying treatment is one measure of access with important health consequences... - The effect of comorbid illness on receipt of cancer screening by older peopleMitchell T Heflin
Center for Health Services Research and Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1651-8. 2002..To identify associations between the type and number of diagnoses and receipt of screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer by older people... - The Take Control of Your Blood pressure (TCYB) study: study design and methodologyHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham NC 27703, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 28:33-47. 2007..Despite the damaging impact of hypertension and the availability of evidence-based target values for blood pressure, interventions to improve blood pressure control have had limited success... - Screening for diabetes in an outpatient clinic populationDavid Edelman
Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:23-8. 2002..While the prevalence of unrecognized diabetes in community populations is well known, the prevalence in clinical populations is unknown... - Perceived and actual stroke risk among men with hypertensionBenjamin J Powers
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 10:287-94. 2008..4% vs 69.6%; P<.0001). The lack of correlation between hypertensive patients' perceived stroke risk and FSR supports the need for better patient education on the risks associated with hypertension... - For the patient. Who trusts healthcare institutions? Results from a community-based sampleCorrine I Voils
Ethn Dis 15:150. 2005 - Clinician awareness of adherence to hypertension guidelinesMichael A Steinman
Division of Geriatrics, San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco 94121, USA
Am J Med 117:747-54. 2004..We compared clinicians' beliefs about their adherence to hypertension guidelines with data on their actual performance... - Racial differences in blood pressure control: potential explanatory factorsHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, Durham, NC, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:692-8. 2008..The objective of the study was to identify potential explanatory factors for racial differences in blood pressure (BP) control... - The veterans' study to improve the control of hypertension (V-STITCH): design and methodologyHayden B Bosworth
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham NC, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 26:155-68. 2005..Despite the damaging impact of hypertension and the availability of evidence-based target values for BP, interventions to improve BP control have had limited success... - Contribution of the Veterans Health Administration in understanding racial disparities in access and utilization of health care: a spirit of inquiryEugene Z Oddone
Med Care 40:I3-13. 2002 - Patient satisfaction and use of Veterans Affairs versus non-Veterans Affairs healthcare services by veteransKevin T Stroupe
Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois 60141, USA
Med Care 43:453-60. 2005..We examined whether patient satisfaction affected subsequent use of non-Veterans Affairs (VA) services among chronically ill veterans discharged from VA hospitals... - Who doesn't receive carotid endarterectomy when appropriate?Ronnie D Horner
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NIH, Neuroscience Center Building, Room 2149, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 10852, USA
J Vasc Surg 39:162-8. 2004..The primary outcome was receipt of CEA within 6 months of evaluation. Data were collected by medical record review and interview regarding clinical status, and patient and physician perception of the risks and benefits of CEA... - Racial differences in health care utilization among patients with osteoarthritisKelli L Dominick
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC 152, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Rheumatol 30:2201-6. 2003..Research has identified racial variations in certain aspects of osteoarthritis (OA) related medical care. We compared health services utilization between African American and white veteran outpatients with OA... - How asymptomatic is asymptomatic carotid stenosis?David C Steffens
Radiology 244:317-8, author reply 318-9. 2007 - Improving the quality of anticoagulation of patients with atrial fibrillation in managed care organizations: results of the managing anticoagulation services trialDavid B Matchar
Center for Clinical Health Policy Research, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am J Med 113:42-51. 2002....