The incidence of skin cancer is increasing by epidemic proportions. Basal cell cancer remains
the most common skin neoplasm, and simple excision is generally curative. Squamous …

BACKGROUND: Telemonitoring, the use of communication technology to remotely monitor
health status, is an appealing strategy for improving disease management. METHODS AND …

Background Patient satisfaction is a widely used health care quality metric. However, the
relationship between patient satisfaction and health care utilization, expenditures, and …

Few studies have elicited barriers to patient self-management of chronic conditions, and only
one concerned people with two or more conditions. To inform development of Homing in …

Background. The high cost of caring for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) results
primarily from frequent hospital readmissions for exacerbations. Home nurse visits after …

Context: Obesity is epidemic in the United States, but information on this trend by type of
rural locale is limited. Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of and recent trends in obesity …

… Analysis and interpretation of data: Jerant, Fenton, and Franks. Drafting of the manuscript:
Jerant and Franks. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Jerant, …

[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 26 (2) of Psychology and
Aging (see record 2011-05802-001). This article contains an error in the Discussion, under …

… significant increases in the number of patients taking ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, or
potassium-sparing diuretics following the intervention, and the number of people taking digoxin af…

… AF Jerant developed the study design and had major responsibility for writing the article.
JP Leigh developed the study design and had input into econometric modeling. D. …