Objective Insertion of tympanostomy tubes is the most common ambulatory surgery performed
on children in the United States. Tympanostomy tubes are most often inserted because of …

Background Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States, but the
rate of screening remains low. Since 2001, Medicare has provided coverage of colonoscopy …

Kernicterus is a devastating but rare disease with an incidence that ranges from 0.4 to 2.9
per 100 000 live births. 1–6 Recently, a preventive strategy of measuring predischarge …

… From the Departments of Family Medicine (Dr Schellhase), Epidemiology (Drs Koepsell
and Weiss), and Health Services (Dr Koepsell) and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical …

Objective: To examine physician and leader perceptions of the relationship between
physician compensation and the productivity of physicians practicing in medical groups. Study …

BACKGROUND: Anemia is an early indicator of many diseases, yet blood donors with low
hematocrit (Hct) often receive inadequate information about its medical importance. We …

Objectives: We longitudinally studied the impact of EMR implementation on physician
perceptions of quality of care, documentation, and work hours, as well as on measured physician …

Background: Automated health maintenance reminder (HMR) systems embedded in electronic
medical records systems have been found to improve utilization of preventive services, …

Background There is currently limited data in the United States on the proportion of immunization
doses given at pharmacies outside the influenza vaccine. This study aims to obtain …

Background Despite gaps in the quality of follow-up care for breast cancer survivors, the
most effective model for such care remains unclear. We evaluated receipt of mammography …