Background Public reporting and pay for performance are intended to accelerate improvements
in hospital care, yet little is known about the benefits of these methods of providing …

We screened 552 women who presented to their obstetrician in the first trimester of
pregnancy using highly sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the presence of …

Background— A model using administrative claims data that is suitable for profiling hospital
performance for acute myocardial infarction would be useful in quality assessment and …

Objective. —The prevalence of osteomyelitis in diabetic foot ulcers is unknown. Early diagnosis
of this infection is critical, as prompt antibiotic treatment decreases the rate of amputation…

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of a bicultural community health worker (CHW) on
completion of diabetes education in an inner-city Hispanic patient population and to evaluate the …

Postpartum thyroid dysfunction (PPTD) is a common autoimmune disorder. Type I diabetes
mellitus (IDDM) is an autoimmune disease with a high incidence of concomitant autoimmune …

Introduction: Little is reported about how much time patients spend on self-management, a
cornerstone of diabetes care. Methods: We studied a cross-section of 1482 diabetic patients …

During the past decade, diabetes mellitus has emerged as an important clinical and public
health problem throughout the world. In the United States, 8 million adults have been …

We assessed the clinical and biochemical parameters associated with the development of
posttransplantation diabetes (PTDM) in 52 liver transplant recipients followed up for 1 year. …

OBJECTIVE To compare the accuracies of MRI and leukocyte scanning in diagnosing clinically
unsuspected osteomyelitis in diabetic foot ulcers. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS …