Spending on outpatient prescription drugs in the US is accelerating rapidly. Although
numerous factors are driving this trend, attention has recently focused on the role played by the …

Encouraging patients and consumers to use data and other information in choosing health
care providers is an important way to enhance patient engagement and improve the quality of …

A key strategy for driving improvements in health care quality is providing comparative quality
information to consumers. This strategy will not work, and could even be counterproductive…

Background: Imaging tests are a widely used tool in primary care with many known benefits.
Without an understanding of which outcomes matter the most to patients, clinicians are …

Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, has used the drug class
reviews of the Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP) as one critical component of a free …

Two subtypes of the human calcitonin receptor (hCTR) have been described which differ from
one another by the presence or absence of a 16-amino acid insert in the first intracellular …

… Steven D. Findlay, MPH … James D. Neaton, Ph.…

ABSTRACTS: The risk of pulmonary hemorrhage is increased in extremely low birth weight
infants treated with surfactant. The pathogenesis of this increased risk is far from clear. We …

… Findlay-Wilkinson analysis of annual total herbage accumulation (THA) of four sites,
found that Maru production was above average and resident production was below average. …

… Note: The right of Mike Fleming and David Stevens to be identified as the authors of this work
has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988…