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Steven Woolf

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Life expectancy and mortality rates in the United States, 1959-2017

SH Woolf, H Schoomaker - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance US life expectancy has not kept pace with that of other wealthy countries and is
now decreasing. Objective To examine vital statistics and review the history of changes in US …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding the relationship between education and health: a review of the evidence and an examination of community perspectives

EB Zimmerman, SH Woolf… - … health: behavioral and …, 2015 - repository.cam.ac.uk
Education is critical to social and economic development and has a profound impact on
population health. We review evidence for the health benefits associated with education in the …

Potential benefits, limitations, and harms of clinical guidelines

SH Woolf, R Grol, A Hutchinson, M Eccles, J Grimshaw - Bmj, 1999 - bmj.com
Over the past decade, clinical guidelines have increasingly become a familiar part of clinical
practice. Every day, clinical decisions at the bedside, rules of operation at hospitals and …

Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force: a review of the process

RP Harris, M Helfand, SH Woolf, KN Lohr… - American journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF/Task Force) represents one of several
efforts to take a more evidence-based approach to the development of clinical practice …

[PDF][PDF] Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: a practice guideline developed by explicit methods for the American Society of Hematology

JN George, SH Woolf, GE Raskob, JS Wasser… - Blood, 1996 - ouhsc.edu
DIOPATHIC thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP, also I known as primary immune thrombocytopenic
purpura) is a hematologic disorder for which appropriate diagnostic and treatment …

The meaning of translational research and why it matters

SH Woolf - Jama, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
(NIH) has made translational research a priority, forming centers of translational research at
its institutes and launching the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program in …

Strength of recommendation taxonomy (SORT): a patient-centered approach to grading evidence in the medical literature

MH Ebell, J Siwek, BD Weiss, SH Woolf… - The Journal of the …, 2004 - Am Board Family Med
A large number of taxonomies are used to rate the quality of an individual study and the
strength of a recommendation based on a body of evidence. We have developed a new grading …

Breast cancer screening: a summary of the evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force

…, M Helfand, BKS Chan, SH Woolf - Annals of internal …, 2002 - acpjournals.org
Purpose: To synthesize new data on breast cancer screening for the US Preventive
Services Task Force. Data Sources: MEDLINE; the Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry; and …

Developing guidelines

PG Shekelle, SH Woolf, M Eccles, J Grimshaw - Bmj, 1999 - bmj.com
The methods of guideline development should ensure that treating patients according to the
guidelines will achieve the outcomes that are desired. This article presents a combination of …

Necessary but not sufficient: Why health care alone cannot improve population health and reduce health inequities

SH Woolf - The Annals of Family Medicine, 2019 - Annals Family Med
Investments in “non-health” sectors like education and housing may do more to save lives
than what physicians do at the bedside. 5 Solving historic health inequities among low-income …