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A Medicare database review found that physician preferences increasingly outweighed patient characteristics as determinants of first-time prescriptions for COX-2 inhibitors Sebastian Schneeweiss, Robert J. Glynn, Jerry Avorn, Daniel H. Solomon pages 98-102 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (170 KB)
Original Article
Surgery groups differed in adverse outcome probabilities and can be used to adjust hospital comparisons P.J. Marang-van de Mheen, B.J.A. Mertens, H.C. van Houwelingen, J. Kievit pages 56-62 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (180 KB)
A nursing qualitative systematic review required MEDLINE and CINAHL for study identification Mireia Subirana, Ivan Solá, Josep M. Garcia, Ignasi Gich, Gerard Urrútia pages 20-25 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (184 KB)
A systematic review finds that diagnostic reviews fail to incorporate quality despite available tools Penny Whiting, Anne W.S. Rutjes, Jacqueline Dinnes, Johannes B. Reitsma, Patrick M.M. Bossuyt, Jos Kleijnen pages 1-12 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (261 KB)
A Bayesian approach to evaluating net clinical benefit allowed for parameter uncertainty Alexander J. Sutton, Nicola J. Cooper, Keith R. Abrams, Paul C. Lambert, David R. Jones pages 26-40 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (308 KB)
OAKHQOL: A new instrument to measure quality of life in knee and hip osteoarthritis Anne-Christine Rat, Joël Coste, Jacques Pouchot, Michèle Baumann, Elizabeth Spitz, Nathalie Retel-Rude, Janine-Sophie Le Quintrec, Dominique Dumont-Fischer, Francis Guillemin pages 47-55 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (210 KB)
A cohort study linked increased mortality in patients treated surgically for Dupuytren's contracture Stephan Wilbrand, Anders Ekbom, Bengt Gerdin pages 68-74 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (182 KB)
In an observational study elderly patients had an increased risk of falling due to home hazards Thomas van Bemmel, Jan P. Vandenbroucke, Rudi G.J. Westendorp, Jacobijn Gussekloo pages 63-67 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (171 KB)
A short-form questionnaire identified genital organ prolapse Gunilla Tegerstedt, Ann Miedel, Marianne Maehle-Schmidt, Olof Nyren, Margareta Hammarström pages 41-46 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (172 KB)
In a controlled trial training general practitioners and occupational physicians to collaborate did not influence sickleave of patients with low back pain E. Faber, S.M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra, A. Burdorf, A.P. Nauta, C.T.J. Hulshof, P.M. Overzier, H.S. Miedema, B.W. Koes pages 75-82 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (194 KB)
A systematic literature review of attrition between waves in longitudinal studies in the elderly shows a consistent pattern of dropout between differing studies Mark D. Chatfield, Carol E. Brayne, Fiona E. Matthews pages 13-19 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (183 KB)
Short-acting inhaled beta-2-agonists increased the mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in observational designs Giovanni Corrao, Antonella Zambon, Silvia Faini, Vincenzo Bagnardi, Olivia Leoni, Samy Suissa pages 92-97 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (179 KB)
A cohort study found that earlier and longer Seventh-day Adventist church membership was associated with reduced male mortality Ivar Heuch, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Gary E. Fraser pages 83-91 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (386 KB)
Editorial Board page CO2 Full-Text PDF (31 KB)
TOC pages iii-iv Full-Text PDF (43 KB)
In a mailed physician survey, questionnaire length had a threshold effect on response rate Christopher Jepson, David A. Asch, John C. Hershey, Peter A. Ubel pages 103-105 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (148 KB)
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