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November/December 1999
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
How Satisfied Are Mothers with 1-Day Hospital Stays for Routine Delivery?
Jill M. Klingner, Leif I. Solberg, Susan Knudson-Schumacher, Richard R. Carlson, and Karen L. Huss
In a survey of new mothers following vaginal delivery, more than 80% of respondents who had 1-day hospital stays reported that they would want to stay longer if they had another child. Only a third of mothers with 2-day stays felt similarly.
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A Comparison of Resource Utilization in Nurse Practitioners and Physicians
Alnoor Hemani, Darius A. Rastegar, Carole Hill, and Mohamed S. Al-Ibrahim
Nurse practitioners seem to utilize more health care resources than physicians in caring for patients in a primary care clinic.
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Can Percent Free Prostate-Specific Antigen Reduce the Need for Prostate Biopsy?
Stephen Lieberman
The specificity of PSA testing for prostate cancer can be enhanced by determining percent free PSA, thereby reducing the number of unnecessary biopsies.
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PATTERNS OF PRACTICE
Adolescent Health Care Visits: Opportunities for Brief Prevention Messages
Elizabeth A. O'Connor, Jack F. Hollis, Michael R. Polen, and Edward Lichtenstein
Most adolescent HMO members have primary care clinics visits, which could provide an opportunity for providers to educate them about risky behaviors.
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BACK OF THE ENVELOPE
Potential Benefits of Regionalizing Major Surgery in Medicare Patients
John D. Birkmeyer, F. Lee Lucas, and David E. Wennberg
Significant reduction in surgical mortality could result from regionalization of major procedures in Medicare patients.
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EDITORIAL
Performance Measures: The Destination or the Journey?
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A Primer on HEDIS
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POLICY MATTERS
Physician Autonomy, Patient Choice, and Immunization Performance Measures
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ETHICS MATTERS
Performance Measures for Ethics Quality
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Who Cares What Surgeons Think?
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