MEDTEP Research Projects, 1989-1996


Clinical Studies

AIDS/HIV

Outcomes of Pharmaceutical Therapy of HIV Disease
Cost Effective Management of HIV Related Illness
A Health Status Measure to Evaluate Drug Therapy for PCP

Cancer

Prostate Cancer: A Retrospective Survival Analysis
Breast and Colon Screening Evaluated by Cancer Mortality
Care, Costs, and Outcomes of Local Breast Cancer (PORT II)
Cancer Prevention for Minority Women in a Medicaid HMO
Enhanced Accuracy of MRI for Staging Prostate Cancer
Evaluation of Practice Variations and Costs for Cancer
Regional Variation in Cancer Treatment and Mortality
Treatment Choices and Outcomes in Prostate Cancer (II)
Treatment Choices and Outcomes in Prostate Cancer (I)
Breast Cancer Screening Policy and Practice

Cardiovascular Disease

Right Heart Cathetetization: Appropriate/Effective Use
Outcome Assessment Program in Ischemic Heart Disease (PORT)
CORSAGE: A Hybrid Expert System for Myocardial Infarction
Outcomes Following Community Interventions for Acute MI
Cost/Utility of Stroke Prevention
Effectiveness/Outcomes Linkages in CHF by Neurocomputing
Diagnostic Uncertainty and Variation in Use of Services
Assessing Risk Factors and Hospital Quality for CABG
Cardiac Arrhythmia Management: Patient and Economic Outcomes (PORT II)
CNNC and Outcomes in Cardiovascular Surgical Population
Cardiac Procedure Use: A Prospective Cohort Study
Secondary and Tertiary Prevention of Stroke (PORT)
Prospective Outcome Study of Intermittent Claudication
Health Related Quality of Life in Intermittent Claudication
The Consequences of Variation in Treatment for Acute Myocardial Infarction (PORT)
Quality of Care Measurement for Cardiovascular Patients
Angina in Primary Care
Primary Care Lipid Practice and Policy
Home-Based Exercise in Patients with Heart Failure
Predictions and Outcomes in Congestive Heart Failure
Race and Gender Differences in Clinical Decision Making
Assessment of Coronary Care Unit Use in Different Hospitals
An MI Thrombolytic Therapy Outcome Predictive Instrument
Thrombolytic Predictive Instrument (TPI) Clinical Trial


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