MEDTEP Research Projects, 1989-1996


Methods and Measures

Assessing Pediatric Quality of Life in a Clinical Trial
Improving Efficiency and Quality with Information Systems
Randomized Trial Comparing Masked/Unmasked Meta-Analysis
Health Outcome Measurement in Nursing Homes
Multi-Institutional Test Bed for Clinical Vocabulary
A Model of Patients' Preferences in Serious Illness
Validating Risk Prediction Models in Cardiology
Using Outcomes to Assess Quality: Do Readmissions Matter?
Ongoing Development and Evaluation of HEDIS Measures
Linking Health Databases: A Blueprint for Action
Longitudinal Comparison of Measures for Health Outcomes
Equation-Based Severity Measures for Revascularizations
Screening Quality of Care Using Administrative Data
Screening Inpatient Quality Using Postdischarge Events
Evaluating Severity Adjustors for Patient Outcomes Studies
Screening Quality of Care Using Administrative Data
Refining the Measurement of Quality of Care
Methodologic Studies on APACHE III
Databases for Ambulatory Care Effectiveness Studies
Meta-Analytic Techniques for Assessing Valve Surgery
Codes and TCP/Toolkits for Exchanging Clinical Data
Adult Global Quality Assessment Tool
History of the Randomized Clinical Trial
Effects of Stressful Life Events on Health Outcomes
Hierarchical Statistical Modeling in Health Policy Research
Meta-Analysis for Medicine: Application and Methods
Cost-Effectiveness of Utility Assessment in Hypertension
Measuring Effectiveness of Clinical Management Systems
Critical Pathways and Feedback to Improve Quality
Risk and Risk Factor Modeling Project
Sharing Paperless Records Among Provider Networks
Combining Different Data Sources to Assess Treatments
A Time-Insensitive Predictive Instrument Impact Trial
Assessing Appropriateness of Expert Panels: How Reliable?
Failure Rate: A New Outcome Measure of Quality of Care
Development of a Child Health Status Measure
Resource Use in Seriously Ill Medicare Patients
Statistical Methods for Quality-of-Life Outcomes Research
Community-Based Pharmaceutical Care: A Controlled Trial
Evaluating Outcomes of Hospital Care Using Claims Data
Outcome Assessment: Validation of Cognitive Function Scale


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