Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Rockville, MD 20850

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Contract No. 290-97-0006

Prepared by:

Johns Hopkins Evidence-based Practice Center

Sherita Golden, M.D., M.H.S.

L. Ebony Boulware, M.D., M.P.H.

Co-Principal Investigators

Gail Berkenblit, M.D., Ph.D.

Frederick L. Brancati, M.D., M.H.S.

Geetanjali Chander, M.D., M.P.H.

Spyridon Marinopoulos, M.D., M.B.A.

Michael Paasche-Orlow, M.D., M.P.H.

Neil Powe, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A

Tejal Rami, M.P.H.

Investigators

AHRQ Publication No. 04-E001

October 2003

ISBN: 1-58763-093-1

ISSN: 1530-4396

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