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Agency Information
Children's Health
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Clinical Preventive Services
Consumer Information and Education
Data Development and Use
Dental Health
Effectiveness Health Care
Elderly/Long-Term Care
Evidence-Based Medicine
Health Care Costs and Utilization
Health Care Markets/Managed Care
Health Information Technology
Health Insurance/Access to Care
Health Services Research
Hospitals
Minority Health
Outcomes and Effectiveness Research
Patient Safety/Medical Errors
Pay for Performance
Primary Care
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Quality of Care
Statistical and Methodological Research
Treating Tobacco Use
Women's Health


Access to Care. Go to Health Insurance/Access to Care

Agency Information

Agency for0 Healthcare Research and Quality's Effective Health Care Program: Creating a Dynamic System for Discovering and Reporting What Works in Health Care, The
AHRQ Annual Highlights 2007
AHRQ Publications Order Form
AHRQ Update

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Children's Health

Access to Care and Utilization Among Children—Estimating the Effects of Public and Private Coverage
Advancing the Current Recommended Panel of Conditions for Newborn Screening: Committee Report
Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Focus on Injury-Related Emergency Department Utilization and Expenditures
Bioterrorism Preparedness, Pediatric Anthrax
Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries
Burden of Illness for Children and Where We Stand in Measuring the Quality of this Health Care
Children's Eligibility and Coverage: A Look Ahead
Compliance with Well-Child Visit Recommendations: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2000–2002
Correlation of Youth Physical Activity with State Policies, The
Cost of Hospitalization for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants in the United States
Critical Analysis of Care Coordination Strategies for Children with Special Health Care Needs, A
Decontamination of Children: Preparedness and Response for Hospital Emergency Departments
Dental Care of U.S. Children: Access, Use, and Referrals by Nondentist Providers, 2003, The
Diabetes Education for Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Families
Diarrhea- and Rotavirus-Associated Hospitalizations Among Children Less Than 5 Years of Age: United States, 1997 and 2000
Discrete Choice Decomposition Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Children's Health Insurance Coverage, A
Do SCHIP Enrollees Stay Insured?
Effectiveness of Weight Management Programs in Children and Adolescents
Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Children's Use of Stimulant Medications
Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Annual Report on Patterns of Coverage, Utilization, Quality, and Expenditures by a County Level of Urban Influence
Impact of SCHIP on Insurance Coverage of Children, The
Infectious Disease Hospitalizations Among Infants in the United States
Management Tools for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Max's Magical Delivery
Measuring Children's Health Care Quality
Medicaid Markets and Pediatric Patient Safety in Hospitals
National Estimates of Antidepressant Medication Use Among U.S. Children, 1997-2002
Necrotising Enterocolitis Hospitalisations Among Neonates in the United States
Not Your Father's PE: Obesity, Exercise, and the Role of Schools
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Child and Maternal Health
Pediatric Quality Indicators
Prior Health Care Experiences of Adolescents Who Enroll in SCHIP
Recent Trends in Stimulant Medication Use Among U.S. Children
Resource Guide to AHRQ Child and Youth Health and Health Care Services Data
Rural Areas and Children's Health Care Coverage, Use, Expenditures, and Quality: Policy Implications
SCHIP Enrollees with Special Health Care Needs and Access to Care
Smoking in the Home and Children's Health
Toilet Training
Trends in Intussusception Hospitalizations Among U.S. Infants, 1993-2004: Implications for Monitoring the Safety of the New Rotavirus Vaccination Program
Violence Prevention in Adolescents
Who Enrolls in Oregon's Premium Assistance Program and How Do They Fare?

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

Cardiac Rehabilitation as Secondary Prevention. Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians
Cardiac Rehabilitation. Clinical Practice Guideline Number 17
Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
Guidelines for Guidelines: We've Come a Long Way
Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians
National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) Tutorial
You Can Quit Smoking Clinician Tear Sheet, Prenatal Care
You Can Quit Smoking Clinician Tear Sheet, Primary Care

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Clinical Preventive Services

Adult Preventive Care Timeline
Be Prepared for Medical Appointments: Build Your Question List
Choosing Non-Opioid Analgesics for Osteoarthritis: Clinician's Guide
Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask?
Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS)
Employer Coverage of Clinical Preventive Services in the United States (From Evidence-Based Practice to Practice-Based Evidence)
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2008, The
Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age. Your Checklist for Health
Men: Stay Healthy at 50+—Checklists for Your Health
Preventive Health Examinations: A Comparison Along the Rural—Urban Continuum
Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry: Summary of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Timeline for Staying Healthy at 50+, A
USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening
Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age. Your Checklist for Health
Women: Stay Healthy at 50+—Checklists for Your Health

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Consumer Information and Education

Antidepressant Medicines: A Guide for Adults with Depression
Be Prepared for Medical Appointments: Build Your Questions List
Choosing Pain Medicine for Osteoarthritis: A Guide for Consumers
Comparing Two Kinds of Blood Pressure Pills: ACEIs and ARBs. A Guide for Adults
Crossing the Language Chasm
Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask?
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Guide to Health Care Quality
Having Surgery? What You Need to Know
Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users, Consumer Guide
Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age. Your Checklist for Health
Men: Stay Healthy at 50+—Checklists for Your Health
Next Steps After Your Diagnosis: Finding Information and Support
Next Steps After Your Diagnosis: Ten Important Questions to Ask Your Doctor After a Diagnosis
Osteoporosis Treatments that Help Prevent Broken Bones: A Guide for Women After Menopause
Pills for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults
Questions and Answers About Health Insurance: A Consumer Guide
Questions Are the Answer
Quitting Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card
Real Men Wear Gowns
Recovering from Heart Problems Through Cardiac Rehabilitation. Patient Guide
Renal Artery Stenosis Treatments: A Guide for Consumers
Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicines: A Guide for Adults
Superheroes
Surgery Choices for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Treating Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men with Localized Prostate Cancer
What You Need to Know About Episiotomy
Women and Medicines: What You Need to Know
Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age. Your Checklist for Health
Women: Stay Healthy at 50+—Checklists for Your Health
You Can Quit Smoking, Pocket Card
Your Guide to Coumadin®/Warfarin Therapy
Your Guide to Preventing and Treating Blood Clots
Your Medicine: Play It Safe

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Cost of health care. Go to Health care cost and utilization

Data Development and Use

Cost-Effective Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Comparisons of Patient Safety
Disparities Between Two Common Data Sources on Hospital Nurse Staffing
HCUPnet
Lost in Translation: The Value of Qualitative Data
MEPS Statistical Briefs
MEPSnet
Potential Benefits and Problems with Computerized Prescriber Order Entry: Analysis of a Voluntary Medication Error-Reporting Database
Resource Guide to AHRQ Child and Youth Health and Health Care Services Data

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Dental Health

Coping with Toothache Pain: A Qualitative Study of Low-Income Persons and Minorities
Dental Care of U.S. Children: Access, Use, and Referrals by Nondentist Providers, 2003, The
Dental Care Use: Does Dental Insurance Truly Make a Difference in the U.S.?
Dental Use, Expenses, Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004
Periodontitis, Scaling and Root Planing Therapy
Supply of Dentists and Access to Care in Rural Kansas, The
Vision and Oral Health Needs of Individuals with Intellectual Disability
Visits to Non-Dentist Health Care Providers for Dental Problems

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Effective Health Care

ACEIs or ARBs for Adults with Hypertension: Clinician's Guide
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Effective Health Care Program: Creating a Dynamic System for Discovering and Reporting What Works in Health Care, The
Antidepressant Medicines: A Guide for Adults with Depression
Challenge of Comparative Effectiveness: Getting the Right Information to the Right People at the Right Time, The
Choosing Antidepressants for Adults: Clinician's Guide
Choosing Medications for Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clinician's Guide
Choosing Non-Opioid Analgesics for Osteoarthritis: Clinician's Guide
Choosing Pain Medicine for Osteoarthritis: A Guide for Consumers
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Analgesics for Osteoarthritis
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Comparative Effectiveness of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs) and Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists (ARBs) for Treating Essential Hypertension
Comparative Effectiveness of Drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis in Adults
Comparative Effectiveness of Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment
Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis
Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis: 2007 Update
Comparative Effectiveness of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Coronary Artery Disease
Comparative Effectiveness of Second-Generation Antidepressants in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Depression
Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis
Comparative Effectiveness, Safety, and Indicators of Insulin Analogues in Premixed Formulations for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Comparing Oral Medications for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Clinician's Guide
Comparing Two Kinds of Blood Pressure Pills: ACEIs and ARBs. A Guide for Adults
Effective Health Care Program Booklet
Effective Health Care Program Kit
Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities
Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics
Fracture Prevention Treatments for Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis: Clinician's Guide
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Infrastructure to Monitor Utilization and Outcomes of Gene-Based Applications: An Assessment
Management of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: Clinician's Guide
Osteoporosis Treatments that Help Prevent Broken Bones: A Guide for Women After Menopause
Pills for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults
Progress Report on AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program: Commentary, A
Renal Artery Stenosis Treatments: A Guide for Consumers
Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicines: A Guide for Adults
Treating Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men with Localized Prostate Cancer
Treatments for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Clinician's Guide
User's Guide to Registries Evaluating Patient Outcomes: Summary

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Effectiveness Research. Go to Outcomes and Effectiveness Research

Elderly/Long-Term Care

Computerized Physician Order Entry with Clinical Decision Support in Long-Term Care Facilities: Costs and Benefits to Stakeholders
Developing a Research Agenda for Assisted Living
Development of a CAHPS® Instrument for Nursing Home Residents (NHCAHPS), The
Do Trends in the Reporting of Quality Measures on the Nursing Home Compare Web Site Differ by Nursing Home Characteristics?
Effect on Health Outcomes of a Community-Based Medication Therapy Management Program for Seniors with Limited Incomes
Emergency Preparedness Atlas: U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities
Home Health Care Agency Staffing Patterns Before and After the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, by Rural and Urban Location
Illness Severity and Propensity to Travel Along the Urban-Rural Continuum
Nursing Homes in Public Health Emergencies: Special Needs and Potential Roles
Nursing Homes' Response to the Nursing Home Compare Report Card
OBRA 1987 and the Quality of Nursing Home Care
Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures
On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-Term Care: Case Studies
On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-Term Care: Frequently Asked Questions
Pressure Ulcer Plan Is Working
Quality of Health Care for Older Women: What Do We Know?
Reducing Hospitalizations from Long-Term Care Settings
Risk Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Fractures in U.S. Nursing Homes: Resident and Facility Characteristics and Prescription Medications
Strategic Orientation and Nursing Home Response to Public Reporting of Quality and Measures: An Application of the Miles and Snow Typology
Trends in Racial Disparities Among the Elderly for Selected Procedures

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Evidence-Based Medicine

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Endovascular and Open Surgical Repairs
Adnexal Mass, Management
Antiretroviral Drug Resistance in the Developing World
Asthma, Work-Related, Diagnosis and Management
B Vitamins and Berries and Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disorders
Bariatric Surgery in Women of Reproductive Age: Special Concerns for Pregnancy
Bioterrorism Preparedness, Pediatric Anthrax
Breast Cancer Care in Women, Measuring Quality
Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries
Cancer Care Quality Measures, Colorectal Cancer
Cancer Care Quality Measures, Symptoms and End-of-Life
Cancer Clinical Trials, Recruitment of Underrepresented Populations
Cancer Control Interventions, Diffusion and Dissemination
Carbohydrate and Lipid Disorders and Relevant Considerations in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Implantable Defibrillators in Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
Celiac Disease
Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Defining and Managing
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Spirometry
Closing the Health Care Disparities Gap: Turning Evidence Into Action
Closing the Quality Gap: Antibiotic Prescribing Behavior
Closing the Quality Gap: Asthma Care Strategies
Closing the Quality Gap: Care Coordination
Closing the Quality Gap: Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Collection and Use of Cancer Family History in Primary Care
Community-Based Participatory Research
Consumer-Oriented Strategies for Improving Health Benefit Design: An Overview
Criteria for Distinguishing Effectiveness from Efficacy Trials in Systematic Reviews
Critical Analysis of Care Coordination Strategies for Children with Special Health Care Needs, A
Dementia, Pharmacological Treatment
Depression, CYP450 Testing for Adults Treated with SSRIs
Developing a Methodology for Establishing a Statement of Work for a Policy-Relevant Technical Analysis
Diabetes Education for Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Families
Diabetes Mellitus, Islet Transplantation in Patients
Diabetes Mellitus, Use of Glycated Hemoglobin and Microalbuminuria
Disability and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Systematic Literature Review
Eating Disorders, Management
Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D in Relation to Skeletal Homeostasis
Effectiveness of Assisted Reproductive Technology
Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education
Effectiveness of Weight Management Programs in Children and Adolescents
Empirical Evaluation of the Association Between Methodological Shortcomings and Estimates of Adverse Events
End-of-Life Care and Outcomes
Episiotomy Use in Obstetrical Care
Health Information Technology, Costs and Benefits
Heart Failure, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Heart Failure Diagnosis and Prognosis, Testing for BNP and NT-proBNP
Heparin to Treat Burn Injury
Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer: Diagnostic Strategies and Their Implications
Hydroxyurea Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease
Impact of Gene Expression Profiling Tests on Breast Cancer Outcomes
Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Fasting Glucose, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapy
Insomnia, Manifestations and Management
Literacy and Health Outcomes
Management of Uterine Fibroids: An Update of the Evidence
Meditation Practices for Health
Menopause-Related Symptoms, Management
Minority Healthcare Quality, Improvement Strategies
Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements, Chronic Disease Prevention
Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care
Obesity, Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects in Type II Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Other Diseases
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Arrhythmogenic Mechanisms in Culture Studies
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Asthma
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cancer
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cardiovascular Disease
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Child and Maternal Health
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cognitive Functions
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Eye Health
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Mental Health
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Organ Transplantation
Outcomes of Maternal Weight Gain
Ovarian Cancer, Genomic Tests for Detection and Management
Parkinson's Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment
Patient Safety, Effects of Working Conditions
Perinatal Depression, Prevalence and Screening
Periodic Health Evaluation, Value
Periodontitis, Scaling and Root Planing Therapy
Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression
Prevention of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence in Adults
Risk of Aprotinin: A Conflict of Evidence, The
Sinusitis, Acute Bacterial—Update
Small Cell Lung Cancer, Management
Soy, Effects on Health Outcomes
Spinal Cord Injury, Sexuality and Reproductive Health
Strategies to Support Quality-Based Purchasing: A Review of the Evidence
Stroke, Evaluation and Treatment
Telemedicine for the Medicare Population—Update
Therapeutic Management, Delivery, and Postpartum Risk Assessment and Screening in Gestational Diabetes
Tobacco Use, Prevention, Cessation, and Control
Toilet Training
Translating Research Into Evidence-Based Nursing Practice and Evaluating Effectiveness
Treatment of Primary and Secondary Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Updating Systematic Reviews
Utility of Monitoring Mycophenolic Acid in Solid Organ Transplant Patients
Violence Prevention in Adolescents
Will It Work Here? A Decisionmakers Guide to Adopting Innovations
Wound Healing, Laser Treatment and Vacuum-Assisted Closure

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Gerontology. Go to Elderly/Long-Term Care
Gynecology. Go to Women's Health

Health Care Costs and Utilization

Ambulatory Surgery in U.S. Hospitals, 2003
Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Focus on Injury-Related Emergency Department Utilization and Expenditures
Care of Adults with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2004
Changes in Financial Burdens for Health Care: National Estimates for the Population Younger than 65 Years, 1996 to 2003
Changing Pattern of Hospital Care for Persons Living with HIV: 2000 through 2004, The
Consumer Financial Incentives: A Decision Guide for Purchasers
Cost of Being a Woman: A National Study of Health Care Utilization and Expenditures for Female-Specific Conditions, The
Cost of Hospitalization for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants in the United States
Cost Shifting Under Managed Behavioral Health Care
Demand for Dependent Health Insurance: How Important is the Cost of Family Coverage, The
Dental Use, Expenses, Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004
Distribution of Public Spending for Health Care in the United States, 2002, The
Do HMOs Reduce Preventable Hospitalizations for Medicare Beneficiaries?
Does Participation in the Food Stamp Program Increase the Prevalence of Obesity and Health Care Spending?
Effect of Immediate Reading of Screening Mammograms on Medical Care Utilization and Costs After False-Positive Mammograms, The
Factors Associated with High-Quality/Low-Cost Hospital Performance
Financial Burden of Health Care, 2001-2004
HCUPnet
Health Care Expenditure Burdens Among Adults with Diabetes in 2001
Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Annual Report on Patterns of Coverage, Utilization, Quality, and Expenditures by a County Level of Urban Influence
Health, Spending and the Effort to Improve Quality in OECD Countries: A Review of the Data
Hospital Charges Attributable to a Primary Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Older Adults in the United States, 1998-2004
Hospital Inpatient Costs for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Identifying, Categorizing, and Evaluating Health Care Efficiency Measures
Impact of Medical Errors on Ninety-Day Costs and Outcomes: An Examination of Surgical Patients, The
Impact of State Laws Limiting Malpractice Damage Awards on Health Care Expenditures, The
Improving the Quality of Nursing Care Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data
Increasing the Relevance of Research to Health Care Managers: Hospital CEO Imperatives for Improving Quality and Lowering Costs
Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)
Medicare Payment for Selected Adverse Events: Building the Business Case for Investing in Patient Safety
MEPS: A Survey of Health Care Use and Spending
MEPSnet
Modifying DRG-PPS to Include Only Diagnoses Present on Admission: Financial Implications and Challenges
Monitoring and Evaluating Medicaid Fee-for-Service Care Management Programs: A User's Guide
National Trends in the Costs of Bariatric Surgery
Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Brochure
New Cardiovascular Drugs: Patterns of Use and Association with Non-Drug Health Expenditures
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Procedures in U.S. Hospitals, 2003
Reconciling Medical Expenditure Estimates from the MEPS and NHEA, 2002
Relative Value in Healthcare: Cost-effectiveness of Interventions
Renewed Growth in Hospital Inpatient Cost Since 1998: Variation Across Metropolitan Areas and Leading Clinical Conditions
Rural Areas and Children's Health Care Coverage, Use, Expenditures, and Quality: Policy Implications
Serving the Uninsured: Safety-Net Hospitals, 2003
State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD) Brochure
State Differences in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance, 2003
State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) Brochure
State Inpatient Databases (SID) Brochure
Sustaining and Improving Hospital Performance: The Effects of Organizational and Market Forces
Trends in Medical Care Costs, Coverage, Use and Access: Research Findings From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Trends in Prescription Drug Expenditures by Medicaid Enrollees
Utility of Probabilistic Models to Identify Individuals with Future High Medical Expenditures, The
Will All Americans Become Overweight or Obese? Estimating the Progression and Cost of the U.S. Obesity Epidemic
Women's Health Care Utilization and Expenditures

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