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Advance Care Planning: Preferences for Care at the End of Life Bringing Human Factors into Home Health Care: Institute of Medicine Report and Designer's Guide Health Services Research on Aging: Building on Biomedical and Clinical Research Improving the Health Care of Older Americans Managing Osteoarthritis: Helping the Elderly Maintain Function and Mobility Medicare Uses of AHRQ Research Men: Stay Healthy at 50+ Physical Activity and Older Americans: Benefits and Strategies Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease Staying Healthy Through Education and Prevention (STEP): Implementation Guide and Coaching Sessions Lesson Plans Women: Stay Healthy at 50+
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Comparative Effectiveness Review, No. 4: Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Analgesics for Osteoarthritis Comparative Effectiveness Review, No. 5. Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis: 2007 Update Comparative Effectiveness Review, No. 11: Comparative Effectiveness of Drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis in Adults Comparative Effectiveness Review, No. 12: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women With Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis
Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 175:Barriers and Drivers of Health Information Technology Use for the Elderly, Chronically Ill, and UnderservedEvidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 184: Treatment of Common Hip FracturesEvidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 193: Alzheimer's Disease & Cognitive Decline
MEPS Statistical Brief, No. 109: The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expenses for the Medicare Population Age 65 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003 MEPS Statistical Brief, No. 122: Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Health Care and Insurance Premiums among the Elderly Population, 2003 MEPS Statistical Brief, No. 288: Average Outpatient Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for the Top Five Most Expensive Prescription Drugs for Adults Age 65 and Over: 2005 and 2006 MEPS Statistical Brief, No. 310: Person Characteristics of the Elderly Reporting One or More Cognitive Disorders, 2007
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