The wildland–urban interface (WUI) is the area where houses meet or intermingle with
undeveloped wildland vegetation. The WUI is thus a focal area for human– environment conflicts, …

Background: We assessed cross-sectional validity of EQ-5D after myocardial infarction (MI).
Methods: We compared EQ-5D, SF-36, quality of life After MI (QLMI), and Canadian …

Objective. —To examine the frequency and characteristics of problems in laboratory testing
in primary care physicians' offices and their impact on health care. Design. —Prospective …

METHODS An anonymous survey was given to a convenience sample of patients from 4
Denver Family Medicine clinics, with each surveying anywhere from 40 to 110 patients. The …

Sensitive research issues call for anonymous questionnaires. This makes accurately matching
pretests with posttests difficult or impossible. Various subject-generated coding schemes …

■ OBJECTIVES The purpose of our study was to determine the frequency of smoking
cessation counseling in relation to insurance status in a practice-based research network.■ …

The US Census provides the primary source of spatially explicit social data, but changing
block boundaries complicate analyses of housing growth over time. We compared procedures …

OBJECTIVE—To describe decisions made by primary care providers on elevated HbA 1c
results and their reasons for not intensifying therapy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—…

Objectives Our goal was to describe how physician knowledge of patients' families affects
the processes of patient care in family practices. Study design Using a multimethod …

PURPOSE We wanted to study patient receptivity to using pen-tablet computers for collecting
data in a practice-based research network. METHODS We analyzed exit interviews and …