To develop criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia, we studied 558 consecutive patients:
293 patients with fibromyalgia and 265 control patients. Interviews and examinations were …

Objective. —To examine trends in overweight prevalence and body mass index of the US
adult population. Design. —Nationally representative cross-sectional surveys with an in-…

This paper defines quality of health care. We suggest that there are two principal dimensions
of quality of care for individual patients; access and effectiveness. In essence, do users get …

Objective: To examine prevalence of overweight and trends in overweight for children and
adolescents in the US population. Design: Nationally representative cross-sectional surveys …

Quality indicators have been developed throughout Europe primarily for use in hospitals,
but also increasingly for primary care. Both development and application are important but …

Background A pay-for-performance scheme based on meeting targets for the quality of
clinical care was introduced to family practice in England in 2004. Methods We conducted an …

Background The proportion of US adults 35 to 74 years of age who were overweight increased
by 9.6 percent for men and 8.0 percent for women between 1978 and 1990. Since the …

Objective. Fibromyalgia is a common syndrome of musculoskeletal pain and fatigue.
Lacking distinctive tissue or laboratory correlations, it has often been considered a form of “…

On the traditional view, moral distress arises only in cases where an individual believes she
knows the morally right thing to do but fails to perform that action due to various constraints. …

Twenty‐two patients with fibrositis, selected from a general medical outpatient population by
a screening questionnaire and subsequent evaluation, were compared with age‐, sex‐, and …