Background Dementia shortens life expectancy; estimates of median survival after the onset
of dementia have ranged from 5 to 9.3 years. Previous studies of people with existing …

Objectives. We sought to determine the amount of time required for a primary care physician
to provide recommended preventive services to an average patient panel. Methods. We …

PURPOSE Despite the availability of national practice guidelines, many patients fail to receive
recommended chronic disease care. Physician time constraints in primary care are likely …

Background There are several widely used sets of criteria for the diagnosis of dementia, but
little is known about their degree of agreement and their effects on estimates of the …

Methods MEDLINE and Cochrane Library databases were searched for articles in English
published from 1966 to 1998 using the keywords “suture,”“abdomen/surgery,” and “…

Objectives: Reduced sexual quality of life is a frequently reported yet rarely studied consequence
of obesity. The objectives of this study were to 1) examine the prevalence of sexual …

Background Obese individuals have increased morbidity and use of health services. Less is
known about the effect of obesity on workers' compensation. The objective of this study was …

A major contributor to shortfalls in delivery of recommended health care services is lack of
physician time. On the basis of recommendations from national clinical care guidelines for …

Our study estimates the sensitivity and specificity of Medicare claims to identify clinically-diagnosed
dementia, and documents how errors in dementia assessment affect dementia cost …

Objectives To examine the association of living arrangements and social networks outside
the household with depressive symptoms among older men and women, ascertain if these …