It is difficult or impossible to determine the efficiency of most psychometric devices used in
clinical psychology, since (1) base rates are seldom provided in the literature and hence …

When everyone is required to pay the same out-of-pocket amount for health care services
whose benefits depend on patient characteristics, there is enormous potential for both under …

Objective To investigate if published studies tend to report favourable cost effectiveness
ratios (below 20000, 50 000, and 100000perqualityadjustedlifeyear(QALY)gained)andevaluatestudycharacteristicsassociated …

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystem autoimmune disease in which the
autoantibody response targets a variety of autoantigens of diverse subcellular location. We …

Context Understanding the incidence and subsequent mortality following hip fracture is
essential to measuring population health and the value of improvements in health care …

Background In response to the report by the Institute of Medicine on medical errors, national
groups have recommended actions to reduce the occurrence of preventable medical errors …

Objective In addition to inducing a self‐limited myopathy, statin use is associated with an
immune‐mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM), with autoantibodies that recognize∼ 200 …

Background The restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common neurologic disorder
characterized by an irresistible urge to move the legs. It is a major cause of sleep disruption …

Clinical trials have demonstrated a prophylactic role for aspirin in myocardial infarction and
in unstable angina pectoris. The Swedish Angina Pectoris Aspirin Trial (SAPAT) is the first …

Proteolysis mediated by the interleukin 1 beta-converting enzyme (ICE) homologues is an
important mechanism of the apoptotic process. The ICE homologue apopain/CPP-32/Yama …