1999
Benchmarking and quality improvement: the Harvard Emergency Department Quality Study∗∗Access the “Journal Club” discussion of this paper at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajmselect/
Burstin H, Conn A, Setnik G, Rucker D, Cleary P, O’Neil A, Orav E, Sox C, Brennan T, Investigators T. Benchmarking and quality improvement: the Harvard Emergency Department Quality Study∗∗Access the “Journal Club” discussion of this paper at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajmselect/. The American Journal Of Medicine 1999, 107: 437-449. PMID: 10569298, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(99)00269-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported problemsEmergency department careCare guidelinesMedical recordsPatient ratingsChief complaintEmergency departmentHospital emergency departmentQuality improvement interventionsPatient-reported measuresEmergency department directorsPatient-based measuresEmergency department (ED) qualityQuality improvement effortsEligible patientsPatient questionnairePreintervention periodPostintervention periodPatient reportsPatientsImprovement interventionsMultivariate analysisPercent complianceStudy periodCare
1995
Health-related quality of life in patients with advanced prostate cancer: A multinational perspective
Cleary P, Morrissey G, Oster G. Health-related quality of life in patients with advanced prostate cancer: A multinational perspective. Quality Of Life Research 1995, 4: 207-220. PMID: 7613531, DOI: 10.1007/bf02260860.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth-related qualityAdvanced prostate cancerProstate cancerSelf-administered patient questionnaireUntreated metastatic prostate cancerObjective tumor responseDomains of HRQOLMetastatic prostate cancerAntiandrogen therapyPatient questionnaireStudy entryTreatment failureStudy treatmentTumor responseClinical trialsPatientsCancerTrialsTreatmentQuestionnaireHRQoLAntiandrogensTherapyCastrationFocus of concern
1991
Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
Cleary P, Epstein A, Oster G, Morrissey G, Stason W, Debussey S, Plachetka J, Zimmerman M. Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty. Medical Care 1991, 29: 939-950. PMID: 1921527, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199110000-00001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAdultAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryBiphenyl CompoundsCoronary DiseaseEvaluation Studies as TopicHealth Status IndicatorsHeptanoic AcidsHumansInterviews as TopicMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePsychometricsQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSurveys and QuestionnairesTelephoneUnited StatesConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary artery angioplastyPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyCoronary artery angioplastyHealth-related qualityTransluminal coronary angioplastyNew antiplatelet agentsRandomized clinical trialsQuality of lifeArtery angioplastyAntiplatelet agentsCoronary angioplastyPatient questionnaireStudy entryPatient populationSeparate clinical sitesClinical trialsPatientsClinical sitesSexual functioningTelephone administrationHome managementPhysical wellAngioplastyPsychometric propertiesTrials