OBJECTIVE. There are significant limitations of the standard case–control study design for identifying risk factors for resistant organisms. The objective of this study was to develop a study design ...

Length of stay outliers are associated with hospital-acquired infections, complications, and discharge to facility, as opposed to nonmodifiable risk factors like age and comorbidities. Objectives: ...

F. J. Bannon, M. A. O'Rorke, L. J. Murray, C. M. Hughes, A. T. Gavin, S. J. Fleming, C. R. Cardwell Cancer Causes & Control, Vol. 24, No. 11 (November, 2013), pp ...

In a nationally representative sample of 1.1 million homes, we compared the prevalence of smoking among 33,000 deceased women and 41,000 deceased men (case subjects) with the prevalence of smoking ...

The Mechanisms for Novel and Established Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Women of Nigerian Descent (MEND) study was designed as a matched case-control study of 350 patients, age 18 to 75 years, with ...

Cohort studies are a type of research design. They are also called longitudinal studies because they follow groups of people over time. Results from cohort studies can help people understand human ...

Objectives: Case management is commonly used by health plans to attempt to improve the care received by their members who have complex needs, such as those who undergo transplantation. There are few ...