Background: Previous trials have evaluated the effects of aerobic training alone and of resistance
training alone on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes, as assessed by hemoglobin A 1c …

Background: Comorbidity measures are necessary to describe patient populations and
adjust for confounding. In direct comparisons, studies have found the Elixhauser comorbidity …

Background Numerous studies have tried to determine the association between continuity
and outcomes. Studies doing so must actually measure continuity. If continuity and outcomes …

Background Readmissions to hospital are increasingly being used as an indicator of quality
of care. However, this approach is valid only when we know what proportion of …

Background For patients receiving therapy with oral anticoagulants (OACs), the proportion
of time spent in the therapeutic range (ie, anticoagulation control) is strongly associated with …

Background The opportunity to improve care by delivering decision support to clinicians at
the point of care represents one of the main incentives for implementing sophisticated clinical …

Background: The opportunity to improve care using computer reminders is one of the main
incentives for implementing sophisticated clinical information systems. We conducted a …

Rationale and objectives Urgent readmission to hospital is commonly used to measure
hospital quality of care. Hospitals that measure the proportion of urgent readmissions judged …

Background: Patients taking oral anticoagulant therapy balance the risks of hemorrhage
and thromboembolism. We sought to determine the association between anticoagulation …

Background: Urgent, unplanned hospital readmissions are increasingly being used to gauge
the quality of care. We reviewed urgent readmissions to determine which were potentially …