This study evaluates the effect of Measles Catchup Campaigns on child mortality in Africa. …

This paper examines how user interest in health services research is shaped by the following factors: the current … health care policy environment, the organizations and institutional mechanisms available to advance the movement of health … factors for health services research. It builds on earlier work defining pathways that support the translation of research …

advance the agenda for geriatrics clinical care, health professional training, and research. …

mortality and readmission rates after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF). The authors calculated 30-day … mortality and readmission rates for all Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries ages 65 years or older with a primary diagnosis … of AMI or HF, discharged between July 2005 and June 2008. The median 30-day mortality rate was 16 percent for AMI and 11 …

advance the agenda for geriatrics clinical care, health professional training, and research. …

This issue brief, the first in a series designed to give a quick overview of new trends in public health, highlights … the shift in public health departments’ focus--away from primary care toward community-oriented, population …-based activities emphasizing health promotion. Examines various approaches to tobacco use and injury prevention, and the promotion of …