Modeling Methods include diverse methods used to explore and understand the implications of assumptions related to a system, process or decision and to make quantitative estimates of future outcomes under alternative scenarios to support proactive decision-making.
Smoking cessation is an important public health concern, and has been the subject of a recent Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) guideline, as well as a HEDIS measure. A point prevalence study conducted with the Henry Ford Health System found a 27.4% prevalence of smoking, and an additional 38.6% former smokers. The
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Note that the following write-up is now almost 20 years old! (How did that happen?) Amazingly, the debate about the role and frequency of mammography in the 40-49 age group has raged on the entire time since then. This case study demonstrates the real-world use of the “explicit method” proposed by one of my “health
A baseline evaluation of “Pap” smears done in a large multi-specialty group practice revealed that over 25% of samples were designated “less than optimal” because of the absence of observed endocervical cells, an indicator of sample adequacy. In addition, there was a large variation in the rates of sample adequacy achieved by different physicians and
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