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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the need to provide access to information to support informed medical decision-making and to describe a working model for delivering such information. We report the findings on the users of an independent health information service (n = 1083), including: who uses this type of service; the types of information requested; and, the benefits for individuals and health care organizations.
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Community Participation , Information Services/statistics & numerical data , Decision Making , Female , Humans , Male , Patient Education as Topic/methods , United StatesABSTRACT
This paper presents an expedient procedure for assessing referral counselor knowledge of the effectiveness of various treatment programs for different client types. Among the advantages of this technique are timely results, ease of application, and usefulness for process and formative evaluation. An empirical example using data from a drug abuse referral program is included to demonstrate one application of the technique. The discussion includes additional examples where the technique would have potential utility.
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Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care/methods , Referral and Consultation/statistics & numerical data , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Humans , Statistics as Topic , Substance-Related Disorders/therapySubject(s)
Alcoholism/psychology , Alcoholics Anonymous , Attitude , Behavior , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Remission, SpontaneousABSTRACT
Bogue and Palmore's technique for estimating direct fertility measures from indirect indicators IS applied to the 95 counties of Tennessee 1960 and 1970. Findings based on these data tentatively suggest that this technique may be better suited for cross-national research than for analysis of small population units. It is recommended that the "own child" method is more appropriate for estimating fertility when utilizing data on counties.
