This paper provides a broad overview of the assessment of health status in clinical practice
in three parts. Yesterday: The nation has undergone a paradigm shift in health-related …

Addictions are serious and common psychiatric disorders, and are among the leading
contributors to preventable death. This selective review outlines and highlights the need for a multi…

Health care systems today are complex, technically proficient, competitive, and market-driven.
One outcome of this environment is the recent phenomenon in the health care field of “…

The Medical Outcomes Study was designed to (1) determine whether variations in patient
outcomes are explained by differences in system of care, clinician specialty, and clinicians' …

Background Increased risk for serious adverse outcomes has been associated with a history
of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Whether these risks are directly attributable to CSA rather …

Context Previous studies have reported that early initiation of cannabis (marijuana) use is a
significant risk factor for other drug use and drug-related problems. Objective To examine …

… For over twenty years, Nelson has been one of the nation’s … During this same time period,
Nelson was doing pioneering work … In the early 1990s, Nelson and his colleagues at Dartmouth …

Objective. —To examine whether specialty and system of care exert independent effects on
resource utilization. Study Design. —Cross-sectional analysis of just over 20 000 patients (≥…

… Correspondence to: EC Nelson eugene.c.nelson{at}gmail.com … Nelson and colleagues
describe examples where they are used in primary and secondary care and argue for their wider …

Liability to alcohol dependence (AD) is heritable, but little is known about its complex polygenic
architecture or its genetic relationship with other disorders. To discover loci associated …