Paul D. Jacobs ([email protected]), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. There is widespread agreement that taxpayers pay more when Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. New approach methods (NAMs) include nonanimal and other approaches, such as ...

A new study calls for updating the tools used to assess hospital readmission risk for skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents. One of the measurements used to assess a SNF’s quality of care is how ...

An epidemic is sweeping the nation, putting intense pressure on the healthcare system. This time, it’s not a disease of the human body — it’s cyber systems that are under attack. Recent research based ...

For 25 years, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have used their broad expertise in human health risk assessment, ecology, radiation protection, toxicology and information management to ...