Boston Visions
Boston Visions
Boston Visions
Boston Visions
Boston Visions
Boston Visions
Planning rodent control for Boston's artery/tunnel project
A comprehensive rodent control program is being planned for a $4.4 billion highway-construction project in Boston, MA. This IPM program will include broad participation by project personnel, city and state agencies, and community groups. Surveys, public education, and sanitation improvements will begin more than a year before construction; baiting ...
Detection of depressive disorder for patients receiving prepaid or fee-for-service care. Results from the Medical Outcom...
We estimated clinicians' awareness of depression for patients with current depressive disorder (N = 650) who received care in either a single-specialty solo or small group practice, a large multispecialty group practice, or a health maintenance organization in three US sites. Depressive disorder was determined by independent diagnostic assessment s...
Measuring patients' desire for autonomy: decision making and information-seeking preferences among medical patients
An instrument for measuring patients' preferences for two identified dimensions of autonomy, their desire to make medical decisions and their desire to be informed, was developed and tested for reliability and validity. The authors found that patients prefer that decisions be made principally by their physicians, not themselves, although they very ...
The MOS short-form general health survey. Reliability and validity in a patient population
