CLINICAL DATABASES

• Study to improve prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.

  Population: 2,500 patients/2,500 admissions from 1992 to 1993 in a tertiary-care hospital in the Rocky Mountain West.

• Study to assess consequences of certain HMO cost containment policies.

  Population: 13,158 patients/90,158 visits/1,871 admissions from 1992 to 1993 (patients followed for one year) in six HMOs throughout the USA.

   

• Study to prevent complications in abdominal surgery.

  Population: 1,007 patients/1,007 admissions from 1994 to 1997 in eight hospitals in the Pacific West.

   

• Study to improve treatment of asthma and bronchiolitis and to measure pediatric severity of illness generally.

  Population: Severity of illness data for 13,884 patients/16,557 admissions from 1995 to 1996 in 10 pediatric hospitals throughout the USA. CPI data for 762 asthma patients and 782 bronchiolitis patients.

   

• Study to improve coronary artery bypass grafts.

  Population: 2,241 patients/2,243 admissions from 1994 to 1996 in 15 hospitals throughout the USA.

   

• Study to improve nutritional support during certain chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

  Population: 352 bone marrow transplant patients/443 admissions from 1995 to 1997 in four tertiary-care hospitals in the Northeast and Southwest and 217 colorectal cancer patients/137 admissions/791 visits from 1992 to 1996 in four hospitals in the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific Southwest.

   

• Studies to improve treatment of congestive heart failure.

  Populations: 215 patients/338 admissions/791 visits from 1995 to 1996 in a hospital in the Pacific Northwest and 116 patients/384 admissions/316 visits from 1994 to 1996 in a hospital in the mid-Atlantic region.

   

• Study to improve prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.

  Population: 2,486 patients/6,833 severity assessments from 1996 to 1997 in 109 facilities belonging to six long-term-care provider systems throughout the USA.

   

• Study to improve prevention of falls.

  Population: 280 patients/285 admissions from 1995 to 1996 in a hospital in the Pacific Northwest.

   

• Study to prevent complications in abdominal surgery.

  Population: 977 patients/977 admissions from 1997 to 1998 in three hospitals in the Rocky Mountain West.

   

• Study to prevent diabetic complications through outpatient diabetes care.

  Population: 228 patients/3072 clinic visits from 1997 to 1999 in four settings in the Pacific West.

   

• Study of pain management and self-determined life closure for hospice patients.

  Population: 1,306 patients from 2001 to 2003 in 13 hospices throughout the USA.

   

• Study to prevent complications in labor and delivery patients.

  Population: 1,343 women from December 2001 through January 2002 in eight hospitals in the Houston, Texas area.

   

• Study to determine best interventions for post-stroke patients in inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs).

  Population: 1,291 patients in seven IRFs treated between 2001 and 2003; 1,161 patients in six US IRFs and 130 patients in New Zealand.

   

Severity of illness Measurement.

Population: 14,324 patients/15,853 admissions from 1991 to 1992 in 13 ICUs in the Rocky Mountain West.

Population: 10,856 patients/13,962 admissions from 1993 to 1996 in a tertiary-care hospital in the Pacific West.

Population: 8,014 patients/9,554 admissions/51 visits from 1991 to 1995 in a tertiary-care hospital in the Rocky Mountain West.

Population: 3,490 patients/3,487 admissions/492 visits from 1993 to 1997 in a hospital system in the Midwest.

Population: 480 patients/480 admissions from 1993 to 1995 in a psychiatric hospital in Eastern Canada.