Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Feb 2005 The Oregon Plan and QALYs Fritz Allhoff A controversial Oregon plan used quality-of-life assessments to provide fewer health care services to a larger pool of Medicaid patients. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):187-190. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor2-0502. Policy Forum Feb 2005 Some Ethical Corrections to Valuing Health Programs in Terms of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Erik Nord, PhD The conventional quality-adjusted life years approach to resource allocation has greater societal value if it is distributed among many rather than concentrated on a few, assuming that severity of illness is the same. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):191-194. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor3-0502. Case and Commentary Mar 2004 HMO-Dictated Patient Discharge, Commentary 2 Linda MacDonald Glenn, JD, LLM The financial constraints of HMOs often conflict with physicians' medical decisions regarding patient care. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(3):112-116. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.3.ccas3-0403. Case and Commentary Mar 2004 HMO-Dictated Patient Discharge, Commentary 1 Lisa Anderson-Shaw, DrPH, MA, MSN The financial constraints of HMOs often conflict with physicians' medical decisions regarding patient care. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(3):112-116. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.3.ccas3-0403. Case and Commentary Sep 2004 Obtaining Asylum from Partner Abuse: the Physician's Role, Commentary 2 Nalaini Sriskandarajah, MD and Sai Sriskandarajah, JD Physicians can take an active role in helping victims of domestic partner abuse receive the medical care and emotional support needed. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(9):383-386. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.ccas1-0409. Case and Commentary Sep 2004 Obtaining Asylum from Partner Abuse: the Physician's Role, Commentary 1 Karin Kalkstein, MD Physicians can take an active role in helping victims of domestic partner abuse receive the medical care and emotional support needed. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(9):381-383. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.ccas1-0409. Case and Commentary May 2004 Disaster Triage James F. Childress, PhD Triage duties in the event of a medical disaster have different ethical rules than normal situations. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(5):206-208. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.5.ccas2-0405. Case and Commentary Apr 2003 When Disability Is in Question Guy Micco, MD A patient and physician must have a strong line of communication when dealing with pain that has no clear causes. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(4):129-132. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.4.ccas4-0304 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Current page 21
Policy Forum Feb 2005 The Oregon Plan and QALYs Fritz Allhoff A controversial Oregon plan used quality-of-life assessments to provide fewer health care services to a larger pool of Medicaid patients. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):187-190. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor2-0502.
Policy Forum Feb 2005 Some Ethical Corrections to Valuing Health Programs in Terms of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Erik Nord, PhD The conventional quality-adjusted life years approach to resource allocation has greater societal value if it is distributed among many rather than concentrated on a few, assuming that severity of illness is the same. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):191-194. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor3-0502.
Case and Commentary Mar 2004 HMO-Dictated Patient Discharge, Commentary 2 Linda MacDonald Glenn, JD, LLM The financial constraints of HMOs often conflict with physicians' medical decisions regarding patient care. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(3):112-116. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.3.ccas3-0403.
Case and Commentary Mar 2004 HMO-Dictated Patient Discharge, Commentary 1 Lisa Anderson-Shaw, DrPH, MA, MSN The financial constraints of HMOs often conflict with physicians' medical decisions regarding patient care. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(3):112-116. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.3.ccas3-0403.
Case and Commentary Sep 2004 Obtaining Asylum from Partner Abuse: the Physician's Role, Commentary 2 Nalaini Sriskandarajah, MD and Sai Sriskandarajah, JD Physicians can take an active role in helping victims of domestic partner abuse receive the medical care and emotional support needed. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(9):383-386. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.ccas1-0409.
Case and Commentary Sep 2004 Obtaining Asylum from Partner Abuse: the Physician's Role, Commentary 1 Karin Kalkstein, MD Physicians can take an active role in helping victims of domestic partner abuse receive the medical care and emotional support needed. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(9):381-383. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.9.ccas1-0409.
Case and Commentary May 2004 Disaster Triage James F. Childress, PhD Triage duties in the event of a medical disaster have different ethical rules than normal situations. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(5):206-208. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.5.ccas2-0405.
Case and Commentary Apr 2003 When Disability Is in Question Guy Micco, MD A patient and physician must have a strong line of communication when dealing with pain that has no clear causes. Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(4):129-132. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.4.ccas4-0304