Smoking and mental illness: A population-based prevalence study.
- K. Lasser, J. Boyd, S. Woolhandler, D. Himmelstein, D. McCormick, D. Bor
- Medicine, PsychologyJAMA
- 22 November 2000
CONTEXT
Studies of selected groups of persons with mental illness, such as those who are institutionalized or seen in mental health clinics, have reported rates of smoking to be higher than in…
The health and health care of US prisoners: results of a nationwide survey.
- Andrew P. Wilper, S. Woolhandler, D. Himmelstein
- Medicine, LawAmerican Journal of Public Health
- 15 January 2009
Many inmates with a serious chronic physical illness fail to receive care while incarcerated, and among inmates with mental illness, most were off their treatments at the time of arrest.
Medical bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: results of a national study.
- D. Himmelstein, D. Thorne, E. Warren, S. Woolhandler
- MedicineAmerican Journal of Medicine
- 1 August 2009
Costs of health care administration in the United States and Canada.
- S. Woolhandler, T. Campbell, D. Himmelstein
- Political Science, MedicineNew England Journal of Medicine
- 21 August 2003
The gap between U.S. and Canadian spending on health care administration has grown to 752 dollars per capita, and a large sum might be saved in the United States if administrative costs could be trimmed by implementing a Canadian-style health care system.
Illness and Injury as Contributors to Bankruptcy
- D. Himmelstein, E. Warren, D. Thorne, S. Woolhandler
- MedicineHealth Affairs
- 2 February 2005
To investigate medical contributors to bankruptcy, 1,771 personal bankruptcy filers in five federal courts and subsequently completed in-depth interviews with 931 of them indicated that 1.9-2.2 million Americans (filers plus dependents) experienced medical bankruptcy.
Timing of new black box warnings and withdrawals for prescription medications.
- K. Lasser, P. Allen, S. Woolhandler, D. Himmelstein, S. Wolfe, D. Bor
- MedicineJAMA
- 1 May 2002
To determine the frequency and timing of discovery of new ADRs described in black box warnings or necessitating withdrawal of the drug from the market, Examination of the Physicians' Desk Reference for all new chemical entities approved by the US Food and Drug Administration between 1975 and 1999 is examined.
Access to care, health status, and health disparities in the United States and Canada: results of a cross-national population-based survey.
- K. Lasser, D. Himmelstein, S. Woolhandler
- Medicine, Political ScienceAmerican Journal of Public Health
- 30 May 2006
Disparities on the basis of race, income, and immigrant status were present in both countries but were more extreme in the United States.
Health insurance and mortality in US adults.
- Andrew P. Wilper, S. Woolhandler, K. Lasser, D. McCormick, D. Bor, D. Himmelstein
- Medicine, Political ScienceAmerican Journal of Public Health
- 17 September 2009
The strength of that association appears similar to that from a study that evaluated data from the mid-1980s, despite changes in medical therapeutics and the demography of the uninsured since that time.
Inappropriate drug prescribing for the community-dwelling elderly.
- S. Willcox, D. Himmelstein, S. Woolhandler
- MedicineJAMA
- 27 July 1994
Physicians prescribe potentially inappropriate medications for nearly a quarter of all older people living in the community, placing them at risk of drug adverse effects such as cognitive impairment and sedation.
Hospital computing and the costs and quality of care: a national study.
- D. Himmelstein, Adam Wright, S. Woolhandler
- Medicine, Political ScienceAmerican Journal of Medicine
- 2010
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