Miriam Steele, Ph.D. The New School for Social Research Research has demonstrated the powerful influence of the attachment relationship between parents and their children. How does the nature of this relationship affect children who have experienced trauma in the past or newly developing parent-child relationship with adoptive parents? How does it affect the parent’s experience of parenting? Th...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis (H-LASIK) on corneal integrity, by investigating relationships between proportionate corneal tissue ablated and refractive outcomes at 3 months. METHODS 18 eyes of 18 subjects treated with H-LASIK by Technolas 217c Excimer Laser were included in the study. Orbscan II Topography System was used to determine corneal vo...

BACKGROUND The Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society (CROES) undertook the Ureteroscopy Global Study to establish a prospective global database to examine the worldwide use of ureteroscopy (URS) and to determine factors affecting outcome. OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of case volume on the outcomes of URS for ureteral stones. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS The U...

BACKGROUND The relationships between hospital/surgeon characteristics and operative outcomes and cost are being scrutinized increasingly. In patients with craniosynostosis specifically, the relationship between hospital volume and outcomes has yet to be characterized. METHODS Subjects undergoing craniosynostosis surgery between 2004 and 2015 were identified in the Pediatric Health Information...

OBJECTIVE To describe the relationships between procedure volume and late survival after cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) and explore variables explaining any effect. MATERIALS AND METHODS Electronic records of treatment and surgical pathology reports were linked to a population-based registry to identify patients who underwent cystectomy during 1994-2008 in Ontario, Canad...

• Recently, we have reported on the pressure developed in the left ventricle when that chamber was made to contract under conditions closely approaching that of being isovolumic.' 2 More recently, the use of a latex balloon to change the amount of effort of the right ventricle yielded data on the pressure developed in the right ventricle at different volumes under nearly isovolumic conditions. ...

Measurement is the basis for assessing potential improvements in healthcare quality. Measures may be classified into four categories: volume, structure, outcome, and process (VSOP). Measures of each type should be used with a full understanding of their cost and benefit. Although volume and structure measures are easily collected, impact on healthcare results is not always clear. Process measur...