Compliance in Healthcare and Research (American Heart Association Monograph Series)
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ISBN: 0879934743 / Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, February 2001
Addresses the problem of compliance in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, focusing on the patient, the health care provider, and the healthcare organization. Examines current and classic issues, such as the role of managed care in compliance, use of standards in assessing health outcomes, and use of the "intention to treat" strategy in analyzing compliance. Describes problems at each level of compliance and provides empirically based strategies for addressing problems, looking at specific populations, clinical and research settings, and measurement of compliance. Burke teaches at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. Ockene teaches medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Noncompliance is a significant problem in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Compliance in Healthcare and Research, edited by Lora E. Burke, PhD, MPH, RN and Ira S. Ockene, MD, is unique in that it addresses the problem of compliance across three levels: the cardiovascular patient, the health care provider, and the healthcare organization. Moreover, this book examines very current and classic issues, such as the role of managed care in compliance, use of standards in assessing health outcomes, and use of the "intention to treat" strategy in analyzing compliance data. The expert authors not only describe the problems at each level of compliance, but also provide empirically-based strategies for addressing the problems. Additionally, individual chapters focus on specific population groups (such as children, minorities, and the obese); on clinical and research settings; and on methodology, such as measurement techniques and statistical analyses of compliance data. This diverse book should be used by all healthcare professionals and providers aiming to enhance compliance, healthcare managers wishing to address compliance from an organizational or policy level, and researchers interested in describing and measuring compliance, as well as interventionists interested in testing theoretically-based constructs.
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