WHO: More than 2,300 leading health services researchers and policymakers from the U.S. and abroad attend the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) to hear the latest research findings on critical health care delivery topics such as, Medicare, coverage & access, disparities, health information technology, long-term care, health care quality, and patient safety. (http://www.academyhealth.org/arm/index.htm)
Examples of the research to be addressed at the ARM include the following abstracts selected as the most outstanding research submissions for the 2005 ARM. A special presentation of these abstracts will be given Tuesday, June 28 at
— Influence of Patients’ Requests for Directly Advertised Prescription Drugs on Physicians’ Treatment of Depression, Richard Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H.
— Comparing Four-Year Health Outcomes of Elderly Adults Enrolled in Traditional Medicare (FFS) vs. Medicare HMOs, Dana Gelb Safran, SC.D.
— Civility Among Healthcare Employees: The Impact on Patients, Mark Meterko, Ph.D.
WHAT: The AcademyHealth ARM (http://www.academyhealth.org/arm/index.htm) provides an opportunity to:
— Hear keynote address by Atul Gawande, M.D., M.P.H., On the Imperfection of Medicine,
— Meet with leading health policymakers and researchers.
— Attend 130 sessions covering 17 major areas of health services research and policy. View full meeting agenda.
— Attend Interest Group meetings for focused discussions on specific health services research topics, such as health economics, long-term care, public health systems research, state health research and policy, and health information technology.
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Members of the media can contact Stacia Sanvik at stacia.sanvik@academyhealth.org or 202-292-6743 by
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