Complications of colonoscopy in an integrated health care delivery system.

Background: Information about colonoscopy complications, particularly postpolypectomy bleeding, is limited.

Objective: To quantify the magnitude and severity of colonoscopy complications.

Design: Retrospective cohort.

Injury hospitalizations: using the nationwide inpatient sample.

Background: The aims of this study are to develop estimates of discharge rates and frequencies for all injury-related hospitalizations in the United States for the year 2000 and to characterize patterns of hospitalized injury and anatomic region using a modified Barell Matrix. The utility of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) for providing national estimates of hospitalized injuries will be discussed.

Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis of hospital discharge data using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample.

Impact of home smoking rules on smoking patterns among adolescents and young adults.

Introduction: Smoking restrictions in public places have been shown to reduce cigarette consumption and may reduce smoking prevalence. Evidence is emerging that smoke-free policies in nonpublic places may have a similar effect. The purpose of this study was to determine whether an association exists between household smoking rules and smoking patterns among adolescents (aged 15 to 18 years) and young adults (aged 19 to 24 years) living in parental homes (i.

Effectiveness of a free folic acid supplement program in family planning clinics.

Background: Adequate periconceptional folic acid consumption lowers the risk for neural tube defects. We report the results of an evaluation of a folic acid intervention in Georgia family planning clinics that provided free folic acid supplements or fortified breakfast cereal.

Methods: Six family planning clinics participated in the evaluation.

On-schedule mammography rescreening in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

Objective: The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) provides free cancer screening to many low-income, underinsured women annually but does not routinely collect all data necessary for precise estimation of mammography rescreening rates among enrollees.

Materials And Methods: To determine the percentages rescreened and to identify factors that encourage on-schedule rescreening, telephone interview and medical record data were collected from 1685 enrollees in Maryland, New York, Ohio, and Texas at least 30 months after their 1997 index mammogram.

Results: Overall, 72.