Five reasons why health care quality research hasn't affected competition law and policy.

Research on health care quality has become increasingly sophisticated, but the research has not had a major impact on competition law and policy. Five specific translational barriers (relevance/litigation dynamics, complexity, framing, judicial and administrative skepticism, and inadequate demand) are identified. If researchers on health care quality want to have an impact on competition law and policy they must confront and overcome these translational barriers.

Barriers to managing pain in the nursing home: findings from a statewide survey.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify pain management demographics, perceived resources, and perceived barriers to adequately manage pain in the nursing home setting.

Design: Mailed survey.

Setting: All licensed Connecticut nursing homes.

Patenting nonassociated polymeric structures (NAPS): implications for structural genomic data release.

The intellectual property laws that govern patent rights should provide a reasonable balance between the competing concerns of open access and exclusivity. Open access can facilitate knowledge dissemination and collaboration in furthering science. On the other hand, exclusivity can ensure interest and financial investment in scientific research and development.

Health care fraud and abuse: market change, social norms, and the trust "reposed on the workmen".

Health care fraud and abuse reportedly account for 10 percent of total spending on health care, or about $120 billion per year. Not surprisingly, Congress has granted fraud control personnel sweeping powers with which to attack the problem. Unfortunately, effectively addressing health care fraud is exceedingly complicated, particularly in light of recent major changes in the medical marketplace and the social context of such conduct.

Global governance, international health law and WHO: looking towards the future.

The evolving domain of international health law encompasses increasingly diverse and complex concerns. Commentators agree that health development in the twenty-first century is likely to expand the use of conventional international law to create a framework for coordination and cooperation among states in an increasingly interdependent world. This article examines the forces and factors behind the emerging expansion of conventional international health law as an important tool for present and future multilateral cooperation.

Management of cancer-related and noncancer-related chronic pain in Connecticut: successes and failures.

Findings are reported from a survey of Connecticut HMO patients who had one of three conditions associated with pain: cancer, arthritis, and neuropathic diagnoses. From each group, 145 patients were randomly selected to receive a mailed survey. The overall eligible response rate was 73%.