Genetics in health care: an overview of current and emerging models

RN Battista, I Blancquaert, AM Laberge… - Public health …, 2011 - karger.com
Background: With advances in genetic and genomic medicine, the optimal integration of
genetic services into the health care system remains of major concern in many countries. …

Measuring the quality of life of cancer patients: a concise QL-index for use by physicians

…, E Chesterman, J Levi, R Shepherd, RN Battista… - Journal of chronic …, 1981 - Elsevier
To complement the hard variables generally used in the assessment of different treatments
for cancer and other chronic diseases we developed a ‘hardened’, succinct quantitative …

Attributes of successful smoking cessation interventions in medical practice: a meta-analysis of 39 controlled trials

TE Kottke, RN Battista, GH DeFriese, ML Brekke - Jama, 1988 - jamanetwork.com
Meta-analysis was used to examine 108 intervention comparisons in 39 controlled smoking
cessation trials. Type of intervention (face-to-face advice being better than all others), type of …

The Canadian Neurological Scale: validation and reliability assessment

R Cote, RN Battista, C Wolfson, J Boucher, J Adam… - Neurology, 1989 - AAN Enterprises
The Canadian Neurological Scale (CNS) was designed to monitor mentation and motor
functions in stroke patients. We assessed its validity and reliability on a group of 157 patients …

The psychological and physical health of family members caring for an elderly person with dementia

M Baumgarten, RN Battista, C Infante-Rivard… - Journal of clinical …, 1992 - Elsevier
Most elderly persons with dementia are cared for at home, usually by the spouse or an adult
child. The objective of the present study was to determine whether there is an excess of …

Expanding the scientific basis of health technology assessment: A research agenda for the next decade

RN Battista - International Journal of Technology Assessment in …, 2006 - cambridge.org
… We completely agree with Battista that delivery modes are now gaining attention. In the
1970s, we knew relatively little about what worked to improve health. As more and more …

Assessing the clinical effectiveness of preventive maneuvers: Analytic principles and systematic methods in reviewing evidence and developing clinical practice …

SH Woolf, RN Battista, GM Anderson, AG Logan… - Journal of clinical …, 1990 - Elsevier
This paper examines a process for evaluating clinical effectiveness and developing
recommendations in which systematic methods are used to review evidence from published clinical …

Lack of effect of aspirin in asymptomatic patients with carotid bruits and substantial carotid narrowing

R Cote, RN Battista, M Abrahamowicz… - Annals of internal …, 1995 - acpjournals.org
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of aspirin in preventing ischemic events in patients
with asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Design: Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Setting: …

[PDF][PDF] The evolving paradigm of health technology assessment: reflections for the millennium

RN Battista, MJ Hodge - Cmaj, 1999 - Can Med Assoc
Battista is Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Que., and
President of the … Jacob R, Battista RN. Assessing technology assessment: early results of the …

Innovation and diffusion of health-related technologies: a conceptual framework

RN Battista - International journal of technology assessment in …, 1989 - cambridge.org
The development and diffusion of health-related technologies constitute an extremely complex
process. This article examines the phenomenon of technological innovation; discusses …