Do simple counts of ADL dependencies adequately reflect older adults ' preferences toward states of functional impairment?
Our results suggest that the count of ADL dependencies does not adequately represent the utility for a health state. Cost-effectiveness analyses and other evaluations of programs that prevent or treat functional dependency should apply utility weights rather than relying on simple ADL counts.
A strategy to operate on Crohn patients without steroids and, if indicated, treated preoperatively with enteral nutrition and percutaneous drainage of abscesses resulted in no anastomotic leaks and few postoperative complications. These results were independent of the anastomotic technique used.