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Will Preoperative Smoking Cessation Programs Generate Long-Term Cessation? A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisThis review demonstrates the long-term (≥12 months) efficacy of preoperative smoking cessation programs, providing further support for incorporation of smoking cessation programs into presurgical clinics.
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Optimal Cancer Care Across the Spectrum of Life and DiseaseThe Guest Editors set the context for this special collection of oncology-focused articles.
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COPD-Related Healthcare Utilization and Costs After Discharge From a Hospitalization or Emergency Department Visit on a Regimen of Fluticasone Propionate-Salmeterol Combination Versus Other MaintenancInitiation of fluticasone propionate–salmeterol after a COPD-related hospitalization or ED visit decreased the risk of a recurrent event and reduced COPD-related medical costs.
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Use of Health Information Technology to Improve Medication AdherenceAutomated telephone reminders resulted in a small but significant increase in adherence to inhaled corticosteroids among adult asthma patients in a large managed care organization.
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Incidence and Cost of CAP in a Large Working-Age PopulationApproximately 5% of non-elderly adults have a community acquired pneumonia (CAP) annually, with an annual total of $10.6 billion in direct and indirect costs.
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Health Information Technology for Ambulatory Care in Health SystemsHealth systems are important in driving electronic health record adoption in ambulatory clinics, although the uptake of key functionalities varies across systems.
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Making the RoundsHackensack Alliance ACO integrates pharmacists and adopts new technology as it joins in the bold experiment to lower costs and improve quality under health reform.
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Cost of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder vs Major Depressive Disorder Among Patients Covered by Medicaid or Private InsurancePost-traumatic stress disorder was associated with 4.2% to 9.3% higher annual per-patient healthcare costs compared with MDD among patients covered by Medicaid or private insurance.
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Real-World Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research Findings on Clinical PracticeThe authors found no consistent pattern in the concordance between CER evidence and subsequent utilization patterns.
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Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction With Inpatient Care and Hospital Readmission Within 30 DaysHigher overall patient satisfaction with inpatient care and discharge planning is associated with lower 30-day readmission rates after adjusting for clinical quality.
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Costs of Treating Lower Respiratory Tract InfectionsCompared with other costs of treatment, expenditures for antibiotics were nominal in an adult primary care population with lower respiratory tract infections.
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Variability in Resource Use: Diagnosing Colorectal CancerIn a cohort of 449 patients with colorectal cancer in the VA health system, diagnostic resource use varied with facility, patient age, and patient presentation.
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Evidence for the Benefit of Targeted Proteomics in the Era of the "Big Data" ApproachThe availability of a novel predictive biomarker in diabetes care could have benefits for patients, payers, and pharma.
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Comparison Between Guideline-Preferred and Nonpreferred First-Line HIV Antiretroviral TherapyInitiation of guideline-preferred first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) was associated with better ART adherence and persistence and similar total healthcare expenditures among Medicaid-insured HIV patients.
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Patients With Diabetes in Pay-for-Performance Programs Have Better Physician Continuity of Care and SurvivalPatients with diabetes who participate in a pay-for-performance program had higher continuity of care index (COCI) scores, and those with high COCI scores had higher survival rates.
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Prescriber Compliance With Black Box Warnings in Older Adult PatientsElderly patients prescribed drugs with a drug-laboratory black box warning (BBW) had lower rates of prescriber BBW compliance than patients prescribed drugs with a drug-disease warning.
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Primary Care Physicians' Experiences With Case Finding for Practice-Based Care ManagementCriteria used by primary care physicians to select patients for practice-based care management programs were explored in a qualitative study.
