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Adalimumab Persistence for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Veteran and Insured CohortsVeterans with inflammatory bowel disease taking adalimumab appear to be more likely to remain on the drug 1 year after initiation than patients who are privately insured.
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Passive Social Health Surveillance and Inpatient ReadmissionsBy collecting self-identified social needs and linking them to claims data, this study analysis reveals that social needs are associated with inpatient readmissions.
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Early Provider Perspectives Within an Accountable Care OrganizationThe authors’ survey of providers in a new accountable care organization reports that initial perceptions of this care model are ambivalent and vary among participating practices.
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The Personal Financial Burden of Cancer for the Working-Aged PopulationBeing actively treated for cancer increases the mean annual out-of-pocket medical expenditures by $1170 compared with not having cancer.
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Does CAC Testing Alter Downstream Treatment Patterns for Cardiovascular Disease?This article provides an assessment of the downstream impact of coronary artery calcium scanning on the subsequent treatment patterns of non—high-risk patients.
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Value of Survival Gains in Chronic Myeloid LeukemiaAlthough clinical trial data have quantified patient survival gains associated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukemia, the overall value of these benefits is unknown.
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Ethnic Differences in the Development of Albuminuria: The DISTANCE StudyDespite uniform access to medical care, Filipinos, blacks, and Asians with diabetes developed albuminuria at higher rates than whites.
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Predicting Hospitalizations From Electronic Health Record DataThe authors aimed to develop a rigorous technique for predicting hospitalizations using data that are already available to most health systems.
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Moving Risk to PhysiciansThe American healthcare system is finally moving away from fee-for-service toward bundled payments, but this transition will only be successful if we shift risk to the physicians.
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Factors Affecting Medication Adherence Trajectories for Patients With Heart FailureNonwhite race, smoking, and increasing body mass index were associated with the lowest adherence trajectories for patients with heart failure, with adherence dropping off within the first year.
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Pilot-Testing a New Program for Providing Personalized and Patient-Centered Preventive CareProgram that enhances personalized and patient-centered preventive care at a busy inner-city primary care clinic may be associated with improved health outcomes.
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Improving Population Health Through Multistakeholder PartnershipsImproving population health requires developing innovative multistakeholder partnerships to enable mining and cross-leveraging data sets, creating patient touchpoint “ecosystems,” and aligning investments with each stakeholder’s returns.
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Review of Outcomes Associated With Restricted Access to Atypical AntipsychoticsThis literature review evaluates the impact of restricted access to atypical antipsychotic drugs in individuals with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
