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Age and Rural Residence Effects on Accessing Colorectal Cancer Treatments: A Registry StudyOlder patients with colorectal cancer were less likely to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy; rural patients with colon cancer were less likely to undergo chemotherapy.
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Does Telephone Care Management Help Medicaid Beneficiaries With Depression?Telephone care management increased mental health service use for Medicaid beneficiaries with depression but did not reduce depression severity. More intensive services may be needed.
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Performance Measurement for People With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Conceptual ModelThe Performance Measurement for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions conceptual model can facilitate development and refinement of quality measures for a medically complex population.
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Low-Value Care for Acute Sinusitis Encounters: Who's Choosing Wisely?Acute sinusitis is a common acute illness and offers an opportunity to eliminate low-value care. The authors describe current practices, comparing primary care, urgent care, and the emergency department.
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Implications of DRG Classification in a Bundled Payment Initiative for COPDDiagnosis-related group coding determines eligibility for many Medicare bundled payment initiatives. This approach excluded many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease likely to benefit while including others without the disease.
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Electronic Health Record Availability Among Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and PhysiciansAvailability of electronic health records among advanced practice nurses and physicians in California is concentrated among large practices with fewer Medicaid patients.
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Cost Differential of Immuno-Oncology Therapy Delivered at Community Versus Hospital ClinicsAdministration of immuno-oncology therapy for cancer diagnoses in the community clinic setting is associated with lower costs compared with administration in a hospital-based clinic setting.
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Predictive Model for Emergency Hospital Admission and 6-Month ReadmissionPredictive models for hospital admissions and readmissions in persons aged >65 years have been developed through a combination of comorbidity and previous healthcare use.
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Step-Up Care Improves Impairment in Uncontrolled Asthma: An Administrative Data StudySignificant clinically meaningful improvements in asthma impairment are documented by administrative data for 1 year after initiation of step-up care in patients with uncontrolled asthma.
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Faster by a Power of 10: A PLAN for Accelerating National Adoption of Evidence-Based PracticesThe authors identify a 4-step plan to accelerate the spread of evidence-based practices.
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Areas of Addressable Friction for the Adoption of Greater Healthcare Affordability: Insights from US PhysiciansBased on an analysis of Medscape Business of Medicine data, we identify 5 specific areas of friction for the success of payment reform efforts.
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Pharmaceuticals From Development to Practice: Learnings From an Online CurriculumThis article summarizes the outcomes from a pilot online curriculum on off-label prescribing, appraising pharmaceutical information, and talking with patients about advertised medications.
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Psychological Family Intervention for Poorly Controlled Type 2 DiabetesA family-based intervention targeting negative and/or inaccurate illness perceptions in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes was effective in improving glycemic control.
