Authors


Greg D. Moon, MD, MBA

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Early Clinical Experience With Networked System for Promoting Patient Self-Management

A networked system designed to promote patient self-management appears to be safe and effective in capturing, integrating, and presenting medication adherence and physiologic information.



Henry Leher, PhD

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Impact of Persistence With Infliximab on Hospitalizations in Ulcerative Colitis

Therapeutic persistence with infliximab was associated with signifi cantly fewer ulcerative colitis patients requiring hospitalization; once hospitalized, patients with therapeutic persistence had significantly decreased inpatient costs.



Marianne Desir, MD

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The Association of Health Literacy Domains With Hospitalizations and Mortality

Despite previous research evidence, this study did not reveal an overall association of health literacy, numeracy, and graph literacy with all-cause hospitalizations or mortality.


Aaron L. Woofter, MD

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Pharmaceutical Company Influence on Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Prescribing Behaviors

This study describes the social and communicative strategies pharmaceutical companies use to influence NSAID prescribing behaviors and elicits physicians' perceptions and counterbalances to these strategies.


Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD

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The Relationship Between Preventive Dental Care and Overall Medical Expenditures

Using an instrumental variable approach, this study is the first to present causal estimates of the effect of preventive dental visits on overall medical expenditures.


Sora Al Rowas, MD, MSc

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The Association Between Insurance Type and Cost-Related Delay in Care: A Survey

In a survey of patients and visitors to a large academic medical center, middle-income respondents with private insurance reported more cost-related delays in care than those with public insurance.


Randall W. Rupper, MD, MPH

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Review of Veterans Health Administration Telemedicine Interventions

A review of exemplary VHA-sponsored telemedicine interventions indicates that telemedicine can efficiently address patient healthcare needs.


Carolyn M. Rutter, PhD

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A Restricted Look at CRC Screening: Not Considering Annual Stool Testing as an Option

This is a letter clarifying some points in an article published in the February 2016 issue of AJMC by Berger et al on colorectal cancer screening guidelines.


Margaret Albaugh, MA

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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Over-the-Counter Statins

This paper estimates the costs and benefits of over-the-counter (OTC) statins using data on statin use and cardiovascular risk, clinical studies of statin safety and efficacy, and an OTC statin use trial.


Rachel Lipson, MSc

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Adalimumab Persistence for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Veteran and Insured Cohorts

Veterans 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.



Joy L. Lee, BA

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Measuring Concurrent Adherence to Multiple Related Medications

This study compares the performance of several definitions of concurrent adherence to related medications.


Thomas K. Thomas, MBA

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Health Insurance in India: Need for Managed Care Expertise

India's emerging health insurance sector faces significant operational challenges that managed care models can help to address.


Diana Parrish, MSW

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Depression Self-Management Assistance Using Automated Telephonic Assessments and Social Support

Automated patient support calls with feedback to informal caregivers and clinicians represent a viable strategy for increasing access to depression monitoring and self-management assistance.


Aki Yoshikawa, PhD

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Geographic Variation in Surgical Outcomes and Cost Between the United States and Japan

Compared with Japan, the United States has substantially less geographic variation in surgical outcomes, but it has higher variation in cost.





Karen M. Stockl, PharmD

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Improving Patient Self-Management of Multiple Sclerosis Through a Disease Therapy Management Program

This study evaluated the effect of a multiple sclerosis disease therapy management program on medication adherence, therapy persistence, relapses, work productivity, and quality of life.



Leticia R. Moczygemba, PhD, PharmD

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Comprehensive Health Management Pharmacist-Delivered Model: Impact on Healthcare Utilization and Costs

Pharmacist-provided comprehensive medication management led to a significant difference in emergency department visits and a cost savings of $2.10 to $2.60 for every $1.00 spent relative to a comparator group.




Tara F. Bishop, MD, MPH

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Trends in Hospital Ownership of Physician Practices and the Effect on Processes to Improve Quality

Reports suggest that hospitals are acquiring physician practices. Data from 3 large surveys showed increased use of care management processes when hospital acquired practices.


Michelle Landwehr, MPH

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Young Adult Cancer Survivors Disproportionately Affected by Treatment Costs

Young adult (YA) cancer survivors are hit the hardest in the wallet by their treatment. The average net worth of YAs who have received grants from The Samfund is a staggering —$35,000, while their counterparts in the general population is $68,000




Karl Finison, MA

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Statewide Data Infrastructure Supports Population Health Management: Diabetes Case Study

The use of statewide data infrastructure is effective at identifying criteria for diabetes outreach and management at the whole-population level.

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