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Hospital Admissions and MS: Temporal Trends and Patient CharacteristicsAn examination of hospitalization patterns in patients with multiple sclerosis with a focus on the association with time and patient characteristics.
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Electronic Sharing of Diagnostic Information and Patient OutcomesA study evaluating the association between hospital sharing of electronic health record diagnostic information and hospital quality using Hospital Compare scores.
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Assessing the Chiral Switch: Approval and Use of Single-Enantiomer Drugs, 2001 to 2011From 2001 to 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration approved 9 single-enantiomer drugs with racemic precursors. None showed pre-approval evidence of improved efficacy over the racemic precursor.
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Food Insecurity, Healthcare Utilization, and High Cost: A Longitudinal Cohort StudyIn a longitudinal study, the authors find that food insecurity is associated with greater emergency department visits, inpatient admissions, and length of stay. Check out our website’s new table/figure pop-up feature! Click on the name of a table or figure in the text to see it in your browser.
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Patient and Plan Characteristics Affecting Abandonment of Oral Oncolytic PrescriptionsTen percent of patients abandon newly initiated oral oncolytics at the pharmacy. Patients facing higher cost sharing or increased concurrent prescription activity have a higher abandonment rate.
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Persistent Asthma Defined Using HEDIS Versus Survey CriteriaHEDIS-defined persistent asthma is generally consistent with survey-defined persistent asthma over a 3-year period.
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The Road to Electronic Health Records Is Paved With OperationsElectronic health records best support process improvements when win-win situations are created to achieve both organizational benefits and team member work flow improvements.
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Medicare Inpatient and Postdischarge Outcomes of Elective Percutaneous Coronary InterventionsAn understanding of risk-adjusted outcomes for percutaneous coronary interventions for both inpatient and 90-day postdischarge events is necessary for the redesign of care outcomes.
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Inpatient Rehabilitation Utilization for Acute Stroke Under a Universal Health Insurance SystemBased on claims data from a universal health insurance system, inpatient stroke rehabilitation use was 34.0% and mainly related to stroke type and stroke severity.
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A Population-Based Assessment of Proton Beam Therapy Utilization in CaliforniaThis population-based analysis of patients with cancer in California found significant differences in proton beam therapy use by health insurance type, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
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Improving Provider Directory Accuracy: Can Machine-Readable Directories Help?The authors examined the accuracy of provider directories and found widespread errors. Machine-readable directories are not more accurate than conventional directories, despite their advantages. A survey of promising initiatives to improve directory accuracy was also completed.
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Effect of Antihypertensive Medication Adherence Among Employees With HypertensionAntihypertensive medication adherence was associated with improvement in certain short-term utilization measures among employees with high prior medical costs.
