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Economic Burden of Hypoglycemia With Basal Insulin in Type 2 DiabetesHypoglycemia after basal insulin initiation is associated with high clinical and economic burden that precedes insulin initiation and persists during 1 to 2 years of follow-up.
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Did Medicare Part D Reduce Disparities?This study examined the impact of the Medicare Part D coverage gap on medication use by Hispanics, blacks, and whites with diabetes.
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Stimulating Comprehensive Medication Reviews Among Medicare Part D BeneficiariesThis article describes a study of an intervention to engage Medicare Part D beneficiaries in obtaining a comprehensive medication review.
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Getting From Here to There: Health IT Needs for Population HealthAligning health information technology with population health requires organizations to think differently about data needs, exchange partners, and how to leverage both for evidence-based action.
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Prospective or Retrospective ACO Attribution Matters for Seriously Ill PatientsThis study compared beneficiary characteristics and Medicare per capita expenditures among seriously ill Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) populations defined using prospective and retrospective claims-based attribution methods.
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US Care Pathways: Continued Focus on Oncology and Outstanding ChallengesThe authors examined the latest trends in development, implementation, and evaluation of care pathways and the impact of the movement toward value-based care.
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Assessing Outcomes in Child PsychiatryTwo standardized rating scales appeared to be valid and reliable for use at admission and possibly follow-up in a child psychiatry system of care.
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Oral Anticoagulant Discontinuation in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial FibrillationThe risk of discontinuation of oral anticoagulant therapy (both warfarin and direct oral anticoagulant therapies [DOACs]) among nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients was high. Although the hazard ratio for discontinuation favors DOACs, it is unlikely that the small difference in discontinuation relative to warfarin is clinically meaningful.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Gastric Banding and Bypass for Morbid ObesityLaparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and gastric bypass are cost-effective treatments for morbid obesity compared with no treatment.
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Geographic Access to Endocrinologists for Florida's Publicly Insured Children With DiabetesEnrollment, claims, and spatial data are used to demonstrate the importance of outreach strategies for families in rural areas who have children with diabetes. Spatial barriers, alone, do not fully elucidate racial/ethnic disparities in pediatric diabetes for street-level location. (For Tables and the Figure, please access the PDF on the last page.)
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Patient Safety Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Red Blood Cell UtilizationThis study evaluated the impact of a patient safety intervention and national guideline to reduce unnecessary red blood cell transfusions in a large, urban academic medical center.
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Managed Care Quality and Disenrollment in New York SCHIPUsing data from the New York SCHIP program, this study showed that plan disenrollment was not significantly associated with managed care plan quality.
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A Call for a Statewide Medication Reconciliation ProgramThe authors propose statewide programs that would expand the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program for all medications-not just opiates-in order to reduce outpatient medication errors.
