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Mental Health Services Utilization Among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner ViolenceAmong women diagnosed as having intimate partner violence, odds of mental health utilization were lower among those diagnosed in emergency departments versus primary care clinics.
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High-Risk Centers and the Benefits for Lower-Risk TransplantsThere does not appear to be any comparative advantage for low-risk hematopoietic cell transplantation patients to seek care from high-risk centers.
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The Breathmobile Improves the Asthma Medication Ratio and Decreases Emergency Department UtilizationAn examination of the asthma medication ratio (≥0.50) as an informative metric in program evaluation and for healthcare organizations to measure quality of care provided to patients with asthma.
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Shared Medical Appointments for Patients with Type 2 DiabetesGlycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes was improved through a shared medical appointment program focusing on lifestyle education and behavior change.
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Pattern of Statin Use Among 10 Cohorts of New Users From 1995 to 2004: A Register-Based Nationwide StudyOne-year persistence among new users of statins in Finland improved from 1995 to 1998, after which no substantial changes were observed up to 2004.
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Health Plan—Provider Accountable Care Partnerships: How Have They Evolved?Although health plan accountable care models have evolved provider readiness, data, analytics, and the use of performance measurement are important components of plan-provider partnerships.
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Screening Cardiac Surgery Patients for MRSA: An Economic Computer ModelRoutine preoperative MRSA screening of cardiac surgery patients could provide substantial economic value to third-party payers and hospitals under a wide range of circumstances.
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Randomized Trial of an Electronic Asthma Monitoring System Among New York City ChildrenChildren who used an electronic monitoring system had as many emergency department visits and hospitalizations for asthma as children who used a paper diary.
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Clinical and Economic Outcomes Associated With Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in the ElderlyClinical and economic outcomes associated with the use of specific potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly were evaluated.
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Wait Times, Patient Satisfaction Scores, and the Perception of CareClinic wait times do not just affect overall patient satisfaction, but also specifically affect the perception of providers and the quality of care.
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The Incidence and Costs of Hypoglycemia in Type 2 DiabetesThe overall incidence of hypoglycemia was considerable in this large working-age population and was associated with $52 million (2008 dollars) in direct medical costs.
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Community-Based Health Information Technology Alliances: Potential Predictors of Early SustainabilityCommunities led by health information organizations were more likely than those led by healthcare organizations to receive ongoing funding for implementing health information technology.
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New Thinking on Clinical Utility: Hard Lessons for Molecular DiagnosticsThe authors describe 5 basic requirements for planning, implementing, and proving clinical utility for diagnostic tests, drawing on recent reimbursement decisions.
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Resource Utilization With Insulin Pump Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes MellitusA retrospective claims analysis of managed care enrollees with type 2 diabetes mellitus showed that insulin pump therapy reduced antidiabetic drug and healthcare resource use.
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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.
