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Real-World Value of Direct-Acting Antivirals for Hepatitis C at Kaiser Permanente Southern CaliforniaThis analysis demonstrates value and innovation of direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in the US Kaiser Permanente health system.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Health Literacy in US Southern StatesCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is not associated with health literacy. Personal perception of threat was associated with reduced vaccine hesitancy.
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Food Insecurity, Neighborhood, and Health Care Utilization in Health System AdultsThis retrospective study examined food insecurity and neighborhood disadvantage in health system patients as predictors of acute health care utilization.
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Considerations to Increase Rates of Breast Cancer Screening Across PopulationsAuthors from the Community Oncology Alliance and Avalere Health present data that show breast cancer screening rates recovered more slowly among some racial/ethnic groups following on the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Standardized Total Knee Arthroplasty Pathway Improves Outcomes in Minority PatientsIn a minority-predominant patient population, a standardized pathway for total knee arthroplasty was associated with improved outcomes with no change in postoperative complication rates.
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Live Biotherapeutic Product Remains Effective Against Recurrent CDI After Antibiotic UseA study showed the Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) treatment remained effective after subsequent systemic antibiotic exposure.
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Care Coordination in Primary Care: Mapping the TerritoryA survey completed by 100% of leaders of diverse care systems in Minnesota participating in an observational study showed little difference in approach to care coordination.
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Unmet Needs and the Future of Treatment in SMAExperts in SMA provide closing thoughts on unmet needs in SMA including the importance of research into treatment combinations and sequencing as well as multidisciplinary care and healthcare equity.
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Actions to Improve Quality: Results From a National Hospital SurveyHospitals reported widespread adoption of quality improvement (QI) changes to improve on CMS quality measures, and QI adoption was associated with improved performance on quality measures.
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Hypoglycemia Upon Hospital Admission From Long-term Care: Health Care Resource UseThis analysis of a hospital billing database describes inpatient length of stay, intensive care unit length of stay, comorbidities, and costs for patients with diabetes after admission with hypoglycemia from long-term care or home.
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Approaches for Overcoming Barriers to Cross-Sector Data SharingThe authors identified challenges to cross-sector data sharing and the approaches used to overcome these challenges in the Mid-Ohio Farmacy, a partnership to address food insecurity.
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Discharge Before Noon: Is the Sun Half Up or Half Down?Discharge before noon was associated with longer length of stay in patients with medical diagnoses and shorter length of stay in surgical patients.
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Addressing Evolving Patient Concerns Around Telehealth in the COVID-19 EraWith a rapid shift to telehealth during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, clinicians, health care organizations, and policy makers must consider and address patients’ evolving needs, concerns, and expectations.
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Medicare Advantage Customer Service Is Used Most by Higher-Need PatientsMedicare Advantage customer service supports a less healthy, higher-need population, indicating that it should be designed and staffed to effectively serve complex, high-need patients.
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Evaluation of a Collaborative Model Between Managed Care and Affordable Housing on Acute Care CostsA collaborative service model between a managed care organization and an affordable housing provider reduced acute care use and costs.
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Real-world Usage of Bevacizumab-bvzr Biosimilar in US Oncology PracticeReal-world adoption of bevacizumab-bvzr biosimilar was retrospectively assessed, revealing switching between biosimilars and the reference product and utilization in extrapolated indications and combination regimens.
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ACA Medicaid Expansion Association With Racial Disparity Reductions in Timely Cancer TreatmentMedicaid expansion was associated with a reduction in the racial disparity in timely treatment of patients with advanced cancer in the United States.
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Diabetes Associated With Higher Health Care Utilization and Poor Outcomes After COPD-Related HospitalizationsPatients with diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have worse outcomes when hospitalized and appear to be more vulnerable to respiratory and nonrespiratory complications after a COPD exacerbation, which highlights the need for targeted interventions in this population.
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Care Transition Management and Patient Outcomes in Hospitalized Medicare BeneficiariesHospital care transition activity facilitates uptake of Medicare-reimbursed transitional care management, which is associated with lower spending and better patient outcomes.
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Diagnosis Patterns and Stress Testing Trends After Implementing High-Sensitivity Troponin AssayThis study found that switching from a conventional troponin assay to a high-sensitivity troponin assay resulted in changes to diagnosis patterns and stress testing trends.
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Predicting Drug-Drug and Drug-Gene Interactions in a Community Pharmacy PopulationThe probability of drug interactions increases when genetic polymorphisms are considered, indicating that pharmacogenetic assessment may be useful in predicting the presence and severity of interactions.
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Social Determinants of Health Score: Does It Help Identify Those at Higher Cardiovascular Risk?Calculating a social score is feasible and it predicts cardiovascular outcomes. In order to do this, institutions have to collect social determinants of health.
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Diabetes, Gaps in Care Coordination, and Preventable Adverse EventsThe authors examined the association of diabetes with self-reported gaps in care coordination and self-reported preventable adverse events using data from a national sample of older adults.
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Increased Likelihood of Psychiatric Readmission With Medicaid Expansion vs Legacy CoverageIndividuals who became eligible for Medicaid through Medicaid expansion have an increased likelihood of psychiatric readmission compared with their legacy-enrolled counterparts.
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Utilization of Low- and High-Value Health Care by Individuals With and Without Cognitive ImpairmentLow-value service utilization is common among all older adults, and utilization of some high-value services decreases after the onset of cognitive decline.
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Refining Intensive Care Management Programs: Can Providing the Neediest Patients the Right Care in the Right Setting Improve Health and Reduce Expenditures?Given the severe unmet needs of the most vulnerable members of our communities, geographic expansion and rigorous evaluations of comparable, highly personalized care management interventions are warranted.
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Challenges of Fracture Risk Assessment in Asian and Black WomenDifferences in bone density and FRAX fracture risk scores among Black and Asian women yield greater discordance in fracture risk estimation compared with White women.
