An examination of hospitalization patterns in patients with multiple sclerosis with a focus on the association with time and patient characteristics.
A study evaluating the association between hospital sharing of electronic health record diagnostic information and hospital quality using Hospital Compare scores.
From 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.
In 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.
Ten 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.
HEDIS-defined persistent asthma is generally consistent with survey-defined persistent asthma over a 3-year period.
Electronic health records best support process improvements when win-win situations are created to achieve both organizational benefits and team member work flow improvements.
An 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.
Based 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.
This 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.
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.
Antihypertensive medication adherence was associated with improvement in certain short-term utilization measures among employees with high prior medical costs.