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Representativeness of Dipeptidyl-Peptidase-4 Inhibitor Cardiovascular Outcomes TrialsGiven the growing prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its contribution to cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular outcomes trials should aim to be more representative of the average patient with T2D.
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Is There a Survival Benefit Within a German Primary Care-Based Disease Management Program?Patients with type 2 diabetes in a German disease management program had a lower mortality rate after 3 years than those not in the program.
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Primary Care Burnout and Populist DiscontentPhysician burnout has parallels to rising societal populism. Failure to address the disconnect between clinicians and the healthcare system will exacerbate the primary care crisis.
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Trends in Opioid and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Use and Adverse EventsOpioid use incidence and prevalence rates decreased with implementation of an opioid safety initiative, whereas nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug rates remained constant. Rates of adverse events were higher among opioid users.
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Patient-Centered Medical Home Demonstration: A Prospective, Quasi-Experimental, Before and After EvaluationA 12-month evaluation of a patient-centered medical home demonstration indicated improvement in quality of care without an increase in overall costs.
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Absenteeism and Productivity Among Employees Being Treated for Hepatitis CEmployees with hepatitis C (HCV) who underwent existing treatments had more absences and higher indirect costs than HCVinfected employees who did not undergo treatment.
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Risk Adjusting Community-acquired Pneumonia Hospital Outcomes Using Automated DatabasesUsing laboratory and administrative data, large managed care organizations can assign severity of illness scores to patients with pneumonia for risk adjustment and reporting.
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Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Preventive Service UsePreventive service use was better in patients with a usual source of care but little improved by patient-centered medical home status.
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Effectiveness and Cost of Influenza Vaccine Reminders for Adults With Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseInteractive voice response reminders had neither a positive nor a negative effect on promoting influenza vaccination over reminders via postcards, but are a potentially less expensive option.
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Challenges in Diabetes: How to Focus on Individuals, Improve Health of PopulationsDuring the first panel discussion at PCDC 2014, "Addressing Challenges in Diabetes," the panelists talked about individualizing patient care.
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Community-Based Asthma EducationA retrospective look at the impact of a community asthma education program reveals significant improvements in asthma management and knowledge and decreased healthcare utilization.
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Physician Perception of Reimbursement for Outpatient Procedures Among Managed Care Patients With Diabetes MellitusPerception of reimbursement was associated with electrocardiography but not with other common outpatient procedures. Future research should investigate how associations change with perceived reimbursement amount.
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EHR Documentation and the Patient–Physician VisitThe need for physicicans to gather information for electronic health records has changed the nature of the patient visit.
