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Comparative Effectiveness and Costs of Insulin Pump Therapy for DiabetesEvaluation of healthcare utilization and costs over 3 years for adults with insulin-requiring diabetes who transition from multiple daily insulin injections to insulin infusion pumps.
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Pediatric Codeine Prescriptions in Outpatient and Inpatient Settings in KoreaCodeine was frequently prescribed for children in Korea despite the actions taken to restrict its use in that age group in Korea and other countries.
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Producing Comparable Cost and Quality Results From All-Payer Claims DatabasesThis paper describes a replicable process for standardizing disparate databases and methods to calculate cost and quality measures within and across states.
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Continuous Quality Improvement Program, Based on Lean Concepts, Allows Emptying of Emergency Department CorridorsA continuous quality improvement program, based on Lean concepts and including architectural, managerial, and organizational features, allows the emptying of emergency department corridors and the improvement of time interval measurements/quality indicators.
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Creating an ACO: Advice for Employers and PurchasersA growing number of employers are becoming interested in accountable care organizations (ACOs) to improve quality and affordability. This article describes the requirements employers should have for ACOs.
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Rural Hospital Transitional Care Program Reduces Medicare SpendingA telephonic transitional care program at a rural hospital reduced postdischarge Medicare spending by 31% and reduced inpatient spending for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
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Documentation of the 5 As for Smoking Cessation by PCPs Across Distinct Health SystemsEvaluation of the 5 As of smoking cessation using patient electronic medical records across 6 distinct healthcare systems, stratified by comorbidity, gender, age, race ethnicity.
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Outcomes Associated With Timing of Maintenance Treatment for COPD ExacerbationEarly initiation of maintenance medication in patients with moderate to severe COPD exacerbations is associated with reduced risk of future exacerbations and lower costs.
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Amazing Grace: A Free Clinic's Transformation to the Patient-Centered Medical Home ModelDespite many barriers, Grace Medical Home, a free clinic, achieved patient-centered medical home recognition in October 2014 through a focused team-based approach.
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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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Care Coordination to Increase Referrals to Smoking Cessation Telephone Counseling: A Demonstration ProjectAn intervention to increase tobacco treatment rates through care coordination for telephone counseling was effective in raising referral rates and in achieving excellent long-term abstinence.
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Lynch Syndrome Screening Implementation: Business Analysis by a Healthcare SystemThis study synthesized published evidence on Lynch syndrome screening and expanded that evidence to match the decision needs of internal decision makers.
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Effect of Emergency Department Crowding on Pneumonia Admission Care ComponentsMultivariate analyses associate increased emergency department volume with delayed nursing-dependent care for patients with pneumonia, despite high ratios of nurses to patients.
