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Care Coordination Measures of a Family Medicine Residency as a Model for Hospital Readmission ReductionUtilization of the AHRQ Re-engineering Discharge model for Hospital Readmission Reduction produced marked readmission reduction in a Family Medicine residency with a 31% Medicaid population, through cooperation and care coordination between inpatient and outpatient settings.
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Adherence to Inhaled Corticosteroid Use and Local Adverse Events in Persistent AsthmaThis study evaluated the association between patient-reported and medical record–abstracted local adverse events and patient-reported and claims-based adherence to inhaled corticosteroid therapy.
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Care by Cell Phone: Text Messaging for Chronic Disease ManagementCell phone“based text messaging may be used to feasibly support chronic disease management and engagement in diabetes self-care behaviors for some patients.
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Gender Differences in Prescribing of Zolpidem in the Veterans Health AdministrationWe found inappropriate prescribing of zolpidem, in terms of both guideline-discordant dosage and coprescribing with benzodiazepines, with female veterans affected more than male veterans.
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Patients' Perspectives of Care Management: A Qualitative StudyRisk-stratified care management is a cornerstone of patient-centered medical home models, but studies on patients’ perspectives of it are scarce. We explored patients’ experiences with care management, what they found useful, and what needs improvement.
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Medication Use, Emergency Hospital Care Utilization, and Quality-of-Life Outcome Disparities by Race/Ethnicity Among Adults With AsthmaAfrican Americans had more asthma-specific emergency care utilization, and African Americans and Native Americans/Aleutians/Eskimos were more likely to report lower asthma-specific quality-of-life scores, than whites.
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Are Benefits From Diabetes Self-Management Education Sustained?Conventional individualized diabetes self-management education resulted in sustained improvement in self-efficacy and diabetes distress. Short-term improvements in A1C, nutrition, and physical activity were not sustained.
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Addressing Cost Barriers to Medications: A Survey of Patients Requesting Financial AssistancePatients are receptive to diverse strategies to screen for cost barriers but want participatory decision making to address cost-efficacy tradeoffs.
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High Cost Sharing and Specialty Drug Initiation Under Medicare Part D: A Case Study in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Chronic Myeloid LeukemiaA Medicare claims analysis of patients newly diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia revealed that high cost sharing was associated with reduced and/or delayed tyrosine kinase inhibitor initiation under Part D.
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There's More Than One Way to Build a Medical HomeEven among practices reaching the highest level of PCMH achievement, there are variations in the implementation of key medical home capabilities.
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Medical Costs Associated With Type 2 Diabetes Complications and ComorbiditiesA large proportion of medical costs for type 2 diabetes are attributable to complications and comorbidities, especially end stage renal disease with dialysis or kidney transplantation.
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Use Among Insured Primary Care PatientsColorectal cancer screening use was similar in 2 divergent primary care populations. Colonoscopy was the most frequently used modality; FOBT was used inconsistently.
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The Social Value of Childhood Vaccination in the United StatesVaccination of children born in the United States in 2009 will save 1.2 million quality-adjusted life-years, generating $184 billion in social value net of vaccination costs.
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Claims-Based Risk Model for First Severe COPD ExacerbationA health insurance claims-based risk assessment tool to predict patients’ first severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation has been developed and validated.
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A Scoping Review of US Insurers’ Use of Patient-Reported OutcomesThis scoping review found 350 articles that discuss US health insurance providers’ use of patient-reported outcomes about health-related quality of life.
