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CVD Risk in Prostate Cancer: Future Directions in CareClosing out their discussion on cardiovascular disease in prostate cancer, experts share their hopes for future evolution of the treatment landscape.
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Out-of-Pocket Costs and Prescription Reversals With Oral LinezolidAssociations between out-of-pocket costs and prescription reversals, as well as impact of reversals on rehospitalizations and healthcare costs, were examined among patients prescribed oral linezolid.
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The Transfer of Uninsured Patients From Academic to Community Primary Care SettingsThis article describes a program to coordinate the care of an inner-city uninsured population at an academic health center.
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Hospital Readmission Among Participants in a Transitional Case Management ProgramCostly new breast cancer therapies augment the significant burden this disease places on healthcare resources, but in context they may still provide value to society.
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Using Applied Machine Learning to Predict Healthcare Utilization Based on Socioeconomic Determinants of CareThis study demonstrates that it is possible to generate a highly accurate model to predict inpatient and emergency department utilization using data on socioeconomic determinants of care.
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What Are the Potential Savings From Steering Patients to Lower-Priced Providers? A Static AnalysisSteering patients who visit providers with above-median prices to their market’s median-priced provider would save 42%, 45%, and 15% of laboratory, imaging, and durable medical equipment spending, respectively.
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Strategies for Identifying and Channeling Patients for Depression Care ManagementThis article examines screening strategies for possible depression in the context of a care management program for chronically ill Medicare recipients.
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Predicting Adherence Trajectory Using Initial Patterns of Medication FillingInitial medication filling during the first 2 to 4 months following initiation of a statin strongly predicted adherence patterns during the following year.
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Abolishing Coinsurance for Oral Antihyperglycemic Agents: Effects on Social Insurance BudgetsA coinsurance rate decrease can result in increased adherence to oral antihyperglycemic agents and improved clinical outcomes and cost savings for the healthcare system.
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Amazon Pharmacy: Distraction or Disruption?After years of anticipation, Amazon Pharmacy launched in November 2020. The question is now: Is this market entry a disruption, a distraction, or something in between?
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The Need for Regulation to Positively Impact Drug Formulary Decisions to Ensure Appropriate Patient Access: A Little-Discussed Topic in Pharmaceutical Policy and Pricing DebateAs health care moves toward a value-based payment model, the pharmacy benefit is going in the opposite direction, one that places unit cost over clinical appropriateness.
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Emergency Department Visits in Veterans Affairs Medical FacilitiesThis study examines the frequency of, and risk factors for, unscheduled health service use after an emergency department visit in a national sample of veterans.
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Impact of Emergency Physician–Provided Patient Education About Alternative Care VenuesPostvisit phone education from an emergency physician and/or mailed information about alternative venues of care reduced subsequent emergency department (ED) utilization for low-acuity treat-and-release adult ED patients.
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Medicaid Beneficiaries With Congestive Heart Failure: Association of Medication Adherence With Healthcare Use and CostsHigher medication adherence among Medicaid beneficiaries with congestive heart failure was associated with lower healthcare utilization and lower costs, and the relationship to costs was graded.
