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December 2008
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EDITORIAL
CLINICAL
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Complications of Dysglycemia and Medical Costs Associated With Nondiabetic Hyperglycemia |
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Gregory A. Nichols, PhD; Bhakti Arondekar, MBA, PhD; and William H. Herman, MD, MPH
This study showed that complications add significantly to
the cost of medical care when hyperglycemia levels were
below the threshold for diabetes, and impaired glucose
tolerance independently contributed to costs.
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Adherence to Inhaled Corticosteroid Use and Local Adverse Events in Persistent Asthma |
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Jasmina I. Ivanova, MA; Howard G. Birnbaum, PhD; Matthew Hsieh, BA; Andrew P. Yu, PhD; Brian Seal, PhD; Thys van der Molen, PhD; Srinivas Emani, PhD; Richard A. Rosiello, MD; and Gene L. Colice, MD
This study evaluated the association between patientreported and medical record–abstracted local adverse events and patient-reported and claims-based adherence to inhaled corticosteroid therapy.
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MANAGERIAL
POLICY
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Impact of Specialty Drugs on the Use of Other Medical Services |
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Geoffrey F. Joyce, PhD; Dana P. Goldman, PhD; Pinar Karaca-Mandic, PhD; and Grant D. Lawless, MD
Biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis or multiple sclerosis was associated with lower use of some types of medical services within 2 to 3 years of initiation.
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Benchmarking Physician Performance: Reliability of Individual and Composite Measures |
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Sarah Hudson Scholle, MPH, DrPH; Joachim Roski, PhD, MPH; John L. Adams, PhD; Daniel L. Dunn, PhD; Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPH; Donna Pillittere Dugan, MS; and Roxanne E. Jensen, BA
At least 50 quality events per physician are needed to reach a minimum level of reliability for most quality measures calculated from administrative data.
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TRENDS FROM THE FIELD
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Effects of Telephone Counseling on Antipsychotic Adherence and Emergency Department Utilization |
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Paul F. Cook, PhD; Suzie Emiliozzi, RN; Corey Waters, MBA; and Dana El Hajj, BSN, RN
A telehealth nursing program used psychological counseling techniques to improve antipsychotic medication adherence, leading to reduced emergency department utilization in a managed Medicaid population.
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The Patient’s Photograph in the Medical Record as a Diagnostic Tool |
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Avivit Golan-Cohen, MD; Oded Horn, MD; Philip H. Sive, MD; and Shlomo Vinker, MD
Two case reports are presented in which previous photographs of the patients appearing in their medical record were of considerable assistance in making the diagnosis.
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