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Hospital Admissions and MS: Temporal Trends and Patient CharacteristicsAn examination of hospitalization patterns in patients with multiple sclerosis with a focus on the association with time and patient characteristics.
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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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Email-Based Care Transitions to Improve Patient Outcomes and Provider Work Experience in a Safety-Net Health SystemA pilot of email-based care transitions between hospital and primary care teams improved patient attendance at follow-up visits, provider satisfaction, and work efficiency.
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The Relationship Between Preventive Dental Care and Overall Medical ExpendituresUsing an instrumental variable approach, this study is the first to present causal estimates of the effect of preventive dental visits on overall medical expenditures.
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Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Emergency Department Use and Hospitalizations in Patients in a Primary Care Medical HomeAn enhanced risk model incorporating medication use, prior healthcare utilization, and mental health with comorbid health conditions predicts healthcare utilization better than health conditions alone.
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A Payer–Provider Partnership for Integrated Care of Patients Receiving DialysisA report on the clinical and economic outcomes of a new payer–provider partnership serving patients with end-stage renal disease.
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Recent Study on Site of Care Has Severe LimitationsThe outpatient community oncology setting is consistently less costly for cancer treatment as opposed to the outpatient hospital setting.
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Patients' Views of a Behavioral Intervention Including Financial IncentivesPatients who enrolled in a trial to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol spoke positively of the multifaceted intervention: pillbox monitoring and financial incentives were socially acceptable.
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Inefficiencies in Osteoarthritis and Chronic Low Back Pain ManagementThis study identified inefficiencies in drug and medical service utilization related to pain management among Medicare members with osteoarthritis and chronic low back pain.
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Racial/Ethnic Variation in Devices Used to Access Patient PortalsThe study examined the variation in devices used (desktop/laptop computer, mobile device, or both device types) by patients of different racial/ethnic backgrounds to access the online patient portal.
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Patient Adherence: A Blind Spot in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses?A systematic literature review from 1998 to 2003 showed that few cost-effectiveness analyses of self-administered medications model suboptimal medication adherence.
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Effect of Insurance Status on the Stage of Breast and Colorectal Cancers in a Safety-Net HospitalIn a safety-net hospital, patients with Medicaid have rates of advanced-stage cancer similar to those patients with other types of insurance; however, patients with no insurance have significantly higher rates of advanced disease.
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Economic Value of Pharmacist-Led Medication Reconciliation for Reducing Medication Errors After Hospital DischargeThe results of this simulation model suggest that implementing a pharmacist-led medication reconciliation intervention at hospital discharge could be cost-saving compared with usual care.
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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.
