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Predicting Asthma Outcomes in Commercially Insured and Medicaid PopulationsThe controller-to-total asthma medication ratio was a significant predictor of exacerbations in pediatric and adult commercially insured and Medicaid patients.
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Primary Care Strength Linked to Prevention Programs for Cardiovascular DiseaseAn observational study of 42 successful programs to improve primary care management of cardiovascular risk showed the impact of a strong primary care system.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Palliative Care and Hospice UseRace/ethnicity was not a predictor of inpatient palliative care consultation or discharge to hospice in 4 hospitals with an inpatient palliative care service.
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Cost-Offset Analysis: Bimatoprost Versus Other Prostaglandin Analogues in Open-Angle GlaucomaTreatment of glaucoma with bimatoprost is associated with cost savings compared with treatment with latanoprost or travoprost because of greater intraocular pressure reduction.
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Picking Up the Pieces - Thoughts on Cancer by a 25-Year-Old 8-Time Cancer SurvivorMy role as a patient was simple-accept the suffering I had to endure. But it becomes hard to find the line between when to suffer and when to question.
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Improving HCV Cure Rates in HIV-Coinfected Patients - A Real-World PerspectiveThe authors examine real-world hepatitis C virus cure rates with direct-acting antivirals among patients coinfected with HIV.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Palliative Care and Hospice UseRace/ethnicity was not a predictor of inpatient palliative care consultation or discharge to hospice in 4 hospitals with an inpatient palliative care service.
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Effects of Standardized Outreach for Patients Refusing Preventive Services: A Quasiexperimental Quality Improvement StudyEducational outreach did not seem to be a promising strategy to promote preventive services use among patients who refused services recommended by their physician.
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No Longer a Unicorn: Improving Health Through Accountable Care OrganizationsAccountable care organizations can play a key role in building a Culture of Health in which every person in America can have the healthiest life possible.
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Cost Minimization of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan ExpendituresStudy results indicate that outreach interventions performed by trained student pharmacists assist Medicare beneficiaries to effectively navigate their Part D benefit, thereby reducing out-of-pocket costs.
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Physician Leaders’ Perspectives About Balancing Clinical and Leadership ResponsibilitiesAlthough most physician leaders from 22 organizations saw patients and felt that it improved their leadership performance, their perceptions of the optimal balance of clinical and leadership responsibilities varied.
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Managed Care Reflections: A Q&A With David J. Shulkin, MDTo mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), each issue in 2025 includes a special feature: reflections from a thought leader on what has changed—and what has not—over the past 3 decades and what’s next for managed care. The July issue features a conversation with David J. Shulkin, MD, a physician and former secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Continuity of Opioid Prescribing Among Older Adults on Long-term OpioidsAmong older adults with chronic noncancer pain on long-term opioid therapy, greater continuity of opioid prescribing was significantly associated with fewer opioid-related adverse outcomes.
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Measuring Value for Low-Acuity Care Across SettingsTo analyze value of low-acuity care, an existing model is adapted to highlight factors impacting how stakeholders assess emergency department care compared with alternatives.
