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Increasing Preventive Health Services via Tailored Health Communications

The authors describe and apply a methodology for defining tailored health communications in order to increase the number of completed colorectal cancer screenings.

Adapting Pharmacy Services to the Needs of Managed Care

CHAPTER 3. Guideline for Detection and Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy

From the Adult Diabetes and Clinical Research sections, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Overactive Bladder Significantly Affects Overall Quality of Life

Development of a Complex Intervention for Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Primary Care Using the UK Medical Research Council Framework

Adherence to β-blocker Therapy Under Drug Cost-sharing in Patients With and Without Acute Myocardial Infarction

Are Primary Care Physicians Ready to Practice in a Consumer-Driven Environment?

National survey reveals primary care physicians have low knowledge of consumer-directed health plans and limited readiness to engage patients on issues of cost and quality.

Veterans Affairs Primary Care Organizational Characteristics Associated With Better Diabetes Control

Characteristics of and Trends in the Late-stage Biopharmaceutical Pipeline

Research on characteristics of the biopharmaceutical pipeline and on changes since 2003 includes a description of new features and recommendations for health policy decision makers.

Imagining a World Without Low-Value Services: Progress, Barriers, and the Path Forward

Clinician-, patient-, and research-focused initiatives are needed to reduce the delivery of low-value care services that contribute to financial, clinical, and psychological harm for patients.

Quality Improvement and Clinical Research: An Important Partnership

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China: A Preventable Economic Burden

Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications places a heavy burden on healthcare budgets in China and will continue to do so.

Health of Medicare Advantage Plan Enrollees at 1 Year After Hurricane Katrina

At 1 year after Hurricane Katrina, the health burden of enrollees increased significantly more versus a comparison group. Emergency department visits and hospitalizations remained elevated.

Using a Multidisciplinary Automated Discharge Summary Process To Improve Information Management Across the System

Outpatient Referral Rates in Family Medicine

Referral patterns by family physicians affect numerous aspects of medical care. This study compares the outpatient referral rates of residents, residency faculty, and clinical faculty.

Medicare Part D After 2 Years

Coverage under Part D is comparable to that under non–Part D plans with respect to key features likely to be important to Medicare beneficiaries.

Positive Predictive Values of ICD-9 Codes to Identify Patients With Stroke or TIA

This study determined that ICD-9 codes 433.X1, 434.XX, and V12.54 had positive predictive values >90%, and may be used to focus care on stroke patients.

Employee Responses to Health Insurance Premium Increases

Optimizing Diabetes Management: Managed Care Strategies

Routine Pre-cesarean Staphylococcus aureus Screening and Decolonization: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Routinely screening pregnant women for Staphylococcus aureus colonization and decolonizing carriers before cesarean delivery are unlikely to be cost-effective under current epidemiologic circumstances.

Age and Rural Residence Effects on Accessing Colorectal Cancer Treatments: A Registry Study

Older patients with colorectal cancer were less likely to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy; rural patients with colon cancer were less likely to undergo chemotherapy.

Late Diagnosis of Hepatitis C Virus Infection, 2014-2016: Continuing Missed Intervention Opportunities

Late hepatitis C virus infection diagnosis points to a need for earlier screening and treatment before the onset of severe liver disease leading to high cost and diminished outcomes.

Improving BP Control Through Electronic Communications: An Economic Evaluation

Home blood pressure (BP) monitoring and use of secure webbased tools to manage care collaboratively with pharmacists is a cost-effective way to improve BP control.

Preventive Drug Lists as Tools for Managing Asthma Medication Costs

Findings of this qualitative interview study suggest promise, but also challenges, with regard to using preventive drug lists to help families manage asthma medication costs.

Medicaid Recipients' Experiences Under Mandatory Managed Care

A Telephone-Based Intervention for Increasing the Use of Osteoporosis Medication: A Randomized Controlled Trial

In this randomized controlled trial, women receiving monthly telephone calls had significantly higher use of osteoporosis medication at 1 year versus women receiving usual care.

Patient Experience Midway Through a Large Primary Care Practice Transformation Initiative

Practice transformation toward comprehensive primary care slightly improved patient experience in 3 of 6 domains of care: access, provider support, and shared decision making.