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Report: A Descriptive Analysis of the Use and Cost of New-Generation Antihistamines in the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis: A Retrospective Database Analysis

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Effectiveness of Care Coordination and Health Counseling in Advancing Illness

This prospective trial suggests that specialized care coordination and health counseling for patients coping with advanced stages of 4 life-limiting illnesses can be beneficial.

The Oncologist Defines Value of Care

The Acceptability and Effectiveness of Patient-reported Assessments and Feedback in a Managed Behavioral Healthcare Setting

Quality and Cost of Healthcare: A Cross-National Comparison of American and Dutch Attitudes

Catheter Management After Benign Transurethral Prostate Surgery: RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Criteria

This manuscript synthesizes findings from a multidisciplinary panel following the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method to guide standardization of urinary catheter use after transurethral prostate surgery.

Value-Based Contracting Innovated Medicare Advantage Healthcare Delivery and Improved Survival

Elderly Medicare Advantage members with multiple chronic conditions attained a survival benefit from more cost-effective care when a private plan developed gainshare and monetary risk-bearing arrangements with its contracted providers.

Cost-Effectiveness of Different Combinations of Bupropion SR Dose and Behavioral Treatment for Smoking Cessation: A Societal Perspective

Correspondence regarding, "Differences in Costs of Treatment for Foot Problems Between Podiatrists and Orthopedic Surgeons"

A Meta-analysis Update: Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Meta-analyses of percutaneous coronary interventions in stable coronary artery disease are updated to include 2 recent large randomized controlled trials.

Understanding Suboptimal e-Consult Requests: Lessons From the VA

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinicians’ perspectives on what constitutes a good e-consult and why suboptimal e-consult requests occur contain broadly applicable lessons for other health systems.

Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Challenges to Chronic Pain Management

Healthcare professionals report pain management barriers across system, provider, and patient levels, highlighting the need to consider chronic pain as a chronic condition that warrants coordinated approaches.

Medicare Advantage Control of Postacute Costs: Perspectives From Stakeholders

This qualitative study examines the methods that Medicare Advantage plans use to control or reduce postacute spending and their associated unintended consequences.

Issues of Medical Necessity: A Medical Director's Guide to Good Faith Adjudication

Appropriate Use of Abdominal Ultrasonography in Two Hospitals

Estimated Effect of Asthma Case Management Using Propensity Score Methods

An asthma case management program increased preventive care but did not significantly decrease markers of exacerbations.

Chronic Disease Outcomes From Primary Care Population Health Program Implementation

Patients in practices with central population health coordinators had greater improvement in short-term chronic disease outcome measures compared with patients in practices without central support.

The Economics of Compliance in Managed Healthcare Settings

Does Care Consultation Affect Use of VHA Versus Non-VHA Care?

Uncoordinated multisystem use is problematic for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients with dementia. The Partners in Dementia Care intervention is successful in changing the pattern of VHA versus non-VHA use.

The Role of Behavioral Health Services in Accountable Care Organizations

Data suggest that behavioral health providers and services must be included as core components of accountable care organizations to achieve desired health and cost outcomes.

Is Patient HMO Insurance or Physician HMO Participation Related to Racial Disparities in Primary Care?

Guideline Concordance of New Statin Prescriptions: Who Got a Statin?

New statin prescriptions at the Veterans Health Administration were reviewed using a cross-sectional study design. Statins were frequently prescribed outside of guideline recommendations.

Payor Cost Savings with Endometrial Ablation Therapy

Factors Influencing Use of the Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening Test in Primary Care

The Relationship of System-Level Quality Improvement With Quality of Depression Care

Association of Electronic Health Records With Cost Savings in a National Sample

The authors examine the association between advanced electronic health record (EHR) use and cost in hospitals. Patients treated in hospitals with advanced EHRs cost 9.66% less.

The Well-Being of Long-Term Cancer Survivors

This study compares the well-being of long-term cancer survivors with that of US residents of similar age and demographic characteristics, patients recently diagnosed with cancer, and individuals with chronic illness.