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Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Palliative Care and Hospice Use

Race/ethnicity was not a predictor of inpatient palliative care consultation or discharge to hospice in 4 hospitals with an inpatient palliative care service.

Impact of COVID-19 on Specialty Televisits in a Large Integrated Health Care System

Specialty televisits remain common in the Veterans Health Administration following the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting they will remain an important ongoing care modality for many patients.

High-Dose Vitamin D3 Fails to Improve PFS in Phase 3 Metastatic CRC Trial

Phase 3 SOLARIS found high-dose vitamin D3 added to standard chemotherapy did not significantly improve progression-free survival in metastatic CRC.

Is the Healthcare Workforce a Barrier to Cost Containment?

Education of Patients and Family: A JCAHO Requirement -- One Medical Center's Approach

Safety Net Representation in Federal Payment and Care Delivery Reform Initiatives

Although safety net organizations are eligible for some two-thirds of federal payment reform programs, fewer than 20% of these programs directly target the safety net.

Asthma Expenditures in the United States Comparing 2004 to 2006 and 1996 to 1998

Increased expenditures in US asthma are driven by increased medication spending that are not offset by decreases in emergency department and hospital spending.

Rates of Guideline Adherence Among US Community Oncologists Treating NSCLC

US community oncologists treating NSCLC were significantly more likely to be guideline adherent when providing first-line rather than adjuvant treatment.

Use of Alternative Pharmacotherapy in Management of Cardiovascular Diseases

Cost-Effectiveness of 70-Gene MammaPrint Signature in Node-Negative Breast Cancer

Targeting chemotherapy with 70-gene MammaPrint signature in patients 60 years or younger with node-negative breast cancer is likely to be cost-effective.

Overcoming Barriers to a Research-Ready National Commercial Claims Database

Lessons learned about data governance and distribution from a voluntary healthcare claims repository, the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit research organization

Health Information Technology and the Medical School Curriculum

There are opportunities for and obstacles to adding core biomedical informatics competencies to medical school curricula.

Drivers of Expenditure Growth in Outpatient Care Services

Healthcare Utilization Associated with Dyspepsia in Patients with Arthritis

Cost-Sharing and Initiation of Disease-Modifying Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis

This study examines the association between cost-sharing and initiation of disease-modifying therapies among privately insured patients with multiple sclerosis.

Effects of a Medicaid Prior Authorization Policy for Pregabalin

State Medicaid programs’ pregabalin prior authorization accomplished the objective of lower pregabalin utilization; the unintended effects were increased opioid use and increased disease-related healthcare costs.

Introduction: Clinical Benefits of Combination Therapy in Managing Hypertension: A Paradigm for Managed Care

Prescribing Trend of Pioglitazone After Safety Warning Release in Korea

The pioglitazone safety warning issued in South Korea, which recommended prescribing with careful attention among those with high risk of bladder cancer, led to a moderate decrease in pioglitazone users.

Safety and Tolerability of Tolterodine for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Adults

Implementation of Evidence-based Alcohol Screening in the Veterans Health Administration

Utilization Characteristics of Topical Cycolsporine and Punctal Plugs in a Managed Care Database

The Impact of Patient Assistance Programs and the 340B Drug Pricing Program on Medication Cost

Examining the financial impact that patient assistance programs and the 340B Drug Pricing Program have on improving medication cost.

Preventive Care for Chronically Ill Children in Medicaid Managed Care

The existence of chronic conditions did not adversely impact the ability of children in Medicaid managed care to access and utilize recommended preventive care services.

CancerLinQ - ASCO's Rapid Learning System to Improve Quality and Personalize Insights

CancerLinQ is a big data platform developed by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) that aggregates clinical data from electronic health records for quality benchmarking and hypothesis generation. Such observational data can complement traditional evidence but must be used with caution.

Tracking Spending Among Commercially Insured Beneficiaries Using a Distributed Data Model

The authors demonstrate the utility of distributed data models for reporting of local trends and variation in utilization, pricing, and spending for commercially insured beneficiaries.

Case Study of Linking Dental and Medical Healthcare Records

An n - 1 deterministic linkage strategy was used successfully to merge dental and medical data from a healthcare plan and a dental insurance carrier.

The Future of Childhood Immunizations: Examining the European Experience

Labor Characteristics and Program Costs of a Successful Diabetes Disease Management Program

Focusing on Prediabetes Is the Key to Reversing the Rise in Diabetes

Evidence-Based Diabetes Management invited the YMCA's Jonathan Lever, vice president for health strategy and innovation, to comment on his organization's involvement with the National Diabetes Prevention Program.