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Inpatient Placement: Associations With Mortality, Cost, and Length of StayPlacement of patients in an inpatient hospital setting is associated with lower length of stay and mortality at the expense of higher costs.
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ASCO Policy Statement on Clinical Pathways in Oncology: Why Now?Members of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have articulated concerns regarding the current proliferation of clinical pathways in oncology that could affect patient access and care quality. In response, ASCO established an ad hoc Task Force, which issued a policy statement to guide the future development and implementation of these treatment management tools.
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EHR Adoption Among Ambulatory Care TeamsHealth IT—enabled information sharing promotes communication within care teams. This study examined health IT adoption rates among practices that employ nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
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Impact of Hypertension on Healthcare Costs Among ChildrenThis study demonstrates a major influence of prehypertension and hypertension on healthcare costs in a large cohort of children, independent of body mass index.
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Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction With Inpatient Care and Hospital Readmission Within 30 DaysHigher overall patient satisfaction with inpatient care and discharge planning is associated with lower 30-day readmission rates after adjusting for clinical quality.
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Bridging the Care Gap Between Pediatric and Young Adult CancerThrough a multi-site, multidisciplinary approach, AYA@USC addresses the unique needs of young adult cancer patients, improving outcomes and bridging the care gap in this population.
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Hospitalized Patients' and Family Members' Preferences for Real-Time, Transparent Access to Their Hospital RecordsThis mixed-methods study evaluated hospitalized patients’ and family members’ perceived communications mismatches and their calls for transparent real-time information and potential 21st-century solutions.
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The Impact of New CMS Rules for Telehealth on Cancer Genetic CounselingTelehealth, a universal term for the use of digital information and communication technologies to remotely access healthcare services, is improving availability of healthcare services, particularly for patients in rural areas.
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Hepatitis C Care Cascade Among Persons Born 1945-1965: 3 Medical CentersIn this analysis of patients with newly diagnosed hepatitis C, linkage to care was largely successful in the 1945-1965 birth cohort, but treatment initiation remained low. Check out our website’s new table/figure pop-up feature! Click on the name of a table or figure in the text to see it in your browser.
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Clinical Interventions Addressing Nonmedical Health Determinants in Medicaid Managed CareThis review examines the breadth of published work on interventions addressing nonmedical determinants of health that are supported by Medicaid managed care organizations.
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“Sprint to Zero“: A Strategy to Address High Rates of Nontraumatic Amputations in Minority CommunitiesCMS can take steps to raise awareness, including a specific quality measure, to ensure that testing occurs prior to nontraumatic amputation.
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Cost of Dementia in Medicare Managed Care: A Systematic Literature ReviewA systematic review of the literature reporting the cost of dementia among Medicare managed care plans found a limited and dated body of evidence.
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Long-term Economic Benefits Attributed to IVF-conceived Children: A Lifetime Tax CalculationWe estimate the future net tax contributions from an IVF-conceived child to highlight that removing barriers to fertility treatments can have long-term economic benefits.
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Medical Home Effects on Enrollees With Mental and Physical IllnessMedical home enrollment had mixed effects on acute care use and a large effect on outpatient care use. Effects on expenditures varied by mental illness.
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Real-World Outcomes Among Patients With Early Rapidly Progressive Rheumatoid ArthritisThis study suggests that lower healthcare resource use and achieving low disease activity are associated with first-line abatacept compared with a first-line tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor for patients with early rapidly progressive rheumatoid arthritis.
