August 2010

August 11, 2010

Introduction of drug-eluting stents resulted in improved clinical outcomes for patients and reduced overall procedural costs.

August 11, 2010

Higher cost-sharing levels reduced adherence to antidiabetic medications in patients with type 2 diabetes.

August 11, 2010

This review article discusses the issues surrounding the risks and costs of sleep disturbance as they relate to society and the individual.

August 11, 2010

A patient-centered medical home with intensive case management and a payer partner can significantly improve hospital utilization and may decrease total medical costs for a Medicare population.

August 11, 2010

This study examines the clinical effects of care management and quality improvement interventions implemented by physician groups on pay-for-performance success.

August 11, 2010

Randomized trial data indicate that heart disease risk associated with elevated hsCRP can be cut by almost half with a safe, proven pharmacologic therapy.

August 11, 2010

A patient-centered medical home with intensive case management and a payer partner can significantly improve hospital utilization and may decrease total medical costs for a Medicare population.

August 11, 2010

Retrospective analysis of antihypertensive medication adherence and subsequent total healthcare costs demonstrated a significant, continuous, and inversely proportional effect of adherence on total healthcare costs.

August 11, 2010

The new indication for rosuvastatin is unlikely to have any significant impact on clinical practices because of questions about its clinical utility.

August 03, 2010

Patients with inadequate response to depression treatment used increased resources, were less likely to be employed, and had more presenteeism than those with treatment response.

August 02, 2010

The utilization pattern of anticonvulsants after a change in preferred-formulary coverage resulted in health plan savings of $0.16 per member per month.

August 02, 2010

The willingness of employees to pay to prevent influenza demonstrates a strong preference to protect themselves and their household members; however, modifiable barriers to vaccination persist.

August 02, 2010

Google query data for 2 statins demonstrated association with temporal and geographic utilization benchmarks, suggesting that query data can be used to track real-time utilization.