March 2013

March 05, 2013

Patient, clinical, and hospital factors were associated with receiving primary hip arthroplasty versus no surgery after hip fracture in the United States.

March 05, 2013

Self-reported adherence tended to overestimate medication adherence compared with electronic monitoring. Electronic monitoring of oral hypoglycemic agents but not self-reported adherence predicted glycemic control.

March 06, 2013

We observed small-area variation in computed tomography scan use for inpatients in New York State, even after controlling for relevant patient and hospital characteristics.

March 06, 2013

It seems that folate determinations in patients without known risk factors for folate deficiency are of little clinical significance.

March 06, 2013

A comprehensive presentation of intensity-adjusted hospital price levels and growth rates, including national detail on more than 350 types of hospitalizations, and regional and local averages.

March 12, 2013

This paper describes the rationale and benefits of incorporating mental health into accountable care organizations using the Chronic Care Model.

March 12, 2013

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

March 14, 2013

This article recommends quality measures for exchange health plans and strategies to increase the availability of quality results for public reporting.

March 13, 2013

Over 10 years, among adherent participants, lifestyle intervention and metformin were effective and cost-effective for diabetes prevention compared with placebo.

March 13, 2013

We studied contextual factors and found that locality, availability of primary care, and HMO membership influenced use of colorectal cancer screening in California.

March 14, 2013

We assessed Regional Extension Centers' (RECs') progress in promoting EHR adoption among providers in rural and health professional shortage areas and found that RECs are achieving much success in enrolling these providers.

March 14, 2013

The impact of price changes in drugs, at least among previously adherent patients, was modest in size except for drugs with large price changes.