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Active Surveillance versus Initial Treatment in Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

02/15/2011

There were 192,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States in 2009; of those men, 70% will have been classified as having low-risk, clinically localized disease and >90% will have undergone initial treatment including...

There were 192,000 men diagnosed...

02/15/2011

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Hospital Spending and Patient Outcomes for Sepsis

06/21/2011

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Previous studies have found that regions of the United States with high rates of healthcare spending have poorer adherence to quality-of-care measures, worse clinical outcomes, and lower patient and physician satisfaction compared with...

Previous studies have found that...

06/21/2011

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Cost Analysis of the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration

03/19/2013

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Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are increasingly being created as payment models designed to improve care and slow the growth of healthcare costs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has created 3 ACOs that differ in...

Accountable care organizations...

03/19/2013

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Treating Pain from Osteoarthritis of the Knee with Tanezumab

02/15/2011

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Healthcare professionals are increasingly recognizing the potential role of nerve growth factor in pain modification through nociceptor sensitization.

Healthcare professionals are...

02/15/2011

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Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Improved with Managed Problem Solving

06/26/2013

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The progression of treatable chronic diseases depends on patient adherence to pharmacotherapy.

The progression of treatable...

06/26/2013

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Early Surgery versus Watchful Waiting for Mitral Valve Regurgitation

10/23/2013

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The vast majority of patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation have symptoms improved and normal life expectancy restored with surgical intervention. In patients without American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association...

The vast majority of patients...

10/23/2013

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Use of Observation Unit and Home Oxygen Therapy to Decrease LOS

06/26/2013

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The most common reason for hospitalization of children <1 year of age in the United States is bronchiolitis, accounting for 150,000 admissions per year with a mean length of stay (LOS) of 3.3 days. Although hospital treatment for...

The most common reason for...

06/26/2013

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Insurance Status and Postoperative Mortality

03/18/2013

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Hypothesizing that insurance status may be associated with differences in specialized medical and surgical care, researchers noted that nonprivately insured patients fare worse postoperatively than privately insured patients. Those...

Hypothesizing that insurance...

03/18/2013

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Copay Offset Programs: Blessing or Curse?

11/27/2012

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Cincinnati—Copay offset programs are seen as both positive and negative, according to Mark Zitter, founder and CEO of The Zitter Group. In a Contemporary Issues session at the AMCP meeting, Mr. Zitter gave a presentation titled The Growth of...

Cincinnati—Copay offset programs...

11/27/2012

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OnabotulinumtoxinA Reduces UI from Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity

08/15/2012

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Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) or multiple sclerosis (MS) often experience neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO), which can lead to urodynamically measured increased bladder storage pressures and urinary incontinence (UI). Patients...

Patients with spinal cord injury...

08/15/2012

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