2024
Appointment non-attendance is associated with disease modifying therapy persistence the following year
Gromisch E, Turner A, Leipertz S, Beauvais J, Haselkorn J. Appointment non-attendance is associated with disease modifying therapy persistence the following year. Multiple Sclerosis And Related Disorders 2024, 92: 106179. PMID: 39571216, DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2024.106179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAppointment non-attendanceNon-attendanceElectronic health record dataVeterans with MSHealth record dataDisease modifying therapiesHealthcare providersNon-attendance behaviorInitial disease modifying therapiesMultiple sclerosisRecord dataLogistic regressionAppointmentProportion of NSNon-persistenceAssociated with non-persistenceVeteransTime frameDemographicsData repositoriesYearsPersonsHealthcareModifying therapiesProportion
2023
Self-reported Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Inflation on the Well-being of Low-income U.S. Veterans
Tsai J, Hird R, Collier A. Self-reported Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Inflation on the Well-being of Low-income U.S. Veterans. Journal Of Community Health 2023, 48: 970-974. PMID: 37605100, DOI: 10.1007/s10900-023-01267-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-reported impactU.S. veteransLong-term health effectsLow-income veteransMajor public healthCOVID-19 pandemicNegative psychosocial impactSmall proportionLow-income populationsPsychosocial impactCoronavirus diseaseMental healthRapid assessment procedureHealth effectsSocial isolationPublic healthVeteransHealthNational samplePandemicParticipantsFurther researchResponsePopulationProportionTherapeutic value of first versus supplemental indications of drugs in US and Europe (2011-20): retrospective cohort study
Vokinger K, Glaus C, Kesselheim A, Serra-Burriel M, Ross J, Hwang T. Therapeutic value of first versus supplemental indications of drugs in US and Europe (2011-20): retrospective cohort study. The BMJ 2023, 382: e074166. PMID: 37407074, PMCID: PMC10320829, DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2022-074166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEuropean Medicines AgencyRetrospective cohort studyCohort studyTherapeutic valueSupplemental indicationsIndication approvalsHigh therapeutic valueAvailable treatmentsDrug AdministrationUS FoodMedicines AgencyFDA approvalHealth authoritiesCancer disordersSimilar findingsTherapeutic ratingFirst indicationDrugsIndicationsApprovalFDAPatientsLarge subsetProportionPhysiciansNationwide changes in radiation oncology travel and location of care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
De Leo A, Giap F, Culbert M, Drescher N, Brisson R, Cassidy V, Augustin E, Casper A, Horowitz D, Cheng S, Yu J. Nationwide changes in radiation oncology travel and location of care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Radiation Oncology Journal 2023, 41: 108-119. PMID: 37403353, PMCID: PMC10326508, DOI: 10.3857/roj.2023.00164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProportion of patientsRadiation treatmentNational Cancer DatabaseRadiation therapy treatmentCancer DatabaseAnalyzed patientsClinical variablesCoronavirus diseaseRadiotherapyPatientsTherapy treatmentCancer sitesCancerDestination facilityVulnerable to coronavirus diseaseTreatmentMean distanceLocation of careCoordinated careTransport barrierMedical careCareProportionNationwide changesHospitalDisparities in stage at diagnosis for liver cancer in China
Shan T, Ran X, Li H, Feng G, Zhang S, Zhang X, Zhang L, Lu L, An L, Fu R, Sun K, Wang S, Chen R, Li L, Chen W, Wei W, Zeng H, He J. Disparities in stage at diagnosis for liver cancer in China. Journal Of The National Cancer Center 2023, 3: 7-13. PMID: 39036312, PMCID: PMC11256694, DOI: 10.1016/j.jncc.2022.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLiver cancerStage IIIStage distributionHospital-based studyProportion of patientsLiver Cancer stagePrimary liver cancerCancer control policiesCancer awarenessCancer stageTreatment strategiesFamily historyStudy populationStage ISocioeconomic populationsCancerLogistic regressionPatientsDiagnosisEarly detectionHigher proportionDifferent populationsPopulationProportionHospitalAssessing Hospital Quality Scores By Proportion Of Patients Dually Eligible For Medicare And Medicaid
Spivack S, Qin L, Herrin J, Goutos D, Schreiber M, Fleisher L, Venkatesh A, Bernheim S. Assessing Hospital Quality Scores By Proportion Of Patients Dually Eligible For Medicare And Medicaid. Health Affairs 2023, 42: 35-43. PMID: 36623224, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEligible patientsSocial risk factorsHighest quintileRisk factorsProportion of patientsHospital quality scoresHospital proportionMortality scoreMedicare patientsPatientsHospitalMedicaid ServicesQuintileHospital star ratingsRating scoresScoresMedicaidStar Ratings scoresGreater proportionMedicareProportionQuality scoresStar ratingsSignificant overlapReporting tools
2022
Video Messaging to Increase Vascularized Composite Allograft Donation Willingness in United States Military Veterans
Rodrigue J, Shenkel J, Boger M, Pomahac B, Fleishman A. Video Messaging to Increase Vascularized Composite Allograft Donation Willingness in United States Military Veterans. Transplantation Direct 2022, 8: e1355. PMID: 36204186, PMCID: PMC9531254, DOI: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDonation willingnessVCA transplantationProportion of participantsMilitary veteransUnited States military veteransComposite allograft transplantationUS military veteransBrief educational videoAllograft transplantationGenitourinary organsPostintervention increaseTransplantationVCA donorsSignificant preVeteransEffectiveness of videoHigher proportionParticipantsOrgansEducational videoPrePostinterventionProportionExtremitiesFactors Influencing Second and Third Dose Observance during Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC): A Quantitative Study in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Somé A, Zongo I, Sagara I, Ibrahim A, Ahanhanzo C, Agbanouvi-agassi E, Sayi D, Toe L, Kabré Z, Nikiéma F, Bazié T, Ouédraogo S, Sombié I, Dicko A, Adehossi E, Ouédraogo J, Dabiré K. Factors Influencing Second and Third Dose Observance during Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC): A Quantitative Study in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Tropical Medicine And Infectious Disease 2022, 7: 214. PMID: 36136625, PMCID: PMC9503675, DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed7090214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrends in characteristics of neurologists who provide stroke consultations in the USA, 2008–2021
Nakamoto C, Wilcock A, Schwamm L, Majersik J, Zachrison K, Mehrotra A. Trends in characteristics of neurologists who provide stroke consultations in the USA, 2008–2021. Stroke And Vascular Neurology 2022, 8: 86-88. PMID: 35902139, PMCID: PMC9985800, DOI: 10.1136/svn-2022-001662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic strokeTransient ischemic attackVascular neurologistsPatient's homeAIS/transient ischemic attackHigh-volume providersNeurologist consultationTIA episodesIschemic attackIschemic strokeStroke consultationsNeurologistsService MedicarePhysician practicesStudy periodConsultsPatientsEpisodesConsultationHomeHospitalStrokeProportion
2020
Comparison of health care utilization among patients affiliated and not affiliated with healthcare professionals in China
Si Y, Zhou Z, Su M, Hu H, Yang Z, Chen X. Comparison of health care utilization among patients affiliated and not affiliated with healthcare professionals in China. BMC Health Services Research 2020, 20: 1118. PMID: 33272275, PMCID: PMC7713311, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05895-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care utilizationCare utilizationHealthcare professionalsOutpatient visitsHealth careSupplier-induced demandHealth care costsHigh-quality health careCounterpart patientsInpatient visitsMAIN OUTCOMEPatientsCare costsConclusionOur resultsCare expensesCare expendituresCross-sectional dataVisitsCareChina Labor-force Dynamics SurveySID hypothesisCoarsened exact matchingProvider incentivesProfessionalsProportionTracking and predicting U.S. influenza activity with a real-time surveillance network
Leuba SI, Yaesoubi R, Antillon M, Cohen T, Zimmer C. Tracking and predicting U.S. influenza activity with a real-time surveillance network. PLOS Computational Biology 2020, 16: e1008180. PMID: 33137088, PMCID: PMC7707518, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza test resultsInfluenza activityU.S. influenza activityPhysician visitsInfluenza trendsInfluenza-like illness activityNational surveillance networkSurveillance networkInfluenza seasonCurrent burdenU.S. CentersIllness activityDisease controlUnited StatesLinear logistic modelVisitsLogistic modelValid estimatesProportionAssociation between FDA and EMA expedited approval programs and therapeutic value of new medicines: retrospective cohort study
Hwang TJ, Ross JS, Vokinger KN, Kesselheim AS. Association between FDA and EMA expedited approval programs and therapeutic value of new medicines: retrospective cohort study. The BMJ 2020, 371: m3434. PMID: 33028575, PMCID: PMC7537471, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m3434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEuropean Medicines AgencyRetrospective cohort studyTherapeutic valueHigh therapeutic valueNew drugsCohort studyLow therapeutic valueEMA approvalUS FoodDrug AdministrationMedicines AgencyFDA approvalDrugsFDARegulatory approvalApproval programsNew medicinesAssociationGreater proportionApprovalProportionAdministrationDisparities in the Epidemiology of Anal Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Time Series
Oliveira CR, Niu YS, Einarsdottir HM, Niccolai LM, Shapiro ED. Disparities in the Epidemiology of Anal Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Time Series. Health Equity 2020, 4: 382-385. PMID: 32964175, PMCID: PMC7501948, DOI: 10.1089/heq.2020.0021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhere Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home?
Venkatesh AK, Gettel CJ, Mei H, Chou SC, Rothenberg C, Liu SL, D’Onofrio G, Lin Z, Krumholz HM. Where Skilled Nursing Facility Residents Get Acute Care: Is the Emergency Department the Medical Home? Journal Of Applied Gerontology 2020, 40: 828-836. PMID: 32842827, PMCID: PMC7904961, DOI: 10.1177/0733464820950125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute care visitsCare visitsEmergency departmentMedicare beneficiariesSNF staySNF servicesSkilled nursing facility residentsNursing facility residentsSkilled nursing facility servicesAcute care capabilitiesCross-sectional analysisNursing facility servicesHigher proportionAcute careMedical homeFacility residentsCare capabilitiesVisitsNumber of daysStayCareDepartmentFacility servicesBeneficiariesProportionMedicare Prescription Drug Plan Coverage of Hormone Therapies Used by Transgender Individuals
Solotke MT, Liu P, Dhruva SS, Gulanski B, Shah ND, Ross JS. Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Coverage of Hormone Therapies Used by Transgender Individuals. LGBT Health 2020, 7: 137-145. PMID: 32267818, DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2019.0306.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Spontaneous regionalization of esophageal cancer surgery: an analysis of the National Cancer Database
Arnold BN, Chiu AS, Hoag JR, Kim CH, Salazar MC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Spontaneous regionalization of esophageal cancer surgery: an analysis of the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2018, 10: 1721-1731. PMID: 29707326, PMCID: PMC5906219, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.02.12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow-volume hospitalsNational Cancer DatabaseProportion of patientsHigh-volume hospitalsEsophageal cancer surgeryEsophagectomy patientsHigh-risk attributesCancer surgeryEra 2Cancer DatabaseHigh-risk patientsPrimary outcomeEsophageal cancerEra 1Retrospective analysisMortality ratePatientsEsophagectomyHospitalSurgeryFurther studiesCancerCliniciansMortalityProportion
2017
Trends in hospital-physician integration in medical oncology.
Clough JD, Dinan MA, Schulman KA. Trends in hospital-physician integration in medical oncology. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2017, 23: 624-627. PMID: 29087634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital outpatient departmentsMedical oncologyHigh-volume specialtiesOutpatient departmentMedical oncologistsMedical oncology practiceHospital-physician integrationProportion of physiciansGreater absolute changeManagement visitsThoracic surgeryOncology practiceRetrospective analysisOncologyAbsolute changeOncologistsMajority of evaluationsPhysiciansHigher proportionSpecialtiesDepartmentState-level variationYearsProportionSurgery
2016
Axial and appendicular body proportions for evaluation of limb and trunk asymmetry
Weinberg DS, Liu RW, Li SQ, Sanders JO, Cooperman DR. Axial and appendicular body proportions for evaluation of limb and trunk asymmetry. Acta Orthopaedica 2016, 88: 1-7. PMID: 27998211, PMCID: PMC5385114, DOI: 10.1080/17453674.2016.1265876.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpine heightYears of ageHemi-hypertrophyHealthy childrenUpper extremityLower extremitiesHeight ratioTrunk asymmetryClinical measurementsClinical ratiosStudy periodBody proportionsChild growthLimbAsymmetric limbLongitudinal studyTotal arm lengthChildrenExtremitiesShort limbsDeficitsProportionYearsPatientsLong limbsAccounting For Patients’ Socioeconomic Status Does Not Change Hospital Readmission Rates
Bernheim SM, Parzynski CS, Horwitz L, Lin Z, Araas MJ, Ross JS, Drye EE, Suter LG, Normand SL, Krumholz HM. Accounting For Patients’ Socioeconomic Status Does Not Change Hospital Readmission Rates. Health Affairs 2016, 35: 1461-1470. PMID: 27503972, PMCID: PMC7664840, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramPatients' socioeconomic statusMedicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction ProgramLow socioeconomic statusReadmission ratesSocioeconomic statusRisk-standardized readmission ratesHospital readmission ratesReadmissions Reduction ProgramMedicaid Services methodologyReadmission measuresHospital resultsPatientsHospitalSuch hospitalsPayment penaltiesReduction programsStatusCurrent CentersLower proportionLarge proportionPercentAdjustmentProportionImpact of Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction on Adherence to Statins Among Older Adults
Kronish IM, Ross JS, Zhao H, Muntner P. Impact of Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction on Adherence to Statins Among Older Adults. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2016, 9: 364-371. PMID: 27220368, PMCID: PMC4956547, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.115.002418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministrative Claims, HealthcareAgedAged, 80 and overDatabases, FactualDyslipidemiasFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHospitalizationHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsMaleMedicareMedication AdherenceMyocardial InfarctionRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTherapeuticsTime FactorsUnited StatesConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionImpact of hospitalizationAMI hospitalizationMyocardial infarctionProportion of patientsPatients adherentStatin adherentNonadherent patientsAdherent patientsMedicare patientsHospitalizationAdministrative claimsStatinsMedicare beneficiariesPatientsPneumoniaSubsequent adherenceOlder adultsInfarctionRandom sampleAdherenceAdherentYearsProportionCohort
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