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The diagnosis of diverticulitis in outpatients: On what evidence?
Investigators used electronic health record data to examine the clinical assessment generating the diagnostic label of diverticulitis in outpatients. They…
Analysis of guidelines for screening diabetes mellitus in an ambulatory population
This study compared the case-finding ability of current national guidelines for screening diabetes mellitus and characterized factors that affect testing…
Medicaid managed care and health care access for adult beneficiaries with disabilities
Marguerite Burns used Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and Area Resources File data in combination with Medicaid data for adults with…
Medicaid managed care and cost containment in the adult disabled population
Marguerite Burns studied the effect of Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) on health care expenditures for working age adults with…
Physician assistants and nurse practitioners as a usual source of care
This article published in The Journal of Rural Health used Wisconsin Longitudinal study data to identify characteristics and outcomes of…
Work system design for patient safety: the SEIPS model
Most errors and inefficiencies in patient care arise not from the solitary actions of individuals but from conflicting, incomplete, or…
Retrospective cost-effectiveness analysis of screening mammography
Many guidelines recommend screening mammography every 1-2 years for women older than 40 years; more than 70% of women now…
Accidental iatrogenic pneumothorax in hospitalized patients
Latrogenic pneumothorax (IP) is an inherent risk to patients who undergo procedures that involve the intentional puncturing of the lung.…
Managing febrile infants: impact of literature recommendations published during a physician's residency
In this study, HIP Investigators Dr. Elizabeth Cox and Dr. Maureen Smith hypothesized that sepsis workup recommendations are associated with…
Rehospitalization and survival for stroke patients in managed care and traditional Medicare plans
Stroke affects more than 500,000 older persons each year in the United States. This study including HIP Investigator Dr. Maureen…