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Determinants of Quality of In-Hospital Care for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

Scott, Ian A. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 12, pp. 801-816

for patient admission to hospital. Research has disclosed variations in the quality of in-hospital care of such patients … predictor-of-quality variables (patient or hospital characteristic or quality improvement intervention [QII]) and care processes …

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Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Disease Management to Improve Health Outcomes

Andrulis, Dennis P. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 12, pp. 789-800

The heightened awareness of substantial racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes has major implications for how healthcare providers effectively manage health conditions among diverse populations. This report identifies five dimensions that address the major causes of disparities that...

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The MELD System for Liver Allocation: Implications for Patients and Payors

Freeman, Richard B. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 9, pp. 551-556

The recent implementation of the Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD)/Pediatric End-stage Liver Disease (PELD) system for the allocation of cadaveric liver organs in the US represents a dramatic change in organ allocation policy. Previous allocation algorithms used a categorical...

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Impact of Telehealth on Healthcare Utilization by Congestive Heart Failure Patients

Lehmann, Craig A.; Mintz, Nancy; Giacini, Jean Marie - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 14 (2006) 3, pp. 163-169

Services, focused on The Jewish Home & Hospital Services, Lifecare Plus (New York, NY, USA), one of the US's federally funded … healthcare utilization, physician office visits, emergency department (ED) visits, and hospital readmissions. Methods: To be … eligible for the Jewish Home & Hospital Services Lifecare Plus demonstration project, patients had to be aged >=65 years, have …

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Clinical Decision Processes and Patient Engagement in Self-Management

Bourbeau, Jean - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 16 (2008) 5, pp. 327-333

Self-management is an essential component of disease management that involves collaboration between patients and healthcare providers to ensure patient engagement in behaviors that help control or reduce the impact of their disease. The self-management model assists patients in gaining skills to...

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Interventions and Outcomes Management in Migraine

Solomon, Glen D. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 3 (1998) 4, pp. 183-190

Migraine is a common chronic headache disorder affecting more than 10% of persons in Western populations. The clinical management of migraine is notable for the variability of diagnostic testing, therapeutic interventions and cost. Standards of care and clinical guidelines for migraine have...

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Initiatives and Barriers to Adopting Health Information Technology: A US Perspective

DePhillips, Henry A. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 15 (2007) 1, pp. 1-6

In recent years, US healthcare experts have increasingly agreed that the effective application of information technology (IT) can enable the industry to address its three most pressing concerns: an increase in medical errors, rising costs, and the fragmentation of care delivery. While other...

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Telemedicine for Diabetes Care

Malasanos, Toree H. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 14 (2006) 3, pp. 147-150

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Long-Term Effects of Second-Generation Cholinesterase Inhibitors on Clinical Outcomes and Costs of Alzheimer

Caro, J. Jaime; Getsios, Denis - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 10, pp. 617-631

Alzheimer Data on the effectiveness of these drugs from information beyond the short-term clinical trials (e.g. long-term clinical trials and non-trial data) are now emerging. In most cases, the results indicate that, at least for some patients, continued treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors...

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Increased National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Goal Attainment: Outcome Assessment of Department of Defense Conversion to Cerivastatin and Simvastatin

Beaudoin, Dennis; Spaar, Emery; Lowenthal, Susan Pitman; … - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 12, pp. 699-709

Objective: To contain costs, the US Department of Defense instituted a mandated statin formulary conversion program, designating cerivastatin and simvastatin as the `preferred statins'. This study examines the effectiveness, safety, and statin cost effectiveness following conversion to...

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