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The Johns Hopkins ACG® System Bibliography provides links to more than 900 papers and reports from across the globe detailing various studies utilizing the ACG System in a variety of locations, populations, and innovative applications.

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Prevalence of multimorbidity according to the deprivation level among the elderly in the Basque Country

BMC Public Health 13:918. Oberri, Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Sondika, Spain BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity is clearly a major challenge for healthcare systems. However, currently, its […]

Developing new comorbidity indices for cancer populations using administrative data

Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago (doctoral dissertation). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand BACKGROUND: Comorbidity has an important impact on cancer outcomes, but the […]

The 2013 RHA indicators atlas

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada The results in this report show clearly that the […]

Resources allocation and health care needs in diabetes care in Danish GP clinics

Health Policy 113:206-215. Institute of Public Health, Centre of Health Economics Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark BACKGROUND: In several […]

Socioeconomic variation in the burden of chronic conditions and health care provision–analyzing administrative individual level data from the Basque Country, Spain

BMC Public Health 13:870. Oberri (The Basque Institute for Health Innovation), Sondika, Bizkaia, Spain BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases are posing an increasing challenge to society, with […]

Prescribing of psychotropic medications to the elderly population of a Canadian province: a retrospective study using administrative databases

PeerJ 1:e168. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba , Winnipeg, MB, Canada BACKGROUND. Psychotropic medications, in particular second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) and benzodiazepines, have been associated […]

Impact of physician and center case volume on the adequacy of cardiac monitoring during adjuvant trastuzumab in breast cancer

2013 Breast Cancer Symposium. Abstract 128. J Clin Oncol 31 (suppl 26; abstr 128). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, […]

Prevalence and costs of chronicity and multimorbidity in the population covered by the Basque public telecare service

An Sist Sanit Navar 36:429-339, Published in Spanish. Centro de Salud Astrabudua, Erandio, Spain BACKGROUND: The public telecare service in the Basque Autonomous Community (betiON) […]

Hospitalizations and emergency department use in Mayo Clinic Biobank participants within the employee and community health medical home

Mayo Clin Proc 88:963-969. Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the participants in the […]

Risk-stratification methods for identifying patients for care coordination

Am J Manag Care 19:725-732. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA BACKGROUND: Care coordination is a key component of the patient-centered medical home. However, the mechanism […]

Who is in our hospitals … and why?

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada This report provides a snapshot of patients in acute […]

Estimating diabetes prevalence in the Military Health System population from 2006 to 2010

Mil Med 178:986-993. Healthcare Informatics Division, United States Air Force Medical Support Agency, San Antonio, TX, USA Evidence-based articles have demonstrated an increase in diabetes […]

Comparative safety and effectiveness of sitagliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes: retrospective population based cohort study

BMJ 346:f2267. Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada OBJECTIVE: To determine if the use of sitagliptin […]

The influence of socio-economic status and multimorbidity patterns on healthcare costs: a six-year follow-up under a universal healthcare system

Int J Equity Health 12:69. Center of Comparative Effectiveness Research, National Center of Excellence for Clinical Trial and Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, […]

Socio-economic position and childhood multimorbidity: a study using linkage between the Avon Longitudinal study of parents and children and the general practice research database

Int J Equity Health 12:66. School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK INTRODUCTION: In adults, multimorbidity is associated with social position. […]

Metformin use and all-cause and prostate cancer-specific mortality among men with diabetes

J Clin Oncol 31:3069-3075. Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health, Toronto, ON, Canada PURPOSE: To evaluate the association between cumulative duration of metformin use after prostate […]

Low-socioeconomic-status enrollees in high-deductible plans reduced high-severity emergency care

Health Aff 32:1398-1406. Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA One-third of US workers now have high-deductible health plans, and […]

Adverse events recorded in English primary care: observational study using the General Practice Research Database

Br J Gen Pract 63:534-542. Department of Primary Care and Public Health (DPCPH), Imperial College London, London, UK BACKGROUND: More accurate and recent estimates of […]

The impact of high-deductible health plans on men and women: an analysis of emergency department care

Med Care 51:639-645. Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA BACKGROUND: Prior studies show that men […]

Division of primary care services between physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners for older patients with diabetes

Med Care Res Rev 70:531-541. University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI, USA; University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Team-based care involving physician assistants and/or […]

Association between metformin use and risk of prostate cancer and its grade 

J Natl Cancer Inst 105:1123-1131. Division of Urology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Metformin is commonly […]

Predictive risk modelling in the Spanish population: a cross-sectional study

BMC Health Serv Res 13:269. Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain. BACKGROUND: An increase in chronic conditions is currently the greatest threat to human health […]

Cardiovascular safety of inhaled long-acting bronchodilators in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

JAMA Intern Med 173:1175-1185. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; Child Health Evaluative […]

Association between fee-for-service expenditures and morbidity burden in primary care

Eur J Health Econ 15:599-610. Faculty of Health Sciences, COHERE-Centre of Health Economics Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark BACKGROUND: […]

Asthma drug regimen optimality and health services utilization: a population-based analysis in British Columbia

Vancouver, BC, Canada: University of British Columbia (doctoral dissertation). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: Drug therapy is the mainstay medical treatment for […]

The disconnect between better quality of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis preventive care and better outcomes: a population-based cohort study

J Rheumatol 40:1736-1741. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB; McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada OBJECTIVE: The quality of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis […]

A population-based description of atrial fibrillation in the emergency department, 2002 to 2010

Ann Emerg Med 62:570-577. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; […]

Thiazolidinedione use and risk of hospitalization for pneumonia in type 2 diabetes:  population based matched case-control study

F1000Research 2:145. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: Previous randomized clinical trials and their meta-analyses […]

A simple but efficient approach to the analysis of multilevel data

Health Economics Papers 2013:6. Odense, Denmark: University of Southern Denmark. University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Much research in health economics revolves around the analysis […]

Predictors of dislocation and revision after shoulder stabilization in Ontario, Canada, from 2003 to 2008

Am J Sports Med 41:2034-2040. University of Toronto Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Factors contributing to recurrent dislocation, revision stabilization, […]

Vaccine effectiveness against laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizations among elderly adults during the 2010-2011 season

Clin Infect Dis 57:820-827. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Although annual influenza immunization is recommended for adults aged ≥65 years due […]

Multi-institutional sharing of electronic health record data to assess childhood obesity

PLoS One 8:e66192. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the validity […]

Heart failure in primary care: co-morbidity and utilization of health care resources

Fam Pract 30:520-524. Bioengineering and Telemedicine Unit, Puerta de Hierro University Teaching Hospital, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain BACKGROUND: In order to ensure proper management of primary […]

The dynamic effects of medical risk costs: evidence from quantile regression

Journal of Statistics and Management Systems 14:843-868. This paper adopted the quantile regression (QR) estimator to assess the effects of the medical utilization factors (changes […]

Evaluation of the full service family practice incentive program and the practice support program: synthesis report for work completed to June 2013

Victoria, BC, Canada: Hollander Analytical Services Ltd. This report constitutes a synthesis of findings from the evaluation of the Full Service Family Practice Incentive Program […]

Adjusted clinical groups: a patient classification system through risk adjustment

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica 30:308-314. Published in Spanish. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) are risk […]

Depression, anxiety disorders, and related health care utilization in the Manitoba Metis population

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Metis Federation. Manitoba Metis Federation, Winnipeg, MB, Canada This report resulted from the need to understand further the findings in the […]

Comorbilidad y discapacidad en pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca

Madrid, Spain: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (doctoral dissertation). Published in Spanish. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain INTRODUCCIÓN: La insuficiencia cardiaca (IC) es un problema […]

The impact of morbidity trajectories on identifying high-cost cases: using Taiwan’s National Health Insurance as an example

J Public Health 36:300-307. Department of Health Policy & Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. BACKGROUND: Incorporating longitudinal information […]

Impact of center case volume on cardiotoxicity during adjuvant trastuzumab in breast cancer

2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. Abstract 6625. J Clin Oncol 31 (suppl; abstr 6625). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; St. Michael’s […]

Impact of bariatric surgery on health care costs of obese persons: a 6-year follow-up of surgical and comparison cohorts using health plan data

JAMA Surg 148:555-561. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA IMPORTANCE: Bariatric surgery is a well-documented […]

Distance to hospital and socioeconomic status influence secondary health care use

Scand J Prim Health Care 31:83-88. Blekinge Centre of Competence, Karlskrona, Sweden Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate how distance to hospital […]

Social Housing in Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada The Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) in conjunction […]

Movement disorders in elderly users of risperidone and first generation antipsychotic agents: a Canadian population-based study

PLoS One 8:e64217. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada BACKGROUND: Despite concerns over the potential for severe adverse events, antipsychotic medications remain […]

Early cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a population-based retrospective cohort study of variation in practice

CMAJO 1:E62-E67. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND:  Despite evidence in favour of early cholecystectomy for most patients with acute cholecystitis, variation in practice […]

Predictors of colorectal cancer screening variation among primary-care providers and clinics

Am J Gastroenterol 108:1159-1167. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA OBJECTIVES: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is underutilized. To effect […]

Doctor shopping by overweight and obese patients is associated with increased healthcare utilization

Obesity 21:1328-1334. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. OBJECTIVE: Negative interactions with healthcare providers […]

Productivity and patient satisfaction in primary care — conflicting or compatible goals?

Health Policy 111:157-165. Lund University School of Economics and Management, Lund, Sweden Following recent reforms in Swedish primary care, providers are accountable to both citizens […]

Spreading a medical home redesign: effects on emergency department use and hospital admissions

Ann Fam Med 11 Suppl 1:S19-S26. Group Health Physicians, Seattle, WA, USA PURPOSE: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is being rapidly deployed in many settings […]

Association between metformin therapy and mortality after breast cancer: a population-based study

Diabetes Care 36:3018-3026. Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: Metformin has been associated with a reduction in breast cancer risk […]

Glycemic control associated with secure patient-provider messaging within a shared electronic medical record: a longitudinal analysis

Diabetes Care 36:2726-2733. University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA; Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Group Health Research Institute, […]

Preeclampsia as a risk factor for diabetes: a population-based cohort study

PLoS Med 10:e1001425. Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Women with preeclampsia (PEC) and gestational hypertension (GH) exhibit insulin resistance during […]

Evaluating early repeat emergency department use in patients with atrial fibrillation: a population-based analysis

Am Heart J 165:939-948. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Emergency department (ED) use by patients with atrial fibrillation is high and […]

Glucagonlike peptide 1-based therapies and risk of hospitalization for acute pancreatitis in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a population-based matched case-control study

JAMA Intern Med 173:534-539. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA IMPORTANCE: Acute pancreatitis has significant morbidity […]

High use of health services in patients with suboptimal asthma drug regimens: a population-based assessment in British Columbia, Canada

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 22:744-751. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada; […]

Measuring medical productivity to gauge the value of Medicare

Minn Med 96:46-48. Department of Finance, Medical Industry Leadership Institute, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Having a measure of productivity […]

Patient poverty and workload in primary care: study of prescription drug benefit recipients in community health centres

Can Fam Physician 59:384-390. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada Erratum in: Can Fam Physician. 2013 Jun;59(6):612. OBJECTIVE: To […]

The effect of medical malpractice liability on rate of referrals received by specialist physicians

Health Econ Policy Law 8:453-475. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA; University of Michigan, School of […]

Factors associated with 90-day death after emergency department discharge for atrial fibrillation

Ann Emerg Med 61:539-548.e1. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada STUDY OBJECTIVE: More than 10% of patients treated in the emergency department (ED) […]

How does complementary private prescription drug insurance coverage affect seniors’ use of publicly funded medications?

Health Policy 110:147-155. School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Like in many other high-income jurisdictions, the public drug […]

Are cervical and breast cancer screening programmes equitable? The case of women with intellectual and developmental disabilities

J Intellect Disabil Res 57:478-488. School of Nursing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK BACKGROUND: Effective cancer screening must be available for all eligible […]

Influence of body mass index on the choice of therapy for depression and follow-up care

Obesity 21:e303-e313. Group Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: Overweight and obese patients commonly suffer from depression and choice of depression […]

A hospital system’s wellness program linked to health plan enrollment cut hospitalizations but not overall costs

Health Aff 32:477-485. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Many policy makers believe that health status would be improved and health care spending reduced if […]

Depression and use of health care services in patients with advanced cancer

Can Fam Physician 59:e168-e174. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: To examine whether depression in patients with advanced cancer is associated with increased rates […]

Evaluation of the implementation of advanced nursing competencies in the Basque health care system

J Nurs Ed Pract 3:23-29. Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Sondika, Bizkaia, Spain In 2011 advanced competences in nursing were defined and pilot tested in […]

Primary care doctors’ opinion on a risk adjustment system: Adjusted Clinical Groups

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica 30:345-347. Published in Spanish. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain No abstract

Inclusion of persons with mental illness in patient-centred medical homes: cross-sectional findings from Ontario, Canada

Open Med 7:e9-e20. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: In Ontario, Canada, the patient-centred medical home is a […]

A new simple primary care morbidity score predicted mortality and better explains between practice variations than the Charlson index

J Clin Epidemiol 66:436-444. Population Health Research Centre, Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George’s University of London, London, UK OBJECTIVES: Adjustment for […]

More data in health care will enable predictive modeling advances

Manag Care 22:39-41. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA No abstract PMID: 23451538

What, if anything, does amenable mortality tell us about regional health system performance?

Healthc Policy 8:79-90. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada OBJECTIVES: Amenable mortality is proposed as a health system performance measure, and has been used […]

Patients with atrial fibrillation and an alternative primary diagnosis in the emergency department: a description of their characteristics and outcomes

Acad Emerg Med 20:193-199. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVES: Atrial fibrillation is common in the emergency department (ED). Mortality rates at […]

Adverse events in elderly users of antipsychotic pharmacotherapy in the province of Manitoba: a retrospective cohort study

J Clin Psychopharmacol 33:24-30. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. BACKGROUND: Antipsychotic medications have been widely used in elderly patients for treatment of a variety […]

The use of long-acting beta2- agonists as monotherapy in children and adults

J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol 20:e1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: In asthma, it is recommended […]

Risk-adjusted resource allocation: using Taiwan’s National Health Insurance as an example

Asia Pac J Public Health 27:NP958-971. Department of Health Policy & Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. OBJECTIVES: To […]

Comorbidity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in family practice: a cross sectional study

BMC Fam Pract 14:11. Multiprofessional Education Unit for Family and Community Care (South-east), Madrid, Spain BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is frequent and often […]

Predictors of short-term postoperative survival after elective colectomy in colon cancer patients >/= 80 years of age

Ann Surg Oncol 20:1427-1435. Department of Surgery, UW Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA BACKGROUND: Individuals ≥ 80 years of age […]

Pilot projects carried out in Lithuania and Latvia: quality indicators for high quality PHC performance

ImPrim Report #3. Karlskrona, Sweden: ImPrim. Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania Quality improvement of primary health care is the topic requiring attention from all stakeholders  throughout […]

Cholecystostomy: a bridge to hospital discharge but not delayed cholecystectomy

J Trauma Acute Care Surg 74:175-179; discussion 179-80. Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Current data on the clinical […]

A population-based analysis of the clinical course of 10,304 patients with acute cholecystitis, discharged without cholecystectomy

J Trauma Acute Care Surg 74:26-30; discussion 30-1. Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital; and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Science, Toronto, ON, Canada […]

Complications following total joint arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto (doctoral dissertation). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is indicated in persons with end-stage […]

The association between metformin therapy and mortality following breast cancer: a population-based study

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto (masters thesis). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Metformin has been associated with a reduction in breast cancer incidence, […]

The trend of prevalence of multimorbidity and needs of out-patient health care services in rural and urban areas in Klaipeda region

Health Sci 23:173-178. Published in Lithuanian. The aim of the study: to evaluate multimorbidity dynamics, and needs of out-patient health care services in rural and […]

Coût de l’ordonnance des médecins généralistes: une analyse sur les données de l’EPPM

Economie Publique :239-269. Published in French. Ministère des Affaires sociales et de la Santé, Paris, France Cet article examine de manière critique la possibilité de  […]

Diabetes, gender and neighbourhood ethnicity: inequalities in healthcare resource utilization

Canadian Journal of Diabetes 33:281. Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, BC, Canada AIMS: Lower utilization of medical resources by immigrants are often observed in self-reported […]

Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, referrals, and adverse drug events: are we doing things well?

Br J Gen Pract 62:e821. Aragón Health Sciences Institute (IACS), Miguel Servet University Hospital, University of Zaragoza, Spain BACKGROUND: The consequences of multimorbidity include polypharmacy […]

The validity of claims-based risk estimation in underinsured populations

Am J Manag Care 18:e468-e476. Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate a threat to validity in […]

Early dropout from psychotherapy for depression with group- and network-model therapists

Adm Policy Ment Health 39:440-447. Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA Administrative data were used to examine early dropout among 16,451 health plan members […]

Comparative ability of comorbidity classification methods for administrative data to predict outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ann Epidemiol 22:881-887. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada PURPOSE: Administrative healthcare databases are used for health services research, comparative effectiveness studies, and […]

Monitoring the prevalence of chronic conditions: which data should we use?

BMC Health Serv Res 12:365. Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, C/ Alava n° 45, Vitoria-Gazteiz, Spain BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases are an increasing threat to people’s health […]

Healthcare expenditure in the last year of life: the experience of South African medical schemes

Cape Town, South Africa: Actuarial Society of South Africa. School of Management Studies, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa The aim of this paper […]

Comparing measures of multimorbidity to predict outcomes in primary care: a cross sectional study

Fam Pract 30:172-178. Academic Unit of Primary Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK BACKGROUND: An increasing proportion of people […]

Is patient satisfaction in primary care dependent on structural and organizational characteristics among providers? Findings based on data from the national patient survey in Sweden

Health Econ Policy Law 8:317-333. Lund University School of Economics and Management, Lund, Sweden In parallel to market-like reforms in Swedish primary care, the gathering […]

Effect of risk adjustment method on comparisons of health care utilization between complementary and alternative medicine users and nonusers

J Altern Complement Med 19:250-256. Saint Luke’s Health System, Boise, ID, USA OBJECTIVES: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers are becoming more integrated into the […]

Impact of rheumatoid arthritis on recognition of hypertension in a medically homed population

Arthritis Rheum 64:S712-S713. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Numerous studies report increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and others describe increased arterial stiffness in […]

Identifying frail older people using predictive modeling

Am J Manag Care 18:e392-e397. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel OBJECTIVES: To determine whether a designation of frailty using the […]

How are Manitoba’s children doing?

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada The health and development of Manitoba’s children were examined […]

High mortality and low access to care following incident acute myocardial infarction in individuals with schizophrenia

Schizophr Res 142:52-57. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this study was to compare mortality following incident […]

Work limitations and their relationship to morbidity burden among academic health center employees with diabetes

Workplace Health Saf 60:425-434. Department of Acute and Chronic Care, John Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA The objective of this study was […]

Evaluating patient adherence to antidepressant therapy among uninsured working adults diagnosed with major depression: results of the Texas Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment study

Adm Policy Ment Health 39:374-382. Addiction Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA This study examined antidepressant adherence and persistence among uninsured […]