Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD; Margaret D. Carroll, MSPH; Brian K. Kit, MD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA. 2014;311(8):806-814. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.732
Ogden and coauthors provide the most recent national estimates of childhood obesity, including prevalence and trends, as well as detailed obesity trend analyses among adults.
Mark W. Friedberg, MD, MPP; Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSc; Meredith B. Rosenthal, PhD; et al.
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JAMA. 2014;311(8):815-825. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.353
Friedberg and coauthors investigated the associations between participation in a large US multipayer medical home pilot and changes in the quality, utilization, and costs of care by surveying 32 volunteering primary care practices from 2008 to 2011. In an Editorial, Schwenk discusses the importance of strategic and targeted deployment of the patient-centered medical home model.
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Association Between Participation in a Multipayer Medical Home Intervention and Changes in Quality, Utilization, and Costs of Care
Signe Sørup, PhD; Christine S. Benn, DMSc; Anja Poulsen, PhD; et al.
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JAMA. 2014;311(8):826-835. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.470
To examine whether the live vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is associated with lower rates of hospital admissions for infections among children in Denmark, S酶rup and coauthors conducted a population-based cohort study using data on vaccinations and hospital admissions from nationwide Danish registers.
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Nonspecific Effects of Vaccines
David Goldblatt, MBChB, PhD; Elizabeth Miller, FRCPath
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Matthew W. Sherwood, MD; Yongfei Wang, MS; Jeptha P. Curtis, MD; et al.
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JAMA. 2014;311(8):836-843. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.980
Sherwood and coauthors conducted a retrospective cohort study of 2鈥�258鈥�711 patient visits in the CathPCI Registry to determine current patterns of blood transfusion among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and the association of transfusion with adverse cardiac outcomes.