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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(21):1941-1951. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10391
Meissner et al use studies of migraine prophylaxis to investigate whether different types of placebo treatments are associated with different responses. See also the Editor鈥檚 Note by Redberg.
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Editor's Note
All Placebos Are Not Created Equally
Rita F. Redberg, MD
JAMA Intern Med
Ashley N. D. Meyer, PhD; Velma L. Payne, PhD, MBA; Derek W. Meeks, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(21):1952-1958. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10081
Meyer and colleagues explore the relationship between physicians鈥� diagnostic accuracy, their confidence in that accuracy, and related resource utilization. In the related Invited Commentary, Dhaliwal expands on the topic in the context of point-of-care learning.
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Invited Commentary
Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns at the Point of Care
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD
JAMA Intern Med
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(21):1962-1969. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10103
Cook and coauthors understand explore barriers and enabling factors that influence physician point-of-care learning, and what decisions physicians face during this process. See the Invited Commentary by Dhaliwal.
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Invited Commentary
Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns at the Point of Care
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD
JAMA Intern Med
Raymund Dantes, MD, MPH; Yi Mu, PhD; Ruth Belflower, RN, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(21):1970-1978. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10423
Dantes et al describe updated national estimates and characteristics of health care鈥� and community-associated invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in 2011. Lowy provides an Invited Commentary.
Joan A. Casey, MA; Frank C. Curriero, PhD, MA; Sara E. Cosgrove, MD, MS; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(21):1980-1990. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10408
Casey and colleagues assess the association between individual exposure to swine and dairy/veal industrial agriculture and risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. Lowy expands on the topic in his Invited Commentary.
Health Care Reform
Ann M. Sheehy, MD, MS; Ben Graf, MD; Sreedevi Gangireddy, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(21):1991-1998. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.8185
Sheehy et al describe observation clinical practice and investigate the cost implications of inpatient and observation care. In an Invited Commentary, Wachter discusses observation status policy and proposed revision.