Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD; Norma B. Coe, PhD; Mingyu Qi, MS; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(5):617-623. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.7998
This cohort study uses Medicare claims data to investigate the association of patient outcomes and Medicare costs of discharge to home with home health care vs discharge to a skilled nursing facility.
Marleine Azar, MSc; Kira E. Riehm, MSc; Nazanin Saadat, BSc; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(5):624-632. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8009
This study analyzes the prospective registration policies of specialty journals that publish randomized clinical trials of drugs, biologics, and medical devices not regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Teng-Yu Lee, MD, MBA, PhD; Yao-Chun Hsu, MD, PhD; Hsiao-Ching Tseng, MBA; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(5):633-640. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8342
This nationwide cohort study examines the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwanese patients with chronic hepatitis B who are receiving daily aspirin therapy.
Emerson Y. Chen, MD; Sunil K. Joshi, BA; Audrey Tran, BA; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(5):642-647. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8351
This study analyzes the original and updated clinical trials that led to FDA-approved drug indications in oncology from 2006 to 2017 to assess reduction in clinical trial duration derived from using surrogate end points of response rate or progression-free survival rather than overall survival as the basis for cancer drug approval.
Less Is More
John N. Mafi, MD, MPH; Patricia Godoy-Travieso, MSN, MHA, RN; Eric Wei, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(5):648-657. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8358
This study assesses the utilization and costs of a multipronged quality improvement initiative to reduce low-value preoperative utilization for patients undergoing cataract surgery at 2 safety-net health systems in California.
Janie M. Lee, MD, MSc; Robert F. Arao, MPH; Brian L. Sprague, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(5):658-667. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8372
This cohort study investigates the performance of screening mammography plus screening ultrasonography compared with screening mammography alone among women at low, intermediate, and high risk for breast cancer.
Rebecca T. Brown, MD, MPH; L. Grisell Diaz-Ramirez, MS; W. John Boscardin, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(5):668-675. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0008
This cohort study uses data from the Health and Retirement Study to determine whether middle-aged individuals who develop functional impairment are at increased risk for hospitalization, nursing home admission, and death.
Leslie P. Scheunemann, MD, MPH; Natalie C. Ernecoff, MPH; Praewpannarai Buddadhumaruk, RN, MS; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(5):676-684. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0027
This secondary analysis of a cohort study examines communications between clinicians and surrogate decision makers on what the surrogates believe reflect the goals of care of critically ill patients.
Health Care Reform
Arjun K. Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS; Shih-Chuan Chou, MD, MPH; Shu-Xia Li, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(5):686-693. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0037
This study analyzes data from the 2015 National Emergency Department Sample for hospital-based emergency department discharges, transfers, and admissions for patients presenting with pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and asthma.