Julia Spoendlin, PhD, MPH; Julie M. Paik, MD, ScD; T. Tsacogianis, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):741-749. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0045
This observational study examines the use of sevelamer vs calcium acetate for treatment of hyperphosphatemia in patients 65 years or older with end-stage renal disease who are undergoing hemodialysis.
Rachelle Bernacki, MD, MS; Joanna Paladino, MD; Bridget A. Neville, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):751-759. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0077
This cluster randomized clinical trial evaluates the effect of a communication quality-improvement intervention on a goal-concordant care and peacefulness at the end of life among oncology clinicians and patients with advanced cancer.
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Editorial
Discussing Prognosis, Preferences, and End-of-Life Care in Advanced Cancer: We Need to Speak
Belinda E. Kiely, MBBS, PhD, FRACP; Martin R. Stockler, MBBS, MSc, FRACP
JAMA Oncol
Krisda H. Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, MSHP; Judy A. Shea, PhD; David A. Asch, MD, MBA; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):760-767. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0095
This secondary analysis of time-motion data from participants in a cluster-randomized trial assesses how first-year internal medicine residents allocate time spent working on general medicine inpatient services.
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Podcast:
Allocation of Inpatient Time Among First-Year Internal Medicine Residents
Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH; Mat Reidhead, MA; Andrew C. Qi, BS; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):769-776. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0117
This cross-sectional study examines changes in performance and penalties after stratification of hospitals by the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program into groups based on the proportion of each hospital鈥檚 Medicare patient population that is enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid.
Adam M. Leventhal, PhD; Mariel S. Bello, MA; Ellen Galstyan, BA; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):777-785. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0192
This study of a nationally representative cross-sectional annual household-based probability sample of noninstitutionalized residents estimates disparities in smoking prevalence associated with the number of socioeconomic and health-related disadvantages faced by US adults from 2008 to 2017.
Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH; Jean Terranova, JD; Liisa Randall, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):786-793. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0198
This cohort study looks at the incidence of inpatient and skilled nursing facility admissions, as well as health care costs, for recipients of home-delivered medically tailored meals.
Luciano da Silva Selistre, MD, PhD; Dener L. Rech, MD, MS; Vandréa de Souza, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):796-804. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0223
This cross-sectional study compares 4 equations used to estimate glomerular filtration rate against measurement of inulin 2247 older French adults with varying degrees of kidney health.
Health Care Policy and Law
Rahi Abouk, PhD; Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, PhD; David Powell, PhD
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):805-811. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0272
This population-based study examines fatal opioid overdose rates in states with policies allowing pharmacy distribution of naloxone.
Reith R. Sarkar, MAS; J. Kellog Parsons, MD, MHS; Alex K. Bryant, MD, MAS; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(6):812-819. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0280
This population-based cohort study examines medical records of 80鈥�875 men who were treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals for prostate cancer to compare the time to diagnosis and mortality in men previously treated with 5伪-reductase inhibitors for benign prostatic hyperplasia with those of men who received different or no treatment.