Sushant Joshi, MA; Teryl Nuckols, MD, MSHS; José Escarce, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1167-1173. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1004
This analysis quantifies the contribution of regression to the mean to declining readmission rates at hospitals initially penalized under the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
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Quinn R. Pack, MD, MSc; Aruna Priya, MA, MSc; Tara Lagu, MD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1176-1185. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1051
This cohort study uses a large multihospital database to evaluate the association between hospital rates of echocardiogram use and outcomes in adult patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Nazleen F. Khan, ScM; Brian T. Bateman, MD, MSc; Joan E. Landon, MS; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1186-1192. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1064
This case-control study uses more than 25 million insurance claims to assess whether individuals who did not receive an opioid prescription had greater odds of overdose when a opioid prescription was dispensed to a family member.
Ramchandar Gomajee, MSc; Fabienne El-Khoury, PhD; Marcel Goldberg, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1193-1200. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1483
This cohort study examines the association of the regular use of electronic cigarettes with the number of cigarettes smoked per day, smoking cessation among current smokers, and smoking relapse among former smokers in France.
Health Care Policy and Law
Colleen P. Judge-Golden, BA; Kenneth J. Smith, MD, MS; Maria K. Mor, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1201-1208. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1678
This economic decision model estimates the financial and reproductive health implications for implementation of a 12-month option for dispensing oral contraceptive pills in the Veterans Affairs health care system.
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Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH; Claire Lupo, BBA; Alexander J. Mainor, JD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1211-1219. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1739
This cohort study reviews data from fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries without known heart disease who underwent cataract surgery to compare care cascades (tests, treatments, visits, hospitalizations, a and new diagnoses) between those who received preoperative electrocardiograms and those who did not.
Elizabeth A. Alore, MD, MPH; James W. Suliburk, MD; David J. Ramsey, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1220-1227. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1747
This cohort study examines the appropriateness of diagnostic evaluation for primary hyperparathyroidism in patients with hypercalcemia and the use of parathyroidectomy for the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism across the Veterans Affairs health care system.
Karla Kerlikowske, MD; Brian L. Sprague, PhD; Anna N. A. Tosteson, ScD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1230-1239. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1758
This cohort study assesses strategies to identify women at high risk of advanced breast cancer to target patient-practitioner discussions about the need for supplemental imaging.
Nicholas Lintzeris, MBBS, PhD; Anjali Bhardwaj, PhD; Llewellyn Mills, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1242-1253. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1993
This randomized clinical trial examines the safety and efficacy of nabiximols, an oromucosal tetrahydrocannabinol-cannabidiol medication vs placebo, in the treatment of adults with cannabis dependence.
Alok Kapoor, MD, MSc; Terry Field, DSc; Steven Handler, MD, PhD, CMD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1254-1261. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2005
This cohort study evaluates records of 555 residents of 32 New England nursing homes who returned to their nursing homes after hospitalization to measure the frequency, severity, and preventability of adverse events in the 45 days after hospitalization.
Dimitrios A. Koutoukidis, PhD; Nerys M. Astbury, PhD; Kate E. Tudor, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179(9):1262-1271. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2248
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates 22 randomized clinical trials including 2588 participants with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who underwent interventions to determine whether these interventions were associated with changes in NAFLD biomarkers.
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