Patrick C. DeMartino, MD; Miloš D. Miljković, MD, MSc; Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):162-167. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5921
This economic evaluation study estimates the number of patients with cancer who are eligible for the newly approved drug-indication pairs and projects potential spending and use of the approvals in the United States.
Michael Sampson, MD; Allan Clark, PhD; Max Bachmann, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):168-178. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5938
This randomized clinical trial examines the effect of a group-based lifestyle intervention with or without trained volunteers with type 2 diabetes on the risk of progression to type 2 diabetes in British populations with a high-risk glycemic category.
Less Is More
Lindsey C. Yourman, MD; Irena S. Cenzer, MA; W. John Boscardin, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):179-185. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6084
This meta-analysis assesses randomized clinical trials of statins to determine the time to benefit for prevention of a first major adverse cardiovascular event in adults aged 50 to 75 years.
Adrienne H. Sabety, PhD; Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD; Michael L. Barnett, MD, MS
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):186-194. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6288
This cohort study uses nationally representative 2008-2017 Medicare billing claims to examine changes in health care use and outcomes among patients whose primary care physician exited the workforce and to directly measure the association of primary care turnover with patients’ health care use and outcomes.
Benjamin S. Abella, MD, MPhil; Eliana L. Jolkovsky, BA; Barbara T. Biney, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):195-202. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6319
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in health care workers with exposure to patients with COVID-19 at 2 hospitals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Yafeng Wang, MSc; Jing Nie, BSc; Gerson Ferrari, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):203-211. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6331
This cohort study uses data from the National Health Interview Survey to examine the association of the proportion of vigorous physical activity to total physical activity with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease mortality, and cancer mortality.
Catherine R. Butler, MD, MA; Aaron Wightman, MA, MD; Claire A. Richards, RN, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):212-219. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6388
This qualitative study describes the real-world experience for patients with advanced kidney disease referred for the kidney transplant evaluation and selection process.
Lauren Hersch Nicholas, PhD, MPP; Kenneth M. Langa, MD, PhD; Julie P. W. Bynum, MD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):220-227. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6432
This cohort study examines the financial presentation of Alzheimer disease and related dementia using administrative credit data.
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Financial Presentation of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias
Kevin A. Brown, PhD; Aaron Jones, MSc; Nick Daneman, MD, MSc; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):229-236. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6466
This cohort study examines the association between nursing home crowding and COVID-19 cases and mortality in the first months of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ontario, Canada.
Firearm Violence
Elinore J. Kaufman, MD, MSHP; Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD; Ruiying Aria Xiong, MS; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):237-244. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6696
This cross-sectional study examines changes in incidence and trends of fatal and nonfatal firearm injury by intent associated with the injury.
Health Care Policy and Law
Vera van den Berg, MA; Ghislaine van Thiel, PhD; Margot Zomers, MSc; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):245-250. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6895
This study from the Netherlands looks at the association between having multiple geriatric syndromes and requesting euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide.
Physician Work Environment and Well-Being
A. Jay Holmgren, MHI; N. Lance Downing, MD; David W. Bates, MD, MSc; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):251-259. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7071
This cross-sectional study examines the use of electronic health record among physicians and other clinicians in ambulatory care facilities in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.
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Assessment of Electronic Health Record Use Between US and Non-US Health Systems