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Health And Dental Care Expenditures In The United States From 1996 To 2016, Man Hung, Martin S. Lipsky, Ryan Moffat, Evelyn Lauren, Eric S. Hon, Jungweon Park, Gagandeep Gill, Julie Xu, Lourdes Peralta, Multiple Additional Authors

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Introduction: As total health and dental care expenditures in the United States continue to rise, healthcare disparities for low to middle-income Americans creates an imperative to analyze existing expenditures. This study examined health and dental care expenditures in the United States from 1996 to 2016 and explored trends in spending across various population subgroups.

Methods: Using data collected by the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, this study examined health and dental care expenditures in the United States from 1996 to 2016. Trends in spending were displayed graphically and spending across subgroups examined. All expenditures were adjusted for inflation or …

Association Of A Multisite Interprofessional Education Initiative With Quality Of Primary Care, Samuel T. Edwards, Elizabeth Hooker, Rebecca Brienza, Bridget O’Brien, Hyunjee Kim, Stuart Gilman, Nancy Harada, Lillian Gelberg, Sarah Shull, Meike Niederhausen, Multiple Additional Authors

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Importance Studies have shown that interprofessional education (IPE) improves learner proficiencies, but few have measured the association of IPE with patient outcomes, such as clinical quality.

Objective To estimate the association of a multisite IPE initiative with quality of care.

Design, Setting, and Participants This study used difference-in-differences analysis of US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic health record data from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2015. Patients cared for by resident clinicians in 5 VA academic primary care clinics that participated in the Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE), an initiative designed to promote IPE among …

Screening For Unhealthy Drug Use: Updated Evidence Report And Systematic Review For The Us Preventive Services Task Force, Carrie D. Patnode, Leslie A. Perdue, Megan Rushkin, Tracy Dana, Ian Blazina, Christina Bougatsos, Sara Grusing, Elizabeth A. O'Connor, Rongwei Fu, Roger Chou

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IMPORTANCE

Illicit drug use is among the most common causes of preventable morbidity and mortality in the US.

OBJECTIVE

To systematically review the literature on screening and interventions for drug use to inform the US Preventive Services Task Force.

DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials through September 18, 2018; literature surveillance through September 21, 2019. STUDY SELECTION Test accuracy studies to detect drug misuse and randomized clinical trials of screening and interventions to reduce drug use. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Critical appraisal and data abstraction by 2 reviewers and random-effects meta-analyses. MAIN OUTCOMES …