Medical Care

Defining Quality of Life Levels to Enhance Clinical Interpretation in Multiple Sclerosis
pp. e1-e8(8)
Authors: Michel, Pierre; Baumstarck, Karine; Boyer, Laurent; Fernandez, Oscar; Flachenecker, Peter; Pelletier, Jean; Loundou, Anderson; Ghattas, Badih; Auquier, Pascal

Understanding the Impact of Hyperlipidemia Treatment on Medical Expenditures for Cardiovascular Disease
pp. 1-3(3)
Author: Pearson, Thomas A.

Hyperlipidemia and Medical Expenditures by Cardiovascular Disease Status in US Adults
pp. 4-11(8)
Authors: Zhang, Donglan; Wang, Guijing; Fang, Jing; Mercado, Carla

The Impact of Using Mid-level Providers in Face-to-Face Primary Care on Health Care Utilization
pp. 12-18(7)
Authors: Liu, Hangsheng; Robbins, Michael; Mehrotra, Ateev; Auerbach, David; Robinson, Brandi E.; Cromwell, Lee F.; Roblin, Douglas W.

Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Stakeholder-engaged Research (SER)
pp. 19-30(12)
Authors: Mackie, Thomas I.; Sheldrick, Radley C.; de Ferranti, Sarah D.; Saunders, Tully; Rojas, Erick G.; Leslie, Laurel K.

Hospital Variation and Patient Characteristics Associated With Vena Cava Filter Utilization
pp. 31-36(6)
Authors: Brown, Joshua D.; Talbert, Jeffery C.

Management of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans and Medication Adherence
pp. 37-42(6)
Authors: Young, Gary J.; Rickles, Nathaniel M.; Benzer, Justin K.; Dangi, Ankit

Closing the Medicare Doughnut Hole
pp. 43-49(7)
Authors: Bonakdar Tehrani, Ali; Cunningham, Peter J

Effect of Hospital Closures on Acute Care Outcomes in British Columbia, Canada
pp. 50-56(7)
Authors: Panagiotoglou, Dimitra; Law, Michael R.; McGrail, Kimberlyn

The Effects of Medicaid Home and Community-based Services Waivers on Unmet Needs Among Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
pp. 57-63(7)
Authors: Leslie, Douglas L.; Iskandarani, Khaled; Dick, Andrew W.; Mandell, David S.; Yu, Hao; Velott, Diana; Agbese, Edeanya; Stein, Bradley D.

Longitudinal Patterns of Spending Enhance the Ability to Predict Costly Patients
pp. 64-73(10)
Authors: Lauffenburger, Julie C.; Franklin, Jessica M.; Krumme, Alexis A.; Shrank, William H.; Brennan, Troyen A.; Matlin, Olga S.; Spettell, Claire M.; Brill, Gregory; Choudhry, Niteesh K.

Constructing Episodes of Inpatient Care
pp. 74-78(5)
Authors: Peng, Mingkai; Li, Bing; Southern, Danielle A.; Eastwood, Cathy A.; Quan, Hude

Surgical Site Infections
pp. 79-85(7)
Authors: Calderwood, Michael S.; Kleinman, Ken; Huang, Susan S.; Murphy, Michael V.; Yokoe, Deborah S.; Platt, Richard

Trends in the Treatment of Metastatic Colon and Rectal Cancer in Elderly Patients
pp. 86-86(1)
Authors: Linke, Kristin; Tapia Rico, Gonzalo; Price, Timothy J.

Use of High-cost Systemic Treatments in Elderly mCRC Patients
pp. 86-87(2)
Authors: Bradley, Cathy J.; Yabroff, K. Robin; Warren, Joan L.; Zeruto, Christopher; Chawla, Neetu; Lamont, Elizabeth B.

Should the Positive Predictive Value be Used to Validate Complications Measures?
pp. 87-87(1)
Author: Hughes, John S.

PPV and the PSIs/HAC Measures
pp. 87-88(2)
Authors: Winters, Bradford D.; Pronovost, Peter J.