Keyword: united states
2018 (1)
Moral disapproval and perceived addiction to internet pornography: a longitudinal examination. Grubbs, J. B., Wilt, J. A., Exline, J. J., Pargament, K. I., & Kraus, S. W. Addiction, 113(3):496–506, April, 2018.
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Internet pornography use is an increasingly common, yet controversial, behavior. Whereas mental health communities are divided about potentially problematic use patterns, many lay people identify as feeling dysregulated or compulsive in their use. Prior work has labeled this tendency perceived addiction to internet pornography (PA). This study's aims were to (1) assess the association between PA at baseline and other factors, including actual levels of average daily pornography use and personality factors and (2) assess the associations between baseline variables and PA 1 year later. DESIGN: Two large-scale community samples were assessed using online survey methods, with subsets of each sample being recruited for follow-up surveys 1 year later. SETTING: United States. PARTICIPANTS: Participants were adults who had used pornography within the past 6 months recruited in two samples. Sample 1 (n = 1507) involved undergraduate students from three US universities and sample 2 (n = 782) involved web-using adults. Subsets of each sample (sample 1, n = 146; sample 2, n = 211) were surveyed again 1 year later. MEASUREMENTS: At baseline, we assessed average daily pornography use, PA and relevant predictors (e.g. trait neuroticism, trait self-control, trait entitlement, religiousness, moral disapproval of pornography use). One year later, we assessed PA. FINDINGS: Cross-sectionally, PA was correlated strongly with moral disapproval of pornography use [sample 1, Pearson's correlation: r = 0.68 (0.65, 0.70); sample 2, r = 0.58 (0.53, 0.63)]. Baseline moral disapproval [sample 1, r = 0.46 (0.33, 0.56); sample 2, r = 0.61 (0.51, 0.69)] and perceived addiction demonstrated relationships with perceived addiction 1 year later. We found inconclusive evidence of a substantial or significant association between pornography use and perceived addiction over time [sample 1, r = 0.13 (-0.02, 0.28); sample 2, r = 0.11 (-0.04, 0.25)]. CONCLUSIONS: Perceived addiction to internet pornography appears to be related strongly to moral scruples around pornography use, both concurrently and over time, rather than with the amount of daily pornography use itself.
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title = {Moral disapproval and perceived addiction to internet pornography: a longitudinal examination.},
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copyright = {(c) 2017 Society for the Study of Addiction.},
issn = {1360-0443 0965-2140},
doi = {10.1111/add.14007},
abstract = {BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Internet pornography use is an increasingly common, yet controversial, behavior. Whereas mental health communities are divided about potentially problematic use patterns, many lay people identify as feeling dysregulated or compulsive in their use. Prior work has labeled this tendency perceived addiction to internet pornography (PA). This study's aims were to (1) assess the association between PA at baseline and other factors, including actual levels of average daily pornography use and personality factors and (2) assess the associations between baseline variables and PA 1 year later. DESIGN: Two large-scale community samples were assessed using online survey methods, with subsets of each sample being recruited for follow-up surveys 1 year later. SETTING: United States. PARTICIPANTS: Participants were adults who had used pornography within the past 6 months recruited in two samples. Sample 1 (n = 1507) involved undergraduate students from three US universities and sample 2 (n = 782) involved web-using adults. Subsets of each sample (sample 1, n = 146; sample 2, n = 211) were surveyed again 1 year later. MEASUREMENTS: At baseline, we assessed average daily pornography use, PA and relevant predictors (e.g. trait neuroticism, trait self-control, trait entitlement, religiousness, moral disapproval of pornography use). One year later, we assessed PA. FINDINGS: Cross-sectionally, PA was correlated strongly with moral disapproval of pornography use [sample 1, Pearson's correlation: r = 0.68 (0.65, 0.70); sample 2, r = 0.58 (0.53, 0.63)]. Baseline moral disapproval [sample 1, r = 0.46 (0.33, 0.56); sample 2, r = 0.61 (0.51, 0.69)] and perceived addiction demonstrated relationships with perceived addiction 1 year later. We found inconclusive evidence of a substantial or significant association between pornography use and perceived addiction over time [sample 1, r = 0.13 (-0.02, 0.28); sample 2, r = 0.11 (-0.04, 0.25)]. CONCLUSIONS: Perceived addiction to internet pornography appears to be related strongly to moral scruples around pornography use, both concurrently and over time, rather than with the amount of daily pornography use itself.},
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author = {Grubbs, Joshua B. and Wilt, Joshua A. and Exline, Julie J. and Pargament, Kenneth I. and Kraus, Shane W.},
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}2017 (1)
Analysis of the Association of Clubhouse Membership with Overall Costs of Care for Mental Health Treatment. Hwang, S., Woody, J., & Eaton, W. W. Community Mental Health Journal, 53(1):102--106, 2017.
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We examined whether frequency of attendance at the B'More Clubhouse was associated with lower mental health care costs in the Medicaid database, and whether members in the B'More Clubhouse (n = 30) would have lower mental health care costs compared with a set of matched controls from the same claims database (n = 150). Participants who attended the Clubhouse 3 days or more per week had mean 1-year mental health care costs of US \$5697, compared to \$14,765 for those who attended less often. B'More Clubhouse members had significantly lower annual total mental health care costs than the matched comparison group (\$10,391 vs. \$15,511; p \textless 0.0001). Membership in the B'More Clubhouse is associated with a substantial beneficial influence on health care costs.
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abstract = {We examined whether frequency of attendance at the B'More Clubhouse was associated with lower mental health care costs in the Medicaid database, and whether members in the B'More Clubhouse (n = 30) would have lower mental health care costs compared with a set of matched controls from the same claims database (n = 150). Participants who attended the Clubhouse 3 days or more per week had mean 1-year mental health care costs of US \$5697, compared to \$14,765 for those who attended less often. B'More Clubhouse members had significantly lower annual total mental health care costs than the matched comparison group (\$10,391 vs. \$15,511; p {\textless} 0.0001). Membership in the B'More Clubhouse is associated with a substantial beneficial influence on health care costs.},
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pages = {102--106}
}2016 (5)
Perceived Addiction to Internet Pornography among Religious Believers and Nonbelievers. Bradley, D. F., Grubbs, J. B., Uzdavines, A., Exline, J. J., & Pargament, K. I. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 23(2/3):225–243, April, 2016.
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The article presents an study on the relationship between religiousness and perceived addiction to Internet pornography among religious believers and nonbelievers. It discusses the definition of nonbelief, the connection of perceived addiction to various distress indicators and findings indicating increased perceived addiction among religious believers, self-indication as a predictor of perceived addiction and the relation of perceived addiction to psychological distress in both study groups.
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title = {Perceived Addiction to Internet Pornography among Religious Believers and Nonbelievers.},
author = {Bradley, David F. and Grubbs, Joshua B. and Uzdavines, Alex and Exline, Julie J. and Pargament, Kenneth I.},
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}Decades Later, Sickness Among Airmen After a Hydrogen Bomb Accident. Philipps, D. The New York Times, June, 2016.
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Paper abstract bibtex The Air Force says that there was no harmful radiation at the crash site in Spain, but interviews with dozens of men and details from declassified documents disagree.
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}Factors Affecting Length of Postoperative Hospitalization for Pediatric Cardiac Operations in a Large North American Registry (1982-2007). Al-Haddad, B., Menk, J., Kochilas, L, & Vinocur, J. Pediatr Cardiol, 37(5):884–891, June, 2016.
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Paper doi abstract bibtex Surgical treatment of congenital heart disease represents a major cause of pediatric hospitalization and healthcare resource use. Larger centers may provide more efficient care with resulting shorter length of postoperative hospitalization (LOH). Data from 46 centers over 25 years were used to evaluate whether surgical volume was an important determinant of LOH using a competing risk regression strategy that concurrently accounted for deaths, transfers, and discharges with some time interactions. Earlier discharge was more likely for infants and older children compared to neonates [subhazard ratios at postoperative day 6 of 1.64 (99 % confidence interval (CI) 1.57, 1.72) and 2.67 (99 % CI 2.53, 2.80), respectively], but less likely for patients undergoing operations in Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery categories 2, 3, 4, and 5/6 compared to category 1 [subhazard ratios at postoperative day 6 of 0.66 (99 % CI 0.64, 0.68), 0.34 (95 % CI 0.33, 0.35), 0.28 (99 % CI 0.27, 0.30), and 0.10 (99 % CI 0.09, 0.11), respectively]. There was no difference by sex [non-time-dependent subhazard ratio 1.019 (99 % CI 0.995, 1.040)]. For every 100-operation increase in center annual surgical volume, the non-time-dependent subhazard for discharge was 1.035 (99 % CI 1.006, 1.064) times greater, and center-specific exponentiated random effects ranged from 0.70 to 1.42 with a variance of 0.023. The conditional discharge rate increased with increasing age and later era. No sex-specific difference was found. Centers performing more operations discharged patients sooner than lower volume centers, but this difference appears to be too small to be of clinical significance. Interestingly, unmeasured institutional characteristics estimated by the center random effects were variable, suggesting that these played an important role in LOH and merit further investigation.
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language = {eng},
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journal = {Pediatr Cardiol},
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}Associations of perceived addiction to internet pornography with religious/spiritual and psychological functioning. Wilt, J. A, Cooper, E. B., Grubbs, J. B., Exline, J. J., & Pargament, K. I. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 23(2-3):260–278, April, 2016.
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title = {Associations of perceived addiction to internet pornography with religious/spiritual and psychological functioning},
volume = {23},
copyright = {All rights reserved},
issn = {1072-0162, 1532-5318},
url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10720162.2016.1140604},
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}Reassessing Policy Drift: Social Policy Change in the United States. Béland, D., Rocco, P., & Waddan, A. Social Policy & Administration, 50(2):201--218, March, 2016.
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Paper doi abstract bibtex As formulated by Jacob Hacker, the concept of policy drift turned institutional theories of public policy on their heads by suggesting that consequential policy changes often happen in the absence of reform. Especially prevalent in times of political gridlock or stasis, policy drift is a useful concept for capturing how inaction can gradually diminish the effectiveness of social programmes over time. By highlighting cases of difficult-to-see policy inaction, however, Hacker's concept sets a high bar for empirical scholarship. In this article, we suggest that analyzing policy drift requires attention to comparative policy outcomes, the implementation of reforms intended to alleviate drift, and the time frame of the study. With these insights in mind, we analyze the impact of drift on US retirement security and health care coverage to reflect policy changes that have occurred since Hacker's original analysis was published.
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shorttitle = {Reassessing {Policy} {Drift}},
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abstract = {As formulated by Jacob Hacker, the concept of policy drift turned institutional theories of public policy on their heads by suggesting that consequential policy changes often happen in the absence of reform. Especially prevalent in times of political gridlock or stasis, policy drift is a useful concept for capturing how inaction can gradually diminish the effectiveness of social programmes over time. By highlighting cases of difficult-to-see policy inaction, however, Hacker's concept sets a high bar for empirical scholarship. In this article, we suggest that analyzing policy drift requires attention to comparative policy outcomes, the implementation of reforms intended to alleviate drift, and the time frame of the study. With these insights in mind, we analyze the impact of drift on US retirement security and health care coverage to reflect policy changes that have occurred since Hacker's original analysis was published.},
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}2015 (9)
State of Private Financing in Development of Highway Projects in the United States. Ashuri, B. & Mostaan, K. Journal of Management in Engineering, 31(6):Content ID 04015002, November, 2015.
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Paper abstract bibtex The U.S. Department of Transportation and state DOTs across the nation seek private investments to leverage their shrinking financial resources and fulfill their growing funding shortfalls. The decision to involve the private sector in financing highway projects varies from state to state in several aspects. State DOTs pursue a wide range of objectives when they utilize private financing for highway projects. State DOTs utilize different procurement methods for project financing and use different approaches to evaluate financial qualifications and proposals. State DOTs face different kinds of financial, political, legal, management, and organizational issues affecting their abilities to attract private investments in highway projects. Various strategies have been utilized by state DOTs to facilitate adoption of private financing in their highway projects. Considering variations in current practices of private financing among state DOTs, there is a need for a study to enhance the state of knowledge about current practices of private financing among different state DOTs. The major objective of this study is to capture the underpinnings of private financing as utilized by state DOTs in development of highway projects. A national survey was developed and sent to transportation officials in 50 state DOTs. Results of this survey were examined and analyzed in detail. The results of the survey indicate that only some state DOTs have established mature private financing programs, and private financing will remain a viable alternative for highway project development in these state DOTs. It was found out that state DOTs typically think of private financing more as an instrument to bridge their funding gaps and financing shortfalls and less as an innovative solution to gain life cycle cost efficiencies, encourage competition, and transfer critical project risks to the private sector. Stringent organizational policies and inefficient project development processes were found to be among the major concerns of state DOTs in effective utilization of private financing. Statutory limitations and inefficient frameworks for project financing and procurement method in the public sector were recognized as major barriers for private sector involvement in financing highway projects. Legislative flexibility for engaging private financing and commitment of key project stakeholders and top state officials were identified as critical factors that significantly enhance the adoption of private financing in highway project development.
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abstract = {The U.S. Department of Transportation and state DOTs across the nation seek private investments to leverage their shrinking financial resources and fulfill their growing funding shortfalls. The decision to involve the private sector in financing highway projects varies from state to state in several aspects. State DOTs pursue a wide range of objectives when they utilize private financing for highway projects. State DOTs utilize different procurement methods for project financing and use different approaches to evaluate financial qualifications and proposals. State DOTs face different kinds of financial, political, legal, management, and organizational issues affecting their abilities to attract private investments in highway projects. Various strategies have been utilized by state DOTs to facilitate adoption of private financing in their highway projects. Considering variations in current practices of private financing among state DOTs, there is a need for a study to enhance the state of knowledge about current practices of private financing among different state DOTs. The major objective of this study is to capture the underpinnings of private financing as utilized by state DOTs in development of highway projects. A national survey was developed and sent to transportation officials in 50 state DOTs. Results of this survey were examined and analyzed in detail. The results of the survey indicate that only some state DOTs have established mature private financing programs, and private financing will remain a viable alternative for highway project development in these state DOTs. It was found out that state DOTs typically think of private financing more as an instrument to bridge their funding gaps and financing shortfalls and less as an innovative solution to gain life cycle cost efficiencies, encourage competition, and transfer critical project risks to the private sector. Stringent organizational policies and inefficient project development processes were found to be among the major concerns of state DOTs in effective utilization of private financing. Statutory limitations and inefficient frameworks for project financing and procurement method in the public sector were recognized as major barriers for private sector involvement in financing highway projects. Legislative flexibility for engaging private financing and commitment of key project stakeholders and top state officials were identified as critical factors that significantly enhance the adoption of private financing in highway project development.},
number = {6},
journal = {Journal of Management in Engineering},
author = {Ashuri, Baabak and Mostaan, Kia},
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year = {2015},
keywords = {Construction projects, Financing, Highway design, Highway planning, Procurement, Project delivery, United States},
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}Mexico on Main Street: Transnational film culture in Los Angeles before World War II. Gunckel, C. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2015.
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title = {Mexico on {Main} {Street}: {Transnational} film culture in {Los} {Angeles} before {World} {War} {II}},
isbn = {978-0-8135-7077-8},
shorttitle = {Mexico on {Main} {Street}},
publisher = {Rutgers University Press},
author = {Gunckel, Colin},
year = {2015},
keywords = {California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Mexican Americans in motion pictures, Motion picture industry, Motion pictures, United States}
}Opioids for low back pain. Deyo, R., A., Von Korff, M., & Duhrkoop, D. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 350(jan05_10):g6380, 1, 2015.
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Back pain affects most adults, causes disability for some, and is a common reason for seeking healthcare. In the United States, opioid prescription for low back pain has increased, and opioids are now the most commonly prescribed drug class. More than half of regular opioid users report back pain. Rates of opioid prescribing in the US and Canada are two to three times higher than in most European countries. The analgesic efficacy of opioids for acute back pain is inferred from evidence in other acute pain conditions. Opioids do not seem to expedite return to work in injured workers or improve functional outcomes of acute back pain in primary care. For chronic back pain, systematic reviews find scant evidence of efficacy. Randomized controlled trials have high dropout rates, brief duration (four months or less), and highly selected patients. Opioids seem to have short term analgesic efficacy for chronic back pain, but benefits for function are less clear. The magnitude of pain relief across chronic non-cancer pain conditions is about 30%. Given the brevity of randomized controlled trials, the long term effectiveness and safety of opioids are unknown. Loss of long term efficacy could result from drug tolerance and emergence of hyperalgesia. Complications of opioid use include addiction and overdose related mortality, which have risen in parallel with prescription rates. Common short term side effects are constipation, nausea, sedation, and increased risk of falls and fractures. Longer term side effects may include depression and sexual dysfunction. Screening for high risk patients, treatment agreements, and urine testing have not reduced overall rates of opioid prescribing, misuse, or overdose. Newer strategies for reducing risks include more selective prescription of opioids and lower doses; use of prescription monitoring programs; avoidance of co-prescription with sedative hypnotics; and reformulations that make drugs more difficult to snort, smoke, or inject.
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abstract = {Back pain affects most adults, causes disability for some, and is a common reason for seeking healthcare. In the United States, opioid prescription for low back pain has increased, and opioids are now the most commonly prescribed drug class. More than half of regular opioid users report back pain. Rates of opioid prescribing in the US and Canada are two to three times higher than in most European countries. The analgesic efficacy of opioids for acute back pain is inferred from evidence in other acute pain conditions. Opioids do not seem to expedite return to work in injured workers or improve functional outcomes of acute back pain in primary care. For chronic back pain, systematic reviews find scant evidence of efficacy. Randomized controlled trials have high dropout rates, brief duration (four months or less), and highly selected patients. Opioids seem to have short term analgesic efficacy for chronic back pain, but benefits for function are less clear. The magnitude of pain relief across chronic non-cancer pain conditions is about 30%. Given the brevity of randomized controlled trials, the long term effectiveness and safety of opioids are unknown. Loss of long term efficacy could result from drug tolerance and emergence of hyperalgesia. Complications of opioid use include addiction and overdose related mortality, which have risen in parallel with prescription rates. Common short term side effects are constipation, nausea, sedation, and increased risk of falls and fractures. Longer term side effects may include depression and sexual dysfunction. Screening for high risk patients, treatment agreements, and urine testing have not reduced overall rates of opioid prescribing, misuse, or overdose. Newer strategies for reducing risks include more selective prescription of opioids and lower doses; use of prescription monitoring programs; avoidance of co-prescription with sedative hypnotics; and reformulations that make drugs more difficult to snort, smoke, or inject.},
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}Assessing Organizational Readiness for a Participatory Occupational Health/Health Promotion Intervention in Skilled Nursing Facilities. Zhang, Y., Flum, M., West, C., & Punnett, L. Health promotion practice, 16(5):724-732, Society for Public Health Education, 9, 2015.
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The long-term care sector is characterized by high morbidity and employee turnover, along with associated costs. Effective health protection and health promotion are important to improve physical and psychosocial well-being of caregivers. Assessment of organizational readiness for change is an essential precursor to the successful implementation of workplace programs addressing work climate, structure of tasks and relationships, and other issues that may be perceived as challenging by some within the institution. This study qualitatively assessed readiness of five skilled nursing facilities for a participatory occupational health/health promotion intervention. Selection criteria were developed to screen for program feasibility and ability to conduct prospective evaluations, and information was collected from managers and employees (interviews and focus groups). Three centers were selected for the program, and the first year of formative evaluation and intervention experience was then reviewed to evaluate and modify our selection criteria after the fact. Lessons learned include adding assessment of communication and the structure of problem solving to our selection criteria, improving methods to assess management support in a concrete (potentially nonverbal) form, and obtaining a stated financial commitment and resources to enable the team to function. Assessment of organizational readiness for change is challenging, although necessary to implement effective and sustainable health promotion programs in specific organizations.
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}Sustained increase in resident meal time hand hygiene through an interdisciplinary intervention engaging long-term care facility residents and staff. O'Donnell, M., Harris, T., Horn, T., Midamba, B., Primes, V., Sullivan, N., Shuler, R., Zabarsky, T., F., Deshpande, A., Sunkesula, V., C., Kundrapu, S., & Donskey, C., J. American Journal of Infection Control, 43(2):162-164, 2, 2015.
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Hand hygiene by patients may prevent acquisition and dissemination of health care-associated pathogens, but limited efforts have been made to engage patients in hand hygiene interventions. In a long-term care facility, we found that residents were aware of the importance of hand hygiene, but barriers, such as inaccessible products or difficult to use products, limited compliance. A dramatic and sustained improvement in meal time hand hygiene was achieved through engagement of staff and residents.
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}Consensus-Derived Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfer (INTERACT)-Compatible Order Sets for Common Conditions Associated with Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations. Ouslander, J., G. & Handler, S., M. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16(6):524-526, 6, 2015.
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}Influenza vaccination rates and beliefs about vaccination among nursing home employees. Daugherty, J., D., Blake, S., C., Grosholz, J., M., Omer, S., B., Polivka-West, L., & Howard, D., H. American Journal of Infection Control, 43(2):100-106, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc, 2, 2015.
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies have suggested that vaccination of nursing home staff members may reduce the incidence of influenza among nursing home residents. Current national estimates of employee vaccination rates (around 50%) indicate that residents may be at an unnecessarily high risk of contracting influenza. This article reports on the influenza vaccination rates and attitudes toward the vaccine among employees in 37 nursing homes in 3 states. METHODS: Nursing home employees were surveyed at nursing homes in Florida, Georgia, and Wisconsin in 2011-2012. Completed surveys were received from a total of 1,965 employees. RESULTS: Approximately 54% of the employees surveyed received the vaccination during the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 influenza seasons. Nursing home-level staff vaccination rates varied widely, from 15%-97%. Black and younger employees were less likely to receive the vaccine. Employee vaccination rates in nursing homes that used incentives were 12 percentage points higher than those that did not use incentives (P = .08). CONCLUSION: Low vaccination rates among nursing home workers may put residents at increased risk for influenza-related morbidity and mortality. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may consider employee vaccination rates as a quality indicator in addition to resident vaccination rates. Our findings support the use of a trial to test the use of incentives to increase employee vaccination rates.
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}Free Levels of Selected Organic Solutes and Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Results from the Retained Organic Solutes and Clinical Outcomes (ROSCO) Investigators. Shafi, T., Meyer, T. W., Hostetter, T. H., Melamed, M. L., Parekh, R. S., Hwang, S., Banerjee, T., Coresh, J., & Powe, N. R. PloS One, 10(5):e0126048, 2015.
doi abstract bibtex
doi abstract bibtex
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Numerous substances accumulate in the body in uremia but those contributing to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients are still undefined. We examined the association of baseline free levels of four organic solutes that are secreted in the native kidney - p-cresol sulfate, indoxyl sulfate, hippurate and phenylacetylglutamine - with outcomes in hemodialysis patients. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS: We measured these solutes in stored specimens from 394 participants of a US national prospective cohort study of incident dialysis patients. We examined the relation of each solute and a combined solute index to cardiovascular mortality and morbidity (first cardiovascular event) using Cox proportional hazards regression adjusted for demographics, comorbidities, clinical factors and laboratory tests including Kt/VUREA. RESULTS: Mean age of the patients was 57 years, 65% were white and 55% were male. In fully adjusted models, a higher p-cresol sulfate level was associated with a greater risk (HR per SD increase; 95% CI) of cardiovascular mortality (1.62; 1.17-2.25; p=0.004) and first cardiovascular event (1.60; 1.23-2.08; p\textless0.001). A higher phenylacetylglutamine level was associated with a greater risk of first cardiovascular event (1.37; 1.18-1.58; p\textless0.001). Patients in the highest quintile of the combined solute index had a 96% greater risk of cardiovascular mortality (1.96; 1.05-3.68; p=0.04) and 62% greater risk of first cardiovascular event (1.62; 1.12-2.35; p=0.01) compared with patients in the lowest quintile. Results were robust in sensitivity analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Free levels of uremic solutes that are secreted by the native kidney are associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in incident hemodialysis patients.
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DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREMENTS: We measured these solutes in stored specimens from 394 participants of a US national prospective cohort study of incident dialysis patients. We examined the relation of each solute and a combined solute index to cardiovascular mortality and morbidity (first cardiovascular event) using Cox proportional hazards regression adjusted for demographics, comorbidities, clinical factors and laboratory tests including Kt/VUREA.
RESULTS: Mean age of the patients was 57 years, 65\% were white and 55\% were male. In fully adjusted models, a higher p-cresol sulfate level was associated with a greater risk (HR per SD increase; 95\% CI) of cardiovascular mortality (1.62; 1.17-2.25; p=0.004) and first cardiovascular event (1.60; 1.23-2.08; p{\textless}0.001). A higher phenylacetylglutamine level was associated with a greater risk of first cardiovascular event (1.37; 1.18-1.58; p{\textless}0.001). Patients in the highest quintile of the combined solute index had a 96\% greater risk of cardiovascular mortality (1.96; 1.05-3.68; p=0.04) and 62\% greater risk of first cardiovascular event (1.62; 1.12-2.35; p=0.01) compared with patients in the lowest quintile. Results were robust in sensitivity analyses.
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}Poisoning in the United States: 2012 emergency medicine report of the National Poison Data System. Dart, R. C., Bronstein, A. C., Spyker, D. A., Cantilena, L. R., Seifert, S. A., Heard, S. E., & Krenzelok, E. P. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 65(4):416--422, April, 2015.
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Deaths from drug overdose have become the leading cause of injury death in the United States, where the poison center system is available to provide real-time advice and collect data about a variety of poisonings. In 2012, emergency medical providers were confronted with new poisonings, such as bath salts (substituted cathinones) and Spice (synthetic cannabinoid drugs), as well as continued trends in established poisonings such as from prescription opioids. This article addresses current trends in opioid poisonings; new substances implicated in poisoning cases, including unit-dose laundry detergents, bath salts, Spice, and energy drinks; and the role of poison centers in public health emergencies such as the Fukushima radiation incident.
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Generations and Regeneration: "Sexceptionalism" and Group Identity among Puritans in Colonial New England. Cooke, K. J. Journal of the History of Sexuality, 23(3):333--357, September, 2014.
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Paper doi abstract bibtex The article discusses Puritan identity, religion, population growth, and reproduction in colonial New England. Topics examined more closely include Puritan theology, views on original sin, ties between sexuality and the institution of marriage, female sexuality, and the role of women in Puritan society.
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}Is influenza-like illness a useful concept and an appropriate test of influenza vaccine effectiveness?. Thomas, R. E. Vaccine, 32(19):2143--2149, April, 2014.
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doi abstract bibtex
PURPOSE: To assess the utility of "influenza-like illness" (ILI) and whether it appropriately tests influenza vaccine effectiveness. PRINCIPAL RESULTS: The WHO and CDC definitions of "influenza-like illness" are similar. However many studies use other definitions, some not specifying a temperature and requiring specific respiratory and/or systemic symptoms, making many samples non-comparable. Most ILI studies find less than 25% of cases are RT-PCR-positive, those which test for other viruses and bacteria usually find multiple other pathogens, and most identify no pathogen in about 50% of cases. ILI symptom and symptom combinations do not have high sensitivity or specificity in identifying PCR-positive influenza cases. Rapid influenza diagnostic tests are increasingly used to screen ILI cases and they have low sensitivity and high specificity when compared to RT-PCR in identifying influenza. MAIN CONCLUSIONS: The working diagnosis of ILI presumes influenza may be involved until proven otherwise. Health care workers would benefit by renaming the WHO and CDC ILI symptoms and signs as "acute respiratory illness" and also using the WHO acute severe respiratory illness definition if the illness is severe and meets this criterion. This renaming would shift attention to identify the viral and bacterial pathogens in cases and epidemics, identify new pathogens, implement vaccination plans appropriate to the identified pathogens, and estimate workload during the viral season. Randomised controlled trials testing the effectiveness of influenza vaccine require all participants to be assessed by a gold standard (RT-PCR). ILI has no role in measuring influenza vaccine effectiveness. ILI is well established in the literature and in the operational definition of many surveillance databases and its imprecise definition may be inhibiting progress in research and treatment. The current ILI definition could with benefit be renamed "acute respiratory illness," with additional definitions for "severe acute respiratory illness" (SARI) with RT-PCR testing for pathogens to facilitate prevention and treatment.
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abstract = {PURPOSE: To assess the utility of "influenza-like illness" (ILI) and whether it appropriately tests influenza vaccine effectiveness.
PRINCIPAL RESULTS: The WHO and CDC definitions of "influenza-like illness" are similar. However many studies use other definitions, some not specifying a temperature and requiring specific respiratory and/or systemic symptoms, making many samples non-comparable. Most ILI studies find less than 25% of cases are RT-PCR-positive, those which test for other viruses and bacteria usually find multiple other pathogens, and most identify no pathogen in about 50% of cases. ILI symptom and symptom combinations do not have high sensitivity or specificity in identifying PCR-positive influenza cases. Rapid influenza diagnostic tests are increasingly used to screen ILI cases and they have low sensitivity and high specificity when compared to RT-PCR in identifying influenza.
MAIN CONCLUSIONS: The working diagnosis of ILI presumes influenza may be involved until proven otherwise. Health care workers would benefit by renaming the WHO and CDC ILI symptoms and signs as "acute respiratory illness" and also using the WHO acute severe respiratory illness definition if the illness is severe and meets this criterion. This renaming would shift attention to identify the viral and bacterial pathogens in cases and epidemics, identify new pathogens, implement vaccination plans appropriate to the identified pathogens, and estimate workload during the viral season. Randomised controlled trials testing the effectiveness of influenza vaccine require all participants to be assessed by a gold standard (RT-PCR). ILI has no role in measuring influenza vaccine effectiveness. ILI is well established in the literature and in the operational definition of many surveillance databases and its imprecise definition may be inhibiting progress in research and treatment. The current ILI definition could with benefit be renamed "acute respiratory illness," with additional definitions for "severe acute respiratory illness" (SARI) with RT-PCR testing for pathogens to facilitate prevention and treatment.},
language = {eng},
number = {19},
journal = {Vaccine},
author = {Thomas, Roger E.},
month = {April},
year = {2014},
pmid = {24582634},
keywords = {Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Global Health, Humans, Influenza Vaccines, Influenza, Human, Respiratory Tract Diseases, United States, Vaccination},
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}Incidence and prevalence of intrasubtype HIV-1 dual infection in at-risk men in the United States. Wagner, G. A., Pacold, M. E., Kosakovsky Pond, S. L., Caballero, G., Chaillon, A., Rudolph, A. E., Morris, S. R., Little, S. J., Richman, D. D., & Smith, D. M. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 209(7):1032–1038, April, 2014.
doi abstract bibtex
doi abstract bibtex
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) dual infection (DI) has been associated with decreased CD4 T-cell counts and increased viral loads; however, the frequency of intrasubtype DI is poorly understood. We used ultradeep sequencing (UDS) to estimate the frequency of DI in a primary infection cohort of predominantly men who have sex with men (MSM). METHODS: HIV-1 genomes from longitudinal blood samples of recently infected, therapy-naive participants were interrogated with UDS. DI was confirmed when maximum sequence divergence was excessive and supported by phylogenetic analysis. Coinfection was defined as DI at baseline; superinfection was monoinfection at baseline and DI at a later time point. RESULTS: Of 118 participants, 7 were coinfected and 10 acquired superinfection. Superinfection incidence rate was 4.96 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.67-9.22); 6 occurred in the first year and 4 in the second. Overall cumulative prevalence of intrasubtype B DI was 14.4% (95% CI, 8.6%-22.1%). Primary HIV-1 incidence was 4.37 per 100 person-years (95% CI, 3.56-5.36). CONCLUSIONS: Intrasubtype DI was frequent and comparable to primary infection rates among MSM in San Diego; however, superinfection rates declined over time. DI is likely an important component of the HIV epidemic dynamics, and development of stronger immune responses to the initial infection may protect from superinfection.
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title = {Incidence and prevalence of intrasubtype {HIV}-1 dual infection in at-risk men in the {United} {States}},
volume = {209},
issn = {1537-6613},
doi = {10.1093/infdis/jit633},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) dual infection (DI) has been associated with decreased CD4 T-cell counts and increased viral loads; however, the frequency of intrasubtype DI is poorly understood. We used ultradeep sequencing (UDS) to estimate the frequency of DI in a primary infection cohort of predominantly men who have sex with men (MSM).
METHODS: HIV-1 genomes from longitudinal blood samples of recently infected, therapy-naive participants were interrogated with UDS. DI was confirmed when maximum sequence divergence was excessive and supported by phylogenetic analysis. Coinfection was defined as DI at baseline; superinfection was monoinfection at baseline and DI at a later time point.
RESULTS: Of 118 participants, 7 were coinfected and 10 acquired superinfection. Superinfection incidence rate was 4.96 per 100 person-years (95\% confidence interval [CI], 2.67-9.22); 6 occurred in the first year and 4 in the second. Overall cumulative prevalence of intrasubtype B DI was 14.4\% (95\% CI, 8.6\%-22.1\%). Primary HIV-1 incidence was 4.37 per 100 person-years (95\% CI, 3.56-5.36).
CONCLUSIONS: Intrasubtype DI was frequent and comparable to primary infection rates among MSM in San Diego; however, superinfection rates declined over time. DI is likely an important component of the HIV epidemic dynamics, and development of stronger immune responses to the initial infection may protect from superinfection.},
language = {eng},
number = {7},
journal = {The Journal of Infectious Diseases},
author = {Wagner, Gabriel A. and Pacold, Mary E. and Kosakovsky Pond, Sergei L. and Caballero, Gemma and Chaillon, Antoine and Rudolph, Abby E. and Morris, Sheldon R. and Little, Susan J. and Richman, Douglas D. and Smith, Davey M.},
month = apr,
year = {2014},
pmid = {24273040},
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}Updating the Party Government data set. Seki, K. & Williams, L. K. Electoral Studies, 34:270--279, 2014. 636
doi abstract bibtex
doi abstract bibtex
Scholars have identified the crucial role of government characteristics in studies of political behavior, comparative institutions, and political economy. An invaluable data source for government characteristics is the Woldendorp et al. (2000) Party Government in 48 Democracies data set. We describe our update to this data set from the late-1990s through 2011.We then present a variety of additions to the data set that are intended to increase its usage by reducing the obstacles associated with using the data in conjunction with other popular data sets. We illustrate the utility of this update by providing a variety of means of conceptualizing government stability.
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title = {Updating the {Party} {Government} data set},
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abstract = {Scholars have identified the crucial role of government characteristics in studies of political behavior, comparative institutions, and political economy. An invaluable data source for government characteristics is the Woldendorp et al. (2000) Party Government in 48 Democracies data set. We describe our update to this data set from the late-1990s through 2011.We then present a variety of additions to the data set that are intended to increase its usage by reducing the obstacles associated with using the data in conjunction with other popular data sets. We illustrate the utility of this update by providing a variety of means of conceptualizing government stability.},
journal = {Electoral Studies},
author = {Seki, Katsunori and Williams, Laron K.},
year = {2014},
note = {636},
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pages = {270--279}
}Contextual determinants of US nursing home racial/ethnic diversity. Davis, J., A., Weech-Maldonado, R., Lapane, K., L., & Laberge, A. Social science & medicine (1982), 104:142-147, Pergamon, 2014.
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Website abstract bibtex We hypothesized that for-profit/chain affiliated nursing homes, those in states with higher Medicaid reimbursement, and those in more competitive markets would have greater resident racial/ethnic diversity than nursing homes not meeting these criteria. Using 2004 Online Survey, Certification and Reporting data, Minimum Data Set, Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research data, and the Area Resource File, we included U.S. Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing homes (N = 8950) located in 310 Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The dependent variable quantified facility-level multiracial diversity. Ordinary least squares regression showed support for the hypothesized relationships: for-profit/chain affiliated nursing homes were more diverse than nursing homes in all other ownership/chain member categories, while higher Medicaid per-diem rates, greater residential diversity, and stronger market competition were also positively associated with nursing home racial/ethnic composition. Results suggest there is room for policy changes to achieve equitable access to all levels of nursing home services for minority elders.; Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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}Serious adverse effects from single-use detergent sacs: report from a U.S. statewide poison control system. Huntington, S., Heppner, J., Vohra, R., Mallios, R., & Geller, R. J. Clinical Toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 52(3):220--225, March, 2014.
doi abstract bibtex
doi abstract bibtex
BACKGROUND: In recent years, serious adverse effects to children from exposure to single-use detergents sacs (SUDS) have been recognized. While most exposures result in minor symptoms, there have been serious outcomes. This study aims to classify which types of serious outcomes follow SUDS exposures, and to assess, if possible, differences in toxicity between various SUDS products. METHODS: An observational case series with data collected retrospectively was performed for cases of SUDS exposures reported to a statewide poison system's records database from 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2013. Cases were identified and analyzed for clinical details and trends. A statewide database was queried for cases involving the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) product-specific codes for SUDS products using following search terms: laundry pods, the AAPCC product-specific codes for Tide Pods, Purex Ultrapacks, ALL Mighty Pacs, and a unique agent code (AAPCC ID: 6903138; Generic: 077900) created by AAPCC to track SUDS exposures. RESULTS: A total of 804 cases of exposures to SUDS were identified, the majority of which were exploratory ingestions in young children with a median age of 2 years. Serious adverse effects resulted from 65 (9%) exposures and 27 (3%) exposures resulted in admission to hospital. Binary logistic regression demonstrated that the presence of central nervous system (CNS) or respiratory system effects were associated with more severe outcomes, with a model accuracy of 96.4%. There were significant differences in morbidity among the three most common brand-name products: when compared with Tide Pods, odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for severe outcome and admission rate were significantly greater following Purex Ultrapack exposures (severity OR 5.1 [CI: 2.13-12.23]; admission OR 10.36 [CI: 3.23-33.22]) and ALL Mighty Pac exposures (severity OR 11.22 [CI: 4.78-28.36]; admission OR 15.20 [CI: 5.01-46.12]). CONCLUSIONS: Serious complications from exposure to SUDS occur in a small number of exposures for unclear reasons. Respiratory and CNS effects are associated with more severe outcomes. Some brand-name products are associated with a relatively higher risk of severe adverse effects and rates of admission.
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title = {Serious adverse effects from single-use detergent sacs: report from a {U}.{S}. statewide poison control system},
volume = {52},
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shorttitle = {Serious adverse effects from single-use detergent sacs},
doi = {10.3109/15563650.2014.892122},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: In recent years, serious adverse effects to children from exposure to single-use detergents sacs (SUDS) have been recognized. While most exposures result in minor symptoms, there have been serious outcomes. This study aims to classify which types of serious outcomes follow SUDS exposures, and to assess, if possible, differences in toxicity between various SUDS products.
METHODS: An observational case series with data collected retrospectively was performed for cases of SUDS exposures reported to a statewide poison system's records database from 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2013. Cases were identified and analyzed for clinical details and trends. A statewide database was queried for cases involving the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) product-specific codes for SUDS products using following search terms: laundry pods, the AAPCC product-specific codes for Tide Pods, Purex Ultrapacks, ALL Mighty Pacs, and a unique agent code (AAPCC ID: 6903138; Generic: 077900) created by AAPCC to track SUDS exposures.
RESULTS: A total of 804 cases of exposures to SUDS were identified, the majority of which were exploratory ingestions in young children with a median age of 2 years. Serious adverse effects resulted from 65 (9\%) exposures and 27 (3\%) exposures resulted in admission to hospital. Binary logistic regression demonstrated that the presence of central nervous system (CNS) or respiratory system effects were associated with more severe outcomes, with a model accuracy of 96.4\%. There were significant differences in morbidity among the three most common brand-name products: when compared with Tide Pods, odds ratios (OR) and 95\% confidence intervals (CI) for severe outcome and admission rate were significantly greater following Purex Ultrapack exposures (severity OR 5.1 [CI: 2.13-12.23]; admission OR 10.36 [CI: 3.23-33.22]) and ALL Mighty Pac exposures (severity OR 11.22 [CI: 4.78-28.36]; admission OR 15.20 [CI: 5.01-46.12]).
CONCLUSIONS: Serious complications from exposure to SUDS occur in a small number of exposures for unclear reasons. Respiratory and CNS effects are associated with more severe outcomes. Some brand-name products are associated with a relatively higher risk of severe adverse effects and rates of admission.},
language = {eng},
number = {3},
journal = {Clinical Toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.)},
author = {Huntington, S. and Heppner, J. and Vohra, R. and Mallios, R. and Geller, R. J.},
month = mar,
year = {2014},
pmid = {24580062},
keywords = {Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Detergents, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Logistic Models, Poison Control Centers, Retrospective Studies, United States},
pages = {220--225}
}Teamwork and delegation in medical homes: Primary care staff perspectives in the Veterans Health Administration. True, G., Stewart, G., Lampman, M., Pelak, M., & Solimeo, S. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 29(SUPPL. 2):S632--S639, 2014.
Paper doi abstract bibtex
Paper doi abstract bibtex BACKGROUND: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) relies on a team approach to patient care. For organizations engaged in transitioning to a PCMH model, identifying and providing the resources needed to promote team functioning is essential. OBJECTIVE: To describe team-level resources required to support PCMH team functioning within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and provide insight into how the presence or absence of these resources facilitates or impedes within-team delegation. DESIGN: Semi-structured interviews with members of pilot teams engaged in PCMH implementation in 77 primary care clinics serving over 300,000 patients across two VHA regions covering the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest United States. PARTICIPANTS: A purposive sample of 101 core members of pilot teams, including 32 primary care providers, 42 registered nurse care managers, 15 clinical associates, and 12 clerical associates. APPROACH: Investigators from two evaluation sites interviewed frontline primary care staff separately, and then collaborated on joint analysis of parallel data to develop a broad, comprehensive understanding of global themes impacting team functioning and within-team delegation. KEY RESULTS: We describe four themes key to understanding how resources at the team level supported ability of primary care staff to work as effective, engaged teams. Team-based task delegation was facilitated by demarcated boundaries and collective identity; shared goals and sense of purpose; mature and open communication characterized by psychological safety; and ongoing, intentional role negotiation. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide a framework for organizations to identify assets already in place to support team functioning, as well as areas in need of improvement. For teams struggling to make practice changes, our results indicate key areas where they may benefit from future support. In addition, this research sheds light on how variation in medical home implementation and outcomes may be associated with variation in team-based task delegation. © 2013 Society of General Internal Medicine.
@article{ true_teamwork_2014,
title = {Teamwork and delegation in medical homes: {Primary} care staff perspectives in the {Veterans} {Health} {Administration}},
volume = {29},
issn = {08848734 (ISSN)},
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doi = {10.1007/s11606-013-2666-z},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) relies on a team approach to patient care. For organizations engaged in transitioning to a PCMH model, identifying and providing the resources needed to promote team functioning is essential. OBJECTIVE: To describe team-level resources required to support PCMH team functioning within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and provide insight into how the presence or absence of these resources facilitates or impedes within-team delegation. DESIGN: Semi-structured interviews with members of pilot teams engaged in PCMH implementation in 77 primary care clinics serving over 300,000 patients across two VHA regions covering the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest United States. PARTICIPANTS: A purposive sample of 101 core members of pilot teams, including 32 primary care providers, 42 registered nurse care managers, 15 clinical associates, and 12 clerical associates. APPROACH: Investigators from two evaluation sites interviewed frontline primary care staff separately, and then collaborated on joint analysis of parallel data to develop a broad, comprehensive understanding of global themes impacting team functioning and within-team delegation. KEY RESULTS: We describe four themes key to understanding how resources at the team level supported ability of primary care staff to work as effective, engaged teams. Team-based task delegation was facilitated by demarcated boundaries and collective identity; shared goals and sense of purpose; mature and open communication characterized by psychological safety; and ongoing, intentional role negotiation. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide a framework for organizations to identify assets already in place to support team functioning, as well as areas in need of improvement. For teams struggling to make practice changes, our results indicate key areas where they may benefit from future support. In addition, this research sheds light on how variation in medical home implementation and outcomes may be associated with variation in team-based task delegation. © 2013 Society of General Internal Medicine.},
language = {English},
number = {SUPPL. 2},
journal = {Journal of General Internal Medicine},
author = {True, G. and Stewart, G.L. and Lampman, M. and Pelak, M. and Solimeo, S.L.},
year = {2014},
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pages = {S632--S639}
}2013 (8)
Factors associated with primary hip arthroplasty after hip fracture. Chopra, I., Kamal, K. M., Sankaranarayanan, J., & Kanyongo, G. The American Journal of Managed Care, 19(3):e74–84, March, 2013.
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OBJECTIVES: To determine patient, clinical, and hospital factors associated with receiving total hip arthroplasty (THA) and hemiarthroplasty (HA) in the United States. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective, cross-sectional study. METHODS: Hospital discharge records with a principal diagnosis of hip fracture and primary hip arthroplasty or no surgery were identified from the 2009 Nationwide Inpatient Sample data set of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Patient (age, sex, race, income, payer), clinical (comorbidities, severity, fracture type), hospital (region, location, teaching status, bed size, ownership), and outcome (receipt of THA or HA) variables were extracted and weighted for the analyses. Univariate and multivariate analysis were conducted and significance was set at P \textless .05. RESULTS: A total of 92,861, 15,489, and 9863 discharges occurred for HA, no surgery, and THA, respectively. Compared with no surgery, THA or HA was significantly more likely in patients who were aged \textgreater 50 years, white, and female; had \textgreater \$39,000 income; lived in a medium-metro or noncore county; had comorbidities (anemia, hypertension); and had intracapsular fracture. THA or HA was significantly more likely in urban, privately owned hospitals with {\textgreater} 249 beds. Compared with no surgery, THA was significantly more likely in nonteaching hospitals, the Northeast region, and in private insurance or self-pay patients with moderate to severe fractures; HA was more likely in teaching hospitals, in the South and West, and in Medicare patients with minor fractures. CONCLUSIONS: Similarities and differences in patient, clinical, and hospital factors associated with surgical treatments of hip fracture warrant the attention of providers and payers.
@article{chopra_factors_2013,
title = {Factors associated with primary hip arthroplasty after hip fracture},
volume = {19},
issn = {1936-2692},
abstract = {OBJECTIVES: To determine patient, clinical, and hospital factors associated with receiving total hip arthroplasty (THA) and hemiarthroplasty (HA) in the United States.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective, cross-sectional study.
METHODS: Hospital discharge records with a principal diagnosis of hip fracture and primary hip arthroplasty or no surgery were identified from the 2009 Nationwide Inpatient Sample data set of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Patient (age, sex, race, income, payer), clinical (comorbidities, severity, fracture type), hospital (region, location, teaching status, bed size, ownership), and outcome (receipt of THA or HA) variables were extracted and weighted for the analyses. Univariate and multivariate analysis were conducted and significance was set at P {\textless} .05.
RESULTS: A total of 92,861, 15,489, and 9863 discharges occurred for HA, no surgery, and THA, respectively. Compared with no surgery, THA or HA was significantly more likely in patients who were aged {\textgreater} 50 years, white, and female; had {\textgreater} \$39,000 income; lived in a medium-metro or noncore county; had comorbidities (anemia, hypertension); and had intracapsular fracture. THA or HA was significantly more likely in urban, privately owned hospitals with {\textgreater} 249 beds. Compared with no surgery, THA was significantly more likely in nonteaching hospitals, the Northeast region, and in private insurance or self-pay patients with moderate to severe fractures; HA was more likely in teaching hospitals, in the South and West, and in Medicare patients with minor fractures.
CONCLUSIONS: Similarities and differences in patient, clinical, and hospital factors associated with surgical treatments of hip fracture warrant the attention of providers and payers.},
language = {ENG},
number = {3},
journal = {The American Journal of Managed Care},
author = {Chopra, Ishveen and Kamal, Kahlid M. and Sankaranarayanan, Jayashri and Kanyongo, Gibbs},
month = mar,
year = {2013},
keywords = {Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip, Comorbidity, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Sex Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, hip fractures},
pages = {e74--84}
}Nursing home culture change: legal apprehensions and opportunities. Kapp, M., B. The Gerontologist, 53(5):718-726, 10, 2013.
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abstract bibtex
There continue to be serious deficiencies in the quality of life available to many nursing home residents in the United States. One significant response to this undesirable situation is the nursing home "Culture Change" movement, which attempts to improve the nursing home environment-and consequently residents' quality of life-by making facilities less institutional and more homelike. One of the impediments often interfering with the adoption and implementation of culture change in specific facilities is apprehension by staff, administrators, and governing boards about potential legal liability and regulatory exposure if residents suffer injuries that might arguably be attributed to facility conditions or policies that were inspired and encouraged by the culture change movement. This article addresses and responds to the provider liability and regulatory apprehensions that impede the progress of culture change in nursing homes, using proposed new dietary services standards as an example.
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city = {*Address correspondence to Marshall B. Kapp, JD, Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law, Florida State University, 1115W. Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300. E-mail: marshall.kapp@med.fsu.edu.},
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}Myopia Stabilization and Associated Factors Among Participants in the Correction of Myopia Evaluation Trial (COMET). Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 54(13):7871, December, 2013.
Paper doi bibtex
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title = {Myopia {Stabilization} and {Associated} {Factors} {Among} {Participants} in the {Correction} of {Myopia} {Evaluation} {Trial} ({COMET})},
volume = {54},
issn = {1552-5783},
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doi = {10.1167/iovs.13-12403},
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month = dec,
year = {2013},
keywords = {Adolescent, Aging, Child, Child, Preschool, Ethnic Groups, Eyeglasses, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gompertz function, Humans, Male, Myopia, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Refraction, Ocular, Treatment Outcome, United States, associated factors, myopia, myopia progression, myopia stabilization},
pages = {7871}
}Sounds of war: music in the United States during World War II. Fauser, A. Oxford University Press, New York, 2013.
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address = {New York},
title = {Sounds of war: music in the {United} {States} during {World} {War} {II}},
isbn = {978-0-19-994803-1},
shorttitle = {Sounds of war},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
author = {Fauser, Annegret},
year = {2013},
keywords = {20th century, Music, Music and state, Music and the war, Political aspects History, Social aspects History, United States, World War, 1939-1945, \_tablet\_modified, history}
}Queer migration politics: activist rhetoric and coalitional possibilities. Chávez, K. R. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 2013.
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address = {Urbana},
series = {Feminist media studies series},
title = {Queer migration politics: activist rhetoric and coalitional possibilities},
isbn = {978-0-252-03810-5 0-252-03810-X 978-0-252-07958-0 0-252-07958-2},
shorttitle = {Queer migration politics},
publisher = {University of Illinois Press},
author = {Chávez, Karma R.},
year = {2013},
keywords = {Civil rights, Emigration and immigration Government policy, Emigration and immigration Social aspects, Immigrants, United States, gay rights}
}A case of valence competition in elections: Parties' emphasis on corruption in electoral manifestos. Curini, L. & Martelli, P. Party Politics, 2013. 806
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Abstract Despite a growing interest in investigating the causes of political corruption, far less attention has been devoted to analysing the conditions under which political actors have an incentive to highlight corruption in electoral competition. Do parties talk about corruption just as a reaction to exogenous factors (i.e. scandals reported in the press)? Or are there systematic patterns in the way parties emphasize this issue during campaigns? Assuming that corruption is a valence issue (i.e. an issue universally supported/disclaimed by electors), we put our investigation in the framework of a one-dimensional model and hypothesize that spatial considerations can affect parties' incentives to emphasize corruption issues. Empirical analysis based on CMP data shows that such an incentive exists for both cabinet and non-cabinet parties, and increases with proximity on the ideological scale. Keywords Party competition, political corruption, valence issues
@article{ curini_case_2013,
title = {A case of valence competition in elections: {Parties}' emphasis on corruption in electoral manifestos},
issn = {1354-0688},
doi = {10.1177/1354068813491540},
abstract = {Abstract Despite a growing interest in investigating the causes of political corruption, far less attention has been devoted to analysing the conditions under which political actors have an incentive to highlight corruption in electoral competition. Do parties talk about corruption just as a reaction to exogenous factors (i.e. scandals reported in the press)? Or are there systematic patterns in the way parties emphasize this issue during campaigns? Assuming that corruption is a valence issue (i.e. an issue universally supported/disclaimed by electors), we put our investigation in the framework of a one-dimensional model and hypothesize that spatial considerations can affect parties' incentives to emphasize corruption issues. Empirical analysis based on CMP data shows that such an incentive exists for both cabinet and non-cabinet parties, and increases with proximity on the ideological scale. Keywords Party competition, political corruption, valence issues},
journal = {Party Politics},
author = {Curini, Luigi and Martelli, Paolo},
year = {2013},
note = {806},
keywords = {Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland},
pages = {1--13}
}Legal considerations surrounding mandatory influenza vaccination for healthcare workers in the United States. Randall, L., H., Curran, E., a., & Omer, S., B. Vaccine, 31(14):1771-1776, Elsevier Ltd, 2013.
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Paper abstract bibtex Recent years have brought increased focus on the desirability of vaccinating more healthcare workers against influenza. The concern that novel 2009 H1N1 influenza A would spark a particularly severe influenza season in 2009-2010 spurred several institutions and one state to institute mandatory vaccination policies for healthcare workers, and several new mandates have been introduced since then. Some healthcare workers, however, have voiced objections in the media and in legal proceedings. This paper reviews the characteristics of influenza and how it is transmitted in the healthcare setting; surveys possible constitutional, administrative, and common law arguments against mandates; assesses the viability of those arguments; and identifies potential new legal strategies to support influenza vaccine mandates. It is intended to assist those involved in the regulation and administration of public and private healthcare institutions who may be considering approaches to mandates but have concerns about legal challenges. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
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abstract = {Recent years have brought increased focus on the desirability of vaccinating more healthcare workers against influenza. The concern that novel 2009 H1N1 influenza A would spark a particularly severe influenza season in 2009-2010 spurred several institutions and one state to institute mandatory vaccination policies for healthcare workers, and several new mandates have been introduced since then. Some healthcare workers, however, have voiced objections in the media and in legal proceedings. This paper reviews the characteristics of influenza and how it is transmitted in the healthcare setting; surveys possible constitutional, administrative, and common law arguments against mandates; assesses the viability of those arguments; and identifies potential new legal strategies to support influenza vaccine mandates. It is intended to assist those involved in the regulation and administration of public and private healthcare institutions who may be considering approaches to mandates but have concerns about legal challenges. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.},
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author = {Randall, Lisa H. and Curran, Eileen a. and Omer, Saad B.},
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}Differences in clinical manifestations, treatment, and concordance rates with two major sets of criteria for Behçet's syndrome for patients in the US and Japan: data from a large, three-center cohort study. Kobayashi, T., Kishimoto, M., Swearingen, C. J., Filopoulos, M. T., Ohara, Y., Tokuda, Y., Oshikawa, H., Yoshida, K., Utsunomiya, M., Kimura, M., Okada, M., Matsui, K., & Yazici, Y. Modern Rheumatology / the Japan Rheumatism Association, 23(3):547--553, May, 2013.
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OBJECTIVE: To compare Behçet's syndrome (BS) cohorts from the US and Japan in terms of rates of concordance with the International Study Group (ISG) criteria and Japanese criteria, disease manifestations, and treatment. METHODS: All BS patients seen at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases in the US and the Kameda Medical Center and St. Luke's International Hospital in Japan between 2003 and 2010 were included. Diagnosis of BS was made on the basis of clinical manifestations and the clinical decisions of experienced specialists familiar with BS. We classified the patients into complete and incomplete types based on their symptoms; both complete or incomplete types were assumed to fulfil the Japanese criteria. RESULTS: A total of 769 patients (US n = 634, Japan n = 135) were reviewed. 61.5 % in the US and 63.7 % in Japan fulfilled the ISG criteria. Similarly, there was no difference in the proportions of US and Japanese patients who fulfilled the Japanese criteria. Japanese patients were less likely to be female and to have genital ulcers, but were more likely to have epididymitis and pulmonary disease. Significantly more patients were treated with colchicine, sulfasalazine/mesalazine, and NSAIDs in Japan, while significantly more patients in the US received first-line immunosuppressants. CONCLUSIONS: The concordance rates for ISG and Japanese criteria fulfillment in the US and Japan were not significantly different. These findings could help to clarify regional differences in the diagnostic and clinical features of BS.
@article{kobayashi_differences_2013,
title = {Differences in clinical manifestations, treatment, and concordance rates with two major sets of criteria for {Behçet}'s syndrome for patients in the {US} and {Japan}: data from a large, three-center cohort study},
volume = {23},
issn = {1439-7609},
shorttitle = {Differences in clinical manifestations, treatment, and concordance rates with two major sets of criteria for {Behçet}'s syndrome for patients in the {US} and {Japan}},
doi = {10.1007/s10165-012-0696-8},
abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To compare Behçet's syndrome (BS) cohorts from the US and Japan in terms of rates of concordance with the International Study Group (ISG) criteria and Japanese criteria, disease manifestations, and treatment.
METHODS: All BS patients seen at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases in the US and the Kameda Medical Center and St. Luke's International Hospital in Japan between 2003 and 2010 were included. Diagnosis of BS was made on the basis of clinical manifestations and the clinical decisions of experienced specialists familiar with BS. We classified the patients into complete and incomplete types based on their symptoms; both complete or incomplete types were assumed to fulfil the Japanese criteria.
RESULTS: A total of 769 patients (US n = 634, Japan n = 135) were reviewed. 61.5 \% in the US and 63.7 \% in Japan fulfilled the ISG criteria. Similarly, there was no difference in the proportions of US and Japanese patients who fulfilled the Japanese criteria. Japanese patients were less likely to be female and to have genital ulcers, but were more likely to have epididymitis and pulmonary disease. Significantly more patients were treated with colchicine, sulfasalazine/mesalazine, and NSAIDs in Japan, while significantly more patients in the US received first-line immunosuppressants.
CONCLUSIONS: The concordance rates for ISG and Japanese criteria fulfillment in the US and Japan were not significantly different. These findings could help to clarify regional differences in the diagnostic and clinical features of BS.},
language = {eng},
number = {3},
journal = {Modern Rheumatology / the Japan Rheumatism Association},
author = {Kobayashi, Tatsuo and Kishimoto, Mitsumasa and Swearingen, Christopher J. and Filopoulos, Maria T. and Ohara, Yuri and Tokuda, Yasuharu and Oshikawa, Hideto and Yoshida, Kazuki and Utsunomiya, Masako and Kimura, Makiko and Okada, Masato and Matsui, Kazuo and Yazici, Yusuf},
month = may,
year = {2013},
pmid = {22752504},
keywords = {Adult, Age of Onset, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Behcet Syndrome, Cohort Studies, Female, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents, Japan, Male, Middle Aged, United States},
pages = {547--553}
}2012 (5)
Lumbar spine and proximal femur bone mineral density, bone mineral content, and bone area: United States, 2005-2008. Looker, A. C., Borrud, L. G., Hughes, J. P., Fan, B., Shepherd, J. A., & Melton, L. J. Vital and Health Statistics. Series 11, Data from the National Health Survey, March, 2012.
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OBJECTIVE: This report presents bone measurement data from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans of the lumbar spine and proximal femur for persons aged 8 years and over from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2008. METHODS: Means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles were calculated for the proximal femur and lumbar spine (total and subregions) by sex, race and ethnicity, and age. Smoothed mean total lumbar spine and femur neck bone mineral density (BMD) were plotted by age, sex, and race and ethnicity. Multiple regression was used to test for significant interactions and to calculate mean total lumbar spine and femur neck BMD after adjusting for age, sex, and race and ethnicity. Differences by sex, race and ethnicity, and age were summarized by calculating the percent difference in adjusted means. RESULTS: Among scanned individuals, 11% lacked total lumbar spine data due to invalid data for one or more lumbar vertebrae, and 4% had invalid data for the proximal femur. Non-Hispanic black persons had 6% higher total lumbar spine BMD and 9%-10% higher femur neck BMD than non-Hispanic white persons. Mean total lumbar spine BMD and femur neck BMD did not differ between Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white persons in those under age 20. For those aged 20 and over, Mexican-American persons had 4% lower total lumbar spine BMD but 1% higher femur neck BMD than non-Hispanic white persons. Mean total lumbar spine BMD was 8%-17% higher in females aged 8-15 compared with males of the same age. In the age group 16-49, mean total lumbar spine BMD was similar or slightly higher for females compared with males, but after age 50 it was 60%-15% lower for females compared with males. Mean femur neck BMD was 5%-13% lower for females than males in all age groups except 12-15.
@article{looker_lumbar_2012-1,
title = {Lumbar spine and proximal femur bone mineral density, bone mineral content, and bone area: {United} {States}, 2005-2008},
issn = {0083-1980},
shorttitle = {Lumbar spine and proximal femur bone mineral density, bone mineral content, and bone area},
abstract = {OBJECTIVE: This report presents bone measurement data from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans of the lumbar spine and proximal femur for persons aged 8 years and over from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2008.
METHODS: Means, standard deviations, and selected percentiles were calculated for the proximal femur and lumbar spine (total and subregions) by sex, race and ethnicity, and age. Smoothed mean total lumbar spine and femur neck bone mineral density (BMD) were plotted by age, sex, and race and ethnicity. Multiple regression was used to test for significant interactions and to calculate mean total lumbar spine and femur neck BMD after adjusting for age, sex, and race and ethnicity. Differences by sex, race and ethnicity, and age were summarized by calculating the percent difference in adjusted means.
RESULTS: Among scanned individuals, 11\% lacked total lumbar spine data due to invalid data for one or more lumbar vertebrae, and 4\% had invalid data for the proximal femur. Non-Hispanic black persons had 6\% higher total lumbar spine BMD and 9\%-10\% higher femur neck BMD than non-Hispanic white persons. Mean total lumbar spine BMD and femur neck BMD did not differ between Mexican-American and non-Hispanic white persons in those under age 20. For those aged 20 and over, Mexican-American persons had 4\% lower total lumbar spine BMD but 1\% higher femur neck BMD than non-Hispanic white persons. Mean total lumbar spine BMD was 8\%-17\% higher in females aged 8-15 compared with males of the same age. In the age group 16-49, mean total lumbar spine BMD was similar or slightly higher for females compared with males, but after age 50 it was 60\%-15\% lower for females compared with males. Mean femur neck BMD was 5\%-13\% lower for females than males in all age groups except 12-15.},
language = {eng},
number = {251},
journal = {Vital and Health Statistics. Series 11, Data from the National Health Survey},
author = {Looker, Anne C. and Borrud, Lori G. and Hughes, Jeffery P. and Fan, Bo and Shepherd, John A. and Melton, L. Joseph},
month = mar,
year = {2012},
pmid = {24261130},
keywords = {Absorptiometry, Photon, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Bone Density, Child, Ethnic Groups, Female, Femur, Humans, Lumbar Vertebrae, Male, Middle Aged, Nutrition Surveys, Regression Analysis, Sex Factors, United States, Young Adult},
pages = {1--132}
}The reorder of things: the university and its pedagogies of minority difference. Ferguson, R. A. University Of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2012.
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"In the 1960s and 1970s, minority and women students at colleges and universities across the United States organized protest movements to end racial and gender inequality on campus. African American, Chicano, Asia American, American Indian, women, and queer activists demanded the creation of departments that reflected their histories and experiences, resulting in the formation of interdisciplinary studies programs that hoped to transform both the university and the wider society beyond the campus.In The Reorder of Things, however, Roderick A. Ferguson traces and assesses the ways in which the rise of interdisciplines--departments of race, gender, and ethnicity; fields such as queer studies--were not simply a challenge to contemporary power as manifest in academia, the state, and global capitalism but were, rather, constitutive of it. Ferguson delineates precisely how minority culture and difference as affirmed by legacies of the student movements were appropriated and institutionalized by established networks of power.Critically examining liberationist social movements and the cultural products that have been informed by them, including works by Adrian Piper, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Zadie Smith, The Reorder of Things argues for the need to recognize the vulnerabilities of cultural studies to co-option by state power and to develop modes of debate and analysis that may be in the institution but are, unequivocally, not of it"--
@book{ferguson_reorder_2012,
address = {Minneapolis},
series = {Difference incorporated},
title = {The reorder of things: the university and its pedagogies of minority difference},
isbn = {9780816672783 9780816672790},
shorttitle = {The reorder of things},
abstract = {"In the 1960s and 1970s, minority and women students at colleges and universities across the United States organized protest movements to end racial and gender inequality on campus. African American, Chicano, Asia American, American Indian, women, and queer activists demanded the creation of departments that reflected their histories and experiences, resulting in the formation of interdisciplinary studies programs that hoped to transform both the university and the wider society beyond the campus.In The Reorder of Things, however, Roderick A. Ferguson traces and assesses the ways in which the rise of interdisciplines--departments of race, gender, and ethnicity; fields such as queer studies--were not simply a challenge to contemporary power as manifest in academia, the state, and global capitalism but were, rather, constitutive of it. Ferguson delineates precisely how minority culture and difference as affirmed by legacies of the student movements were appropriated and institutionalized by established networks of power.Critically examining liberationist social movements and the cultural products that have been informed by them, including works by Adrian Piper, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Zadie Smith, The Reorder of Things argues for the need to recognize the vulnerabilities of cultural studies to co-option by state power and to develop modes of debate and analysis that may be in the institution but are, unequivocally, not of it"--},
publisher = {University Of Minnesota Press},
author = {Ferguson, Roderick A.},
year = {2012},
keywords = {20th century, Curricula History, EDUCATION / Higher, Education (Higher) History, Educational equalization, History, Minorities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, Study and teaching (Higher) History, United States, Universities and colleges}
}Prolongation of QTc and risk of stroke: The REGARDS (REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) study. Soliman, E. Z, Howard, G., Cushman, M., Kissela, B., Kleindorfer, D., Le, A., Judd, S., McClure, L. A, & Howard, V. J Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 59(16):1460–1467, April, 2012.
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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between prolongation of QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc) with incident stroke. BACKGROUND: Unlike cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, little is known about the relationship between QTc and risk of stroke. METHODS: A total of 27,411 participants age 45 years and older without previous stroke from the REGARDS (REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) study were included in this analysis. QTc was calculated using Framingham formula (QTc(Fram)). Stroke cases were identified and adjudicated during up to 8.2 years of follow-up (median, 5.1 years). RESULTS: The risk of incident stroke in study participants with prolonged QTc(Fram) was almost 3 times the risk in those with normal QTc(Fram) (hazard ratio [HR] [95% confidence interval (CI)]: 2.88 [2.12 to 3.92], p \textless 0.0001). After adjustment for demographics (age, race, and sex), traditional stroke risk factors (antihypertensive medication use, systolic blood pressure, current smoking, diabetes, left ventricular hypertrophy, atrial fibrillation, and previous cardiovascular disease), warfarin use, aspirin use, QRS duration and use of QTc-prolonging drugs, the risk of stroke remained significantly high (HR [95% CI]: 1.67 [1.16 to 2.41], p = 0.0061) and was consistent across several subgroups of REGARDS study participants. Similar results were obtained when the risk of stroke was estimated per 1-SD increase in QTc(Fram), (HR [95% CI]: 1.12 [1.03 to 1.21], p = 0.0053 in multivariable-adjusted model) and when other QTc correction formulas including those of Hodge, Bazett, and Fridericia were used. CONCLUSIONS: QTc prolongation is associated with a significantly increased risk of incident stroke independent of traditional stroke risk factors. Examining the risk of stroke associated with QTc-prolonging drugs may be warranted.
@article{soliman_prolongation_2012,
title = {Prolongation of {QTc} and risk of stroke: {The} {REGARDS} ({REasons} for {Geographic} and {Racial} {Differences} in {Stroke}) study},
volume = {59},
issn = {1558-3597},
shorttitle = {Prolongation of {QTc} and risk of stroke},
doi = {10.1016/j.jacc.2012.01.025},
abstract = {OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between prolongation of QT interval corrected for heart rate (QTc) with incident stroke.
BACKGROUND: Unlike cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, little is known about the relationship between QTc and risk of stroke.
METHODS: A total of 27,411 participants age 45 years and older without previous stroke from the REGARDS (REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) study were included in this analysis. QTc was calculated using Framingham formula (QTc(Fram)). Stroke cases were identified and adjudicated during up to 8.2 years of follow-up (median, 5.1 years).
RESULTS: The risk of incident stroke in study participants with prolonged QTc(Fram) was almost 3 times the risk in those with normal QTc(Fram) (hazard ratio [HR] [95\% confidence interval (CI)]: 2.88 [2.12 to 3.92], p {\textless} 0.0001). After adjustment for demographics (age, race, and sex), traditional stroke risk factors (antihypertensive medication use, systolic blood pressure, current smoking, diabetes, left ventricular hypertrophy, atrial fibrillation, and previous cardiovascular disease), warfarin use, aspirin use, QRS duration and use of QTc-prolonging drugs, the risk of stroke remained significantly high (HR [95\% CI]: 1.67 [1.16 to 2.41], p = 0.0061) and was consistent across several subgroups of REGARDS study participants. Similar results were obtained when the risk of stroke was estimated per 1-SD increase in QTc(Fram), (HR [95\% CI]: 1.12 [1.03 to 1.21], p = 0.0053 in multivariable-adjusted model) and when other QTc correction formulas including those of Hodge, Bazett, and Fridericia were used.
CONCLUSIONS: QTc prolongation is associated with a significantly increased risk of incident stroke independent of traditional stroke risk factors. Examining the risk of stroke associated with QTc-prolonging drugs may be warranted.},
language = {eng},
number = {16},
journal = {Journal of the American College of Cardiology},
author = {Soliman, Elsayed Z and Howard, George and Cushman, Mary and Kissela, Brett and Kleindorfer, Dawn and Le, Anh and Judd, Suzanne and McClure, Leslie A and Howard, Virginia J},
month = apr,
year = {2012},
pmid = {22497826},
keywords = {Aged, Continental Population Groups, Electrocardiography, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Heart Rate, Humans, Incidence, Long QT Syndrome, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Stroke, Survival Rate, United States},
pages = {1460--1467}
}The Obama Presidency and Health Insurance Reform: Assessing Continuity and Change. Béland, D. & Waddan, A. Social Policy and Society, 11(03):319--330, 2012.
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During the 2008 federal campaign, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama placed comprehensive health care reform at the centre of his platform. In the light of the growing problems facing the US health care system, the time seemed ripe for another attempt to control health costs while expanding insurance coverage. Elected in the context of the deepest recession since World War II, President Obama nonetheless decided to reform the US health care system at the beginning of his presidency. Drawing on the historical institutionalist perspective, which stresses the effects of existing institutions and policy legacies on social policy development, this article analyzes health politics during the first fifteen months of the Obama administration before assessing the impact of the legislation enacted in March 2010. Although it does not radically break from the past, this legislation should bring about crucial changes to the US health care system.
@article{beland_obama_2012,
title = {The {Obama} {Presidency} and {Health} {Insurance} {Reform}: {Assessing} {Continuity} and {Change}},
volume = {11},
shorttitle = {The {Obama} {Presidency} and {Health} {Insurance} {Reform}},
doi = {10.1017/S1474746412000048},
abstract = {During the 2008 federal campaign, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama placed comprehensive health care reform at the centre of his platform. In the light of the growing problems facing the US health care system, the time seemed ripe for another attempt to control health costs while expanding insurance coverage. Elected in the context of the deepest recession since World War II, President Obama nonetheless decided to reform the US health care system at the beginning of his presidency. Drawing on the historical institutionalist perspective, which stresses the effects of existing institutions and policy legacies on social policy development, this article analyzes health politics during the first fifteen months of the Obama administration before assessing the impact of the legislation enacted in March 2010. Although it does not radically break from the past, this legislation should bring about crucial changes to the US health care system.},
number = {03},
journal = {Social Policy and Society},
author = {Béland, Daniel and Waddan, Alex},
year = {2012},
keywords = {coverage, Health insurance, Obama, Reform, United States},
pages = {319--330},
file = {_SPS_SPS11_03_S1474746412000048a.pdf:files/36712/_SPS_SPS11_03_S1474746412000048a.pdf:application/pdf}
}Osteoporosis or low bone mass at the femur neck or lumbar spine in older adults: United States, 2005-2008. Looker, A. C., Borrud, L. G., Dawson-Hughes, B., Shepherd, J. A., & Wright, N. C. NCHS data brief, April, 2012.
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Nine percent of adults over age 50 years had osteoporosis at either the femur neck or lumbar spine and roughly one-half had low bone mass at either of these two skeletal sites. Having osteoporosis raises the risk of experiencing fractures (1,2). The prevalence of osteoporosis or low bone mass at either the femur neck or lumbar spine was not the same as the prevalence of these conditions when the two skeletal sites were considered separately because some individuals had these conditions at one of the skeletal sites but not the other. The prevalence of osteoporosis or low bone mass differed by age, sex, and race and ethnicity. The prevalence was higher in women and increased with age. Differences by race and ethnicity varied depending on sex and skeletal status category, but when compared with non-Hispanic white persons, Mexican-American persons, and persons of other races tended to be at higher risk, and non-Hispanic black persons tended to be at lower risk of either osteoporosis or low bone mass at the femur neck or lumbar spine.
@article{looker_osteoporosis_2012,
title = {Osteoporosis or low bone mass at the femur neck or lumbar spine in older adults: {United} {States}, 2005-2008},
issn = {1941-4927},
shorttitle = {Osteoporosis or low bone mass at the femur neck or lumbar spine in older adults},
abstract = {Nine percent of adults over age 50 years had osteoporosis at either the femur neck or lumbar spine and roughly one-half had low bone mass at either of these two skeletal sites. Having osteoporosis raises the risk of experiencing fractures (1,2). The prevalence of osteoporosis or low bone mass at either the femur neck or lumbar spine was not the same as the prevalence of these conditions when the two skeletal sites were considered separately because some individuals had these conditions at one of the skeletal sites but not the other. The prevalence of osteoporosis or low bone mass differed by age, sex, and race and ethnicity. The prevalence was higher in women and increased with age. Differences by race and ethnicity varied depending on sex and skeletal status category, but when compared with non-Hispanic white persons, Mexican-American persons, and persons of other races tended to be at higher risk, and non-Hispanic black persons tended to be at lower risk of either osteoporosis or low bone mass at the femur neck or lumbar spine.},
language = {eng},
number = {93},
journal = {NCHS data brief},
author = {Looker, Anne C. and Borrud, Lori G. and Dawson-Hughes, Bess and Shepherd, John A. and Wright, Nicole C.},
month = apr,
year = {2012},
pmid = {22617299},
keywords = {Age Distribution, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Bone Density, Bone Diseases, Metabolic, Continental Population Groups, Female, Femur Neck, Humans, Lumbar Vertebrae, Male, Middle Aged, Osteoporosis, Prevalence, Sex Distribution, United States},
pages = {1--8}
}2011 (5)
Age matters: a study of clinical and economic outcomes following cholecystectomy in elderly Americans. Kuy, S., Sosa, J. A., Roman, S. A., Desai, R., & Rosenthal, R. A. American Journal of Surgery, 201(6):789–796, June, 2011.
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BACKGROUND: Gallstone disease increases with age. The aims of this study were to measure short-term outcomes from cholecystectomy in hospitalized elderly patients, assess the effect of age, and identify predictors of outcomes. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional analysis, using the Health Care Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (1999-2006), of elderly patients (aged 65-79 and ≥80 years) and a comparison group (aged 50-64 years) hospitalized for cholecystectomy. Linear and logistic regression models were used to evaluate age and outcome relationships. Main outcomes were in-hospital mortality, complications, discharge disposition, mean length of stay, and cost. RESULTS: A total of 149,855 patients aged 65 to 79 years, 62,561 patients aged ≥ 80 years, and 145,675 subjects aged 50 to 64 years were included. Elderly patients had multiple biliary diagnoses and longer times to surgery from admission and underwent more open procedures. Patients aged 65 to 79 years and those aged ≥80 years had higher adjusted odds of mortality (odds ratios [ORs], 2.36 and 5.91, respectively), complications (ORs, 1.57 and 2.39), nonroutine discharge (ORs, 3.02 and 10.76), longer length of stay (ORs, 1.11 and 1.31), and higher cost (ORs, 1.09 and 1.22) than younger patients. CONCLUSIONS: Elderly patients undergoing inpatient cholecystectomy have complex disease, with worse outcomes. Longer time from admission to surgery predicts poor outcome.
@article{kuy_age_2011,
title = {Age matters: a study of clinical and economic outcomes following cholecystectomy in elderly {Americans}},
volume = {201},
issn = {1879-1883},
shorttitle = {Age matters},
doi = {10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.04.018},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: Gallstone disease increases with age. The aims of this study were to measure short-term outcomes from cholecystectomy in hospitalized elderly patients, assess the effect of age, and identify predictors of outcomes.
METHODS: This was a cross-sectional analysis, using the Health Care Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (1999-2006), of elderly patients (aged 65-79 and ≥80 years) and a comparison group (aged 50-64 years) hospitalized for cholecystectomy. Linear and logistic regression models were used to evaluate age and outcome relationships. Main outcomes were in-hospital mortality, complications, discharge disposition, mean length of stay, and cost.
RESULTS: A total of 149,855 patients aged 65 to 79 years, 62,561 patients aged ≥ 80 years, and 145,675 subjects aged 50 to 64 years were included. Elderly patients had multiple biliary diagnoses and longer times to surgery from admission and underwent more open procedures. Patients aged 65 to 79 years and those aged ≥80 years had higher adjusted odds of mortality (odds ratios [ORs], 2.36 and 5.91, respectively), complications (ORs, 1.57 and 2.39), nonroutine discharge (ORs, 3.02 and 10.76), longer length of stay (ORs, 1.11 and 1.31), and higher cost (ORs, 1.09 and 1.22) than younger patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Elderly patients undergoing inpatient cholecystectomy have complex disease, with worse outcomes. Longer time from admission to surgery predicts poor outcome.},
language = {ENG},
number = {6},
journal = {American Journal of Surgery},
author = {Kuy, Sreyram and Sosa, Julie Ann and Roman, Sanziana A. and Desai, Rani and Rosenthal, Ronnie A.},
month = jun,
year = {2011},
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}Comprehensive comparison of drug prescribing in the United States and United Kingdom. Parkin, L., Hagberg, K. W., & Jick, H. Pharmacotherapy, 31(7):623--629, July, 2011.
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the frequency of outpatient drug prescribing in the United States and United Kingdom according to individual drugs and therapeutic categories during 2004-2006. DESIGN: Retrospective prescription record review. DATA SOURCES: United Kingdom General Practice Research Database, and the MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database for U.S. data. SUBJECTS: In the U.K. database, we identified 1.6 million people younger than 65 years who were prescribed at least one prescription drug in at least one of the calendar years during the study period (2004-2006). For comparison, for each U.K. person identified, we randomly identified one person of the same sex and year of birth in the U.S. database who was also prescribed at least one drug in the same calendar year. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: We compared the frequency of prescribing of individual drugs, as well as selected therapeutic categories. Substantially higher proportions of people in the United States were prescribed antibiotics, statins, and postmenopausal hormones, but asthma drugs were prescribed more frequently in the United Kingdom. In those younger than 20 years, antidepressants and antipsychotics were prescribed more than twice as frequently in the United States, and males in the United States were far more likely to be prescribed drugs for attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder than were their counterparts in the United Kingdom. CONCLUSION: This study provides documented quantification of differing patterns of drug use in the United States and United Kingdom during 2004-2006. The higher proportionate prescribing for most indications in the United States and the greater use of drugs under patent suggest that monetary costs are likely to be considerably higher in the United States than in the United Kingdom.
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MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: We compared the frequency of prescribing of individual drugs, as well as selected therapeutic categories. Substantially higher proportions of people in the United States were prescribed antibiotics, statins, and postmenopausal hormones, but asthma drugs were prescribed more frequently in the United Kingdom. In those younger than 20 years, antidepressants and antipsychotics were prescribed more than twice as frequently in the United States, and males in the United States were far more likely to be prescribed drugs for attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder than were their counterparts in the United Kingdom.
CONCLUSION: This study provides documented quantification of differing patterns of drug use in the United States and United Kingdom during 2004-2006. The higher proportionate prescribing for most indications in the United States and the greater use of drugs under patent suggest that monetary costs are likely to be considerably higher in the United States than in the United Kingdom.},
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}Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care II: a public-access intensive care unit database. Saeed, M., Villarroel, M., Reisner, A., T., Clifford, G., D., Lehman, L., H., Moody, G., B., Heldt, T., Kyaw, T., H., Moody, B., & Mark, R., G. Critical care medicine, 39(5):952-60, 5, 2011.
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OBJECTIVE: We sought to develop an intensive care unit research database applying automated techniques to aggregate high-resolution diagnostic and therapeutic data from a large, diverse population of adult intensive care unit patients. This freely available database is intended to support epidemiologic research in critical care medicine and serve as a resource to evaluate new clinical decision support and monitoring algorithms. DESIGN: Data collection and retrospective analysis. SETTING: All adult intensive care units (medical intensive care unit, surgical intensive care unit, cardiac care unit, cardiac surgery recovery unit) at a tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS: Adult patients admitted to intensive care units between 2001 and 2007. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care II (MIMIC-II) database consists of 25,328 intensive care unit stays. The investigators collected detailed information about intensive care unit patient stays, including laboratory data, therapeutic intervention profiles such as vasoactive medication drip rates and ventilator settings, nursing progress notes, discharge summaries, radiology reports, provider order entry data, International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision codes, and, for a subset of patients, high-resolution vital sign trends and waveforms. Data were automatically deidentified to comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act standards and integrated with relational database software to create electronic intensive care unit records for each patient stay. The data were made freely available in February 2010 through the Internet along with a detailed user's guide and an assortment of data processing tools. The overall hospital mortality rate was 11.7%, which varied by critical care unit. The median intensive care unit length of stay was 2.2 days (interquartile range, 1.1-4.4 days). According to the primary International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision codes, the following disease categories each comprised at least 5% of the case records: diseases of the circulatory system (39.1%); trauma (10.2%); diseases of the digestive system (9.7%); pulmonary diseases (9.0%); infectious diseases (7.0%); and neoplasms (6.8%). CONCLUSIONS: MIMIC-II documents a diverse and very large population of intensive care unit patient stays and contains comprehensive and detailed clinical data, including physiological waveforms and minute-by-minute trends for a subset of records. It establishes a new public-access resource for critical care research, supporting a diverse range of analytic studies spanning epidemiology, clinical decision-rule development, and electronic tool development.
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}Patterns of adult stepping cadence in the 2005-2006 NHANES. Tudor-Locke, C., Camhi, S., M., Leonardi, C., Johnson, W., D., Katzmarzyk, P., T., Earnest, C., P., & Church, T., S. Preventive medicine, 53(3):178-81, Elsevier Inc., 9, 2011.
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Paper Website abstract bibtex OBJECTIVE: Laboratory studies of adult walking behavior have consistently found that a cadence of 100 steps/min is a reasonable threshold for moderate intensity. The purpose of this study was to determine cadence patterns in free-living adults, and in particular, time spent at increasing cadence increments including 100 steps/min and beyond.
METHOD: 3744 adults ≥20 years provided at least one valid day (minimally 10/24 h of wear) of minute-by-minute accelerometer-determined step data during the 2005-2006 U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Means for time spent (min/day) and steps/day were calculated for 8 cadence categories including zero and each incremental cadence band thereafter beginning with 1-19 through 100-119, and beyond to 120+steps/min.
RESULTS: U.S. adults accumulate ≅4.8 h/day of zero cadence during wearing time, ≅8.7 h between 1 and 59 steps/min, ≅16 min/day at cadences of 60-79 steps/min, ≅8 min at 80-99 steps/min, ≅5 min at 100-119 steps/min, and ≅2 min at 120+steps/min.
CONCLUSION: Self-selected walking at 100+steps/min was a rare phenomenon in this large free-living sample of the U.S. population, but study participants did accumulate ≅30 min/day at cadences of 60+steps/min.
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}Provider and pharmacist responses to warfarin drug-drug interaction alerts: a study of healthcare downstream of CPOE alerts. Miller, A. M, Boro, M. S, Korman, N. E, & Davoren, J B. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA, 18 Suppl 1:i45–50, December, 2011.
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OBJECTIVE: To categorize the appropriateness of provider and pharmacist responses to warfarin critical drug-drug interaction (cDDI) alerts, assess responses and actions to the cDDI, and determine the occurrence of warfarin adverse drug events (ADE) after alerts. DESIGN: An 18-month, retrospective study of acute care admissions at a single Veterans Affairs medical center using computerized provider order entry (CPOE). MEASUREMENTS: Patients included had at least one warfarin cDDI alert. Chart reviews included baseline laboratory values and demographics, provider actions, patient outcomes, and associated factors, including other interacting medications and number of simultaneously processed alerts. RESULTS: 137 admissions were included (133 unique patients). Amiodarone, vitamin E in a multivitamin, sulfamethoxazole, and levothyroxine accounted for 75% of warfarin cDDI. Provider responses were clinically appropriate in 19.7% of admissions and pharmacist responses were appropriate in 9.5% of admissions. There were 50 ADE (36.6% of admissions) with warfarin; 80% were rated as having no or mild clinical effect. An increased number of non-critical alerts at the time of the reference cDDI alert was the only variable associated with an inappropriate provider response (p=0.01). LIMITATIONS: This study was limited by being a retrospective review and the possibility of confounding variables, such as other interacting medications. CONCLUSION: The large number of CPOE alerts may lead to inappropriate responses by providers and pharmacists. The high rate of ADE suggests a need for improved medication management systems for patients on warfarin. This study highlights the possibility of alert fatigue contributing to the high prevalence of inappropriate alert over-ride text responses.
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DESIGN: An 18-month, retrospective study of acute care admissions at a single Veterans Affairs medical center using computerized provider order entry (CPOE).
MEASUREMENTS: Patients included had at least one warfarin cDDI alert. Chart reviews included baseline laboratory values and demographics, provider actions, patient outcomes, and associated factors, including other interacting medications and number of simultaneously processed alerts.
RESULTS: 137 admissions were included (133 unique patients). Amiodarone, vitamin E in a multivitamin, sulfamethoxazole, and levothyroxine accounted for 75\% of warfarin cDDI. Provider responses were clinically appropriate in 19.7\% of admissions and pharmacist responses were appropriate in 9.5\% of admissions. There were 50 ADE (36.6\% of admissions) with warfarin; 80\% were rated as having no or mild clinical effect. An increased number of non-critical alerts at the time of the reference cDDI alert was the only variable associated with an inappropriate provider response (p=0.01).
LIMITATIONS: This study was limited by being a retrospective review and the possibility of confounding variables, such as other interacting medications.
CONCLUSION: The large number of CPOE alerts may lead to inappropriate responses by providers and pharmacists. The high rate of ADE suggests a need for improved medication management systems for patients on warfarin. This study highlights the possibility of alert fatigue contributing to the high prevalence of inappropriate alert over-ride text responses.},
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}2010 (5)
What is nursing home quality and how is it measured?. Castle, N., G. & Ferguson, J., C. The Gerontologist, 50(4):426-442, 8, 2010.
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PURPOSE: In this commentary, we examine nursing home quality and indicators that have been used to measure nursing home quality. DESIGN AND METHODS: A brief review of the history of nursing home quality is presented that provides some context and insight into currently used quality indicators. Donabedian's structure, process, and outcome (SPO) model is used to frame the discussion. Current quality indicators and quality initiatives are discussed, including those included in the Facility Quality Indicator Profile Report, Nursing Home Compare, deficiency citations included as part of Medicare/Medicaid certification, and the Advancing Excellence Campaign. RESULTS: Current quality indicators are presented as a mix of structural, process, and outcome measures, each of which has noted advantages and disadvantages. We speculate on steps that need to be taken in the future to address and potentially improve the quality of care provided by nursing homes, including report cards, pay for performance, market-based incentives, and policy developments in the certification process. Areas for future research are identified throughout the review. IMPLICATIONS: We conclude that improvements in nursing home quality have likely occurred, but improvements are still needed.
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}The identification of pregnancies within the general practice research database. Devine, S., West, S., Andrews, E., Tennis, P., Hammad, T. A., Eaton, S., Thorp, J., & Olshan, A. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 19(1):45--50, January, 2010.
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BACKGROUND: The United States is moving toward active drug safety surveillance using sources such as administrative claims and electronic medical records, but use of these data for studying teratogenicity has been challenging, as they typically do not allow for the easy identification of pregnancies. Our goal was to develop and validate an algorithm for the identification of pregnancies in the general practice research database (GPRD) that could be used to study pregnancy outcomes. METHODS: The algorithm identified pregnancies in women 15-45-year-old that were pregnant between 1 January 1987 and 31 December 2006. We identified live births, stillbirths, and spontaneous and elective terminations within a woman's record. We validated the algorithm using the additional clinical details maternity (ACDM) file and de-identified free-text records. RESULTS: We analyzed 16,035,394 records from 3,093,927 individuals and identified 383,184 women who had a total of 580,356 pregnancies. There were 415,221 full-term live births, 3080 pre- or post-term births, 1834 multi-fetus deliveries, 86,408 spontaneous abortions or miscarriages, 72 164 elective terminations, and 1649 stillbirths or fetal deaths. A marker of pregnancy care was identifiable for 86.3% of the 580,356 pregnancies. The internal validation steps indicated that the algorithm produced consistent results with the ACDM file. CONCLUSIONS: We were successful in identifying a large number of pregnancies in the GPRD. Our use of a hierarchical approach to identify pregnancy outcomes builds upon the methods suggested in previous work, while implementing additional steps to minimize potential misclassification of pregnancy outcomes.
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}The liberal education of students of faith. Gaede, S. D., Wolfe, A., Astin, H. S., Astin, A. W., & Hoeckley, C. 2010.
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Lectures delivered at the ninth annual Conversation on theLiberal Arts (February 26-27, 2010) --Westmont College website
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}State adoption of nursing home pay-for-performance. Werner, R., M., Tamara Konetzka, R., & Liang, K. Medical care research and review : MCRR, 67(3):364-377, 6, 2010.
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Whereas numerous policies have been adopted to improve quality of care in nursing homes over the past several decades-with varying degrees of success-health care payment has been a largely untapped but potentially powerful policy tool to improve quality of care. Recently, however, payers have invested significant resources in the development and implementation of pay-for-performance (P4P) programs for nursing homes. The authors present results from a survey of state Medicaid agencies documenting the use and structure of P4P in nursing homes. Although the number of states that are implementing nursing home P4P is growing, the structure of these incentives varies across states, and little evidence exists to guide the planning or implementation of these initiatives.
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abstract = {Whereas numerous policies have been adopted to improve quality of care in nursing homes over the past several decades-with varying degrees of success-health care payment has been a largely untapped but potentially powerful policy tool to improve quality of care. Recently, however, payers have invested significant resources in the development and implementation of pay-for-performance (P4P) programs for nursing homes. The authors present results from a survey of state Medicaid agencies documenting the use and structure of P4P in nursing homes. Although the number of states that are implementing nursing home P4P is growing, the structure of these incentives varies across states, and little evidence exists to guide the planning or implementation of these initiatives.},
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}Parametric versus nonparametric statistical tests: the length of stay example. Qualls, M., Pallin, D. J, & Schuur, J. D Academic emergency medicine: official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 17(10):1113–1121, October, 2010.
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OBJECTIVES: This study examined selected effects of the proper use of nonparametric inferential statistical methods for analysis of nonnormally distributed data, as exemplified by emergency department length of stay (ED LOS). The hypothesis was that parametric methods have been used inappropriately for evaluation of ED LOS in most recent studies in leading emergency medicine (EM) journals. To illustrate why such a methodologic flaw should be avoided, a demonstration, using data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), is presented. The demonstration shows how inappropriate analysis of ED LOS increases the probability of type II errors. METHODS: Five major EM journals were reviewed, January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2007, and all studies with ED LOS as one of the reported outcomes were reviewed. The authors determined whether ED LOS was analyzed correctly by ascertaining whether nonparametric tests were used when indicated. An illustrative analysis of ED LOS was constructed using 2006 NHAMCS data, to demonstrate how inferential testing for statistical significance can deliver differing conclusions, depending on whether nonparametric methods are used when indicated. RESULTS: Forty-nine articles were identified that studied ED LOS; 80% did not perform a test of normality on the ED LOS data. Data were not normally distributed in all 10 of the studies that did perform such tests. Overall, 43% failed to use appropriate nonparametric methods. Analysis of NHAMCS data confirmed that failure to use nonparametric bivariate tests results in type II statistical error and in multivariate models with less explanatory power (a smaller R²) value). CONCLUSIONS: ED LOS, a key ED operational metric, is frequently analyzed incorrectly in the EM literature. Applying parametric statistical tests to such nonnormally distributed data reduces power and increases the probability of a type II error, which is the failure to find true associations. Appropriate use of nonparametric statistics should be a core component of statistical literacy because such use increases the validity of ED research and quality improvement projects.
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METHODS: Five major EM journals were reviewed, January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2007, and all studies with ED LOS as one of the reported outcomes were reviewed. The authors determined whether ED LOS was analyzed correctly by ascertaining whether nonparametric tests were used when indicated. An illustrative analysis of ED LOS was constructed using 2006 NHAMCS data, to demonstrate how inferential testing for statistical significance can deliver differing conclusions, depending on whether nonparametric methods are used when indicated.
RESULTS: Forty-nine articles were identified that studied ED LOS; 80\% did not perform a test of normality on the ED LOS data. Data were not normally distributed in all 10 of the studies that did perform such tests. Overall, 43\% failed to use appropriate nonparametric methods. Analysis of NHAMCS data confirmed that failure to use nonparametric bivariate tests results in type II statistical error and in multivariate models with less explanatory power (a smaller R²) value).
CONCLUSIONS: ED LOS, a key ED operational metric, is frequently analyzed incorrectly in the EM literature. Applying parametric statistical tests to such nonnormally distributed data reduces power and increases the probability of a type II error, which is the failure to find true associations. Appropriate use of nonparametric statistics should be a core component of statistical literacy because such use increases the validity of ED research and quality improvement projects.},
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}2009 (3)
National assessment of melanoma care using formally developed quality indicators. Bilimoria, K. Y., Raval, M. V., Bentrem, D. J., Wayne, J. D., Balch, C. M., & Ko, C. Y. Journal of Clinical Oncology: Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 27(32):5445–5451, November, 2009.
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PURPOSE: There is considerable variation in the quality of cancer care delivered in the United States. Assessing care by using quality indicators could help decrease this variability. The objectives of this study were to formally develop valid quality indicators for melanoma and to assess hospital-level adherence with these measures in the United States. METHODS: Quality indicators were identified from available literature, consensus guidelines, and melanoma experts. Thirteen experts ranked potential measures for validity on the basis of the RAND/University of California, Los Angeles Appropriateness Methodology. Adherence with individual valid indicators and a composite measure of all indicators were assessed at 1,249 Commission on Cancer hospitals by using the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB; 2004 through 2005). RESULTS: Of 55 proposed quality indicators, 26 measures (47%) were rated as valid. These indicators assessed structure (n = 1), process (n = 24), and outcome (n = 1). Of the 26 measures, 10 are readily assessable by using cancer registry data. Adherence with valid indicators ranged from 11.8% to 96.5% at the patient level and 3.7% to 83.0% at the hospital level. (Adherence required that \textgreaterOR= 90% of patients at a hospital receive concordant care.) Most hospitals were adherent with 50% or fewer of the individual indicators (median composite score, five; interquartile range, four to seven). Adherence was higher for diagnosis and staging measures and was lower for treatment indicators. CONCLUSION: There is considerable variation in the quality of melanoma care in the United States. By using these formally developed quality indicators, hospitals can assess their adherence with current melanoma care guidelines through feedback mechanisms from the NCDB and can better direct quality improvement efforts.
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abstract = {PURPOSE: There is considerable variation in the quality of cancer care delivered in the United States. Assessing care by using quality indicators could help decrease this variability. The objectives of this study were to formally develop valid quality indicators for melanoma and to assess hospital-level adherence with these measures in the United States.
METHODS: Quality indicators were identified from available literature, consensus guidelines, and melanoma experts. Thirteen experts ranked potential measures for validity on the basis of the RAND/University of California, Los Angeles Appropriateness Methodology. Adherence with individual valid indicators and a composite measure of all indicators were assessed at 1,249 Commission on Cancer hospitals by using the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB; 2004 through 2005).
RESULTS: Of 55 proposed quality indicators, 26 measures (47\%) were rated as valid. These indicators assessed structure (n = 1), process (n = 24), and outcome (n = 1). Of the 26 measures, 10 are readily assessable by using cancer registry data. Adherence with valid indicators ranged from 11.8\% to 96.5\% at the patient level and 3.7\% to 83.0\% at the hospital level. (Adherence required that {\textgreater}OR= 90\% of patients at a hospital receive concordant care.) Most hospitals were adherent with 50\% or fewer of the individual indicators (median composite score, five; interquartile range, four to seven). Adherence was higher for diagnosis and staging measures and was lower for treatment indicators.
CONCLUSION: There is considerable variation in the quality of melanoma care in the United States. By using these formally developed quality indicators, hospitals can assess their adherence with current melanoma care guidelines through feedback mechanisms from the NCDB and can better direct quality improvement efforts.},
language = {eng},
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author = {Bilimoria, Karl Y. and Raval, Mehul V. and Bentrem, David J. and Wayne, Jeffrey D. and Balch, Charles M. and Ko, Clifford Y.},
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}Medicaid nursing home pay for performance: where do we stand?. Arling, G., Job, C., & Cooke, V. The Gerontologist, 49(5):587-595, 10, 2009.
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PURPOSE: Nursing home pay-for-performance (P4P) programs are intended to maximize the value obtained from public and private expenditures by measuring and rewarding better nursing home performance. We surveyed the 6 states with operational P4P systems in 2007. We describe key features of six Medicaid nursing home P4P systems and make recommendations for further development of nursing home P4P. DESIGN AND METHODS: We surveyed the six states with operational P4P systems in 2007. RESULTS: The range of performance measures employed by the states is quite broad: staffing level and satisfaction, findings from the regulatory system, clinical quality indicators, resident quality of life or satisfaction with care, family satisfaction, access to care for special populations, and efficiency. The main data sources for the measures are the Minimum Data Set (MDS), nursing home inspections, special surveys of nursing home residents, consumers or employees, and facility cost reports or other administrative systems. The most common financial incentive for better performance is a percentage bonus or an add-on to a facility's per diem rate. The bonus is generally proportional to a facility performance score, which consists of simple or weighted sums of scores on individual measures. IMPLICATIONS: States undertaking nursing home P4P programs should involve key stakeholders at all stages of P4P system design and implementation. Performance measures should be comprehensive, valid and reliable, risk adjusted where appropriate, and communicated clearly to providers and consumers. The P4P system should encourage provider investment in better care yet recognize state fiscal restraints. Consumer report cards, quality improvement initiatives, and the regulatory process should complement and reinforce P4P. Finally, the P4P system should be transparent and continuously evaluated.
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}The national mortality burden and significant factors associated with open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy: 1997-2006. Dolan, J. P., Diggs, B. S., Sheppard, B. C., & Hunter, J. G. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery: Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 13(12):2292–2301, December, 2009.
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INTRODUCTION: This study aims to determine the mortality rate and significant factors associated with laparoscopic (LC) and open cholecystectomies (OC) over a 10-year period. METHODS: Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, we analyzed data for both LC and OC between 1997 and 2006. Cholecystectomies performed as part of another primary procedure were excluded. Using procedure-specific codes, we calculated annual national volumes for both open and laparoscopic cholecystectomies for the time period under review and the associated in-hospital mortality following both of these procedures. Using logistic regression modeling, we then analyzed selected patient and institutional characteristics to determine if a significant association existed between these factors and in-hospital mortality. RESULTS: There was a 16% increase in the volume of LC and a corresponding decrease in open procedures over the 10 years under review. In 2006, 12% of cholecystectomies were still performed using an open approach and the associated mortality remained significantly higher than that seen with LC. Overall, after adjusting for patient and hospital characteristics, the mortality for OC was higher than that for LC (OR 4.57; 95% CI, 4.37-4.79, p \textless 0.001). Age (\textgreater60 years), male gender, non-elective admission, admission source, and a primary diagnosis other than cholelithiasis were all independently associated with increased mortality. The average mortality rate associated with conversion from LC to OC was found to be 0.7%. CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate an increase in the proportion LCs performed over the years under study with a decrease in the proportion of OCs. However, OCs remain associated with a significant mortality burden when compared with the laparoscopic approach.
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METHODS: Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, we analyzed data for both LC and OC between 1997 and 2006. Cholecystectomies performed as part of another primary procedure were excluded. Using procedure-specific codes, we calculated annual national volumes for both open and laparoscopic cholecystectomies for the time period under review and the associated in-hospital mortality following both of these procedures. Using logistic regression modeling, we then analyzed selected patient and institutional characteristics to determine if a significant association existed between these factors and in-hospital mortality.
RESULTS: There was a 16\% increase in the volume of LC and a corresponding decrease in open procedures over the 10 years under review. In 2006, 12\% of cholecystectomies were still performed using an open approach and the associated mortality remained significantly higher than that seen with LC. Overall, after adjusting for patient and hospital characteristics, the mortality for OC was higher than that for LC (OR 4.57; 95\% CI, 4.37-4.79, p {\textless} 0.001). Age ({\textgreater}60 years), male gender, non-elective admission, admission source, and a primary diagnosis other than cholelithiasis were all independently associated with increased mortality. The average mortality rate associated with conversion from LC to OC was found to be 0.7\%.
CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate an increase in the proportion LCs performed over the years under study with a decrease in the proportion of OCs. However, OCs remain associated with a significant mortality burden when compared with the laparoscopic approach.},
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Experiences of modernity in the greenhouse: A cultural analysis of a physicist “trio” supporting the backlash against global warming. Lahsen, M. Global Environmental Change, 18(1):204–219, February, 2008. 1
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Paper doi abstract bibtex This paper identifies cultural and historical dimensions that structure US climate science politics. It explores why a key subset of scientists—the physicist founders and leaders of the influential George C. Marshall Institute—chose to lend their scientific authority to this movement which continues to powerfully shape US climate policy. The paper suggests that these physicists joined the environmental backlash to stem changing tides in science and society, and to defend their preferred understandings of science, modernity, and of themselves as a physicist elite—understandings challenged by on-going transformations encapsulated by the widespread concern about human-induced climate change.
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url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378007000684},
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abstract = {This paper identifies cultural and historical dimensions that structure US climate science politics. It explores why a key subset of scientists—the physicist founders and leaders of the influential George C. Marshall Institute—chose to lend their scientific authority to this movement which continues to powerfully shape US climate policy. The paper suggests that these physicists joined the environmental backlash to stem changing tides in science and society, and to defend their preferred understandings of science, modernity, and of themselves as a physicist elite—understandings challenged by on-going transformations encapsulated by the widespread concern about human-induced climate change.},
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}Rankings of higher education institutions: A critical review. Harvey, L. Quality in Higher Education, 14:187--207, 2008. 3
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Paper doi abstract bibtex The article discusses the methodologies involved in ranking the quality of higher education institutions in the U.S. and Great Britain. It describes how rankings by such media outlets as "U.S. News & World Report" are taking on greater prominence and having greater effect on the academic life of colleges and universities. The author compares and contrasts critical reviews of the processes involved in developing the rankings, discussing how external factors such as publicity, student choice, and the marketization of academia have affected the ranking process.
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}The effects of aging on researchers' publication and citation patterns. Gingras, Y., Larivière, V., Macaluso, B., & Robitaille, J. PLoS ONE, 2008.
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Paper Website abstract bibtex The average age at which U.S. researchers receive their first grant from NIH has increased from 34.3 in 1970, to 41.7 in 2004. These data raise the crucial question of the effects of aging on the scientific productivity and impact of researchers. Drawing on a sizeable sample of 6,388 university professors in Quebec who have published at least one paper between 2000 and 2007, our results identify two turning points in the professors' careers. A first turning point is visible at age 40 years, where researchers start to rely on older literature and where their productivity increases at a slower pace - after having increased sharply since the beginning of their career. A second turning point can be seen around age 50, when researchers are the most productive whereas their average scientific impact is at its lowest. Our results also show that older professors publish fewer first-authored papers and move closer to the end of the list of co-authors. Although average scientific impact per paper decreases linearly until about age 50, the average number of papers in highly cited journals and among highly cited papers rises continuously until retirement. Our results show clearly that productivity and impact are not a simple and declining function of age and that we must take into account the collaborative aspects of scientific research. Science is a collective endeavor and, as our data shows, researchers of all ages play a significant role in its dynamic. © 2008 Gingras et al.
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abstract = {The average age at which U.S. researchers receive their first grant from NIH has increased from 34.3 in 1970, to 41.7 in 2004. These data raise the crucial question of the effects of aging on the scientific productivity and impact of researchers. Drawing on a sizeable sample of 6,388 university professors in Quebec who have published at least one paper between 2000 and 2007, our results identify two turning points in the professors' careers. A first turning point is visible at age 40 years, where researchers start to rely on older literature and where their productivity increases at a slower pace - after having increased sharply since the beginning of their career. A second turning point can be seen around age 50, when researchers are the most productive whereas their average scientific impact is at its lowest. Our results also show that older professors publish fewer first-authored papers and move closer to the end of the list of co-authors. Although average scientific impact per paper decreases linearly until about age 50, the average number of papers in highly cited journals and among highly cited papers rises continuously until retirement. Our results show clearly that productivity and impact are not a simple and declining function of age and that we must take into account the collaborative aspects of scientific research. Science is a collective endeavor and, as our data shows, researchers of all ages play a significant role in its dynamic. © 2008 Gingras et al.},
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}2007 (8)
Mandatory HPV vaccination: public health vs private wealth. Gostin, O, L., DeAngelis, & D, C. JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, 297(17):1921--1923, May, 2007.
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title = {Mandatory {HPV} vaccination: public health vs private wealth},
volume = {297},
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year = {2007},
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}Reasons provided by prescribers when overriding drug-drug interaction alerts. Grizzle, A. J, Mahmood, M. H, Ko, Y., Murphy, J. E, Armstrong, E. P, Skrepnek, G. H, Jones, W. N, Schepers, G. P, Nichol, W P., Houranieh, A., Dare, D. C, Hoey, C. T, & Malone, D. C The American journal of managed care, 13(10):573–578, October, 2007.
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate prescribers' rationales for overriding drug-drug interaction (DDI) alerts and to determine whether these reasons were helpful to pharmacists as a part of prescription order verification. STUDY DESIGN: An observational retrospective database analysis was conducted using override reasons derived from a computerized system at 6 Veterans Affairs medical centers. METHODS: Data on DDI alerts (for interactions designated as "critical" and "significant") were obtained from ambulatory care pharmacy records from July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004. Prescribers' reasons for overriding alerts were organized into 14 categories and were then rated as clinically useful or not to the pharmacist in the assessment of potential patient harm. RESULTS: Of 291,890 overrides identified, 72% were for critical DDIs. Across the Veterans Affairs medical centers, only 20% of the override reasons for critical DDI alerts were rated as clinically useful for order verification. Despite a mandatory override reason for critical DDI alerts, 53% of the responses were "no reason provided." The top response categories for critical and significant DDI alerts were "no reason provided," "patient has been taking combination," and "patient being monitored." CONCLUSIONS: When given the opportunity to provide a reason for overriding a DDI alert, prescribers rarely enter clinical justifications that are useful to order verification pharmacists. This brings into question how computerized physician order entry systems should be designed.
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author = {Grizzle, Amy J and Mahmood, Maysaa H and Ko, Yu and Murphy, John E and Armstrong, Edward P and Skrepnek, Grant H and Jones, William N and Schepers, Gregory P and Nichol, W Paul and Houranieh, Antoun and Dare, Donna C and Hoey, Christopher T and Malone, Daniel C},
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}Queering public address: sexualities in American historical discourse. Morris, C. E., editor University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C, 2007.
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title = {Queering public address: sexualities in {American} historical discourse},
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}Application of hidden markov modeling to objective medical skill evaluation. Mackel, T., Rosen, J., & Pugh, C. Studies in health technology and informatics, 125:316--318, 2007.
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The methodology for assessing medical skills is gradually shifting from subjective scoring of an expert which may be a variably biased opinion using vague criteria towards a more objective quantitative analysis. A methodology using Hidden Markov Modeling (HMM) and Markov Models (MM) were used to analyze database acquired the E-Pelvis (physical simulator) during a pelvic exam. The focus is on the method of selection of HMM parameters. K-Means is used to choose the alphabet size. Successful classification rates of 62% are observed with the HMM as opposed to 92% with the MM. Moreover, the MM provide an insight into the nature of the process while identifying typical sequences that are unique to each level of expertise, where the HM, given their nature as a black box model, do not.
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abstract = {The methodology for assessing medical skills is gradually shifting from subjective scoring of an expert which may be a variably biased opinion using vague criteria towards a more objective quantitative analysis. A methodology using Hidden Markov Modeling (HMM) and Markov Models (MM) were used to analyze database acquired the E-Pelvis (physical simulator) during a pelvic exam. The focus is on the method of selection of HMM parameters. K-Means is used to choose the alphabet size. Successful classification rates of 62\% are observed with the HMM as opposed to 92\% with the MM. Moreover, the MM provide an insight into the nature of the process while identifying typical sequences that are unique to each level of expertise, where the HM, given their nature as a black box model, do not.},
journal = {Studies in health technology and informatics},
author = {Mackel, Thomas and Rosen, Jacob and Pugh, Carla},
year = {2007},
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}Non-target organism risk assessment of MIR604 maize expressing mCry3A for control of corn rootworm. Raybould, A., Stacey, D., Vlachos, D., Graser, G., Li, X., & Joseph, R. Journal of Applied Entomology, 131(6):391-399, Blackwell Publishing Limited, 2007.
Paper abstract bibtex
Paper abstract bibtex Event MIR604 maize expresses a modified Cry3A protein (mCry3A), for control of corn rootworm. As part of the environmental safety assessment of MIR604 maize, risks to non-target organisms of mCry3A were assessed. The potential exposure of non-target organisms to mCry3A following cultivation of MIR604 maize was determined, and the hypothesis that such exposure is not harmful was tested. The hypothesis was tested rigorously by making worst-case or highly conservative assumptions about exposure, along with laboratory testing for hazards using species taxonomically related to the target pest and species expected to have high exposure to mCry3A, or both. Further rigour was introduced by study designs incorporating long exposures and measurements of sensitive endpoints. No adverse effects were observed in any study, and in most cases exposure to mCry3A in the study was higher than the worst-case expected exposure. In all cases, exposure in the study was higher than realistic, but still conservative, estimates of exposure. These results indicate minimal risk of MIR604 maize to non-target organisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Applied Entomology is the property of Blackwell Publishing Limited and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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}Toward a national framework for the secondary use of health data: an American Medical Informatics Association White Paper. Safran, C., Bloomrosen, M., Hammond, W. E., Labkoff, S., Markel-Fox, S., Tang, P. C., Detmer, D. E., & Expert Panel, n. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA, 14(1):1–9, February, 2007.
doi abstract bibtex
doi abstract bibtex
Secondary use of health data applies personal health information (PHI) for uses outside of direct health care delivery. It includes such activities as analysis, research, quality and safety measurement, public health, payment, provider certification or accreditation, marketing, and other business applications, including strictly commercial activities. Secondary use of health data can enhance health care experiences for individuals, expand knowledge about disease and appropriate treatments, strengthen understanding about effectiveness and efficiency of health care systems, support public health and security goals, and aid businesses in meeting customers' needs. Yet, complex ethical, political, technical, and social issues surround the secondary use of health data. While not new, these issues play increasingly critical and complex roles given current public and private sector activities not only expanding health data volume, but also improving access to data. Lack of coherent policies and standard "good practices" for secondary use of health data impedes efforts to strengthen the U.S. health care system. The nation requires a framework for the secondary use of health data with a robust infrastructure of policies, standards, and best practices. Such a framework can guide and facilitate widespread collection, storage, aggregation, linkage, and transmission of health data. The framework will provide appropriate protections for legitimate secondary use.
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}"Going naked". Hersh, R. H. Peer Review, 2007.
Paper abstract bibtex
Paper abstract bibtex The author reflects on the quality of higher education in the U.S. He emphasizes the need to improve the quality of undergraduate colleges in the country to enrich an active democracy. To resolve the issue on the declining higher education in the country, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings established the Commission on the Future of Higher Education to assess the factors that contribute to the poor higher education.
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journal = {Peer Review},
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}The HPV vaccine mandate controversy. Haber, G., Malow, M, R., Zimet, & D, G. Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 20(6):325--331, December, 2007.
doi abstract bibtex
doi abstract bibtex
In this editorial we address the controversies surrounding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine school-entry mandate legislation, but differentiate between the mandate debate and issues specific to the vaccine itself. Our goal is not to take a stand in favor of or opposed to mandates, but rather to critically examine the issues. We discuss the following arguments against HPV vaccine school-entry requirements: 1. The public health benefit of mandated HPV vaccination is not sufficient to warrant the intrusion on parental autonomy; 2. A vaccine that prevents a non-casually transmitted infection should not be mandated; 3. Opt-out provisions are inherently unfair to parents who oppose HPV vaccination; 4. Limited health care dollars should not be directed toward cervical cancer prevention; and 5. The vaccine is expensive and potential problems with supply suggest that mandates should not be implemented until insurance coverage and supply issues are resolved. Next, we critically evaluate the following critiques of HPV vaccination itself: 1. Giving girls HPV vaccine implies tacit consent to engage in sexual activity; 2. Giving girls this vaccine will confer a false sense of protection from sexually transmitted infections and will lead to sexual disinhibition; 3. Children already have too many vaccinations on the immunization schedule; 4. Long-term side effects of HPV vaccine are unknown; 5. The vaccine's enduring effectiveness is unknown and booster shots may be required; and 6. It is wrong to only target girls with HPV vaccine; boys should be vaccinated as well.
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abstract = {In this editorial we address the controversies surrounding human papillomavirus ({HPV}) vaccine school-entry mandate legislation, but differentiate between the mandate debate and issues specific to the vaccine itself. Our goal is not to take a stand in favor of or opposed to mandates, but rather to critically examine the issues. We discuss the following arguments against {HPV} vaccine school-entry requirements: 1. The public health benefit of mandated {HPV} vaccination is not sufficient to warrant the intrusion on parental autonomy; 2. A vaccine that prevents a non-casually transmitted infection should not be mandated; 3. Opt-out provisions are inherently unfair to parents who oppose {HPV} vaccination; 4. Limited health care dollars should not be directed toward cervical cancer prevention; and 5. The vaccine is expensive and potential problems with supply suggest that mandates should not be implemented until insurance coverage and supply issues are resolved. Next, we critically evaluate the following critiques of {HPV} vaccination itself: 1. Giving girls {HPV} vaccine implies tacit consent to engage in sexual activity; 2. Giving girls this vaccine will confer a false sense of protection from sexually transmitted infections and will lead to sexual disinhibition; 3. Children already have too many vaccinations on the immunization schedule; 4. Long-term side effects of {HPV} vaccine are unknown; 5. The vaccine's enduring effectiveness is unknown and booster shots may be required; and 6. It is wrong to only target girls with {HPV} vaccine; boys should be vaccinated as well.},
language = {eng},
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pages = {325--331}
}2006 (5)
Rx for drugstore discrimination: challenging pharmacy refusals to dispense prescription contraceptives under state public accommodations laws. Chandrasekhar & A, C. Albany law review, 70(1):55--115, 2006.
Paper bibtex
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title = {Rx for drugstore discrimination: challenging pharmacy refusals to dispense prescription contraceptives under state public accommodations laws},
volume = {70},
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number = {1},
journal = {Albany law review},
author = {Chandrasekhar, Charu A},
year = {2006},
pmid = {17302002},
keywords = {Contraceptive Agents, Female, Contraceptives, Postcoital, Drug Prescriptions, Emergency Medical Services, Female, Humans, Patient Rights, Pharmaceutical Services, Pharmacists, Prejudice, Refusal to Treat, State Government, United States, Women's Rights},
pages = {55--115}
}Child passenger safety for inner-city Latinos: new approaches from the community. Martin, M., Holden, J., Chen, Z., & Quinlan, K. Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 12(2):99-104, 4, 2006.
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Website abstract bibtex Motor vehicle crashes injuries, the leading cause of death for Latino children in the United States, can be reduced by the correct use of child safety seats. This study evaluated the ability of a community health worker education program to improve proper child safety seat usage in urban low income Latino families.
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abstract = {Motor vehicle crashes injuries, the leading cause of death for Latino children in the United States, can be reduced by the correct use of child safety seats. This study evaluated the ability of a community health worker education program to improve proper child safety seat usage in urban low income Latino families.},
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}May doctors refuse infertility treatments to gay patients?. Appel & M, J. The Hastings Center report, 36(4):20--21, August, 2006.
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title = {May doctors refuse infertility treatments to gay patients?},
volume = {36},
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language = {eng},
number = {4},
journal = {The Hastings Center report},
author = {Appel, Jacob M},
month = {August},
year = {2006},
pmid = {16898357},
keywords = {California, Conscience, Ethics, Clinical, Ethics, Medical, Female, Fertilization in Vitro, Freedom, Homosexuality, Female, Humans, Infertility, Physician-Patient Relations, Prejudice, Refusal to Treat, Religion and Medicine, United States},
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}The cost and quality agenda comes to higher education. Fitzpatrick, J. J. Nursing Education Perspectives, 2006.
Paper abstract bibtex
Paper abstract bibtex The author reflects on the implementation of cost reduction and quality enhancement efforts for the health care delivery system of the nursing education in the U.S. She cites the importance of paying attention to the policy levels of schools to strengthen the program of nursing education. She believes on the necessity of transparency in the school's data for the prospective students and the public.
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shorttitle = {The {Cost} and {Quality} {Agenda} {Comes} to {Higher} {Education}},
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}Adoption of patient-centered care practices by physicians: results from a national survey. Audet, A., Davis, K., & Schoenbaum, S. C. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166(7):754--759, 2006.
doi abstract bibtex
doi abstract bibtex
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the extent to which primary care physicians (PCPs) practice patient-centered care, 1 of the Institute of Medicine's 6 dimensions of quality. This article describes the adoption of patient-centered practice attributes by PCPs. METHODS: Mail survey; nationally representative physician sample of 1837 physicians in practice at least 3 years postresidency. RESULTS: Eighty-three percent of PCPs surveyed are in favor of sharing of medical records with patients. Most physicians (87%) support team-based care. But, only 16% of PCPs communicate with their patients via e-mail; only 36% get feedback from their patients. Seventy-four percent of PCPs still experience problems with availability of patients' medical records or test results; less than 50% have adopted patient reminder systems. Thirty-three percent of physicians practicing in groups of 50 or more have adopted 6 to 11 of the 11 patient-centered care practices targeted in the survey compared with 14% of solo physicians. CONCLUSION: Although some patient-centered care practices have been adopted by most PCPs, other practices have not yet been adopted as broadly, especially those targeting coordination, team-based care, and support from appropriate information systems.
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abstract = {BACKGROUND: Little is known about the extent to which primary care physicians (PCPs) practice patient-centered care, 1 of the Institute of Medicine's 6 dimensions of quality. This article describes the adoption of patient-centered practice attributes by PCPs.
METHODS: Mail survey; nationally representative physician sample of 1837 physicians in practice at least 3 years postresidency.
RESULTS: Eighty-three percent of PCPs surveyed are in favor of sharing of medical records with patients. Most physicians (87\%) support team-based care. But, only 16\% of PCPs communicate with their patients via e-mail; only 36\% get feedback from their patients. Seventy-four percent of PCPs still experience problems with availability of patients' medical records or test results; less than 50\% have adopted patient reminder systems. Thirty-three percent of physicians practicing in groups of 50 or more have adopted 6 to 11 of the 11 patient-centered care practices targeted in the survey compared with 14\% of solo physicians.
CONCLUSION: Although some patient-centered care practices have been adopted by most PCPs, other practices have not yet been adopted as broadly, especially those targeting coordination, team-based care, and support from appropriate information systems.},
language = {eng},
number = {7},
journal = {Archives of Internal Medicine},
author = {Audet, Anne-Marie and Davis, Karen and Schoenbaum, Stephen C.},
year = {2006},
pmid = {16606812},
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pages = {754--759}
}2005 (6)
Diagnosis and management of the metabolic syndrome: an American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Scientific Statement. Grundy, S., M., Cleeman, J., I., Daniels, S., R., Donato, K., A., Eckel, R., H., Franklin, B., A., Gordon, D., J., Krauss, R., M., Savage, P., J., Smith, S., C., Spertus, J., A., & Costa, F. Circulation, 2005.
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}"Culture of life" politics at the bedside--the case of Terri Schiavo. Annas & J, G. The New England journal of medicine, 352(16):1710--1715, April, 2005.
doi bibtex
doi bibtex
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volume = {352},
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doi = {10.1056/NEJMlim050643},
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number = {16},
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author = {Annas, George J},
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year = {2005},
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}Future impacts of RFID on e-supply chains in grocery retailing. Prater, E., Frazier, G. V., & Reyes, P. M. Supply Chain Management, 10(2):134--142, 2005.
Paper abstract bibtex
Paper abstract bibtex This paper places the research on radio frequency identification (RFID) usage in supply chains within a specific business and market context; in this case, the grocery industry. This paper considers RFID research within the context of the grocery industry and outlines the market drivers that affect the way the grocery industry approaches RFID and also specific areas of research on RFID that should be undertaken to better provide the grocery industry with managerial insights into this technology's application. Examining market drivers that are leading to RFID implementation in the grocery industry, this paper provides a theoretical framework for future applied research on RFID implementation. Specifically, it develops a research framework that includes research using modeling techniques, RFID implementation and the impact of RFID on daily operational issues. The paper provides a detailed framework of research areas that are of direct, practical importance to the grocery industry. This should encourage research into this area, for, as researchers provide insights into these issues, the grocery industry can immediately put the findings into practice.
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}A comparison of linkage disequilibrium patterns and estimated population recombination rates across multiple populations. Evans, D., M. & Cardon, L., R. Am J Hum Genet, 76(4):681-687, 2005.
Paper Website abstract bibtex
Paper Website abstract bibtex Large-scale studies of linkage disequilibrium (LD) have shown considerable variation in the extent and distribution of pairwise LD within and between populations. Taken at face value, these results suggest that genomewide LD maps for one population may not be generalizable to other populations. However, at least part of this diversity is due to some undesirable features of pairwise LD measures, which are well documented for the D' and r2 measures. In this report, we compare patterns of LD derived from pairwise measures with statistical estimates of population recombination rates ( rho ) along a 10-Mb stretch of chromosome 20 in four population samples, comprising East Asians, African Americans, and U.K. and U.S. individuals of western European descent. The results reveal the expected variability of D' within and between populations but show better concordance in estimates of r2 for the same markers across the population samples. Estimates of rho correlate well across populations, but there is still evidence of population-specific spikes and troughs in rho values. We conclude that it is unlikely that a single haplotype map will provide a definitive guide for association studies of many populations; rather, multiple maps will need to be constructed to provide the best-possible guides for gene mapping.
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}Exceptional survival in human populations: National Institute on Aging perspectives and programs. Hadley, E., C. & Rossi, W., K. Mech Ageing Dev, 126(2):231-234, 2005.
Paper Website abstract bibtex
Paper Website abstract bibtex Identifying the factors that contribute to long and healthy life can lead to improved interventions that can help delay or prevent the onset of major aging-related diseases and disabilities and increase the time that older persons spend in good health. Studies on longevity and other exceptional survival outcomes can contribute to this knowledge. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) supports a considerable amount of basic, behavioral, demographic, epidemiologic, and clinical research on these topics, including a large research program on longevity assurance genes, primarily in laboratory animals, and in biodemographic aspects of longevity in humans and other species. This article describes NIA's activities regarding one important aspect of research on longevity and related phenotypes: exceptional survival phenotypes in humans, including exceptional longevity, health span, and active life expectancy.
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}The National EMS Research Strategic Plan. Sayre, M. R., White, L. J., Brown, L. H., & McHenry, S. D. Prehospital Emergency Care, 9(3):255--266, January, 2005.
Paper doi abstract bibtex
Paper doi abstract bibtex One of the eight major recommendations put forth by the National EMS Research Agenda Implementation Project in 2002 was the development of an emergency medical services (EMS) research strategic plan. Using a modified Delphi technique along with a consensus conference approach, a strategic plan for EMS research was created. The plan includes recommendations for concentrating efforts by EMS researchers, policy makers, andfunding resources with the ultimate goal of improving clinical outcomes. Clinical issues targeted for additional research efforts include evaluation andtreatment of patients with asthma, acute cardiac ischemia, circulatory shock, major injury, pain, acute stroke, andtraumatic brain injury. The plan calls for developing, evaluating, andvalidating improved measurement tools andtechniques. Additional research to improve the education of EMS personnel as well as system design andoperation is also suggested. Implementation of the EMS research strategic plan will improve both the delivery of services andthe care of individuals who access the emergency medical system.
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title = {The {National} {EMS} {Research} {Strategic} {Plan}},
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abstract = {One of the eight major recommendations put forth by the National EMS Research Agenda Implementation Project in 2002 was the development of an emergency medical services (EMS) research strategic plan. Using a modified Delphi technique along with a consensus conference approach, a strategic plan for EMS research was created. The plan includes recommendations for concentrating efforts by EMS researchers, policy makers, andfunding resources with the ultimate goal of improving clinical outcomes. Clinical issues targeted for additional research efforts include evaluation andtreatment of patients with asthma, acute cardiac ischemia, circulatory shock, major injury, pain, acute stroke, andtraumatic brain injury. The plan calls for developing, evaluating, andvalidating improved measurement tools andtechniques. Additional research to improve the education of EMS personnel as well as system design andoperation is also suggested. Implementation of the EMS research strategic plan will improve both the delivery of services andthe care of individuals who access the emergency medical system.},
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}2004 (4)
Can we use automated data to assess quality of hypertension care?. Borzecki, A. M., Wong, A. T., Hickey, E. C., Ash, A. S., & Berlowitz, D. R. The American Journal of Managed Care, 10(7 Pt 2):473–479, July, 2004.
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abstract bibtex
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether extractable blood pressure (BP) information available in a computerized patient record system (CPRS) could be used to assess quality of hypertension care independently of clinicians' notes. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of a random sample of hypertensive patients from 10 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) sites across the country. METHODS: We abstracted BPs from electronic clinicians' notes for all medical visits of 981 hypertensive patients in 1999. We compared these with BP measurements available in a separate vitals signs file in the CPRS. We also evaluated whether assessments of performance varied by source by using patients' last documented BP reading. RESULTS: When the vital signs file and notes were combined, a BP measurement was taken for 71% of 6097 medical visits; 60% had a BP measurement only in the vital signs file. Combining sources, 43% of patients had a BP reading of less than 140/90 mm Hg; by site this varied (34%-51%). Vital signs file data alone yielded similar findings; site rankings by rates of BP control changed minimally. CONCLUSIONS: Current performance review programs collect clinical data from both clinicians' notes and automated sources as available. However, we found that notes contribute little information with respect to BP values beyond automated data alone. The VA's vital signs file is a prototypical automated data system that could make assessment of hypertension care more efficient in many settings.
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abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To determine whether extractable blood pressure (BP) information available in a computerized patient record system (CPRS) could be used to assess quality of hypertension care independently of clinicians' notes.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of a random sample of hypertensive patients from 10 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) sites across the country.
METHODS: We abstracted BPs from electronic clinicians' notes for all medical visits of 981 hypertensive patients in 1999. We compared these with BP measurements available in a separate vitals signs file in the CPRS. We also evaluated whether assessments of performance varied by source by using patients' last documented BP reading.
RESULTS: When the vital signs file and notes were combined, a BP measurement was taken for 71\% of 6097 medical visits; 60\% had a BP measurement only in the vital signs file. Combining sources, 43\% of patients had a BP reading of less than 140/90 mm Hg; by site this varied (34\%-51\%). Vital signs file data alone yielded similar findings; site rankings by rates of BP control changed minimally.
CONCLUSIONS: Current performance review programs collect clinical data from both clinicians' notes and automated sources as available. However, we found that notes contribute little information with respect to BP values beyond automated data alone. The VA's vital signs file is a prototypical automated data system that could make assessment of hypertension care more efficient in many settings.},
language = {eng},
number = {7 Pt 2},
journal = {The American Journal of Managed Care},
author = {Borzecki, Ann M. and Wong, Ashley T. and Hickey, Elaine C. and Ash, Arlene S. and Berlowitz, Dan R.},
month = jul,
year = {2004},
pmid = {15298233},
keywords = {Aged, Automation, Blood Pressure, Cohort Studies, Female, Health Services Research, Humans, Hypertension, Male, Middle Aged, Quality of Health Care, Retrospective Studies, United States, United States Department of Veterans Affairs},
pages = {473--479}
}Aberrations in black: toward a queer of color critique. Ferguson, R. A. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2004.
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bibtex
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address = {Minneapolis},
series = {Critical {American} studies series},
title = {Aberrations in black: toward a queer of color critique},
isbn = {978-0-8166-4128-4 978-0-8166-4129-1},
shorttitle = {Aberrations in black},
publisher = {University of Minnesota Press},
author = {Ferguson, Roderick A.},
year = {2004},
keywords = {20th century, African American authors History and criticism, African American gays, African Americans in literature, American fiction, Baldwin, James, Canon (Literature), Ellison, Ralph, Gays in literature, Gays' writings, American, Go tell it on the mountain, History, History and criticism, Homosexuality and literature, Intellectual life, Invisible man, Morrison, Toni, Native son, Sula, United States, Wright, Richard, gays}
}Characteristics of occasional and frequent emergency department users: do insurance coverage and access to care matter?. Zuckerman, S. & Shen, Y. Medical Care, 42(2):176--182, February, 2004.
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doi abstract bibtex
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to explore how insurance coverage, access to care, and other individual characteristics are related to the large differences in emergency department (ED) use among the general population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used the 1997 and 1999 National Survey of America's Families, a nationally representative sample. People were classified into 3 ED use levels based on the number of visits over the 12 months before the survey: non-ED users (zero visits), occasional users (1 or 2 visits), or frequent users (3 or more visits). We used a multinomial logit model to estimate the effect of insurance status and other factors on levels of ED use, and to compute the odds ratios of being occasional and frequent users as opposed to nonusers among various subpopulations. RESULTS: People in fair/poor health are 3.64 times more likely than others to be frequent ED users as compared with nonusers. The uninsured and the privately insured adults have the same risk of being frequent users, but publicly insured adults are 2.08 times more likely to be frequent users. Adults who made 3 or more visits to doctors are 5.29 times more likely to be frequent ED users than those who made no such visits. CONCLUSION: The uninsured do not use more ED visits than the insured population as is sometimes argued. Instead, the publicly insured are overrepresented among ED users. Frequent ED users do not appear to use the ED as a substitute for their primary care but, in fact, are a less healthy population who need and use more care overall.
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MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used the 1997 and 1999 National Survey of America's Families, a nationally representative sample. People were classified into 3 ED use levels based on the number of visits over the 12 months before the survey: non-ED users (zero visits), occasional users (1 or 2 visits), or frequent users (3 or more visits). We used a multinomial logit model to estimate the effect of insurance status and other factors on levels of ED use, and to compute the odds ratios of being occasional and frequent users as opposed to nonusers among various subpopulations.
RESULTS: People in fair/poor health are 3.64 times more likely than others to be frequent ED users as compared with nonusers. The uninsured and the privately insured adults have the same risk of being frequent users, but publicly insured adults are 2.08 times more likely to be frequent users. Adults who made 3 or more visits to doctors are 5.29 times more likely to be frequent ED users than those who made no such visits.
CONCLUSION: The uninsured do not use more ED visits than the insured population as is sometimes argued. Instead, the publicly insured are overrepresented among ED users. Frequent ED users do not appear to use the ED as a substitute for their primary care but, in fact, are a less healthy population who need and use more care overall.},
language = {eng},
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author = {Zuckerman, Stephen and Shen, Yu-Chu},
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year = {2004},
pmid = {14734955},
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}The limits of conscientious objection--may pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception?. Cantor, J. & Baum, K. The New England journal of medicine, 351(19):2008--2012, November, 2004.
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doi bibtex
@article{ cantor_limits_2004,
title = {The limits of conscientious objection--may pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception?},
volume = {351},
issn = {1533-4406},
doi = {10.1056/NEJMsb042263},
language = {eng},
number = {19},
journal = {The New England journal of medicine},
author = {Cantor, Julie and Baum, Ken},
month = {November},
year = {2004},
pmid = {15525728},
keywords = {Codes of Ethics, Conscience, Contraceptives, Postcoital, Drug Prescriptions, Female, Humans, Morals, Pharmacists, Pregnancy, Refusal to Treat, Religion and Medicine, United States},
pages = {2008--2012}
}2003 (1)
Giving. Wilson, A. Money, 32(9):35--35, September, 2003.
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Paper abstract bibtex Launched in May 2002 by Tanya Jones and five friends, the Change Fund charity has 28 members, all young African-American professionals in Baltimore. As with all giving circles, members pool their cash (a minimum of \$250 a year, in this case) to make more sizable donations to charity--and they meet regularly to share ideas, learn about philanthropy and debate which charities to support. The group operates in partnership with Associated Black Charities, which lets members make tax-deductible donations without the expense and hassle of setting up a nonprofit. Their quarterly meetings are also an opportunity to network--recently, members met with the Walters Art Museum's African-American steering committee. Last year, Change Fund members voted to award \$1,000 each to three grassroot charities in the Baltimore area, including My Sister's Circle, a mentoring program for inner-city girls, and Aunt Hattie's Place, a transitional home for boys in foster care.
@article{wilson_giving._2003,
title = {Giving.},
volume = {32},
issn = {01494953},
url = {https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=10610245&site=ehost-live},
abstract = {Launched in May 2002 by Tanya Jones and five friends, the Change Fund charity has 28 members, all young African-American professionals in Baltimore. As with all giving circles, members pool their cash (a minimum of \$250 a year, in this case) to make more sizable donations to charity--and they meet regularly to share ideas, learn about philanthropy and debate which charities to support. The group operates in partnership with Associated Black Charities, which lets members make tax-deductible donations without the expense and hassle of setting up a nonprofit. Their quarterly meetings are also an opportunity to network--recently, members met with the Walters Art Museum's African-American steering committee. Last year, Change Fund members voted to award \$1,000 each to three grassroot charities in the Baltimore area, including My Sister's Circle, a mentoring program for inner-city girls, and Aunt Hattie's Place, a transitional home for boys in foster care.},
number = {9},
journal = {Money},
author = {Wilson, Amy},
month = sep,
year = {2003},
keywords = {African Americans, Charities, Children -- Services for, Jones, Tanya, Maryland, Nonprofit organizations, Professional employees, United States},
pages = {35--35}
}2002 (4)
Shifting borders: rhetoric, immigration, and California's Proposition 187. Ono, K. A. & Sloop, J. M. Temple University Press, Philadelphia, [Pa.], 2002.
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bibtex
@book{ono_shifting_2002,
address = {Philadelphia, [Pa.]},
series = {Mapping racisms},
title = {Shifting borders: rhetoric, immigration, and {California}'s {Proposition} 187},
isbn = {1-56639-916-5 1-56639-917-3},
shorttitle = {Shifting borders},
publisher = {Temple University Press},
author = {Ono, Kent A. and Sloop, John M.},
year = {2002},
keywords = {20th century, Emigration and immigration Government policy History, Emigration and immigration Government policy Public opinion, Government policy Public opinion, Illegal aliens, Immigration advocates, Immigration opponents, United States, california, public opinion}
}Comparing clinical automated, medical record, and hybrid data sources for diabetes quality measures. Kerr, E. A., Smith, D. M., Hogan, M. M., Krein, S. L., Pogach, L., Hofer, T. P., & Hayward, R. A. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 28(10):555–565, October, 2002.
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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the relative reliability of medical record and clinical automated data, sources commonly used to assess diabetes quality of care. The agreement between diabetes quality measures constructed from clinical automated versus medical record data sources was compared, and the performance of hybrid measures derived from a combination of the two data sources was examined. METHODS: Medical records were abstracted for 1,032 patients with diabetes who received care from 21 facilities in 4 Veterans Integrated Service Networks. Automated data were obtained from a central Veterans Health Administration diabetes registry containing information on laboratory tests and medication use. RESULTS: Success rates were higher for process measures derived from medical record data than from automated data, but no substantial differences among data sources were found for the intermediate outcome measures. Agreement for measures derived from the medical record compared with automated data was moderate for process measures but high for intermediate outcome measures. Hybrid measures yielded success rates similar to those of medical record-based measures but would have required about 50% fewer chart reviews. CONCLUSIONS: Agreement between medical record and automated data was generally high. Yet even in an integrated health care system with sophisticated information technology, automated data tended to underestimate the success rate in technical process measures for diabetes care and yielded different quartile performance rankings for facilities. Applying hybrid methodology yielded results consistent with the medical record but required less data to come from medical record reviews.
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title = {Comparing clinical automated, medical record, and hybrid data sources for diabetes quality measures},
volume = {28},
issn = {1070-3241},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: Little is known about the relative reliability of medical record and clinical automated data, sources commonly used to assess diabetes quality of care. The agreement between diabetes quality measures constructed from clinical automated versus medical record data sources was compared, and the performance of hybrid measures derived from a combination of the two data sources was examined.
METHODS: Medical records were abstracted for 1,032 patients with diabetes who received care from 21 facilities in 4 Veterans Integrated Service Networks. Automated data were obtained from a central Veterans Health Administration diabetes registry containing information on laboratory tests and medication use.
RESULTS: Success rates were higher for process measures derived from medical record data than from automated data, but no substantial differences among data sources were found for the intermediate outcome measures. Agreement for measures derived from the medical record compared with automated data was moderate for process measures but high for intermediate outcome measures. Hybrid measures yielded success rates similar to those of medical record-based measures but would have required about 50\% fewer chart reviews.
CONCLUSIONS: Agreement between medical record and automated data was generally high. Yet even in an integrated health care system with sophisticated information technology, automated data tended to underestimate the success rate in technical process measures for diabetes care and yielded different quartile performance rankings for facilities. Applying hybrid methodology yielded results consistent with the medical record but required less data to come from medical record reviews.},
language = {eng},
number = {10},
journal = {The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement},
author = {Kerr, Eve A. and Smith, Dylan M. and Hogan, Mary M. and Krein, Sarah L. and Pogach, Leonard and Hofer, Timothy P. and Hayward, Rodney A.},
month = oct,
year = {2002},
pmid = {12369158},
keywords = {Aged, Blood Pressure Determination, Cholesterol, LDL, Data Collection, Delivery of Health Care, Integrated, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic Foot, Diabetic Nephropathies, Diabetic Retinopathy, Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated, Humans, Medical Records, Medical Records Systems, Computerized, Middle Aged, Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care), Quality Indicators, Health Care, Registries, Sampling Studies, United States, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans},
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}Crafting a Cloning Policy: From Dolly to Stem Cells. Bonnicksen, A. L. Georgetown University Press, Washington DC, 2002.
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bibtex
@book{bonnicksen_crafting_2002,
address = {Washington DC},
title = {Crafting a {Cloning} {Policy}: {From} {Dolly} to {Stem} {Cells}},
publisher = {Georgetown University Press},
author = {Bonnicksen, A. L.},
year = {2002},
keywords = {Cloning, Cloning/ Government policy/ United States, Government policy, Law / Science \& Technology, Medical / Genetics, Political Science / Public Policy / General, Science / Biotechnology, Science / Life Sciences / Genetics \& Genomics, Stem cells, United States}
}Comparison of specialty referral rates in the United Kingdom and the United States: retrospective cohort analysis. Forrest, C. B., Majeed, A., Weiner, J. P., Carroll, K., & Bindman, A. B. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 325(7360):370--371, August, 2002.
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@article{forrest_comparison_2002,
title = {Comparison of specialty referral rates in the {United} {Kingdom} and the {United} {States}: retrospective cohort analysis},
volume = {325},
issn = {1756-1833},
shorttitle = {Comparison of specialty referral rates in the {United} {Kingdom} and the {United} {States}},
language = {eng},
number = {7360},
journal = {BMJ (Clinical research ed.)},
author = {Forrest, Christopher B. and Majeed, Azeem and Weiner, Jonathan P. and Carroll, Kevin and Bindman, Andrew B.},
month = aug,
year = {2002},
pmid = {12183310},
pmcid = {PMC117891},
keywords = {Family Practice, Gatekeeping, Great Britain, Humans, Referral and Consultation, United States},
pages = {370--371}
}2001 (5)
A closer look at United States and global surface temperature change. Hansen, J., Ruedy, R., Sato, M., Imhoff, M., Lawrence, W., Easterling, D., Peterson, T., & Karl, T. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(D20):23947-23963, 2001.
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The authors compare the United States and global surface air temperature changes of the past century using the current Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) analysis and the U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) record [Karl et al., 1990]. Changes in the GISS analysis subsequent to the documentation by Hansen et al. [1999] are as follows: (1) incorporation of corrections for time-of-observation bias and station history adjustments in the United States based on Easterling et al. [1996], (2) reclassification of rural, small-town, and urban stations in the United States, southern Canada, and northern Mexico based on satellite measurements of night light intensity [Imhoff et al., 1997], and (3) a more flexible urban adjustment than that employed by Hansen et al. [1999], including reliance on only unlit stations in the United States and rural stations in the rest of the world for determining long-term trends. We find evidence of local human effects ("urban warming") even in suburban and small-town surface air temperature records, but the effect is modest in magnitude and conceivably could be an artifact of inhomogeneities in the station records. We suggest further studies, including more complete satellite night light analyses, which may clarify the potential urban effect.
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}Fast-turnaround alkyl nitrate measurements during the PROPHET 1998 summer intensive. Ostling, K., Kelly, B., Bird, S., Bertman, S., Pippin, M., Thornberry, T., & Carroll, M., A. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(D20):24439-24449, 2001.
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An automated gas chromatographic system for making fast-turnaround measurements of alkyl nitrates was developed and tested. Every 30 min, samples were automatically acquired on a 1/16-inch OD Tenax trap made from fused silica-lined stainless steel tubing and injected by thermal desorption into the gas chromatograph. The system exhibited good chromatographic resolution, minimal breakthrough, and on-trap stability for C/sub 3/-C/sub 5/ nitrates. The detection limit of the instrument was <0.1 parts per trillion by volume for C/sub 3/-C/sub 5/ nitrates with an overall uncertainty of 30% for isopropyl nitrate and 50% for all other quantified compounds. Overall uncertainty of the method was limited by calibration precision rather than by sampling method or chromatography. The system was deployed in the field as part of the Program for Research on Oxidants: Photochemistry, Emissions, and Transport intensive held at the University of Michigan Biological Station in northern Michigan during the summer of 1998 from July 15 to August 22. Ambient results show a significant dynamic range with absolute levels affected by air mass history and pollution sources. The sum of measured C/sub 3/-C/sub 5/ alkyl nitrates obtained during this intensive ranged from 3.45 to 65.8 pptv, with a mean of 18.6 pptv and contributed 1% on average to total NO/sub y/, with a range of 0.5% to 3%.
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}Avoiding pitfalls in chronic disease quality measurement: a case for the next generation of technical quality measures. Kerr, E. A., Krein, S. L., Vijan, S., Hofer, T. P., & Hayward, R. A. The American Journal of Managed Care, 7(11):1033–1043, November, 2001.
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The true utility of quality measurement lies in its ability to inspire quality improvement, with resultant enhancements in the processes and outcomes of care. Because quality measurement is expensive, it is difficult to justify using measures that are not likely to lead to important improvements in health. Many current measures of chronic disease technical quality, however, have one or more pitfalls that prevent them from motivating quality improvement reactions. These pitfalls include that: (1) measured processes of care lack strong links to outcomes; (2) actionable processes of care are not measured; (3) measures do not target those at highest risk; (4) measures do not allow for patient exceptions; and (5) intermediate outcome measures are not severity adjusted. To exemplify recent advancements and current pitfalls in chronic disease quality measurement, we examine the evolution of quality measures for diabetes mellitus and discuss the limitations of many currently used diabetes mellitus care measures. We then propose more clinically meaningful "tightly linked" measures that examine clinical processes directly linked to outcomes, target populations with specific diagnoses or intermediate disease outcomes that contribute to risk for poor downstream health outcomes, and explicitly incorporate exceptions. We believe that using more tightly linked measures in quality assessment will identify important quality of care problems and is more likely to produce improved outcomes for those with chronic diseases.
@article{kerr_avoiding_2001,
title = {Avoiding pitfalls in chronic disease quality measurement: a case for the next generation of technical quality measures},
volume = {7},
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shorttitle = {Avoiding pitfalls in chronic disease quality measurement},
abstract = {The true utility of quality measurement lies in its ability to inspire quality improvement, with resultant enhancements in the processes and outcomes of care. Because quality measurement is expensive, it is difficult to justify using measures that are not likely to lead to important improvements in health. Many current measures of chronic disease technical quality, however, have one or more pitfalls that prevent them from motivating quality improvement reactions. These pitfalls include that: (1) measured processes of care lack strong links to outcomes; (2) actionable processes of care are not measured; (3) measures do not target those at highest risk; (4) measures do not allow for patient exceptions; and (5) intermediate outcome measures are not severity adjusted. To exemplify recent advancements and current pitfalls in chronic disease quality measurement, we examine the evolution of quality measures for diabetes mellitus and discuss the limitations of many currently used diabetes mellitus care measures. We then propose more clinically meaningful "tightly linked" measures that examine clinical processes directly linked to outcomes, target populations with specific diagnoses or intermediate disease outcomes that contribute to risk for poor downstream health outcomes, and explicitly incorporate exceptions. We believe that using more tightly linked measures in quality assessment will identify important quality of care problems and is more likely to produce improved outcomes for those with chronic diseases.},
language = {eng},
number = {11},
journal = {The American Journal of Managed Care},
author = {Kerr, E. A. and Krein, S. L. and Vijan, S. and Hofer, T. P. and Hayward, R. A.},
month = nov,
year = {2001},
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}Arteriel Pressure, Left Ventricular Mass, and Aldosterone in Essential Hypertension. El-gharbawy, A., H., Nadig, V., S., Kotchen, J., M., Grim, C., E., Sagar, K., B., Kaldunski, M., Hamet, P., Pausova, Z., Gaudet, D., Gossard, F., & Kotchen, T., A. Hypertension, 37(3):845-850, 2001.
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Paper abstract bibtex The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the relationship of aldosterone to blood pressure and left ventricular size in black American (n=109) and white French Canadian (n=73) patients with essential hypertension. Measurements were obtained with patients off antihypertensive medications and included 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, plasma renin activity and aldosterone, and an echocardiogram. Compared with the French Canadians, the black Americans had higher body mass indexes, higher systolic blood pressures, attenuated nighttime reduction of blood pressure, and lower serum potassium concentrations (P:<0.01 for each). Left ventricular mass index, posterior wall thickness, interventricular septal thickness, and relative wall thickness were also greater (P:<0.01 for each) in the black American patients. Supine and standing plasma renin activity was lower (P:<0.01 and P:<0.05, respectively) in the black Americans, whereas supine plasma aldosterone concentrations did not differ, and standing plasma aldosterone was greater (P:<0.05) in the black Americans (9.2+/-0.7 ng/dL) than in the French Canadians (7.3+/-0.6 ng/dL). In the black Americans, supine plasma aldosterone was positively correlated with nighttime systolic (r=0.30; P:<0.01) and diastolic (r=0.39; P:<0.001) blood pressures and inversely correlated with the nocturnal decline of systolic (r=-0.29; P:<0.01) and diastolic (r=-0.37; P:<0.001) blood pressures. In the black Americans, standing plasma aldosterone was positively correlated with left ventricular mass index (r=0.36; P:<0.001), posterior wall thickness (r=0.33; P:<0.01), and interventricular septal thickness (r=0.26; P:<0.05). When the black American patients were divided into obese and nonobese groups, significant correlations between plasma aldosterone and both blood pressure and cardiac mass were observed only in the obese. In the French Canadians, overall, plasma aldosterone did not correlate with either blood pressure or any measures of heart size. However, among obese French Canadians, supine plasma aldosterone correlated with nighttime diastolic (r=0.53, P:<0.02) and systolic (r=0.44, P:<0.01) blood pressures but not with cardiac mass. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that aldosterone contributes to elevated arterial pressure in obese black American and obese white French Canadian patients with essential hypertension and to the attenuated nocturnal decline of blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy in obese, hypertensive black Americans.
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}Acetaminophen and the risk of renal and bladder cancer in the general practice research database. Kaye, J. A., Myers, M. W., & Jick, H. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 12(6):690--694, November, 2001.
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We conducted a nested, matched case-control study in the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) to assess whether acetaminophen use is associated with renal or bladder cancer. We matched 109 cases of renal cancer and 189 cases of bladder cancer with up to 4 controls each by age, sex, general practice, duration of drug history in the GPRD, and index date. We found that use of acetaminophen from 1 to 5 years before the index date was associated with an increased risk of renal cancer, with a direct relation between risk and number of prescriptions and an adjusted odds ratio of 2.3 (95% CI 1.0-5.3) for subjects with 20 or more prescriptions. There was no evidence for an increase in risk of bladder cancer with acetaminophen use. We found no association between use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and either renal or bladder cancer. These results support previous findings from our group and are consistent with a slight increase in the risk of renal cancer, but not bladder cancer, with heavy acetaminophen use.
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pmid = {11679798},
keywords = {Acetaminophen, Aged, Analgesics, Non-Narcotic, Case-Control Studies, Databases, Factual, Family Practice, Female, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, United States, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms},
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}1999 (1)
Is self-regulation enough today?: Evaluating the recombinant DNA controversy. Weiner, C Health Matrix (Cleveland, Ohio: 1991), 9(2):289--302, 1999.
Paper bibtex
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}1998 (3)
Measurements comparison of oxygenated volatile organic compounds at a rural site during the 1995 SOS Nashville Intensive. Apel, E., C., Calvert, J., G., Riemer, D., Pos, W., Zika, R., Kleindienst, T., E., Lonneman, W., A., Fung, K., Fujita, E., Shepson, P., B., Starn, T., K., & Roberts, P., T. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 103(D17):22295-22316, 1998.
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Simultaneous measurements of oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) by four independent research groups at the Youth Incorporated (YI) site during the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study Nashville Intensive, between July 4 and 30, 1995, provided a unique opportunity to compare results from different techniques. 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) coated C18 (C18/sub AtmAA/) and Si-Gel (Si-Gel/sub MTE/) cartridges were compared with each other and with two sorbent-based preconcentration gas chromatographic (GC) techniques coupled with mass spectrometric (MS) detection (GC/MS/sub UM/ and GC/MS/sub PU/) or flame ionization detection GC/FID/sub UM/. The experiment consisted of both a laboratory (part A) and an ambient air comparison (part B). In part A of the study, standard mixtures of OVOCs were diluted in a flowing gas stream of humidified, purified air, both with and without addition of O/sub 3/, and distributed to participant's instrumentation. Concentrations were compared with the expected values based on known cylinder concentrations and dilution factors. In part B of the study, the instruments sampled ambient air from a common glass manifold. Species intercompared were formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, and propanal. The C18/sub AtmAA/ data were typically higher than the Si-Gel/sub MTE/ data for the four intercompared compounds, and possible explanations are given. Agreement between the cartridge systems and the GC/MS, GC/FC systems for comeasured compounds was poorer than expected but improved towards the end of the experiment. The GC/MS systems tracked each other well for acetone, but there were differences in the absolute concentration values. These results show that improvements in the accuracy and comparability of techniques should be of high priority.
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}Policy reform dilemmas in promoting employment of persons with severe mental illness. Noble, J., H. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 49(6):775-81, 1998.
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Paper Website abstract bibtex Recent evaluations by the U.S. General Accounting Office and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of reemployment efforts of the federal-state vocational rehabilitation program found that services offered by state vocational rehabilitation agencies do not produce long-term earnings for clients with emotional or physical disabilities. This paper examines reasons for these poor outcomes and the implications of recent policy reform recommendations. Congress must decide whether to take action at the federal level to upgrade programs affecting persons with severe mental illnesses or to continue to rely on state decision making. The federal-state program largely wastes an estimated $490 million annually on time-limited services to consumers with mental illnesses. Rechanneled into a variety of innovative and more appropriate integrated services models, the money could buy stable annual vocational rehabilitation funding for 62,000 to 90,000 consumers with severe mental illnesses. Larger macrosystem problems involve the dynamics of the labor market that limit job opportunities and the powerful work disincentives for consumers with severe disabilities now inherent in Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, Medicare, and Medicaid.
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}Using health outcomes data to compare plans, networks and providers. Palmer, R. H. International journal for quality in health care: journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care / ISQua, 10(6):477–483, December, 1998.
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PURPOSE: To analyze the challenge of using health outcomes data to compare plans, networks and providers. ANALYSIS: Different questions require different designs for collecting and interpreting health outcomes data. When evaluating effectiveness of treatments, tests or other technologies, the question is what processes improve health outcomes? For this purpose, the strongest evidence comes from a double-blind randomized controlled trial. In program evaluations, the question is 'what is the impact of this policy and related programs on health outcomes?' For this purpose, we may be able to randomize subjects, but are more likely to have a quasi-experimental or an epidemiological design. When we compare plans, networks and providers for quality improvement purposes the question is 'do these specific plans perform differently from one another?', or, 'are these specific plans improving their performance over time?' We want to isolate for study the effects attributable to specific plans. Designs that yield strong evidence cannot be applied because we lack experimental control. CONCLUSIONS: When we already have strong evidence linking specific processes of care with specific outcomes, comparing process data may reveal more about performance of plans, networks and providers than comparing outcomes data. Comparisons of process data are easier to interpret and more sensitive to small differences than comparisons of outcomes data. Outcomes data are most useful for tracking care given by high volume providers over long periods of time, targeting areas for quality improvement and for detecting problems in implementation of processes of care.
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}1997 (1)
Entering the Pit: Slam-Dancing and Modernity. Simon & Scott, B. Journal of Popular Culture, 31(1):149--176, 1997.
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Paper abstract bibtex In this article, the author discusses the portrayal of slam-dancing as part of youth culture in the U.S. The media portrayed slam-dancing as manifest violence. It became ever more clear to the author, however, that concomitant with the violence and chaos was the fact that people appeared to be having a good time. The author directly applies Turner's social drama approach, along with the concepts of liminality and mimesis, in order to show that slam-dancing provides a symbolic resolution of conflicting forces.
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}1993 (1)
Decisions near the end of life: professional views on life-sustaining treatments. Solomon, Z, M., O'Donnell, L., Jennings, B., Guilfoy, V., Wolf, M, S., Nolan, K., Jackson, R., Koch-Weser, D., & Donnelley, S. American journal of public health, 83(1):14--23, January, 1993.
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OBJECTIVES: How do health care professionals assess the care of hospital patients near the end of life? Are physicians and nurses aware of and in agreement with national recommendations regarding patients' rights to forgo life-sustaining medical treatments and to receive adequate pain control? METHODS: We surveyed 687 physicians and 759 nurses in 5 hospitals. RESULTS: Almost half (47%) of all respondents and fully 70% of the house officers reported that they had acted against their conscience in providing care to the terminally ill. Four times as many respondents were concerned about the provision of overly burdensome treatment than about undertreatment. CONCLUSIONS: In summary, many physicians and nurses were disturbed by the degree to which technological solutions influence care during the final days of a terminal illness and by the undertreatment of pain. However, changes in the care of dying patients may not have kept pace with national recommendations, in part because many physicians and nurses disagreed with and may have been unaware of some key guidelines, such as the permissibility of withdrawing treatments.
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{RESULTS}: Almost half (47%) of all respondents and fully 70% of the house officers reported that they had acted against their conscience in providing care to the terminally ill. Four times as many respondents were concerned about the provision of overly burdensome treatment than about undertreatment.
{CONCLUSIONS}: In summary, many physicians and nurses were disturbed by the degree to which technological solutions influence care during the final days of a terminal illness and by the undertreatment of pain. However, changes in the care of dying patients may not have kept pace with national recommendations, in part because many physicians and nurses disagreed with and may have been unaware of some key guidelines, such as the permissibility of withdrawing treatments.},
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}1992 (1)
Development and application of modern soil erosion prediction technology-The USDA experience. Lane, L., J., L., Renard, K., G., K., Foster, G., R., G., & Laflen, J., M., J. Soil Research, 30(5):531-540, Interperiodica, 1992.
Paper abstract bibtex
Paper abstract bibtex Erosion prediction efforts are described to provide a synopsis of the USDA's experience in developing and applying soil erosion prediction technology in its research and development activities and its soil conservation programs. The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) is the most widely known and used of the erosion prediction equations. The Chemicals, Runoff, and Erosion from Agricultural Management Systems model (CREAMS) contains a sophisticated erosion component based, in part, on the USLE and on flow hydraulics and the processes of sediment detachment, transport, and deposition. The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) is an update of the USLE to improve erosion prediction.
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}1987 (1)
Correcting misconceptions in mental health policy: strategies for improved care of the seriously mentally ill. Mechanic, D. The Milbank quarterly, 65(2):203-30, 1987.
Paper Website abstract bibtex
Paper Website abstract bibtex In the decades immediately following World War II a strong coalition of professionals and reformers emerged to shape agendas, debates, and national policy on caring for the mentally ill. The heterogeneity of mental health problems, the demographic shifts in populations at risk, and the realities of designing and implementing effective programs, were often overlooked; yet profound elements of change have taken place. Components essential for maintenance of function and rehabilitation have yet to be linked into a responsible alternative to long-term or episodic hospital care.
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}1986 (1)
Reactive nitrogen species in the troposphere: measurements of NO, NO2, HNO3, particulate nitrate, peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), O3, and total reactive odd nitrogen (NOy) at Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Fahey, D., W., Hubler, G., Parrish, D., D., Williams, E., J., Norton, R., B., Ridley, B., A., Singh, H., B., Liu, S., C., & Fehsenfeld, F., C. Journal of Geophysical Research, 91(D9):9781-9793, 1986.
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Measurements of NO, NO/sub 2/, HNO/sub 3/, particulate nitrate, peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), O/sub 3/, and total reactive odd nitrogen (NO/sub 3/) were made in the nonurban troposphere during the summer and fall of 1984. The field site was located near Niwot Ridge, Colorado, at an elevation of 3 km. The data and interpretation presented focus primarily on the relationships between a measurement of NO/sub y/ and concurrent measurements of the individual species, as examined through ratio and correlation plots. Through the separate display of daytime and nighttime data, the plots provide insight into the photochemical nature of the individual species. In addition, the composition of NO/sub y/ is addressed through a comparison of the measured NO/sub y/ level with that found for the sum of the measured component species.
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}1979 (1)
Measuring the quality of medical care: process versus outcome. McAuliffe, W. E. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society, 57(1):118–152, 1979.
abstract bibtex
abstract bibtex
The controversy over appropriate and efficient ways to measure the quality of medical care continues. Many experts call for increased attention to assessment of the outcome of care. Others maintain that process measurements are more direct and practical. But both measurement techniques are of questionable validity, and each obscures important problems of the differences among patients, disease severity, and medical performance.
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}1972 (1)
Language in the inner city: studies in the Black English Vernacular. Labov, W. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1972.
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address = {Philadelphia},
series = {University of {Pennsylvania} publications in conduct and communication},
title = {Language in the inner city: studies in the {Black} {English} {Vernacular}},
isbn = {978-0-8122-7658-9},
number = {3},
publisher = {University of Pennsylvania Press},
author = {Labov, William},
year = {1972},
keywords = {African Americans, Black English, Dialects, English language, Language, Multicultural education, Perfective done, Sociolinguistics, United States},
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The semisovereign people: a realist's view of democracy in America. Schattschneider, E. E. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960.
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title = {The semisovereign people: a realist's view of democracy in {America}},
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author = {Schattschneider, Elmer Eric},
year = {1960},
keywords = {Democracia, Democracy, Estados Unidos, Political Science / Government / State \& Provincial, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy, United States}
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Business school administrators' and faculty perceptions of online learning: A comparative study. Tanner, J. R., Noser, T. C., Michael, & Totaro, W. Issues in Innovation, 3:93--112. 1
Paper abstract bibtex
Paper abstract bibtex In this paper, the authors compare business school administrators' and faculty perceptions of online learning. Specifically, a survey was given to a random sample of 1,000 business school administrators throughout the United States. A slightly modified survey, tailored to business school faculty, was mailed to a random sample of 1,175 business faculty members throughout the United States. Comparison of the results from each group showed significant differences between the administrators' and faculty perceptions of online learning on eight of eighteen statements. Since many universities are still deciding the extent of their offerings of such courses, this information may be helpful to university administrators in deciding which types of courses at their universities might be offered online. Faculty who are considering teaching one or more online courses may find the results of this study helpful in structuring these online offerings. Administrators need to be aware of the perceptions, concerns, and indeed, the anxieties of both their peers and faculty in order to enhance the likelihood that online courses will be viewed as valuable, and valued by, both constituencies. If administrators can effectively communicate the benefits perceived by their peers and faculty, while belaying the concerns of these groups, then the probability of a successful outcome will be enhanced. Online learning may not be for everyone - including both administrators and faculty - but a clearer grasp of administrator and faculty perceptions may go a long way in contributing to making the online experience a positive one for all who pursue it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Issues in Innovation is the property of Innovation Congress and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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abstract = {In this paper, the authors compare business school administrators' and faculty perceptions of online learning. Specifically, a survey was given to a random sample of 1,000 business school administrators throughout the United States. A slightly modified survey, tailored to business school faculty, was mailed to a random sample of 1,175 business faculty members throughout the United States. Comparison of the results from each group showed significant differences between the administrators' and faculty perceptions of online learning on eight of eighteen statements. Since many universities are still deciding the extent of their offerings of such courses, this information may be helpful to university administrators in deciding which types of courses at their universities might be offered online. Faculty who are considering teaching one or more online courses may find the results of this study helpful in structuring these online offerings. Administrators need to be aware of the perceptions, concerns, and indeed, the anxieties of both their peers and faculty in order to enhance the likelihood that online courses will be viewed as valuable, and valued by, both constituencies. If administrators can effectively communicate the benefits perceived by their peers and faculty, while belaying the concerns of these groups, then the probability of a successful outcome will be enhanced. Online learning may not be for everyone - including both administrators and faculty - but a clearer grasp of administrator and faculty perceptions may go a long way in contributing to making the online experience a positive one for all who pursue it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Issues in Innovation is the property of Innovation Congress and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)},
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}Declining public concern about climate change: Can we blame the great recession?. Scruggs, L. & Benegal, S. Global Environmental Change.
Paper doi abstract bibtex
Paper doi abstract bibtex Social surveys suggest that the American public's concern about climate change has declined dramatically since 2008. This has led to a search for explanations for this decline, and great deal of speculation that there has been a fundamental shift in public trust in climate science. We evaluate over thirty years of public opinion data about global warming and the environment, and suggest that the decline in belief about climate change is most likely driven by the economic insecurity caused by the Great Recession. Evidence from European nations further supports an economic explanation for changing public opinion. The pattern is consistent with more than forty years of public opinion about environmental policy. Popular alternative explanations for declining support – partisan politicization, biased media coverage, fluctuations in short-term weather conditions – are unable to explain the suddenness and timing of opinion trends. The implication of these findings is that the “crisis of confidence” in climate change will likely rebound after labor market conditions improve, but not until then.
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title = {Declining public concern about climate change: {Can} we blame the great recession?},
issn = {0959-3780},
shorttitle = {Declining public concern about climate change},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378012000143},
doi = {10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.01.002},
abstract = {Social surveys suggest that the American public's concern about climate change has declined dramatically since 2008. This has led to a search for explanations for this decline, and great deal of speculation that there has been a fundamental shift in public trust in climate science. We evaluate over thirty years of public opinion data about global warming and the environment, and suggest that the decline in belief about climate change is most likely driven by the economic insecurity caused by the Great Recession. Evidence from European nations further supports an economic explanation for changing public opinion. The pattern is consistent with more than forty years of public opinion about environmental policy. Popular alternative explanations for declining support – partisan politicization, biased media coverage, fluctuations in short-term weather conditions – are unable to explain the suddenness and timing of opinion trends. The implication of these findings is that the “crisis of confidence” in climate change will likely rebound after labor market conditions improve, but not until then.},
urldate = {2012-03-01},
journal = {Global Environmental Change},
author = {Scruggs, Lyle and Benegal, Salil},
keywords = {climate change, Economic recession, Europe, Global Warming, Public Opinion, Unemployment, United States},
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}How Does a Culture of Health Change? Lessons from the war on Cigarettes. Schudson, M. & Baykurt, B. Social Science & Medicine.
Paper doi abstract bibtex
Paper doi abstract bibtex This paper focuses on one of the most dramatic changes in the culture of health in the U.S. since World War II: the reduction of adult cigarette smoking from close to half of the population to under 20 percent between the 1960s and the 1990s. What role does culture play in explaining this shift in smoking from socially accepted to socially stigmatized? After surveying how culture has been used to explain the decline in smoking in the fields of tobacco control and public health, we argue that existing concepts do not capture the complex transformation of smoking. We instead suggest a micro-sociological view which presumes that culture may change in response to spatially organized constraints, cajoling, and comradeship. By reviewing two major drivers of the transformation of smoking - the Surgeon General’s Reports and the nonsmokers’ rights movement - at this micro-sociological level, we show how culture works through social spaces and practices while institutionalizing collective or even legal pressures and constraints on behavior. This conclusion also seeks to explain the uneven adoption of non-smoking across classes, and to reflect on the utility of presuming that a uniform “culture” blankets a society.
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title = {How {Does} a {Culture} of {Health} {Change}? {Lessons} from the war on {Cigarettes}},
issn = {0277-9536},
shorttitle = {How {Does} a {Culture} of {Health} {Change}?},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027795361630106X},
doi = {10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.006},
abstract = {This paper focuses on one of the most dramatic changes in the culture of health in the U.S. since World War II: the reduction of adult cigarette smoking from close to half of the population to under 20 percent between the 1960s and the 1990s. What role does culture play in explaining this shift in smoking from socially accepted to socially stigmatized? After surveying how culture has been used to explain the decline in smoking in the fields of tobacco control and public health, we argue that existing concepts do not capture the complex transformation of smoking. We instead suggest a micro-sociological view which presumes that culture may change in response to spatially organized constraints, cajoling, and comradeship. By reviewing two major drivers of the transformation of smoking - the Surgeon General’s Reports and the nonsmokers’ rights movement - at this micro-sociological level, we show how culture works through social spaces and practices while institutionalizing collective or even legal pressures and constraints on behavior. This conclusion also seeks to explain the uneven adoption of non-smoking across classes, and to reflect on the utility of presuming that a uniform “culture” blankets a society.},
urldate = {2016-03-21},
journal = {Social Science \& Medicine},
author = {Schudson, Michael and Baykurt, Burcu},
keywords = {Culture, Health inequalities, Smoking, Sociology of Culture, Surgeon general's report, Tobacco control policy, United States},
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