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Data linkage can reduce the burden and increase the opportunities in the implementation of Value-Based Health Care policy: a study in patients with ulcerative colitis (PROUD-UC Study) [PDF]

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Introduction Healthcare systems face rising demand and unsustainable cost pressures. In response, health policymakers are adopting Value-Based Health Care (VBHC), targeting available resources to achieve the best possible patient outcomes at the lowest ...
John David Walshe, Ashley Akbari, A Barney Hawthorne, Hamish Laing   +3 more
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Redefining value: a discourse analysis on value-based health care [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Today’s remarkable popularity of value-based health care (VBHC) is accompanied by considerable ambiguity concerning the very meaning of the concept.
Gijs Steinmann, Hester van de Bovenkamp, Antoinette de Bont, Diana Delnoij   +3 more
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Twelve month oral contraceptive pill prescriptions: Role of policy mandates on utilization

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2022
Recent studies have suggested that extended duration oral contraceptive pills (OCP), such as the 12-month duration, have a positive impact on pregnancy rates but negative impact on pill wastage.
Samuel K. Peasah, Monal Kohli, Kiraat D. Munshi, Rochelle Henderson, Mark Mueller, Chronis Manolis, Yan Huang, Elizabeth C.S. Swart, Lynn Neilson, Chester B. Good   +9 more
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Association of PCSK9 Inhibitor Initiation on Statin Adherence and Discontinuation

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background PCSK9is (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors) are well tolerated, potently lower cholesterol, and decrease cardiovascular events when added to statins.
Christopher LaFratte, Samuel K. Peasah, Yan Huang, Deanne Hall, Urvashi Patel, Chester B. Good   +5 more
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Trends in utilization and costs of migraine medications, 2017–2020

The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2022
Objective This study examines changes in utilization and costs trends associated with migraine medications. Background Migraine attacks are a burden to many patients.
Jennifer L. Nguyen, Kiraat Munshi, Samuel K. Peasah, Elizabeth C. S. Swart, Monal Kohli, Rochelle Henderson, Chester B. Good   +6 more
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Development of an online patient decision aid for kidney failure treatment modality decisions

BMC Nephrology, 2022
Background Patient decision aids (PtDAs) support patients and clinicians in shared decision-making (SDM). Real-world outcome information may improve patients’ risk perception, and help patients make decisions congruent with their expectations and values.
Noel Engels, Paul B. van der Nat, Jet W. Ankersmid, Janine C. M. Prick, Ellen Parent, Regina The, Asako Takahashi, Hans A. J. Bart, Cornelia F. van Uden-Kraan, Anne M. Stiggelbout, Willem J. W. Bos, Marinus A. van den Dorpel   +11 more
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Prevalence of at-risk NASH and its association with metaboMAQ:Editorial Office/AASLD: Please indicate if a visual abstract will be forthcoming for this article.lic syndrome in US adults with NAFLD, 2017–2018

Hepatology Communications, 2023
Patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) have a higher risk for NASH and significant fibrosis. Presence of NASH and advanced fibrosis are associated with adverse outcomes in patients with NAFLD.
Julia Y. Payne, Naim Alkhouri, Phuc Le, Michael B. Rothberg, Prido Polanco, Celine Sakkal, Srinivasan Dasarathy   +6 more
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Shared decision-making in advanced kidney disease: a scoping review

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To provide a comprehensive overview of interventions that support shared decision-making (SDM) for treatment modality decisions in advanced kidney disease (AKD). To provide summarised information on their content, use and reported results.
Anne M Stiggelbout, Noel Engels, Paul van der Nat, Marinus van den Dorpel, Gretchen N de Graav   +4 more
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The Intervention Selection Toolbox to improve patient-relevant outcomes: an implementation and qualitative evaluation study in colorectal cancer surgery

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background The concept of value-based healthcare is being used worldwide to improve healthcare. The Intervention Selection Toolbox was developed to bridge the gap of value-based healthcare, between insights in outcomes and actual quality improvement ...
Bo Smalbroek, Joanna Vijverberg, Milad Fahim, Lea Dijksman, Douwe Biesma, Anke Smits, Frits van Merode, Paul van der Nat   +7 more
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Reducing antimicrobial overuse through targeted therapy for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a study protocol for a cluster-randomized factorial controlled trial (CARE-CAP)

Trials, 2023
Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a significant public health concern and a leading cause of hospitalization and inpatient antimicrobial use in the USA. However, determining the etiologic pathogen is challenging because traditional culture
Abhishek Deshpande, Ramara Walker, Rebecca Schulte, Andrea M. Pallotta, Larisa G. Tereshchenko, Bo Hu, Sameer S. Kadri, Michael Klompas, Michael B. Rothberg   +8 more
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