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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

These individuals are often high utilizers of health care services, with some of the costliest services being hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits. A difference-in-differences (DID) approach was used to compare outcomes in two groups: Medicaid beneficiaries assigned to KHH and those who were not.

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Long-Term Cancer Risk After Active Surveillance

Physician's Weekly

Analyses were stratified by age at diagnosis (<30 years, ≥30 years), calendar period (1998–2012, 2013–2020), and index cytology (non-high-grade, high-grade). Stratified analyses by age, diagnosis year, and index cytology showed similar outcomes. The primary outcome was vulvar, vaginal, anal cancer, or precancer.

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Fast Facts: Management of sleep apnea in children

PEMBlog

Management is based on data assessed via the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) which is the combined average number of apneas and hypopneas that occur per hour of sleep during a polysomnography (sleep study). Shiffman; Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Pediatrics September 2012; 130 (3): 576–584.

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law

Prescriptions Containing No Diagnosis or Intended Use Controlled substance prescriptions issued with a non-specific diagnosis or no diagnosis. An extended release (“ER”) opioid in legitimate pain management generally accompanies an IR opioid, with patients taking the ER opioid on a set schedule and the IR opioid as needed.

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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

PEMBlog

Youll also learn how to manage exposures in the emergency department, especially when the child has a pregnant caregiver, and why isolation isnt always necessary once the rash shows up. Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Parvovirus B19 Infection. Treatment and Prevention of Parvovirus B19 Infection. UpToDate , Jun. Parvoviruses.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

Before your blood pressure rises as well, know that this PEMBlog article is here to provide an overview of the recognition and management of hypertensive emergencies. Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction.

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A podcast episode about laryngomalacia

PEMBlog

Early diagnosis is crucial as it can impact a child’s growth and development. Learn all about diagnosis and management of this common problem in this brief podcast episode. 2012 Oct;147(4):619-26. Expiratory airway sounds are commonly heard in addition to the stridor, and diagnosis needs scope.