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Intensity of medication review activities in private and public clinics [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: We aimed to compare medication review activities between private and public clinics. Setting: One private primary care clinic and two clinics of a safety net hospital system that serves inner-city populations with significant socio-economic challenges. vs 35.4%) and less likely Hispanic (20.7 vs 41.1%) background.

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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective To evaluate the association between patient, health system, geosocial, and environmental factors on the likelihood of MA in Family Medicine clinics. Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania.

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Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models. This study offers insight into the practice patterns of boutique clinic primary care physicians, as well as the estimated public costs of this business model in Ontario. Study Design and Analysis.

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Institutional policies on research-related transportation could help improve research engagement [Clinical research (other)]

Annals of Family Medicine

In addition, information on liability insurance and protections was sought. Conclusions Policies for research-related transportation are scarce among institutions engaged in clinical research. Policies from 17 sites had some language on general liability protections for research personnel.

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Pap-HPV co-testing adoption trends for cervical cancer screening in a multi-state Practice Research Network (PBRN) 2012-2017 [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or dataset: Electronic health record data from 25 primary care clinics in 3 FQHCs in Washington and Idaho PBRN from 2012-2017. Hispanic or Latino, 30% rural and 27% not insured. vs 59.4%, p <0.001), and be insured (83.5% vs 59.4%, p <0.001), and be insured (83.5% were White, 16.0% vs 69.3%, p <0.001).

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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. Phillips, Jr.

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"It All Revolves Around the Pain": Patient Experiences of Navigating Care for Long COVID Pain Symptoms [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design: We conducted seven semi-structured focus groups with 25 adult patients who had a positive COVID test, reported pain as one of their primary LC symptoms at intake, and were seen in the University of Washington Long COVID Clinic for at least one visit between June 2021 to February 2023.

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