Nadia A. Khan, MD, MSc; Stella S. Daskalopoulou, MD, PhD; Igor Karp, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(20):1863-1871. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10149
Khan et al evaluate sex differences in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) presentation and estimate associations between sex, sociodemographic, gender identity, psychosocial and clinical factors, markers of coronary disease severity, and absence of chest pain in young patients with ACS. Akinkuolie and Mora comment in their editorial.
Mark H. Ebell, MD, MS; Woncheol Jang, PhD; Ye Shen, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(20):1872-1878. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10037
Ebell et al developed a simple prearrest point score that can identify patients unlikely to survive in-hospital cardiac arrest neurologically intact or with minimal deficits. See the viewpoint by Berger and the editor’s note by Covinsky.
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Editor's Note
Using the GO-FAR Score
Kenneth E. Covinsky, MD
Health Care Reform
David J. Nyweide, PhD; Denise L. Anthony, PhD; Julie P. W. Bynum, MD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(20):1879-1885. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10059
Nyweide and coauthors determined whether Medicare patients with ambulatory visit patterns indicating higher continuity of care have a lower risk of preventable hospitalization. See the Article by Gupta and Bodenheimer.
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Invited Commentary
How Primary Care Practices Can Improve Continuity of Care
Reena Gupta, MD; Thomas Bodenheimer, MD
Thanh N. Huynh, MD, MSHS; Eric C. Kleerup, MD; Joshua F. Wiley, MA; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(20):1887-1894. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10261
Huynh et al quantify the prevalence and cost of treatment perceived to be futile in adult critical care. Truog and White provide an Invited Commentary.
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Invited Commentary
Futile Treatments in Intensive Care Units
Robert D. Truog, MD; Douglas B. White, MD, MAS
Less Is More
Maarten de Mulder, MD; Victor A. Umans, MD, PhD; Jan H. Cornel, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(20):1896-1904. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10074
de Mulder et al evaluate the effectiveness and safety of intensive glucose management in patients with acute coronary syndrome who have hyperglycemia on hospital admission. An invited commentary is provided by Dandona and Boden.
Health Care Reform
Meredith B. Rosenthal, PhD; Mark W. Friedberg, MD, MPP; Sara J. Singer, MBA, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(20):1907-1913. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10063
Rosenthal and coauthors evaluate the effects of the pilot program of a multipayer patient-centered medical home on health care utilization and quality. See the Invited Commentary by Grumbach.