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The Medicare population accounts for majority of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalizations in United States (US). Integrated care models and Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program have raised concerns due to lack of best practices. Monitoring of healthcare utilization prior to a COPD hospitalization may identify potential predictors of admission.
Undertreatment has been a prevalent problem among patients with serious mental illnesses (SMI), including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and depressive disorders. However, previous research has focused on patients under the age of 50. This study aims to quantify pharmacological treatment incidence among older adults with SMI and visualize associated regional variation.
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-cutaneous cancer diagnosed in American men, with a median age of diagnosis of 66 years. There is limited information regarding the impact of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening on PCa outcomes considering the role of contextual characteristics. This study examined geographic variation in the effect of PSA-based screening on PCa outcomes, and county-level factors underlying such variation among Medicare-eligible older men.
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