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The Rise of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
24 January 2012
The newly formed US Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has been tasked with “helping people make informed health care decisions and improving health care delivery and outcomes by pro...
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Rachael Fleurence
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Who Will Take Care of Us? Exploring Differences in Respondents’ Satisfaction with Primary Care vs Specialty Care Physicians
07 November 2011
Abstract: Objective: Our study explored perceived patient satisfaction with either primary care or specialist physicians to identify factors accounting for the differences. Study Design: The data were...
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Michael Adolph,
Jun Wu,
Steven R. Feldman,
Rajesh Balkrishnan
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e3-e10
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The Quality-of-Life Impact of Head and Neck Cancer: Preference Values from the Canadian General Public
19 December 2011
Abstract: Objectives: To elicit preferences for standardized head and neck cancer (HNC) health states describing the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) impact of cancer type or stage, progression,...
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Shelagh M. Szabo,
Rosie L. Dobson,
Bonnie M.K. Donato,
Gil L’Italien,
Sebastien J. Hotte,
Adrian R. Levy
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e11-e23
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The Ends Justify the Mean: Outcome Measures for Estimating the Value of New Cancer Therapies
16 January 2012
Abstract: Objective: Overall survival is a commonly reported end point in clinical trial publications and a key determinant of therapies’ cost-effectiveness. Patients’ survival times have skewed distr...
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Andrew Davies,
Andrew Briggs,
John Schneider,
Adrian Levy,
Omar Ebeid,
Samuel Wagner,
Srividya Kotapati,
Scott Ramsey
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e25-e36
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Health Outcomes of Interest in Observational Data: Issues in Identifying Definitions in the Literature
28 November 2011
Abstract: Objectives: To describe the literature search strategies and results to inform development of health outcomes of interest (HOI) definitions studied within the Observational Medical Outcomes ...
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Paul E. Stang,
Patrick B. Ryan,
Stacie B. Dusetzina,
Abraham G. Hartzema,
Christian Reich,
J. Marc Overhage,
Judith A. Racoosin
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e37-e44
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Health Care Utilization and Costs in Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder Initiating Add-on Therapy with Benzodiazepines
14 November 2011
Abstract: Objectives: To examine patterns of health care utilization and costs in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) who begin treatment with benzodiazepine anxiolytics as add-on therapy...
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Ariel Berger,
John Edelsberg,
Vamsi Bollu,
Jose Ma. J. Alvir,
Ashish Dugar,
Ashish V. Joshi,
Gerry Oster
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e45-e54
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