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References for Variation in Utilization of Healthcare Services
Lexington Herald Leader, June 25, 2012
Variation in Healthcare Services In the United States:
Patient Satisfaction:
Knox R and Neel J. Poll: What it’s like to be sick in America. NPR News. May 21, 2012. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/05/21/153019327/poll-what-its-like-to-be-sick-in-america
Recommended Care Not Given:
Preventative Care:
Shires DA, Stange KC, Divine G, Ratliff S, Vashi R, Tai-Seale M, Lafata JE. Prioritization of evidence-based preventive health services during periodic health examinations. Am J Prev Med. 2012 Feb;42(2):164-73.http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/02/06/prse0208.htm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22261213/
Acute and Chronic Care:
McGlynn EA, Asch SM, Adams J, Keesey J, Hicks J, DeCristofaro A, Kerr EA. The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2003 Jun 26;348(26):2635-45.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12826639
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa022615
Cancer Care:
Olivia C. A treatment Innovation to Enable Excellence in Oncology Care. Cancer care treatment patterns & poor clinical outcomes are the major causes of uncontrolled spending. Presentation at the 2012 Medicare Innovation Conference in Washington, DC (Panel 3). Eviti Inc. Jan 26, 2012.
http://www.hcidc.org/about-the-event/event-video-archive
Over Utilization of Care in the United States
Gawande, A. The cost conundrum. The New Yorker. June 1, 2009.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande
The Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare. Understanding of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Healthcare System. http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/
Variations of Care in Kentucky
Diabetes Testing and Evaluation:
Improving Healthcare From the Ground Up. The Commonwealth Fund. March 14, 2012.
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/%20Blog/2012/Mar/From-the-Ground-Up.aspx
Commonwealth Fund Report
Knee and Hip Surgery:
Fisher ES, Bell JE, Tomek IM, Esty AR, Goodman DC Trends and Regional Variation in Hip Knee and Shoulder Replacement. The Dartmouth Institute. April 6, 2010. Page 18.
http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/downloads/reports/Joint_Replacement_0410.pdf
Cesarean Delivery Rates:
KY 2010 Health Quality Indicators. Cabinet for Health and Family Services. State of Kentucky
http://apps2.chfs.ky.gov/MONAHRQ/2010/qual/cls/pro/T_C_A.html?type=1&topic=C&hosps=&rgn=All
Imaging Study Overutilization
Berrington de González A, Mahesh M, Kim KP, Bhargavan M, Lewis R, Mettler F, Land C. Projected cancer risks from computed tomographic scans performed in the United States in 2007. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Dec 14;169(22):2071-7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20008689
Prevedello LM, Raja AS, Zane RD, Sodickson A, Lipsitz S, Schneider L, Hanson R, Mukundan S, Khorasani R. Variation in use of head computed tomography by emergency physicians. Am J Med. 2012 Apr;125(4):356-64. Epub 2012 Feb 10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22325235
Problems with Research Reliability
Begley S. In cancer science, many “discoveries” don’t hold up. Thomson Reuters. Mar. 28, 2012.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/28/us-science-cancer-idUSBRE82R12P20120328?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews
Wislar JS, Flanagin A, Fontanarosa PB, Deangelis CD. Honorary and ghost authorship in high impact biomedical journals: a cross sectional survey. BMJ. 2011 Oct 25;343:d6128. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d6128.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22028479
Heads they win tails we lose. How corporations corrupt science at the public’s expense. Union of Concerned Scientists. February 2012. http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/scientific_integrity/how-corporations-corrupt-science.pdf