- ►diabetesjournals.org LM Pogach, M Rajan, DC Aron - Diabetes care, 2006 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Subjects per facility ranged from 163 to 740 (mean 263). Mean overall
HbA 1c (A1C) was 7.58%. A continuous measure for glycemic control was calculated
based on percentage of maximal quality-adjusted life-years saved (QALYsS). ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
LF McMahon Jr, RA Hayward, S Saint, ME … - Am J Manag Care, 2005 - ajmc.com “Healthcare costs continue to rise and are approach- ing a crisis.” This
oft-repeated refrain appears in both popular and professional media and
commentaries. However, the cost-containment discussion thus far has failed ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 4 versions
S O'Malley Ann, C Carolyn, T Joe, K Ravikiran - Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient …, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com M edical practice variation indicates that scientif- ic evidence often does not
get translated into appropriate clinical care. 1,2 Evidence-based clin- ical
practice guidelines (CPGs) are a tool that can facili- tate the translation ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
D Helmer, U Sambamoorthi, Y Shen, CL Tseng … - Primary Care Diabetes, 2008 - Elsevier We used administrative data to define dual-system use (Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) and Medicare) in 1999 for VHA users with diabetes over 65
years old. Quality of diabetes care was determined by the last hemoglobin ... Related articles - All 6 versions
A Forms - ajmc.com The newly adopted performance measures are outcome measures, not processes, and
like most outcomes, patients' risk of having the outcome (A1C <7% or BP <130/80)
will vary dramatically depending on patient attributes (disease severity, ... Related articles - Cached
EA Kerr - ahrq.gov This report summarizes a conference held May 24-25, 2006, in Ann Arbor, MI.
Support for the conference was provided by the Agency for Research on Healthcare
Quality (AHRQ grant R13 HS01628-01), the National Institute for Diabetes ... Related articles - View as HTML - All 9 versions
A Follow - ajmc.com The newly adopted performance measures are outcome measures, not processes, and
like most outcomes, patients' risk of having the outcome (A1C <7% or BP <130/80)
will vary dramatically depending on patient attributes (disease severity, ... Related articles - Cached - All 2 versions
AJ Rose, DR Berlowitz, SM Frayne, EM Hylek - Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com Q uality measurement efforts have grown in sophistication and impact during the
past three decades. However, some areas of clinical practice remain relatively
unaffected by quality measurement. In some cases, this is because it would ... Related articles - All 2 versions
LM Pogach, A Tiwari, M Maney, M Rajan, DR … - American Journal of Managed Care, 2007 - internetgroup.ca Comprehensive diabetes care performance measures were first developed in 19991
and have increasingly been used to mon- itor population health,2 to compare
systems of care,3,4 and to accredit organizations.5 The current public ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 5 versions
EM Cheng, CH Fung - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2007 - pt.wkhealth.com Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and a leading
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