Objective: To assess the relationship between depression and anxiety comorbidity on pain
intensity, pain-related disability, and health-related quality of life (HRQL). Methods: Analysis …

Background Current methods of risk adjustment rely on diagnoses recorded in clinical and
administrative records. Differences among providers in diagnostic practices could lead to bias…

Per capita Medicare spending is more than twice as high in New York City and Miami than
in places like Salem, Oregon. How much of these differences can be explained by Medicare’s …

The belief that integrated delivery systems offer better care at lower cost has contributed to
growing interest in accountable care organizations. These provider-led delivery systems …

Background Little is known about the role of emerging plant-based dietary patterns in
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk at the national population level. Objectives The objectives of …

BACKGROUND Inadequate pain assessment is a barrier to appropriate pain management,
but single-item “pain screening” provides limited information about chronic pain. …

Context Pain and depression are the most common physical and psychological symptoms
in primary care, respectively. Moreover, they co-occur 30% to 50% of the time and have …

Background. Aiming to align provider incentives toward improving quality and efficiency, the
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is considering broader bundling of hospital and …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a progressive multi-organ disease with significant morbidity placing
extensive demands on the healthcare system. Little is known about those individuals with CF …

BACKGROUND: Most estimates of short‐ and long‐term survival after hepatic resection of
colorectal cancer metastases are derived from surgical case series. For the current report, the …