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About 6 to 28 percent of seniors refuse home health care offered when they are discharged from the hospital

Report Addresses Patient Refusal of Home Health Care Services

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Importance of home health care services increasing, partly due to shorter hospital stays, complex needs
Opioid-related hospitalizations among women in the United States increased far faster than among men between 2005 and 2014

Sharp Rise Among Women for Opioid-Related Hospitalizations

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U.S. cases rose 75 percent for females versus 55 percent for males over a decade, researchers say
Diabetic ketoacidosis during pregnancy poses risk for the fetus during and after the event

Diabetic Ketoacidosis Poses Fetal Risk During/After Event

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Risk of fetal demise increased with maternal ICU admission and higher serum osmolality during DKA
Therapeutic patient education interventions can promote self-management in selected cardiovascular conditions

Education Can Promote Self-Management in CVD Conditions

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Most effective interventions are tailored to individual patient needs, use multiple components
Most serious adverse events in nursing homes are caused by medication errors

Causes of Serious Adverse Events in Nursing Homes Identified

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Most serious adverse events caused by medication errors, falls, delayed or inappropriate intervention
A community-based interventionist-guided weight-loss program is efficacious for early-stage African-American breast cancer survivors

Weight-Loss Program Aids Black Breast Cancer Survivors

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Community-based, interventionist-guided weight loss program efficacious for early-stage survivors
For HIV-positive patients

Financial Incentives May Increase Viral Suppression in HIV

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No increase in linkage to care, but increase noted in viral suppression and continuity of care
For patients undergoing coronary angiography

Risk of Cardiovascular Events Similar With, Without Diabetes

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Patients with versus without diabetes, without CAD, were more often treated with statins and aspirin
A white paper has been developed by the American Urological Association Quality Improvement and Patient Safety committee with respect to the diagnosis and management of nonneurogenic chronic urinary retention; the paper was published in the July issue of The Journal of Urology.

AUA Reports on Nonneurogenic Chronic Urinary Retention

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Treatment algorithm proposed based on stratification of patients by risk and by symptoms
Physicians who receive information about patient harms are more likely to support financial penalties targeting inappropriate antibiotic prescribing

Support for Financial Penalties Up With Emphasis on Patient Harms

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Penalties supported by 41% of physician recipients of clinical vignette describing harms to patient