Search Results - "Raymond Kang"
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Incorporating Expected Outcomes Into Clinical Decision‐Making for Total Knee Arthroplasty
Published in Arthritis care & research (2010) (01-05-2023)“…Objective Expected outcomes (e.g., expected survivorship after a cancer treatment) have improved decision‐making around treatment options in many clinical…”
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Social Needs Identified by Diagnostic Codes in Privately Insured U.S. Adults
Published in American journal of preventive medicine (01-12-2022)“…The relationships between healthcare use and social needs are not fully understood. In 2015, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision coding…”
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A complex culturally targeted intervention to reduce Hispanic disparities in living kidney donor transplantation: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid study protocol
Published in BMC health services research (16-05-2018)“…The shortage of organs for kidney transplantation for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is magnified in Hispanics/Latin Americans in the United…”
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Association Between ICD-10 Codes for Social Needs and Subsequent Emergency and Inpatient Use
Published in Medical care (01-01-2024)“…International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision Z codes capture social needs related to health care encounters and may identify elevated risk of acute…”
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Increased Emergency Department Use in Illinois After Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Published in Annals of emergency medicine (01-02-2017)“…Study objective We examine emergency department (ED) use and hospitalizations through the ED after Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) health…”
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Increasing prevalence of cirrhosis among insured adults in the United States, 2012-2018
Published in PloS one (26-02-2024)“…Liver cirrhosis is a chronic disease that is known as a "silent killer" and its true prevalence is difficult to describe. It is imperative to accurately…”
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A comprehensive risk assessment of mortality following donation after cardiac death liver transplant – An analysis of the national registry
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-10-2011)“…Background & Aims Organ scarcity has resulted in increased utilization of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors. Prior analysis of patient survival…”
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Treatment modification after initiating second-line medication for type 2 diabetes
Published in The American journal of managed care (01-12-2023)“…To describe changes in antidiabetic medication (ADM) use and characteristics associated with changes in ADM use after initiation of noninsulin second-line…”
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Association of Second-line Antidiabetic Medications With Cardiovascular Events Among Insured Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
Published in JAMA network open (07-12-2018)“…Understanding cardiovascular outcomes of initiating second-line antidiabetic medications (ADMs) may help inform treatment decisions after metformin alone is…”
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Initiating second-line antidiabetic medication among older adults with type 2 diabetes on Metformin
Published in BMC geriatrics (03-02-2022)“…Antidiabetic medications (ADM), especially sulfonylureas (SFU) and basal insulin (BI), are associated with increased risk of hypoglycemia, which is especially…”
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Is there variation in utilization of preoperative tests among patients undergoing total hip and knee replacement in the US, and does it affect outcomes? A population-based analysis
Published in BMC musculoskeletal disorders (10-11-2022)“…To describe recent practice patterns of preoperative tests and to examine their association with 90-day all-cause readmissions and length of stay…”
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Costs for commercially insured adults prescribed second-line diabetes medications
Published in The American journal of managed care (01-03-2021)“…To examine differences in health care costs associated with choice of second-line antidiabetes medication (ADM) for commercially insured adults with type 2…”
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Disparities Persist Among Hispanic Patients: Completing Evaluation, Waitlisting, and Receiving a Kidney Transplant
Published in Transplantation direct (01-03-2024)“…Hispanic patients receive disproportionately fewer kidney transplants (KT) than non-Hispanic White (NHW) patients. In this observational study, we evaluated…”
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Comparative cardiovascular effects of GLP‐1 agonists using real‐world data
Published in Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism (01-05-2023)“…Aims There is limited research using real‐world data to evaluate protective cardiovascular effects of glucagon‐like peptide‐1 (GLP‐1) agonists among adults…”
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Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations Through the Emergency Department by Payer: Comparing 2003 and 2009
Published in The Journal of emergency medicine (01-01-2016)“…Abstract Background Ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations (ACSHs) are hospitalizations that may have been preventable with timely and effective outpatient…”
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Emergency Department Use across 88 Small Areas after Affordable Care Act Implementation in Illinois
Published in The western journal of emergency medicine (01-08-2017)“…This study analyzes changes in hospital emergency department (ED) visit rates before and after the 2014 Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance expansions in…”
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Use of Quality Improvement Interventions and the Link to Performance on Percutaneous Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Published in The Journal of emergency medicine (01-06-2015)“…Abstract Background Despite numerous calls for hospitals to employ quality improvement (QI) interventions to improve emergency department (ED) performance,…”
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Glycemic Outcomes of Second-Line Diabetes Drug Choice in a Real-World Population
Published in Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes (01-06-2021)“…Hypoglycemia and acute metabolic complications (AMCs; ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, and coma) are glycemic outcomes that have high cost and high morbidity;…”
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Impact of having potential living donors on ethnic/racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation
Published in American journal of transplantation (01-10-2022)“…Racial/ethnic disparities persist in patients' access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). This study assessed the impact of having available…”
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Geographic Variation in NAFLD Prevalence and Subspecialty Care Utilization Among Insured Adults in the United States
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