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Value-Based Purchasing Programs (VBPs): Are the Quality Measures Used "Fit for Purpose"? by Roman, Sheila H, Major, Catherine Eikel

“…Quality measurement is an intrinsic component of value-based purchasing, yet the quality measures currently in use for Value-Based Purchasing Programs (VBPs)…”
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Hospitalizations, Nursing Home Admissions, and Deaths Attributable to Diabetes by Russell, Louise B, Valiyeva, Elmira, Roman, Sheila H, Pogach, Leonard M, Suh, Dong-Churl, Safford, Monika M

“…OBJECTIVE:--To estimate all-cause hospitalizations, nursing home admissions, and deaths attributable to diabetes using a new methodology based on longitudinal…”
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Diabetes Is the Strongest Risk Factor for Lower-Extremity Amputation in New Hemodialysis Patients by SPECKMAN, Rebecca A, FRANKENFIFLD, Diane L, ROMAN, Sheila H, EGGERS, Paul W, BEDINGER, Marjorie R, ROCCO, Michaei V, MCCLELLAN, William M

“…Diabetes Is the Strongest Risk Factor for Lower-Extremity Amputation in New Hemodialysis Patients Rebecca A. Speckman , BA 1 , Diane L. Frankenfield , DRPH 2 ,…”
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Windows of Opportunity to Improve Diabetes Care When Patients With Diabetes Are Hospitalized for Other Conditions by ROMAN, Sheila H, CHASSIN, Mark R

“…Windows of Opportunity to Improve Diabetes Care When Patients With Diabetes Are Hospitalized for Other Conditions Sheila H. Roman , MD, MPH 1 2 and Mark R…”
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Trends in Care Practices and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes by Kuo, Sylvia, Fleming, Barbara B., Gittings, Neil S., Han, Lein F., Geiss, Linda S., Engelgau, Michael M., Roman, Sheila H.

“…While diabetes is a major issue for the aging U.S. population, few studies have described the recent trends in both preventive care practices and complications…”
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Survival advantage for adult Hispanic hemodialysis patients? Findings from the end-stage renal disease clinical performance measures project by FRANKENFIELD, Diane L, ROCCO, Michael V, ROMAN, Sheila H, MCCLELLAN, William M

“…One-year follow-up mortality in Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients and its association with intermediate outcomes of dialytic care were examined utilizing the…”
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Effect of a bicultural community health worker on completion of diabetes education in a Hispanic population by Corkery, E, Palmer, C, Foley, M.E, Schechter, C.B, Frisher, L, Roman, S.H

“…To determine the effect of a bicultural community health worker (CHW) on completion of diabetes education in an inner-city Hispanic patient population and to…”
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Higher Incidence of Diabetes in Liver Transplant Recipients With Hepatitis C by Knobler, Hilla, Stagnaro-Green, Alex, Wallenstein, Sylvan, Schwartz, Myron, Roman, Sheila H

“…We assessed the clinical and biochemical parameters associated with the development of posttransplantation diabetes (PTDM) in 52 liver transplant recipients…”
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Disparity in outcomes for adult Native American hemodialysis patients? Findings from the ESRD Clinical Performance Measures Project, 1996 to 1999 by Frankenfield, Diane L., Roman, Sheila H., Rocco, Michael V., Bedinger, Marjorie R., McClellan, William M.

“…Disparity in outcomes for adult Native American hemodialysis patients? Findings from the ESRD Clinical Performance Measures Project, 1996 to 1999. There is a…”
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Unsuspected Osteomyelitis in Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Diagnosis and Monitoring by Leukocyte Scanning With Indium In 111 Oxyquinoline by Newman, Lisa G, Waller, John, Palestro, Christopher J, Schwartz, Myron, Klein, Michael J, Hermann, George, Harrington, Elizabeth, Harrington, Martin, Roman, Sheila H, Stagnaro-Green, Alex

“…Objective.—The prevalence of osteomyelitis in diabetic foot ulcers is unknown. Early diagnosis of this infection is critical, as prompt antibiotic treatment…”
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Detection of At-Risk Pregnancy by Means of Highly Sensitive Assays for Thyroid Autoantibodies by Stagnaro-Green, Alex, Roman, Sheila H, Cobin, Rhoda H, El-Harazy, Essam, Alvarez-Marfany, Michael, Davies, Terry F

“…We screened 552 women who presented to their obstetrician in the first trimester of pregnancy using highly sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the…”
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Strategies today for higher quality heart failure care tomorrow by Roman, Sheila H., Paul, Barbara R.

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Lipid lowering does not improve endothelial function in subjects with poorly controlled diabetes by Mansourati, J, Newman, L G, Roman, S H, Travis, A, Rafey, M, Phillips, R A

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When Patients with Diabetes Are Hospitalized for Co-Morbid Conditions, Can Diabetes Care Be Improved? by ROMAN, SHEILA H, CHASSIN, MARK R

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Long-term prospective study of postpartum thyroid dysfunction in women with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus by Alvarez-Marfany, M, Roman, S H, Drexler, A J, Robertson, C, Stagnaro-Green, A

“…Postpartum thyroid dysfunction (PPTD) is a common autoimmune disorder. Type I diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is an autoimmune disease with a high incidence of…”
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Management of diabetes mellitus from a public health perspective by Roman, S H, Harris, M I

“…This article details the scope and the impact of diabetes in the United States including the prevalence, demographics, morbidity and mortality, and costs. The…”
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Genetics of autoimmune thyroid disease: lack of evidence for linkage to HLA within families by Roman, S H, Greenberg, D, Rubinstein, P, Wallenstein, S, Davies, T F

“…Clinical and epidemiologic observations, including the association of Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) with the HLA gene complex, support…”
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Maternal characteristics, neonatal outcome, and the time of diagnosis of gestational diabetes by Berkowitz, G S, Roman, S H, Lapinski, R H, Alvarez, M

“…A study was undertaken to evaluate the yield of early, routine screening for gestational diabetes and to determine whether maternal characteristics and…”
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The luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist [D-Trp6-Pro9-NEt]LHRH increased rather than lowered LH and alpha-subunit levels in a patient with an LH-secreting pituitary tumor by Roman, S H, Goldstein, M, Kourides, I A, Comite, F, Bardin, C W, Krieger, D T

“…Episodic secretion of LH, and the responses of serum LH, alpha-subunit, and testosterone concentrations to the acute administration of LHRH and the chronic…”
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Detection of Osteomyelitis Associated With Diabetic Foot Ulcers-Reply by Newman, Lisa G, Waller, John, Palestro, Christopher J, Schwartz, Myron, Klein, Michael J, Hermann, George, Harrington, Martin, Harrington, Elizabeth, Roman, Sheila H, Stagnaro-Green, Alex

“…In Reply.—Our conclusion that leukocyte scanning can distinguish between soft tissue and bone infection is supported by the low false-positive (10%) and…”
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