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Disease Management

Disease management focuses on the appropriate coordination and utilization of care and resources in the treatment of chronic diseases. The goal is to improve quality of life and prevent or at least minimize crises. We are leading the effort to use electronic health records to support disease management and thereby improve patient care.  

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Failure to Utilize Diabetes Health Services Following a Referral

This study will utilize the new electronic referral system to evaluate social disparities in the patterns and predictors of failure of patients to utilize preventive health services which have been referred by their providers.
Funder: Nat. Inst.of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease
Principal Investigator: Karter, Andrew

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Long-Term Morbidity and Mortality for Liver Transplant Recipients: Understanding the Causes of Death and Identifying Modifiable Risk Factors to Improve Survival (formerly "Outcomes of Liver Transplantation")

The goal is to determine the long-term outcomes of liver transplant patients, their causes of death, and potential morbidities (renal failure, diabetes, etc.).
Funder: Univ. of California, San Francisco Project Grant
Principal Investigator: Corley, Douglas

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HIV Infection, Immunodeficiency, Viral Replication, and the Risk of Cancer

Silverberg, M. J.; Chao, C.; Leyden, W. A.; Xu, L.; Horberg, M. A.; Klein, D.; Towner, W. J.; Dubrow, R.; Quesenberry, C. P., Jr.; Neugebauer, R. S.; Abrams, D. I.;
 
Nov 22 2011
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Statin Use During Ischemic Stroke Hospitalization Is Strongly Associated With Improved Poststroke Survival

Flint, A. C.; Kamel, H.; Navi, B. B.; Rao, V. A.; Faigeles, B. S.; Conell, C.; Klingman, J. G.; Sidney, S.; Hills, N. K.; Sorel, M.; Cullen, S. P.; Johnston, S. C.;
 
Oct 20 2011
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Outcomes registry for better informed treatment of atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of ORBIT-AF

Piccini, J. P.; Fraulo, E. S.; Ansell, J. E.; Fonarow, G. C.; Gersh, B. J.; Go, A. S.; Hylek, E. M.; Kowey, P. R.; Mahaffey, K. W.; Thomas, L. E.; Kong, M. H.; Lopes, R. D.; Mills, R. M.; Peterson, E. D.;
  162 (4): 606-612 e1
Oct 2011
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Continuing care and long-term substance use outcomes in managed care: early evidence for a primary care-based model

Chi, F. W.; Parthasarathy, S.; Mertens, J. R.; Weisner, C. M.;
  62 (10): 1194-200
Oct 2011
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Chronic kidney disease and risk for presenting with acute myocardial infarction versus stable exertional angina in adults with coronary heart disease

Go, A. S.; Bansal, N.; Chandra, M.; Lathon, P. V.; Fortmann, S. P.; Iribarren, C.; Hsu, C. Y.; Hlatky, M. A.;
  58 (15): 1600-7
Oct 4 2011
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Chronic kidney disease and risk for presenting with acute myocardial infarction versus stable exertional angina in adults with coronary heart disease

Go, A. S.; Bansal, N.; Chandra, M.; Lathon, P. V.; Fortmann, S. P.; Iribarren, C.; Hsu, C. Y.; Hlatky, M. A.;
Journal of the American College of Cardiology  58 (15): 1600-7
Oct 4 2011
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Patient-Reported Racial/Ethnic Healthcare Provider Discrimination and Medication Intensification in the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)

Lyles, C. R.; Karter, A. J.; Young, B. A.; Spigner, C.; Grembowski, D.; Schillinger, D.; Adler, N.;
Journal of general internal medicine  26 (10): 1138-44
Oct 2011
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Patient-Reported Racial/Ethnic Healthcare Provider Discrimination and Medication Intensification in the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)

Lyles, C. R.; Karter, A. J.; Young, B. A.; Spigner, C.; Grembowski, D.; Schillinger, D.; Adler, N.;
  26 (10): 1138-44
Oct 2011
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Formal and informal substance use treatment utilization and alcohol abstinence over seven years: Is the relationship different for blacks and whites?

Avalos, L. A.; Mulia, N.;
Drug and alcohol dependence 
Sep 20 2011
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Formal and informal substance use treatment utilization and alcohol abstinence over seven years: Is the relationship different for blacks and whites?

Avalos, L. A.; Mulia, N.;
 
Sep 20 2011
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Racial/ethnic differences in initiation of adjuvant hormonal therapy among women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

Livaudais, J. C.; Hershman, D. L.; Habel, L.; Kushi, L.; Gomez, S. L.; Li, C. I.; Neugut, A. I.; Fehrenbacher, L.; Thompson, B.; Coronado, G. D.;
 
Sep 16 2011
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Provision of Contraceptive Services to Women with Diabetes Mellitus

Schwarz, E. B.; Postlethwaite, D.; Hung, Y. Y.; Lantzman, E.; Armstrong, M. A.; Horberg, M. A.;
 
Sep 16 2011
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Racial/ethnic differences in initiation of adjuvant hormonal therapy among women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

Livaudais, J. C.; Hershman, D. L.; Habel, L.; Kushi, L.; Gomez, S. L.; Li, C. I.; Neugut, A. I.; Fehrenbacher, L.; Thompson, B.; Coronado, G. D.;
Breast cancer research and treatment 
Sep 16 2011
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Provision of Contraceptive Services to Women with Diabetes Mellitus

Schwarz, E. B.; Postlethwaite, D.; Hung, Y. Y.; Lantzman, E.; Armstrong, M. A.; Horberg, M. A.;
Journal of general internal medicine 
Sep 16 2011
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Potential role of differential medication use in explaining excess risk of cardiovascular events and death associated with chronic kidney disease: a cohort study

Bansal, N.; Hsu, C. Y.; Chandra, M.; Iribarren, C.; Fortmann, S. P.; Hlatky, M. A.; Go, A. S.;
  12 (1): 44(9p)
Sep 14 2011
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