Recommendations for conduct, methodological practices, and reporting of cost-effectiveness analyses: second panel on cost-effectiveness in health and medicine

GD Sanders, PJ Neumann, A Basu, DW Brock… - Jama, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Since publication of the report by the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and
Medicine in 1996, researchers have advanced the methods of cost-effectiveness analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Association of vitamin D status and other clinical characteristics with COVID-19 test results

DO Meltzer, TJ Best, H Zhang, T Vokes… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Vitamin D treatment has been found to decrease the incidence of viral
respiratory tract infection, especially in patients with vitamin D deficiency. Whether vitamin D …

What does the value of modern medicine say about the $50,000 per quality-adjusted life-year decision rule?

RS Braithwaite, DO Meltzer, JT King Jr, D Leslie… - Medical care, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background: In the United States, $50,000 per Quality-Adjusted Life-Year (QALY) is a
decision rule that is often used to guide interpretation of cost-effectiveness analyses …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital readmission in general medicine patients: a prediction model

O Hasan, DO Meltzer, SA Shaykevich, CM Bell… - Journal of general …, 2010 - Springer
Background Previous studies of hospital readmission have focused on specific conditions or
populations and generated complex prediction models. Objective To identify predictors of …

Multicenter comparison of machine learning methods and conventional regression for predicting clinical deterioration on the wards

MM Churpek, TC Yuen, C Winslow… - Critical care …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Machine learning methods are flexible prediction algorithms that may be more
accurate than conventional regression. We compared the accuracy of different techniques …

Primary outcomes for resuscitation science studies: a consensus statement from the American Heart Association

LB Becker, TP Aufderheide, RG Geocadin… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—The guidelines presented in this consensus statement are
intended to serve researchers, clinicians, reviewers, and regulators in the selection of the …

Patient-physician communication about out-of-pocket costs

GC Alexander, LP Casalino, DO Meltzer - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
ContextOut-of-pocket costs account for approximately one fifth of health care expenditures
and are increasing. Previous research suggests that these costs are associated with …

Estimate of the carbon footprint of the US health care sector

JW Chung, DO Meltzer - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Results. The results are presented in the TABLE. The health care sector, including upstream
supply-chain activities, contributed an estimated total of 546 MMTCO2Eq, of which 254 …

Patient perceptions of quality of life with diabetes-related complications and treatments

ES Huang, SES Brown, BG Ewigman, EC Foley… - Diabetes …, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—Understanding how individuals weigh the quality of life associated with
complications and treatments is important in assessing the economic value of diabetes care …

Does doctor–patient communication affect patient satisfaction with hospital care? Results of an analysis with a novel instrumental variable

SL Clever, L Jin, W Levinson… - Health services …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To determine the relationship between physicians' communication behaviors and
patients' overall satisfaction with hospital care using a novel instrumental variable to address …