Contributions Conceptualization: Brita Roy, Carley Riley, Jeph Herrin, Erica S. Spatz, Elizabeth Y. Rula, Harlan M. Krumholz. Data curation: Brita Roy, Jeph Herrin, Kenneth P. Kell, Elizabeth Y. Rula. Formal ... analysis: Jeph Herrin. Funding acquisition: Brita Roy, Harlan M. Krumholz. Investigation: Carley Riley. Methodology: Brita Roy, Carley Riley, Jeph Herrin, Erica S. Spatz, Kenneth P. Kell, Elizabeth Y
Contributions Conceptualization: Jeph Herrin, Dan Witters, Brita Roy, Carley Riley, Harlan M. Krumholz. Data curation: Dan Witters. Formal analysis: Jeph Herrin, Diana Liu. Methodology: Jeph Herrin, Dan ... Witters. Writing ± original draft: Jeph Herrin. Writing ± review & editing: Dan Witters, Brita Roy, Carley Riley, Harlan M. Krumholz. 5 / 6 1. Monat SM . Deaths of Despair and Support for Trump in the
BACKGROUND Physician implicit (unconscious, automatic) bias has been shown to contribute to racial disparities in medical care. The impact of medical education on implicit racial bias is unknown. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between change in student implicit racial bias towards African Americans and student reports on their experiences with 1) formal curricula related to...
Background Blunt head trauma is a common cause of death and disability in children worldwide. Cranial computed tomography (CT), the reference standard for the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI), exposes children to ionizing radiation which has been linked to the development of brain tumors, leukemia, and other cancers. We describe the methods used to develop and test the...
Background Chest pain is the second most common reason patients visit emergency departments (EDs) and often results in very low-risk patients being admitted for prolonged observation and advanced cardiac testing. Shared decision-making, including educating patients regarding their 45-day risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and management options, might safely decrease...
Background Comparative effectiveness research (CER) documents important differences in antidepressants in terms of efficacy, safety, cost, and burden to the patient. Decision aids can adapt this evidence to help patients participate in making informed choices. In turn, antidepressant therapy will more likely reflect patients’ values and context, leading to improved adherence and...
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Objective More than half the world's population lives in rural areas; however, we have limited evidence about how to strengthen rural healthcare services. We sought to determine the impact of a systems-based approach to improving rural care, the Ethiopian Millennium Rural Initiative, on key healthcare services indicators.
Background We conducted an Internet-based randomized trial comparing three valence framing presentations of the benefits of antihypertensive medication in preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) for people with newly diagnosed hypertension to determine which framing presentation resulted in choices most consistent with participants' values. Methods and Findings In this second in...
Carling and colleagues carry out a trial evaluating different methods of communicating information to people regarding the risks and benefits of taking statins. They suggest that natural frequencies are likely to be the most appropriate summary statistic for presenting the effects of treatment.
In a randomized trial, Cheryl Carling and colleagues evaluate how people respond to different statistical presentations regarding the consequences of taking antibiotic treatment for sore throat.
Objective To investigate the effectiveness of a quality improvement educational program in rural hospitals. Design Hospital-randomized controlled trial. Setting/Participants A total of 47 rural and small community hospitals in Texas that had previously received a web-based benchmarking and case-review tool. Intervention The 47 hospitals were randomized either to receive formal...
Background Different presentations of treatment effects can affect decisions. However, previous studies have not evaluated which presentations best help people make decisions that are consistent with their own values. We undertook a pilot study to compare different methods for doing this. Methods and Findings We conducted an Internet-based randomized trial comparing summary...
