May 13 & 14, 2008, Blue, Plum Island, MA

Blue Group_08

Journal Club I Papers:

[Lucas] Hsu J, Fung V, Price M, et. al. “Medicare Beneficiaries’ Knowledge of Part D Prescription Drug Program Benefits and Responses to Drug Costs.” JAMA, 2008;299(16):1928-1936.

[Lucas] Madden, JM, Graves AJ, Zhang F, et. al. “Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence and Spending on Basic Needs Following Implementation of Medicare Part D.” JAMA, 2008;299(16):1922-1936.

[Stukel] Tu JV, Bowen J, Chiu M, et. al. “Effectiveness and Safety of Drug-Eluting Stents in Ontario.” NEJM, 2007.

Journal Club II Papers:

[Barnato] Ezzati, M, Friedman AB, Kulkarni, SC, Murray CJL. “The Reversal of Fortunes: Trends in County Mortality and Cross-County Mortality Disparities in the United States.” Plos Medicine, 2008;5(4):0001-0012.

[Skinner] Williams J. “Geographic Variations in Health Care Utilization: The Effects of Social Capital and Self-Interest.” AARP, 2006 .

[Bynum] Tatsioni A, Bonitsis NG, Ioannidis JPA. “Persistence of Contradicted Claims in the Literature.” JAMA 2007 298(21):2517-2526.
Sutherland-Manning WG, Stefos T, Burgess JF, Christiansen CL, Morris CN. “Practical Risk Adjustment for Paying Health Care Providers—Is The Cream That Skimmed Credible or Must we Shrink From Normal Deviations?” NBER Working Paper, 2008.

[Stukel] Reschovsky JD, O’Malley A. “Do Primary Care Physicians Treating Minority Patients Report Problems Delivering High-Quality Care?” Health Affair 2008;Web Exclusive:w222-w231.