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Therapy
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Tests the effectiveness of a treatment such as a drug, surgical procedure, or other interven Tests the effectiveness of a treatment such as a drug, surgical procedure, or other interventiontion
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o Prognosis
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Determines how the natural course of an illness will be affected by the introduction of an intervention
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o Etiology/Harm
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Determines whether an agent is related to the development of an illness (including SEs)
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o Diagnosis
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Measures the validity and reliability of a diagnostic test
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best level of evidence for therapy
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RCT --> cohort --> case control --> case series
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best level of evidence for etiology/harm
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RCT -->cohort --> case control --> case series
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best level of evidence for prognosis
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longitudinal cohort --> case control --> case series
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best level of evidence for diagnosis
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cross sectional survey comparing new test to gold standard
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o ACP Journal Club
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Critical appraisal of previously published articles
Adds conclusions and commentaries Limitis: Clinical studies categories Retrieve full article: EBM Article Review |
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o Cochrane Database
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Original high quality systematic reviews
Adds implications for practice/research Limits; systematic reviews Retrieve full article: EBM Topic Review |
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o DARE
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Critical appraisal of previously published systematic reviews
Adds results of review and author’s conclusions Retrieve full article: EBM Article Review |
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o PubMed
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Largest
Basic limits Retrieve by Miami online icon |
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steps to breaking bad news
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1-create a conducive environment
2-find out what person knows 3-find out what they want to know 4-share the information 5-respond to patients feelings 6-planning and follow-through |
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defining geriatrics
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age least important, multiple chronic conditions, special needs, patient expresses his symptoms in terms of functional loss
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paradoxical care-giver
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when an old parent takes care of a disabled child
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5 Rs for pt considering quiting smoking
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relevance, risks, rewards, roadblocks, repetition
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3 components to succesful quiting of smoking
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social support, nicotine replacement, skills training
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signs of child abuse (bruises)
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to the buttocks, not over bony prominences
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signs of child abuse (fractures)
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at different stages of healing, spiral fractures
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most common cause of child abuse
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driving wo kid in seatbelt
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child sex abuse is
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chronic, perp is well known to child, not meant to hurt bc perp wants to repeat
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how often is PE indicative of sexual abuse
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5%, HX key
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what sign is a high risk for an abuser to kill a kid nex ttime
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BITES
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legal standard for child abuse in juvenile crt v. criminal crt
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preponderance of evidence v. beyond a reasonable doubt
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services on record provided indicated by
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CPT code
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diagnosis on record indicated by
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ICD-9-CM code
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CPT is
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level of care based on Hx, PE, medical decision making
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HCFA 1500
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claim submission form
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discounted fee for service
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hospital or md gets a % of current fees negotiated with plan
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capitation
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provider gets fixed about to provide care to a certain group
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basic policy
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covers initial expense (not including deductibles, co-pays/insurance) with upper limit
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major medical poluicy
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picks up where basic policy leaves off - for major events
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indemnity policy
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pays a fixed $ under certain conditions (not necesarily medical)
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medigap insurance
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pays most of health insurance charges not covered by Medicare Parts A and B
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Medicare Part A
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inpatient hospital, nursing facility, mode health agency care, hospice care
financed through mandataroy payroll tax |
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part B medicare
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medical expenses
financed by contributions from premiums and US Tresury |
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part C medicare
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medicare + choice program - HMO where medicare benefits assigned to plan and medicare cannot be used outside plan
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part D medicare
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durgs (has doughnut hole)
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what does it mean if an md "does not "accept assignment" for medicare
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may charge up to 15% more than emdicare rates
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POS plan
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HMO with out of network option at high co-insurance rate
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% of clinical decisions made with little evidence or only consensus
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51%
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CPT has how many levels
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4
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value-based purchasing
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create direct linkage between what is spent by purchaser of health care and the value
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pay-for-performance
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pay mroe to mdswho do better
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ABCs of behavioral developemtn
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all behavior is about communication
antecedent, behavior, consequence |