Journal of general internal medicine
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Ambulatory hypercholesterolemia management in patients with atherosclerosis. Gender and race differences in processes and outcomes.
To determine whether outpatient cholesterol management varies by gender or race among patients with atherosclerosis, and assess factors related to subsequent cholesterol control. ⋯ In this high-risk population with uncontrolled cholesterol, cholesterol management was less intensive for women than men but similar for black and white patients. Less intense cholesterol management accounted for some of the disparity in cholesterol control between women and men but not between black and white patients.
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To describe local health care market dynamics that support increasing use of hospitalists' services and changes in their roles. ⋯ These findings have important implications for patients, hospitalists, and their employers. Hospitalists may require changes in education and training, develop competing goals and priorities, and face new issues in their relationships with health plans, hospitals, and other physicians.