Annals of internal medicine
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Payers and policymakers are rewarding high-performing health care providers on the basis of summaries of overall quality performance, and the methods they use for measuring performance are increasingly important. ⋯ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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In their article, Tartof and colleagues reported the association of obesity with COVID-19 outcomes in a large population. The editorialist discusses why the findings of this new study and prior research should put to rest the contention that obesity is common in severe COVID-19 because it is common in the population. Obesity is an important independent risk factor for severe COVID-19 disease.
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Chan KK, Joo DA, McRae AD, et al. Chest ultrasonography versus supine chest radiography for diagnosis of pneumothorax in trauma patients in the emergency department. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020;7:CD013031. 32702777.
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Use of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has increased nationwide, but the magnitude and distribution of PrEP medication costs across the health care system are unknown. ⋯ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Cohen A, Li T, Stankard B, Nelson M. A prospective evaluation of point-of-care ultrasonographic diagnosis of diverticulitis in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2020. [Epub ahead of print]. 32653332.