JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Practice Guideline
Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.
Impairment of visual acuity is a serious public health problem in older adults. The number of persons 60 years or older with impaired visual acuity (defined as best corrected visual acuity worse than 20/40 but better than 20/200) was estimated at 2.91 million in 2015, and the number who are blind (defined as best corrected visual acuity of 20/200 or worse) was estimated at 760 000. Impaired visual acuity is consistently associated with decreased quality of life in older persons, including reduced ability to perform activities of daily living, work, and drive safely, as well as increased risk of falls and other unintentional injuries. ⋯ The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for impaired visual acuity in older adults. (I statement).
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Multicenter Study
Association of Physician Adenoma Detection Rates With Postcolonoscopy Colorectal Cancer.
Although colonoscopy is frequently performed in the United States, there is limited evidence to support threshold values for physician adenoma detection rate as a quality metric. ⋯ Within 3 large community-based settings, colonoscopies by physicians with higher adenoma detection rates were significantly associated with lower risks of postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer across a broad range of adenoma detection rate values. These findings may help inform recommended targets for colonoscopy quality measures.
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This study evaluates US hospitals’ disclosure of standard service charges as mandated by a federal price transparency rule and hospital characteristics among acute care hospitals.