Early-Release Articles: 15 May 2008

POSITION PAPER

Information on Cost-Effectiveness: An Essential Product of a National Comparative Effectiveness Program

American College of Physicians

EDITORIALS

A Menu without Prices

Garber

Cost-Effectiveness Information: Yes, It's Important, but Keep It Separate, Please!

Wilensky

Forthcoming in Print

Print Issue: 6 May 2008

ARTICLES

Relative Effectiveness of Osteoporosis Drugs for Preventing Nonvertebral Fracture

Cadarette, Katz, Brookhart, Stürmer, Stedman, and Solomon

Cancer Screening before and after Switching to a High-Deductible Health Plan

Wharam, Galbraith, Kleinman, Soumerai, Ross-Degnan, and Landon

Monitoring Cholesterol Levels: Measurement Error or True Change?

Glasziou, Irwig, Heritier, Simes, and Tonkin

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REVIEWS

Narrative Review: Buprenorphine for Opioid-Dependent Patients in Office Practice

Sullivan and Fiellin

Systematic Review: Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Screen Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer

Warner, Messersmith, Causer, Eisen, Shumak, and Plewes

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CLINICAL GUIDELINES

Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians

Qaseem, Snow, Shekelle, Hopkins, Forciea, and Owens

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Screening for Osteoporosis in Men: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Guideline

Liu, Paige, Goldzweig, Wong, Zhou, Suttorp, Munjas, Orwoll, and Shekelle

EDITORIALS

Comparative Efficacy: What We Know, What We Need to Know, and How We Can Get There

Malozowski

High-Deductible Health Plans and Better Benefit Design

Mahajan and Brook

ON BEING A DOCTOR

Lies to a Patient

Agrawal

IN THE CLINIC

Low Back Pain

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IN THE CLINIC

Low Back Pain

This issue provides a clinical overview of low back pain. Readers can complete the accompanying CME quiz for 1.5 credits.
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EXCERPT

Comparative Efficacy of Treatments

In allowing market entry based on a comparison only with placebo—rather than requiring a comparison with established agents—we lose an opportunity to serve the best interest of our patients.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Personae Photography Prize

Congratulations to Rachel Mercer, winner of the 2007 Annals Personae photography prize.
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Annals is offering a $500 prize for the best photograph submitted to Annals in 2008.
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