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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