JAMA internal medicine
Authors: Sedrakyan A, Dhruva SS, Shuhaiber J
Expert opinion on drug safety
Authors: Tyler JM, Teerlink JR
Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society
Authors: Filippatos G, Farmakis D, Metra M, Cotter G, Davison BA, Felker GM, Greenberg BH, Hua TA, Pang PS, Ponikowski P, Qian M, Severin TA, Voors AA, Teerlink JR
European heart journal
Authors: Singh A, Laribi S, Teerlink JR, Mebazaa A
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Authors: Sandra Fernandes Denney, Neetu Srivastava, Frank Middleton, James Ryan, William Kerr
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) | Volume 68 of Issue 6
Authors: Yoon J, Lo J, Gehlert E, Johnson EE, O'Toole TP
OBJECTIVES
The study compared health care utilization and costs among homeless veterans randomly assigned to peer mentors or usual care and described contacts with peer mentors.
METHODS
Homeless patients at four Department of Veterans Affairs clinics were randomly assigned to a peer mentor (N=195) or to usual care (N=180). Administrative data on utilization and costs over a six-month follow-up were combined with peer mentors' reports of patient contacts.
RESULTS
Most patients (87%) in the peer mentor group had at least one peer contact. Patients in this group spent the largest proportions of time discussing housing and health issues with peer mentors and had more outpatient encounters than those in usual care, although differences were not significant. No other between-group differences were found in utilization or costs.
CONCLUSIONS
Although significant impacts of peer mentors on health care patterns or costs were not detected, some patients had frequent contact with peer mentors.
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Journal of general internal medicine | Volume 32 of Issue 2
Authors: Wheeler DJ, Mihara K, Chiovaro J
Journal of hospital medicine | Volume 12 of Issue 2
Authors: Prabhakaran A, Dhaliwal G, Schilf CR, Caughey GH, Pile J
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
Authors: Hughes-Austin JM, Rifkin DE, Beben T, Katz R, Sarnak MJ, Deo R, Hoofnagle AN, Homma S, Siscovick DS, Sotoodehnia N, Psaty BM, de Boer IH, Kestenbaum B, Shlipak MG, Ix JH
European journal of heart failure
Authors: Demissei BG, Cotter G, Prescott MF, Felker GM, Filippatos G, Greenberg BH, Pang PS, Ponikowski P, Severin TM, Wang Y, Qian M, Teerlink JR, Metra M, Davison BA, Voors AA
