Publications by authors named "R Burakoff"
Introduction: The serum-based endoscopic healing index (EHI) test identifies endoscopic Crohn's disease (CD) activity. Data are lacking on the relationship between EHI with other endpoints. We assessed the relationship between EHI and the simplified Magnetic Resonance Index of Activity.
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- - A quality improvement (QI) intervention was conducted to assess its effect on the time taken to administer biologic or small molecule medications to patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), focusing on reducing delays which can lead to negative health outcomes.
- - Data was collected from 400 patients across two cohorts (baseline and postintervention), and results showed a significant decrease in the median time to medication administration (from 30 to 26 days) and a drop in emergency room visits.
- - The study recommends the use of time to administration of biologics (TABS) as a key quality metric for evaluating treatment efficiency in IBD and suggests further research on QI interventions and patient education regarding prescription insurance.
A Successful Dental Care Referral Program for Low-Income Pregnant Women in New York.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
December 2021
Despite evidence-based guidelines that advocate for dental care during pregnancy, dental utilization among pregnant women remains low, especially among low-income and racial-ethnic minority women. We investigated self-reported dental care referral and self-reported dental care attendance among a group of 298 low-income, largely racial-ethnic minority pregnant women attending two suburban prenatal care clinics that had integrated dental care referrals into their prenatal care according to these guidelines. We administered a questionnaire that asked women: (1) whether they had been referred for care by their prenatal care provider; (2) whether they had been seen by a dentist during pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Hospital care accounts for up to one-third of the cost of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management. A select group of patients with IBD is responsible for a large proportion of this utilization, demonstrating the burden of frequent hospitalizations. We aim to better understand the burden of 30-day readmissions among patients with IBD using a national hospital database.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex chronic disease that often requires a multispeciality approach; thus, IBD patients are prone to care fragmentation. We aim to determine the prevalence of fragmentation among hospitalized IBD patients and identify associated predictors and visit-level outcomes.
Methods: The State Inpatient Databases for New York and Florida were used to identify 90-day readmissions among IBD inpatients from 2009 to 2013.