Insurance, racial/ethnic, SES-related disparities in quality of care among US adults with diabetes.

Diabetes-related quality improvement initiatives are typically aimed at improving outcomes and reducing complications. Studies have found that disparities in quality persist for certain racial/ethnic and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups; however, results are mixed with regard to insurance-based differences. The purpose of this study is to investigate the independent associations between type of health insurance coverage, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES), and quality of care, as measured by benchmark indicators of diabetes-related primary care.

Chinese primary care physicians and work attitudes.

China passed a landmark health care reform in 2009, aimed at improving health care for all citizens by strengthening the primary care system, largely through improvements to infrastructure. However, research has shown that the work attitudes of primary care physicians (PCPs) can greatly affect the stability of the overall workforce and the quality and delivery of health care. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between reported work attitudes of PCPs and their personal, work, and educational characteristics.

Factors associated with job satisfaction by Chinese primary care providers.

Objectives: This study provides a snapshot of the current state of primary care workforce (PCW) serving China's grassroots communities and examines the factors associated with their job satisfaction.

Methods: Data for the study were from the 2011 China Primary Care Workforce Survey, a nationally representative survey that provides the most current assessment of community-based PCW. Outcome measures included 12 items on job satisfaction.

Advancing primary care to promote equitable health: implications for China.

China is a country with vast regional differences and uneven economic development, which have led to widening gaps between the rich and poor in terms of access to healthcare, quality of care, and health outcomes. China's healthcare reform efforts must be tailored to the needs and resources of each region and community. Building and strengthening primary care within the Chinese health care system is one way to effectively address health challenges.

Impact of preventive osteoporosis education on patient behavior: immediate and 3-month follow-up.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational video on osteoporosis at increasing knowledge and preventive health behaviors.

Design: A total of 195 women between 35 and 80 years of age without documented osteopenia or osteoporosis, who presented for a gynecological examination in an outpatient setting, were enrolled. Of this number, 98 women were randomly assigned to the intervention group that viewed the video before their office visit, and 97 women were assigned to a control group and saw their physician in a routine manner.

In vivo toxicity screening programs using metabonomics.

Metabonomics is an emerging technology that enables rapid in vivo screening for toxicity, disease state, or drug efficacy. The technology combines the power of high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques with statistical data analysis methods to rapidly evaluate the metabolic "status" of an animal. Complimentary to other profiling technologies like proteomics and genomics, metabonomics provides a fingerprint of the small-molecules contained in a given biofluid through the time course of a study.