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Shared Medical Appointments for Chronic Medical Conditions: A Systematic Review

@inproceedings{Edelman2012SharedMA,
  title={Shared Medical Appointments for Chronic Medical Conditions: A Systematic Review},
  author={David Edelman and Jennifer R. McDuffie and Eugene Z Oddone and Jennifer M Gierisch and Avishek Nagi and John W. Williams},
  year={2012}
}
screening The stage in a systematic review during which titles and abstracts of articles identified in the literature search are screened for inclusion or exclusion based on established criteria. Articles that pass the abstract screening stage are promoted to the full-text review stage. Allocation concealment The method by which randomization assignment is concealed from participants and investigators before and during the enrollment process. Common processes are central allocation (telephone… 
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Shared medical appointments: Translating research into practice for patients treated with ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation

Patients with atrial fibrillation who participated in SMAs had similar perceived self-management, patient satisfaction with provider communication, symptom severity, and healthcare utilization with their counterparts, but had a statistically significant improvement in knowledge about their disease.

Shared Medical Appointments in Pulmonary Hypertension

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Effectiveness of shared medical appointments delivered in primary care for improving health outcomes in patients with long-term conditions: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

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