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Weekly JAMA Feature for April 6
QUALITY OF PREVENTIVE CARE FOR OBESE PATIENTS SLIGHTLY HIGHER WHEN COMPARED TO NORMAL WEIGHT PATIENTS
JAMA RADIO REPORT
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
This week’s package has an embargo: 4pm(ET) Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Radio script (TRT 1:00)
April 6, 2010
VO: SURVEYS OF PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HAVE SHOWN A CERTAIN STIGMA TOWARDS THE OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE. SOME OF THESE PATIENTS AGREE THERE IS A BIAS, BUT DOES IT AFFECT THE CARE THEY RECEIVE? A NEW STUDY SHOWS WHEN IT COMES TO SEVERAL COMMON OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES; THESE PATIENTS RECEIVE JUST AS GOOD OR SLIGHTLY BETTER CARE THAN NORMAL WEIGHT PATIENTS.
“It may very well be true that physicians and other health providers may harbor somewhat negative attitudes towards obesity or obese patients these attitudes don’t seem to be born out in lower quality of care.”
VO: DR. VIRGINIA CHANG FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND CO-AUTHORS REVIEWED MEDICARE CLAIMS AND PATIENTS CHARTS FROM THE VETERAN’S ADMINISTRATION LOOKING AT COMMON MEDICAL PROCEEDURES LIKE DIABETES TESTING, VACCINATIONS AND CANCER SCREENINGS. THE STUDY APPEARS IN THIS WEEK’S JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“We actually found no evidence at all that either obese or overweight patients were getting inferior care or were less likely to receive recommended care. Success rates were often marginally higher in these groups compared to normal weight patients.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.
Radio script (TRT 1:00)
April 6, 2010
VO: SURVEYS OF PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HAVE SHOWN A CERTAIN STIGMA TOWARDS THE OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE. SOME OF THESE PATIENTS AGREE THERE IS A BIAS, BUT DOES IT AFFECT THE CARE THEY RECEIVE? A NEW STUDY SHOWS WHEN IT COMES TO SEVERAL COMMON OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES; THESE PATIENTS RECEIVE JUST AS GOOD OR SLIGHTLY BETTER CARE THAN NORMAL WEIGHT PATIENTS.
“It may very well be true that physicians and other health providers may harbor somewhat negative attitudes towards obesity or obese patients these attitudes don’t seem to be born out in lower quality of care.”
VO: DR. VIRGINIA CHANG FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND CO-AUTHORS REVIEWED MEDICARE CLAIMS AND PATIENTS CHARTS FROM THE VETERAN’S ADMINISTRATION LOOKING AT COMMON MEDICAL PROCEEDURES LIKE DIABETES TESTING, VACCINATIONS AND CANCER SCREENINGS. THE STUDY APPEARS IN THIS WEEK’S JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“We actually found no evidence at all that either obese or overweight patients were getting inferior care or were less likely to receive recommended care. Success rates were often marginally higher in these groups compared to normal weight patients.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.