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Using health research in policy and practice: case studies from nine countries

New York, NY, USA: Academy Health/Milbank Memorial Fund. Academy Health/Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, NY, USA As the move toward an evidence-based approach to health […]

Involuntary unemployment and mortality in Taiwan

J Formos Med Assoc 103:900-907. Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Unemployment is known to be associated with increased […]

Health-based capitation risk adjustment in Minnesota public health care programs

Health Care Financ Rev 26:21-41. Gregory A. Gifford and Kevan R. Edwards are with the Minnesota Department of Health. David J. Knutson is with the […]

Racial and ethnic differences in utilization of health services in patients with diabetes enrolled in Medicaid

J Health Care Poor Underserved 15:562-575. General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. We evaluated racial and […]

Prescription drug coverage, health, and medication acquisition among seniors with one or more chronic conditions

Med Care 42:1056-1065. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15586832. Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. BACKGROUND: The unabated rise in medication costs particularly affects older persons with […]

Identifying controlled substance patterns of utilization requiring evaluation using administrative claims data

Am J Manag Care 10:783-790. HSI Network LLC, USA OBJECTIVES: To develop a systems approach to identify, for further evaluation, patients with potential controlled substance […]

A randomized study to decrease the use of potentially inappropriate medications among community-dwelling older adults in a southeastern managed care organization

Am J Manag Care 10:761-768. Department of Medicine and Center for Healthcare Improvement, Medical College of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga, USA BACKGROUND: Despite progress in describing […]

Comparison of private for-profit with private community-governed not-for-profit primary care services in New Zealand

J Health Serv Res Policy 9 Suppl 2:17-22. Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand OBJECTIVE: To compare […]

Common comorbidity scales were similar in their ability to predict health care costs and mortality

J Clin Epidemiol 57:1040-1048. Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN, USA OBJECTIVE: To compare the ability of commonly used measures of medical comorbidity […]

Characteristics and risk factors associated with high-cost Medicaid recipients

Manag Care Interface 17:20-27. College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA Characteristics and risk factors of fee-for-service Medicaid patients (age 65 yr) with […]

Predicting healthcare costs in a population of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries using diagnosis-based risk adjustment and self-reported health status

Med Care 42:1027-1035. Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Health Services Research and Development Service, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, […]

Promoting advance directives among elderly primary care patients

J Gen Intern Med 19:944-951. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine efficient ways of promoting advance directives among […]

Patterns of regional mental illness disorder diagnoses and service use in Manitoba: a population-based study

Winnepeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Mental illness is a profound problem […]

Types of morbidity and categories of patients in a Swedish county. Applying the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups System to encounter data in primary health care

Scand J Prim Health Care 22:174-179. Center for Family Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden OBJECTIVE: To elucidate types of morbidity and […]

Studying effects of primary care physicians and patients on the trade-off between charges for primary care and specialty care using a hierarchical multivariate two-part model

Department of Biostatistics Working Paper 51. Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE. To examine effects of primary care […]

Adjusting for case mix and social class in examining variation in home visits between practices

Fam Pract 21:355-363. Public Health Policy Unit, School of Public Policy, University College London, London, UK OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate […]

Economic profiling of primary care physicians: consistency among risk-adjusted measures

Health Serv Res 39:985-1003. Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether different risk-adjustment methodologies and economic profiling […]

Understanding approaches to case-mix assessment and case-mix adjustment

JHQ Online :W5-24 – W5-29. McKesson Medical Management Group, Newton, MA. Rising healthcare costs coupled with diminishing financial resources are stimulating changes in the organization […]

Addition of pharmacy cost data improves performance of the Adjusted Clinical Groups predictive model for total health care costs overall and within disease specific groups

Value in Health 7:371. AdvancePCS, Hunt Valley, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of adding the pharmacy cost data option to the Adjusted Clinical […]

Health-based risk assessment: risk-adjusted payments and beyond

Washington, DC, USA: AcademyHealth. AcademyHealth, Washington, DC, USA A number of payers across the country, including Medicaid managed care programs, the Medicare+Choice program, some state […]

An operational framework for paying physician specialists a risk-adjusted fixed payment and incorporating the results in a global premium rating model

Los Angeles, CA, USA: UCLA (doctoral dissertation). University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA The demand for more accurate and equitable professional medical specialty payments […]

Use predictive modeling to improve profitability under cap

National Health Information LLC. Capitation Rates and Data 9:61-65. National Health Information LLC, Atlanta, GA, USA Health plans and capitated provider organizations live or die […]

Burden of illness in defined populations

Stockholm, Sweden: Karolinska Institute. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden This thesis addresses possibilities of describing the burden of illness in a population by elucidating morbidity and […]

Cardiology workforce: a shortage, not a surplus

Health Aff W4:64-66. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA The United States faces a serious shortage of cardiologists as our population ages and […]

Adjusted Clinical Groups – an instrument to predict resource use: a population-based healthcare management tool

Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik 1-2:8-15. Published in German. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA Advances in information technology, electronic billing, and diagnostic […]

Provider profiling: implementation issues within Florida MediPass

Gainesville, FL, USA: University of Florida. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Provider profiling use epidemiological methods to compare physician practice patterns across various dimensions […]

Comparing accuracy of risk-adjustment methodologies used in economic profiling of physicians

Inquiry 41:218-231. Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA This paper examines the relative accuracy of risk-adjustment methodologies […]

Are low-income elderly patients at risk for poor diabetes care?

Diabetes Care 27:1060-1065. Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Denver, CO, USA OBJECTIVE: Diabetes is common among low-income elderly, dual-eligible (DE) Medicare/Medicaid patients resulting in significant […]

Predictors of children’s healthcare use: the value of child versus parental perspectives on healthcare needs

Med Care 42:232-238. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study […]

Evaluating diagnosis-based risk-adjustment methods in a population with spinal cord dysfunction

Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:218-226. OBJECTIVE: To examine performance of models in predicting health care utilization for individuals with spinal cord dysfunction.DESIGN: Regression models compared […]

Predicting resource utilization in a Veterans Health Administration primary care population: comparison of methods based on diagnoses and medications

Med Care 42:123-128. Medical Service, Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA, USA BACKGROUND: Valid methods of predicting resource utilization in primary care populations […]

Modelling the ability of risk adjusters to reduce adverse selection in managed care

Appl Health Econ Health Policy 3:107-114. Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA Population-based risk adjustment, as applied to reimbursement in […]

Quality, costs and the role of primary health care

Linkoping, Sweden: Linkoping University. Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden The general aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse the role of primary care in […]

The changing shape of the physician workforce in prepaid group practice

Health Aff W4:60-63. Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program, Oakland, CA, USA Multiple factors have combined to change the size and specialty composition of […]

Do we need more physicians?

Health Aff W4:67-69. Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA A reexamination of physician productivity can resolve the current workforce […]

Benefits and pitfalls in applying the experience of prepaid group practices to the U.S. physician supply

Health Aff W4:73-75. Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, USA The paper […]

Physicians and prepaid group practices

Health Aff W4:76-78. Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY, USA Prepaid group practices (PGPs) are complex organizations that directly combine prepayment for health care with a […]

My dad was not a prepaid group practice patient

Health Aff W4:70-72. Project Hope, Millwood, VA, USA The author’s father was a psychiatrist, a concerned citizen, and a Medicare patient. He died recently after […]

Using risk-adjustment models to identify high-cost risks

Med Care 41:1301-1312. Center for Health Research, Northwest and Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR, USA BACKGROUND: We examine the ability of various publicly available […]

Conspicuous consumption: characterizing high users of physician services in one Canadian province

J Health Serv Res Policy 8:215-224. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14596756. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada OBJECTIVES: To examine medical […]

Case-mix adjusting performance measures in a veteran population: pharmacy- and diagnosis-based approaches

Health Serv Res 38:1319-1337. VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: To compare the rankings for health care utilization performance measures at […]

Risk adjustment for people with chronic conditions in private sector health plans

Med Decis Making 23:397-405. The MEDSTAT Group, Inc., Washington, DC, USA BACKGROUND: Although the problem of adverse selection into more generous health insurance plans has […]

Development of a risk-adjusted capitation model based on principal inpatient diagnoses in Taiwan

J Formos Med Assoc 102:637-643. Graduate Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Taiwan’s […]

Comparing asthma care provided to Medicaid-enrolled children in a primary care case manager plan and a staff model HMO

Ambul Pediatr 3:253-262. Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in selected processes of asthma care provided to Medicaid-enrolled children […]

Comparing the medical expenses of adults with Medicaid and commercial insurance in a health maintenance organization

J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:420-435. Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, Oakland, CA, USA The objective of this study […]

Realigning incentives in fee-for-service Medicare

Health Aff 22:59-70. Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA This paper proposes Medicare payment reform built on the fee-for-service system, with […]

Effects of patient and physician practice socioeconomic status on the health care of privately insured managed care patients

Med Care 41:842-852. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, USA BACKGROUND: Previous research […]

Do different case-mix measures affect assessments of provider efficiency? Lessons from the Department of Veterans Affairs

J Ambul Care Manage 26:229-242. Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Bedford VAMC, Bedford, MA, USA Although case-mix adjustment is critical for provider […]

The Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACGs) system in Osakidetza

Final report (1/05/2003 – 30/04/2003). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Osakidetza Servicio vasco de salud. Published in Spanish. Osakidetza Servicio vasco de salud, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain No abstract

Development and evaluation of the Johns Hopkins University risk adjustment models for Medicare+Choice plan payment

Final report to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services. Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins University, […]

Applicability of predictive risk groupers to MHS data model. Deliverable 8: interim analysis of results

Reston, VA, USA: AdvanceMed Corp. AdvanceMed Corp., Reston, VA, USA AdvanceMed Corporation, a DynCorp company, is supporting the TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) and its health […]

Predicting costs of care using a pharmacy-based measure risk adjustment in a veteran population

Med Care 41:753-760. VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Although most widely used risk adjustment systems use diagnosis data to classify […]

Comorbidity: implications for the importance of primary care in ‘case’ management

Ann Fam Med 1:8-14. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: Although comorbidity is […]

Applying a risk-adjustment framework to primary care: can we improve on existing measures?

Ann Fam Med 1:44-51. Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, VAMC, Bedford, MA, USA Outcome-based performance measurement and prospective payment are common features […]

Referral of children to specialists in the United States and the United Kingdom

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:279-285. Department of Health Policy and Management, Health Services Research and Development Center, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, […]

Center for Health Program Development and Management, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Actuarial Research Corporation

A guide to implementing a health-based risk-adjusted payment system for Medicaid managed care programs. Annandale, VA, USA: Center for Health Program Development and Management, University […]

Primary care and specialty care for US children: what is the right mix?

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:219-220. Institute for Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, USA THE VERY TITLE of the article by Forrest et […]

Characteristics and utilization patterns of high-cost recipients in Medicaid population

MEDTAP 2001-2003 Research Project #1. Cincinnati, OH, USA: University of Cincinnati and Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research. University of Cincinnati and Institute […]

The effect of capitation on switching primary care physicians

Health Serv Res 38:191-209. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA OBJECTIVE: To examine the […]

Risk adjustment using automated ambulatory pharmacy data: the RxRisk model

Med Care 41:84-99. Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVES: Develop and estimate the RxRisk model, a risk assessment instrument that […]

Do Adjusted Clinical Groups eliminate incentives for HMOs to avoid substance abusers? Evidence from the Maryland Medicaid HealthChoice program

J Behav Health Serv Res 30:63-77. UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research, Los Angeles, CA, USA The adequacy […]

Predicting elderly at risk of increased future healthcare use: how much does diagnostic information add to prior utilization?

Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodology 3:266-277. Adamian Academic Center, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, USA; Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Veterans Administration Medical […]

Performance of diagnosis-based risk adjustment measures in a population of sick Australians

Aust N Z J Public Health 26:500-507. Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia OBJECTIVE: Australia is beginning to […]

Profiling resource use: do different outcomes affect assessments of provider efficiency?

Am J Manag Care 8:1105-1115. Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA OBJECTIVES: To examine whether […]

Prevalence, expenditures, and complications of multiple chronic conditions in the elderly

Arch Intern Med 162:2269-2276. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: The prevalence, health care […]

Assessing population health care need using a claims-based ACG morbidity measure: a validation analysis in the province of Manitoba

Health Serv Res 37:1345-1364. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada OBJECTIVES: To assess the ability of an […]

Adjusted Clinical Groups: predictive accuracy for Medicaid enrollees in three states

Health Care Financ Rev 24:43-61. Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA Actuarial split-sample method were used to assess predictive accuracy of […]

Comparison of specialty referral rates in the United Kingdom and the United States: retrospective cohort analysis

BMJ 325:370-371. Health Services Research and Development Center, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA […]

Using selected diagnoses to improve the Chilean capitation formula

Greifswald, Germany: Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald. Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany OBJECTIVES: To contribute to the policy discussion of equity […]

Assessing comorbidity using claims data: an overview

Med Care 40:IV-26-IV-35. Health Services and Economics Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA Comorbidity, […]

Effect of patient socioeconomic status on physician profiles for prevention, disease management, and diagnostic testing costs

Med Care 40:717-724. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA BACKGROUND: Previous research shows patient socioeconomic status […]

Patient based ‘burden-of-illness’ in Swedish primary health care. Applying the Johns Hopkins ACG case-mix system in a retrospective study of electronic patient records

Int J Health Plann Manage 17:269-282. Centre for Development of Health Services, Stockholm County Council, Sweden Patients from one municipality in Sweden utilizing primary health […]

Health-based risk adjustment: application to premium development and profiling

In: Wrightson CW, eds. Financial strategy for managed care organizations: rate setting, risk adjustment, and competitive advantage. Ann Arbor, MI, USA: Health Administration Press:165-225. Health […]

A comparative analysis of claims-based methods of health risk assessment for commercial populations

Minneapolis, MN, USA: Milliman USA and Park Nicollet Institute Health Research Center. Milliman USA and Park Nicollet Institute Health Research Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA The […]

Physician-level variation in practice patterns in the VA healthcare system

Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodology 3:95-106. Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA; Baylor College of […]

Comparing apples with apples in clinical populations: applications of the Adjusted Clinical Group system in British Columbia

Healthc Manage Forum 15:11-16. Department of Healthcare and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada This article reviews the Adjusted Clinical Group Case-Mix System […]

Is quality free? The relationship between cost and quality across 18 provider groups

Am J Manag Care 8:413-422. HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA OBJECTIVE: To learn whether the healthcare costs for patients of various care delivery systems […]

Psychiatric illness and subsequent traumatic brain injury: a case control study

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 72:615-620. Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine whether psychiatric illness is a risk factor for […]

Variations in health services utilization by primary care patients

Health Serv Manage Res 15:116-125. Departamento de Estumatologia, Facultad de Odontologia, Universidad de Granada, Campus Univeristario de Cartuja, Granada, Spain This study analyses how both […]

Cost-minimizing risk adjustment

J Health Econ 21:515-530. Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Boston University School of Public Health, Bedford, MA, USA Conventional risk adjustment, which […]

Process of care for Medicaid-enrolled children with asthma: served by community health centers and other providers

Med Care 40:303-314. Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA OBJECTIVE: To compare the process of […]

Evaluation of diagnosis-based risk adjustment among specific subgroups: can existing adjusters be improved by simple modifications?

Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodology 3:57-73. Academic Technology Center, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, USA; Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Veterans Administration Medical […]

How profitable is risk selection? A comparison of four risk adjustment models

Health Econ 11:165-174. Department of Health Services, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA To mitigate selection triggered by capitation payments, risk-adjustment models […]

Impacto economico de las enfermedades y pacientes atendidos en atencion primaria adaptacion de los Grupos Clinicos Adjustados (ACGs) en nuestro medio

Barcelona, Spain: University of Barcelona (doctoral dissertation). Published in Spanish. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain El objetivo general de este trabajo es medir el impacto […]

Cost and quality trends in direct contracting arrangements

Health Aff 21:89-102. Health Systems Management Faculty, School of Public Affairs, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA. This paper presents the first empirical analysis of […]

Healthcare utilization patterns and risk adjustment under Taiwan’s National Health Insurance system

J Formos Med Assoc 101:52-59. Graduate Institute of Health Care Organization Administration, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Some […]

A study of population needs-based funding applied to health care and physician services in British Colulmbia

Vancouver, BC, Canada: University of British Columbia (masters thesis). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada The BC Ministry of Health has developed a Population […]

Comorbidity-based payment methodology for Medicaid enrollees with HIV/AIDS

Health Care Financ Rev 23:53-68. Center for Health Program Development and Management, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA Managed care organizations (MCOs) may […]

Ethnic disparities in care following acute coronary syndromes among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders during the initial hospitalization

Cell Mol Biol 47:1209-1215. Hawaii Medical Service Association, Care Management, Honolulu, HI, USA Despite the fact that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest […]

Characteristics of adult primary care patients as predictors of future health services charges

Med Care 39:1170-1181. Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA BACKGROUND: Utilization risk assessment is potentially useful for allocation […]

Who cares for Medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions?

Pediatrics 108:906-912. Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, USA OBJECTIVE: To estimate generalist, pediatric subspecialist, and any subspecialist […]

Effect of practice variation on resource utilization in infants hospitalized for viral lower respiratory illness.

Pediatrics 108:851-855. University of Virginia Children’s Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA OBJECTIVE: Hospital care for children with viral lower respiratory illness (VLRI) is highly variable, […]

Use of risk adjustment in setting budgets and measuring performance in primary care II: advantages, disadvantages, and practicalities

BMJ 323:607-610. School of Public Policy, University College London, London, UK Risk adjustment could help to improve decisions about budgets as well as help measure […]

Use of risk adjustment in setting budgets and measuring performance in primary care I: how it works

BMJ 323:604-607. School of Public Policy, University College London, London, UK No abstract PMID: 11557709 PMCID: PMC55577

Formal risk adjustment by private employers

Inquiry 38:299-309. Department of Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA This paper explores explanations for why few private employers have adopted formal risk adjustment. The […]

Risk adjustment alternatives in paying for behavioral health care under Medicaid

Health Serv Res 36:793-811. UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of various risk adjustment models in behavioral health […]

Impact of poorly controlled hypertension on healthcare resource utilization and cost

Am J Manag Care 7:389-398. MEDTAP International, Bethesda, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between blood pressure (BP) control and utilization and cost of […]

Improving the quality of outpatient care for older patients with diabetes: lessons from a comparison of rural and urban communities

J Fam Pract 50:676-680. University of Washington, Department of Family Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to compare the quality of diabetic care […]

Comparison of risk adjusters for Medicaid-enrolled children with and without chronic health conditions

Ambul Pediatr 1:217-224. Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: Several capitation payment […]

Hold it – my patients are sicker! The importance of case mix adjustment to practitioner profiles in British Columbia

British Columbia Med J 43:328-333. Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors, Province of British Columbia; UBC Centre for Health Services & Policy Research, […]

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