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Using the Johns Hopkins’ Aggregated Diagnosis Groups (ADGs) to predict 1-year mortality in population-based cohorts of patients with diabetes in Ontario, Canada

Diabet Med 29:1134-1141. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, ON, Canada AIMS: There are limited validated methods to ascertain comorbidities for risk adjustment […]

A method for estimating cost savings for population health management programs

Health Serv Res 48:582-602. Research and Development, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC, Glen Burnie, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: To develop a quasi-experimental method for estimating Population Health […]

The contributions of First Nations ethnicity, income, and delays in surgery on mortality post-fracture: a population-based analysis

Osteoporos Int 24:1247-1256. Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada We examined the independent contributions of First Nations ethnicity and lower income to […]

Assessment of pharmacological strategies for management of major depressive disorder and their costs after an inadequate response to first-line antidepressant treatment in primary care

Ann Gen Psychiatry 11:22. AstraZeneca Medical Department, Madrid, Spain BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to determine the most common treatment strategies and their […]

A population-based study of healthcare resource utilization by metastatic gastric cancer patients in Ontario

Kingston, ON, Canada: Queens University (masters theseis). Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the world. Non-curative, […]

Morbidity profiles at three primary care clinics in Perlis, Malaysia

Med J Malaysia 67:363-368. Ministry of Health, Kangar Health Clinic, Jalan Kolam, Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia Allocation of funding within the Ministry of Health of Malaysia […]

Postoperative health-care utilization in Crohn’s disease: the impact of specialist care

Am J Gastroenterol 107:1522-1529. Mount Sinai Hospital Centre for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canad OBJECTIVES: Crohn’s disease (CD) patients frequently require […]

Licit prescription drug use in a Swedish population according to age, gender and socioeconomic status after adjusting for level of multi-morbidity

BMC Public Health 12:575. Blekinge Centre of Competence, Karlskrona, Sweden BACKGROUND: There is a great variability in licit prescription drug use in the population and […]

Costs and associated factors with optimal and suboptimal responses to the treatment of major depressive disorder

Aten Primaria 44:667-675. Published in Spanish. Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the compliance, persistence and costs of the treatment […]

Primary care utilization and mental health diagnoses among adult patients requiring interpreters: a retrospective cohort study

J Gen Intern Med 28:386-391. Office of Women’s Health, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA BACKGROUND: Patients requiring interpreters may utilize the health care system differently […]

Predictors of 1-year change in patient activation in older adults with diabetes mellitus and heart disease

J Am Geriatr Soc 60:1316-1321. Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA OBJECTIVES: To identify patterns and predictors of 1-year change in patient activation in […]

Health reform, health insurance, and mental health care

Am J Psychiatry 169:675-677. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC; Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, […]

Risk adjustment in health insurance exchanges for individuals with mental illness

Am J Psychiatry 169:704-709. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: In 2014, an estimated […]

Direct health-care costs attributed to hip fractures among seniors: a matched cohort study

Osteoporos Int 24:659-669. Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada SUMMARY: Using a matched cohort design, we estimated the mean direct […]

Adaptive capacity of the Adjusted Clinical Groups Case-Mix System to the cost of primary healthcare in Catalonia (Spain): a observational study

BMJ Open 2:2012-000941. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVES: To describe the adaptive capacity of the Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) […]

Physical activity and influenza-coded outpatient visits, a population-based cohort study

PLoS One 7:e39518. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Although the benefits of physical activity in preventing chronic medical conditions are well […]

Population based study of long-term rates of surgery for urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer

J Urol 188:502-506. Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada PURPOSE: Urinary incontinence can be a significant complication of […]

Patient sharing among physicians and costs of care: a network analytic approach to care coordination using claims data

J Gen Intern Med 28:459-465. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: Improving care coordination is a national priority and a key […]

Developing decision trees to classify patients suited for similar interventions by combining clinical judgments with Leeds Risk Stratification Tool

London, UK: London School of Economics and Political Science. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK The objectives of the project are to […]

Pressupostos e proposta de modelo para a remuneração do trabalho do médico cirurgião nas operadoras de planos de saúde

São Paulo, Brazil: Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (doctoral dissertation). Published in Portuguese. Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Administração […]

Comparing the costs and use of services for military care in military and civilian facilities

Orlando, FL, USA: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD, USA RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The objective is to compare the cost […]

Comparing the costs and use of services in TRICARE Prime with employer sponsored insurance

Orlando, FL, USA: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD, USA RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The objectives are: to compare the cost […]

Primärvården som koordinator för de mest sjuka äldre – implikationer för mål och indikatorer

In: Karlsson AK, Winberg H, ed. På väg mot en värdefull styrning. LHC Report: #1, 2012. Stockholm, Sweden: Stiftelsen Leading Health Care:150-172. Published in Swedish. […]

Triumph of hope over experience: learning from interventions to reduce avoidable hospital admissions identified through an Academic Health and Social Care Network

BMC Health Serv Res 12:153. Department of Health Care Management and Policy, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK BACKGROUND: Internationally health services are facing increasing demands […]

Development and validation of a model for predicting inpatient hospitalization

Med Care 50:131-139. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: Hospitalizations […]

A risk stratification model for adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea: development and evaluation

Toronto, ON, Canada: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada STUDY HYPOTHESES: We hypothesize that the apnea-hypopneas index (AHI), […]

CYDL Project One summary report: experiences of Albertan youth 2008/2009

Child and Youth Data Laboratory. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Centre for Child, Family and Community Research. Site also has videos of presentations of report data. Centre […]

Analysis of Medicaid payments for American Indians and Alaska Natives

Baltimore, MD, USA: CMS Tribal Affairs Group.. CMS Tribal Affairs Group, Baltimore, MD, USA The Indian Health Service (IHS) is a discretionary federal program that […]

Building a predictive model for 30-day inpatient readmission using PROC PHREG

Presented at NESUG 2012. Baltimore, MD, USA: North East SAS User Group. Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins […]

The association between parental depression and children’s health care utilization and expenditures: exploring the dimensions of parental gender and timing of depressive symptoms

Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University (doctoral dissertation). Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Methods: The study used multiple […]

Empirical studies in the economics of health insurance, health, and fertility

Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University (doctoral dissertation) Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA This thesis is a collection of essays in the economics of health insurance, […]

Does a large-scale organizational transformation toward patient-centered access change the utilization and costs of care for patients with diabetes?

Med Care Res Rev 69:519-539. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA The authors examined whether Group Health’s […]

The relationship between financial incentives and quality of diabetes care in Ontario, Canada

Diabetes Care 35:1038-1046. Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, […]

Healthcare utilization in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a population-based analysis

Parkinsonism Relat Disord 18:930-935. Movement Disorder Clinic, 200 Woodlawn Street, Winnipeg, MB, Canada PURPOSE: To investigate factors associated with healthcare utilization and prescription drug use […]

Quantifying morbidity burdens and medical utilization of children with intellectual disabilities in Taiwan: A nationwide study using the ACG case-mix adjustment system

Res Dev Disabil 33:1270-1278. Department of Medical Affairs and Planning, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC The purpose of this study was to […]

Measuring data reliability for preventive services in electronic medical records

BMC Health Serv Res 12:116. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Improvements in the quality of health care […]

Des indicateurs de qualité à l’intention des professionnels et des gestionnaires des services de première ligne

Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS). Rapport rédigé par Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, Marie‐Pascale Pomey, Brigitte Côté, Claudio Del Grande, Monia Ghorbel, Phuong […]

Clinical outcomes after bariatric surgery: a five-year matched cohort analysis in seven US states

Obes Surg 22:749-763. Center for Health Care Research and Policy, MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery is the most […]

Patient race/ethnicity and shared medical record use among diabetes patients

Med Care 50:434-440. Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA BACKGROUND: Previous studies have documented racial/ethnic differences in patients’ use of […]

Two-year trends in cancer screening among low socioeconomic status women in an HMO-based high-deductible health plan

J Gen Intern Med 27:1112-9. Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA BACKGROUND: Cancer screening is often fully covered under high-deductible health […]

Medical care costs associated with traumatic brain injury over the full spectrum of disease: a controlled population-based study

J Neurotrauma 29:2038-2049. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Data on traumatic brain injury (TBI) economic outcomes are limited. We used Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) resources […]

The association between usual health care utilization and stage at diagnosis in laryngeal cancer

Kingston, ON, Canada: Queen’s University (masters thesis). Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: A significant number of laryngeal cancer patients are diagnosed with advanced-stage disease. […]

Primary care physicians’ experiences with case finding for practice-based care management

Am J Manag Care 18:e155-161. Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. OBJECTIVES: The identification of patients most likely […]

The epidemiology and outcomes of critical illness in Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada This report was conducted at the Manitoba Centre for […]

Nonparticipation in a population-based trial to increase colorectal cancer screening

Am J Prev Med 42:390-397. Group Health Permanente, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Many trials have tested different strategies to increase […]

Tracking family medicine graduates. Where do they go, what services do they provide and whom do they see?

BMC Fam Pract 13:26. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: There are continued concerns over an adequate supply […]

Obtaining the mean relative weights of the cost of care in Catalonia (Spain): retrospective application of the Adjusted Clinical Groups case-mix system in primary health care

J Eval Clin Pract 19:267-276. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain OBJECTIVE: The study aims to obtain the mean relative weights (MRWs) […]

Stratification of the population in the Basque Country: results in the first year of implementation

Aten Primaria 45:54-60. Published in Spanish. Instituto Vasco de Innovación Sanitaria, Sondika, Bizkaia, Spain Predictive models allow populations to be stratified according to their health […]

Johns Hopkins risk tool used in south

EHI ehealth Insider :5 March 2012. More than 200 GP practices in South Central England are getting quarterly risk stratification and predictive modelling information on […]

Measures of multimorbidity and morbidity burden for use in primary care and community settings: a systematic review and guide

Ann Fam Med 10:134-141. Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, Bristol University, Bristol, UK PURPOSE: Many patients consulting in […]

Impact of deductibles on initiation and continuation of psychotherapy for treatment of depression

Health Serv Res 47:1561-1579. Group Health Research Institute and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: To estimate the impact of deductibles on the initiation […]

Multimorbidity patterns in primary care: interactions among chronic diseases using factor analysis

PLoS One 7:e32190. IIS Aragón, Aragón Health Sciences Institute, Miguel Servet University Hospital, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this study […]

Factors associated with hospitalisations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions among persons with an intellectual disability: a publicly insured population perspective

J Intellect Disabil Res 57:226-239. Dual Diagnosis Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Hospitalisations for ambulatory care-sensitive (ACS) conditions are […]

Estimating influenza vaccine effectiveness in community-dwelling elderly patients using the instrumental variable analysis method

Arch Intern Med 172:484-491. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness in elderly individuals are largely from observational […]

Using the Johns Hopkins Aggregated Diagnosis Groups (ADGs) to predict mortality in a population-based cohort of adults with schizophrenia in Ontario, Canada

Psychiatry Res 196:32-37. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canad Administrative health care databases are increasingly used for health services and […]

Comorbidity patterns in patients with chronic diseases in general practice

PLoS One 7:e32141. Multiprofessional Education Unit for Family and Community Care (Southwest), Madrid, Spain INTRODUCTION: Healthcare management is oriented toward single diseases, yet multimorbidity is […]

Reducing the burden of morbidity and medical utilization of older patients by outpatient geriatric services: Implications to primary health-care settings

Geriatr Gerontol Int 12:612-621. Department of Medical Affairs and Planning, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. AIM: That geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) is associated […]

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder after early exposure to procedures requiring general anesthesia

Mayo Clin Proc 87:120-129. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA OBJECTIVE: To study the association between exposure to procedures performed under general anesthesia before age 2 […]

Population-based trends in osteoporosis management after new initiations of long-term systemic glucocorticoids (1998-2008)

J Clin Endocrinol Metab 97:1236-1242. University of Alberta and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to describe changes in glucocorticoid-induced […]

Adjusting for risk selection in state health insurance exchanges will be critically important and feasible, but not easy

Health Aff 31:306-315. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA The Affordable Care Act calls for the establishment of state-level health insurance […]

Treatment profiles and costs of patients with chronic pain in the population setting

Clinicoecon Outcomes Res 4:39-47. Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Barcelona, Spain BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to gather information about analgesic drug […]

Review of methods used to measure comorbidity in cancer populations: no gold standard exists

J Clin Epidemiol 65:924-933. Cancer Control and Screening Research Group, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington South, New Zealand OBJECTIVE: This article reviews […]

Use of other opioids during methadone therapy: a population-based study

Addiction 107:776-780. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada AIMS: To determine the extent to which other opioids are prescribed to patients receiving methadone […]

The post-fracture care gap among Canadian First Nations peoples: a retrospective cohort study

Osteoporos Int 23:929-936. Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 409 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Despite targeted attempts to reduce post-fracture care gaps, we hypothesized […]

Demand for health among Canadians: roles of immigration status, country of origin, and year since migration

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto (doctoral dissertation). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada This thesis investigates the effects of immigration status, country of origin, […]

Patients with chronic illness in the patient-centered medical home: costs, use, quality and morbidity-based variation

Seattle, WA, USA: University of Washington (doctoral dissertation). University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Originally described in 1967 as a central source of a medical […]

Electronic patient provider communication in diabetes care

Seattle, WA, USA: University of Washington (doctoral dissertation). University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Diabetes is a chronic illness of increasing public health importance affecting […]

An economic analysis of secure messaging between patients and providers

Seattle, WA, USA: University of Washington (doctoral dissertation). University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA This dissertation presents an economic analysis of patient-provider communication through secure […]

Impact of bariatric surgery on health care utilization and costs among patients with diabetes

Med Care 50:58-65. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: The effect of bariatric surgery […]

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) and related health care utilization in Metis in Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Metis Federation. Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Health & Wellness Department, Manitoba Metis Federation, Winnipeg, […]

Utilizacion de servicios de salud en atencion primaria del area 11 de Madrid y nivel psicobioquimico de estres y de salud bucodental en su poblacion immigrante y autoctona

Madrid, Spain: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (masters thesis). Published in Spanish. Universidad Computense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain La naturaleza trashumante de la Humanidad le es […]

US primary care delivery after the Health Center Growth Initiative: comparison of health centers, hospital outpatient departments, and physicians’ offices

J Ambul Care Manage 35:60-74. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA We compared patient management […]

A hierarchical multivariate two-part model for profiling providers’ effects on health care changes

J Am Statistical Assoc 101:911-923. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA Procedures for analyzing and comparing health care providers’ effects on […]

Predicting the financial risks of seriously ill patients

Sacramento, CA, USA: California Health Care Foundation. In this paper, a Medical Productivity Index (MPI) is proposed as such a metric to capture the value […]

Post-discharge intervention in vulnerable, chronically ill patients

J Hosp Med 7:124-130. Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA BACKGROUND: Studies suggest that the inpatient to outpatient transition […]

Evaluation of the equity of age-sex adjusted primary care capitation payments in Ontario, Canada

Health Policy 104:186-192. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: Several innovative primary care models have recently been introduced […]

Morbidity and costs associated to neurological disorders

Neurologia 28:126-129. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain La presencia de múltiples enfermedades es frecuente en edades avanzadas, y diferentes estudios poblacionales […]

Bone microarchitecture assessed by TBS predicts osteoporotic fractures independent of bone density: the Manitoba study

J Bone Miner Res 26:2762-2769. Bone Disease Unit, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland The measurement of BMD by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the “gold […]

Heart failure in the family practice: a study of the prevalence and co-morbidity

Fam Pract 28:128-133. Unidad de Bioingenieria y Telemedicina, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a health problem that particularly […]

Comparison of three methods for measuring multiple morbidity according to the use of health resources in primary healthcare

Aten Primaria 44:348-357. Published in Spanish. Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVE: To compare three methods of measuring multiple morbidity according to the use […]

Measuring the casemix of physician practices in primary-care reform models in Ontario, Canada

BMC Health Serv Res 11:A22. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada INTRODUCTION: A number of different blended-payment models for primary- care delivery have […]

What is the comparative health status and associated risk factors for the Metis? A population-based study in Manitoba, Canada

BMC Public Health 11:814. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada BACKGROUND: Métis are descendants of early 17th century relationships between […]

Institutionalization following incident non-traumatic fractures in community-dwelling men and women

Osteoporos Int 23:2381-2386. Division of General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada Institutionalization after hip fracture occurs in at least 30% of […]

Analysing performance of primary health care using the ACG case-mix system

Malmo, Sweden: Lund University (doctoral dissertation). Lund University, Malmo, Sweden The overall aim of this thesis was to analyse the importance of co-morbidity level for […]

Cognitive and behavioral outcomes after early exposure to anesthesia and surgery

Pediatrics 128:e1053-e1061. Erratum in: Pediatrics. 2012 Mar;129(3):595. Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA BACKGROUND: Annually, millions of children are exposed […]

Multimorbidity and its measurement

Health Policy 103:3-8. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Multimorbidity is increasing in frequency. It can be quantitatively measured […]

Implementation of electronic medical records: effect on the provision of preventive services in a pay-for-performance environment

Can Fam Physician 57:e381-e389. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of electronic medical record (EMR) […]

Adult obesity in Manitoba: prevalence, associations, and outcomes, 3rd edition

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Obesity is a major public health concern in Canada […]

Risk adjustment in a European primary care context: assessing the properties of Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) for predictive modeling, for special populations and using ATC pharmacy codes

Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University (doctoral dissertation). Risk adjustment has become an essential tool in modern health services research and management. Specifically, it can […]

High-deductible insurance: two-year emergency department and hospital use

Am J Manag Care 17:e410-8. Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA OBJECTIVES: To determine the […]

Comparative performance of community health centers and other usual sources of primary care

J Ambul Care Manage 34:380-390. Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine how Community Health Centers (CHCs) perform relative […]

Using the Johns Hopkins aggregated diagnosis groups (ADGs) to predict mortality in a general adult population cohort in Ontario, Canada

Med Care 49:932-939. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Department of Health Management, Policy and Evaluation, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Administrative healthcare databases […]

Morbidity trajectories as predictors of utilization: multi-year disease patterns in Taiwan’s national health insurance program

Med Care 49:918-923. Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: Little is known about […]

The mortality risk score and the ADG score: two points-based scoring systems for the Johns Hopkins aggregated diagnosis groups to predict mortality in a general adult population cohort in Ontario, Canada

Med Care 49:940-947. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Logistic regression models that incorporated age, sex, and indicator variables for the Johns […]

What is most important: social factors, health selection, and adolescent educational achievement

Soc Indic Res 110:385-414. Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada This paper […]

Explaining primary healthcare pharmacy expenditure using classification of medications for chronic conditions

Health Policy 103:9-15. Research Centre for Health Care Economics and Management, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain BACKGROUND: The Valencian Autonomous Community (Spain) has implemented […]

A comparison of health care use for physician-referred and self-referred episodes of outpatient physical therapy

Health Serv Res 47:633-654. Center for Public Health Statistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA OBJECTIVE: To compare patient profiles and health care use […]

Fifty years of pediatric asthma in developed countries: how reliable are the basic data sources?

Pediatr Pulmonol 47:211-219. British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada Given the difficulties in diagnosing, or even defining, asthma in children, claims of a pediatric […]

Two-year trends in colorectal cancer screening after switch to a high-deductible health plan

Med Care 49:865-871. Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA BACKGROUND: Recent health reform laws might […]

Obesity and respiratory hospitalizations during influenza seasons in Ontario, Canada: a cohort study

Clin Infect Dis 53:413-421. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest that obesity may be a risk factor for complications […]

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