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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Cost analysis of adding pregabalin or gabapentin to the management of community-treated patients with peripheral neuropathic pain

J Eval Clin Pract 18:1170-1179. Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost of adding either pregabalin or gabapentin to the management […]

Modeling factors influencing the demand for emergency department services in Ontario: a comparison of methods

BMC Emerg Med 11:13. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Emergency departments are medical treatment facilities, designed to […]

The application of Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Group Case-mix System in AFMS

In: Cato W, Roberts WC, ed. Proceedings of the 2011 AFMS Medical Research Symposium, Volume 4. Healthcare Informatics Track. August 2-4, 2011, National Harbor, MD, […]

Selection bias explains apparent differential mortality between dialysis modalities

Selection bias explains apparent differential mortality between dialysis modalities. J Am Soc Nephrol 22:1534-1542. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada The relative risk of death […]

A population-based study of the association between socioeconomic status and emergency department utilization in Ontario, Canada

Acad Emerg Med 18:836-843. Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVES: The […]

Equity in the use and financing of medicines in British Columbia before and after the move to income-based pharmacare

Vancouver, BC, Canada: University of British Columbia (doctoral dissertation). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: In May 2003, the B.C. government introduced an […]

Assessing socioeconomic health care utilization inequity in Israel: impact of alternative approaches to morbidity adjustment

BMC Public Health 11:609. Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel BACKGROUND: The ability to accurately detect differential resource […]

Review: health care utilization and costs of elderly persons with multiple chronic conditions

Med Care Res Rev 68:387-420. University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany This systematic literature review identified and summarized 35 studies that investigated the relationship between multiple […]

Influence of chronic co-morbidity on health costs

Med Clin (Barc) 138:179-180. Published in Spanish. Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Barcelona, Spain Launched in 1943, Medicina Clínica is a fortnightly journal aimed […]

The influence of incidental abdominal aortic aneurysm monitoring on patient outcomes

J Vasc Surg 54:1290-1297.e2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Incidental abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are identified when the abdomen is […]

Co-morbidity and health care utilisation five years prior to diagnosis for depression

A register-based study in a Swedish population. BMC Public Health 11:552. Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Family Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden BACKGROUND: Depressive […]

Mental health service use before and after diagnosis of early-onset bipolar disorder

J Behav Health Serv 38:398-413. Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK To investigate patterns of mental health […]

Nursing home adverse events: further insight into highest risk periods

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 12:467-474. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada INTRODUCTION: Adverse events (AEs) occur frequently in nursing homes (NHs). Although […]

Estimation of chronic co-morbidity on health costs in elderly patients with neurological disorders

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica 28:564-565. Published in Spanish. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain Sr. Editor. El envejecimiento progresivo de […]

Disparities in antipsychotic medication use

Vancouver, BC, Canada: University of British Columbia (masters thesis). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada OBJECTIVES: To examine ethnic and income-related disparities in the […]

Morbi-mortality and use of recourses after acute coronary syndrome in a Spanish population

Revista Clinica Espanola 211:560-571. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain Morbi-mortality and use of recourses after acute coronary syndrome in a Spanish […]

Comprehensive care coordination for chronically ill adults

Chapter 5: Intervention components. In: Schraeder C, Shelton PS, ed. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell:87-126. Care coordination seeks to bridge the gap between the needs of people […]

El analisis de la morbilidad y comorbilidad como instrumento para facilitar la gestion clinical y organizacion de los servicios en atencion primaria

SEMG 139:441-448. Published in Spanish. Gerencia de Atencion Primaria del Area de Salud de Tenerife, Spain No abstract

Plataforma de proces de dades d’atencio primaria

Barcelona, Spain: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (masters thesis). Published in Catalan. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain No abstract

Distribution of primary care expenditure according to sex and age group: a retrospective analysis

Aten Primaria 44:145-152. Published in Spanish. Centre d’Atenció Integral Dos de Maig, Consorci Sanitari Integral, Barcelona, Spain; Dirección de Planificación y Desarrollo Organizativo, Badalona Serveis […]

Primary care utilisation patterns among an urban immigrant population in the Spanish National Health System.

BMC Public Health 11:432. Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain BACKGROUND: There is evidence suggesting that the […]

Health system use by frail Ontario seniors: an in-depth examination of four vulnerable cohorts

Toronto, ON, Canada: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada Key Findings OLDER WOMEN: A look at gender differences […]

Mesurer la morbidite chez les patients diabetiques a Montreal.

Montreal, QC, Canada: Montreal Health and Social Services Agency. Published in French. Montreal Health and Social Services Agency, Montreal, QC, Canada No abstract

Evaluation of prescriber responses to pharmacist recommendations communicated by fax in a medication therapy management program (MTMP)

J Manag Care Pharm 17:345-354. Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA BACKGROUND: As defined by the Medicare Prescription […]

A population-based study of periodontal care among those with and without diabetes

J Periodontol 82:1650-1656. Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Our objectives were to describe the prevalence of periodontal care (a marker of periodontitis) […]

Ankle fractures do not predict osteoporotic fractures in women with or without diabetes

Osteoporos Int 23:957-962. Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada It is not clear whether ankle fractures predict future osteoporotic fractures in women, […]

Comparison of inhaled long-acting beta-agonist and anticholinergic effectiveness in older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cohort study

Ann Intern Med 154:583-592. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada. BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a largely preventable and manageable respiratory condition, […]

Adherence with lipid-lowering, antihypertensive, and diabetes medications

Am J Pharm Benefits 3:165-171. Hawaii Medical Service Association, Honolulu, HI, USA OBJECTIVES: To investigate the combinations of medications patients were taking, the study examined […]

Impact of comorbidity on the individual’s choice of primary health care provider

Scand J Prim Health Care 29:104-109. Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, General Practice/Family Medicine, Malmö, Sweden OBJECTIVE. This study examined whether age, […]

Income inequities in end-of-life health care spending in British Columbia, Canada: A cross-sectional analysis, 2004-2006

Int J Equity Health 10:12. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada BACKGROUND: This study aimed to measure […]

A population-based analysis of esophageal and gastric cardia adenocarcinomas in Ontario, Canada: incidence, risk factors, and regional variation

J Gastrointest Surg 15:782-790. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada INTRODUCTION: In Western countries, the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma […]

Randomized trial of depression follow-up care by online messaging

J Gen Intern Med 26:698-704. Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Quality of antidepressant treatment remains disturbingly poor. Rates of medication adherence and […]

Adaptation of the categories Johns-Hopkins ACG Case-Mix System in primary healthcare: a longitudinal, retrospective claim database study

WebmedCentral ECONOMICS OF MEDICINE 2:WMC001657. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain BACKGROUND: To determine the adaptation capacitating of categories case-mix adjustment (Adjusted […]

Predicting the risk of 1-year mortality in incident dialysis patients: accounting for case-mix severity in studies using administrative data

Med Care 49:257-266. Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada BACKGROUND: Administrative databases are increasingly being used to study the incident dialysis population […]

Potential Medicare savings through prevention and risk reduction

Popul Health Manag 14 Suppl 1:S35-S44. Healthways Center for Health Research, Franklin, TN, USA Medicare is challenged to maintain solvency as enrollment climbs because of […]

Risk of low bone mineral density associated with psychotropic medications and mental disorders in postmenopausal women

J Clin Psychopharmacol 31:56-60. Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada BACKGROUND: Independent reports suggest that various psychotropic medications and psychiatric disorders are […]

Patient ability and willingness to participate in a web-based intervention to improve hypertension control.

J Med Internet Res 13:e1. Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Patient-shared electronic health records provide opportunities for care outside of office visits. […]

Predictive modeling in practice: improving the participant identification process for care management programs using condition-specific cut points

Popul Health Manag 14:205-210. Research and Development Unit, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC, Glen Burnie, MD, USA The objective of this study was to optimize predictive […]

Implementation of electronic medical records and preventive services: a mixed methods study

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto (masters thesis). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada The implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) may lead to improved […]

Socioeconomic status and the use of medicines in the Ontario Public Drug Program

Canadian Public Policy 37:563-576. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Residents of Ontario aged 65 years and older are covered by a provincially funded prescription […]

Development of a Medical Productivity Index for health insurance beneficiaries

Insurance Markets and Companies: Analyses and Actuarial Computations 2:7-15. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA In this paper, a Medical Productivity Index (MPI) is proposed […]

Direct costs of hip fractures among seniors in Ontario

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto (masters thesis). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Osteoporosis is a major public health problem resulting in substantial hip […]

Optimal primary care for elders: periodic health examination and interdisciplinary geriatric team care

Waltham, MA, USA: Brandeis University (doctoral dissertation). Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA Health care organizations must find creative ways to achieve cost-efficient, high-quality primary care […]

Epidemiology and impact of multimorbidity in primary care: a retrospective cohort study

Br J Gen Pract 61:e12-e21. Department of Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK BACKGROUND: In developed countries, primary health care increasingly involves the care […]

Association of antiepileptic drugs with nontraumatic fractures: a population-based analysis

Arch Neurol 68:107-112. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between antiepileptic drug (AED) use […]

Working well – the Texas demonstration to maintain independence and employment: 18-month outcomes

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 34:97-106. Addiction Research Institute, Center for Social Work Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA Uninsured working adults with […]

Individual and contextual determinants of regional variation in prescription drug use: an analysis of administrative data from British Columbia

PLoS One 5:e15883. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: Increasing attention is being paid to variations […]

Comparison of alternative risk adjustment measures for predictive modeling: high risk patient case finding using Taiwan’s National Health Insurance claims

BMC Health Serv Res 10:343. Department of Health Policy & Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: Predictive modeling […]

Mortality rates after incident non-traumatic fractures in older men and women.

Osteoporos Int 22:2439-2448. Division of General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada Non-traumatic fractures at typical osteoporotic sites are associated with increased […]

Sleep complaints and their association with comorbidity and health-related quality of life in an older population in Sweden

Aging Ment Health 15:204-213. School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden OBJECTIVE: The relationship between sleep complaints, comorbidity and health-related quality of […]

Copayment level and drug switching: findings for type 2 diabetes

Am J Pharm Benefits 2:412-420. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between copayment level and drug switching among […]

Pharmaceutical use in Manitoba: opportunities to optimize use

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada This report provides a snapshot of […]

Patients gain information and skills to improve self-management through innovative tools

Quality Matters December 2010/January 2011. Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY, USA Health reform strategies such as creating patient-centered medical homes depend on an actively engaged […]

The economic value of a wellness and disease prevention program

Popul Health Manag 13:309-317. HealthMedia, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA The objective of this study was to determine the economic impact of the Hawaii Medical […]

Influence of compliance on the incidence of cardiovascular events and health costs when using single-pill fixed-dose combinations for the treatment of hypertension

Med Clin (Barc) 136:183-191. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of cardiovascular events (CVE) and […]

Setting health care capitations through diagnosis-based risk adjustment: a suitable model for the English NHS?

Health Policy 101:133-139. Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK The English system of health resource allocation has been described as the apotheosis of […]

Complexity and continuity of treatments among privately insured youth diagnosed with bipolar disorder

Front Psychiatry 1:144. Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK OBJECTIVES: To examine longitudinal patterns of complexity, continuity, […]

Investigating whether the Johns Hopkins ACG case-mix system explains variation in UK general practice

London, UK: University College London (doctoral dissertation). University College London, London, UK This thesis describes the first large-scale studies in the United Kingdom to adjust […]

Use of well-child visits in high-deductible health plans

Am J Manag Care 16:833-840. Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, […]

Influenza vaccination and all-cause mortality in community-dwelling elderly in Ontario, Canada, a cohort study

Vaccine 29:240-246. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of influenza vaccines in reducing […]

Employment of mid-level providers in primary care and control of diabetes

Prim Care Diabetes 5:25-31. Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA AIMS: Examine potential associations between inclusion […]

Physician and patient factors associated with follow up of high grade dysplasias of the cervix: a population-based study

Gynecol Oncol 120:63-67. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: This population-based study characterizes available physician […]

Determining the morbidity profile, health-service utilization and health-provider efficiency in the Rejang River Basin, Sarawak, based on TPC® data and the Johns Hopkins ACG® System

BMC Health Serv Res 10:A8. Ministry of Health, Malaysia; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA Introduction: The study focused on the […]

Utilization of clinical tools to understand health-care differences of the Discovery Health population

BMC Health Serv Res 10:A18. Discovery Health, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa INTRODUCTION: Various clinical tools exist that categorize health-care data into homogenous cohorts. The tools […]

Towards a more equitable distribution of resources and assessment of quality of care: validation of a comorbidity based case-mix system

Harefuah 149:665-669. Published in Hebrew. Planning & Health Policy Division, Clalit Health Services Head Offices, Israel BACKGROUND: Equitable distribution of healthcare resources and fair assessments […]

Familial aggregation of childhood health and the socioeconomic gradient of disease: a longitudinal population-based sibling analysis

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: University of Manitoba (masters thesis). University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada The Johns Hopkins ACG(r) Case-Mix System grouped various physician and hospital […]

Time to readmission among chronically ill community-resident beneficiaries: variations by geographic area and provider type

Baltimore, MD, USA: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, […]

Chronic care improvement in primary care: evaluation of an integrated pay-for-performance and practice-based care coordination program among elderly patients with diabetes

Health Serv Res 45:1763-1782. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Healthcare LLC, Glen Burnie, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: […]

Patterns and predictors of restrictive health care service use by youths with bipolar disorder

Adm Policy Ment Health 37:379-387. Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK Patterns of behavioral health service utilization were examined […]

Use of a shared medical record with secure messaging by older patients with diabetes

Diabetes Care 33:2314-2319. Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: Evaluate use of a web-based shared medical record (SMR) between older patients […]

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