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Trends in abdominal aneurysm surgery, 2002-2014

Toronto, ON, Canada: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (internal report). Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada Methods: We conducted a population-based cohort study […]

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 […]

Adverse selection, welfare and the optimal pricing of employer-sponsored health plans

St. Paul, MN, USA: University of Minnesota and NBER. University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA We assess the welfare impact of adverse selection in […]

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 […]

Ambulatory Care Groups: an evaluation for military health care use

Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA: United States Army Center for Healthcare Education and Studies, publication #HR 94-004. United States Army Center for Healthcare Education and […]

Models for Medicare payment system reform based on group-specific volume performance standards (GVPS)

Waltham, MA, USA: Brandeis University. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA This report discusses potential policy options for Medicare based on Group-Specific Volume Performance Standards (GVPS). […]

Aging in Ontario: an ICES chartbook of health service use by older adults

Toronto, ON, Canada: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada Recent investments by the Ontario Ministry of Health and […]

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 […]

Outcomes of care for South Carolina Medicaid managed care enrollees, state fiscal year 2007

Final report to the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Columbia, SC, USA: University of South Carolina. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, […]

Primary health care reimbursement based on socioeconomics or disease burden

Primärvårdsersättning efter socioekonomi eller sjukdomsbörda. [Primary health care reimbursement based on socioeconomics or disease burden. Registry study from Östergötland shows different results depending on analysis […]

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 […]

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

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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, […]

Complications following total joint arthroplasty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto (doctoral dissertation). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is indicated in persons with end-stage […]

Measuring morbidity in populations: performance of the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Group (ACG) case-mix adjustment system in Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada This study examined the performance of the Johns Hopkins […]

Creating meaningful composite scores for primary care

2015 North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, October 2015, Cancun, Mexico. Context: Composite scores (CSs) provide a global measure of quality. CS development […]

Long-term risk of heart failure associated with adjuvant trastuzumab in breast cancer patients

2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. Abstract 9504. J Clin Oncol 32 (suppl; abstr 9504). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; St. Michael’s […]

Is the class half empty? A population-based perspective on socioeconomic status and educational outcomes

IRPP Choices 12:1-30. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada The purpose of […]

Characteristics of risk adjustment systems. Working Paper Series 2

Gainesville, FL, USA: Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida. Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Increasing numbers of […]

Using the ACG case-mix adjustment system to evaluate veteran’s morbidity burdens and medical utilizations in Taiwan

J Healthc Manag 8:67-84. Published in Chinese. Department of Medical Affairs and Planning, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC OBJECTIVES: Veterans have been […]

Performance of risk adjusted capitated systems in allocating a global budget

Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University (doctoral dissertation). Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Rapidly rising health care costs in the United States have led […]

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

How are Manitoba’s children doing?

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada The health and development of Manitoba’s children were examined […]

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 […]

Home health services in British Columbia: a portrait of users and trends over time

Home health services in British Columbia: a portrait of users and trends over time. Vancouver, BC, Canada: University of British Columbia. University of British Columbia, […]

The effect of a coordinated care program on uninsured, chronically ill patients

Richmond, VA, USA: Virginia Commonwealth University (doctoral dissertation). Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA This study explored how being enrolled in a program that both […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A descriptive analysis of the Ontario MedsCheck annual pharmacy medication review service

Canadian Pharmacists Journal 148:S27. OBJECTIVES: A MedsCheck Annual (MCA) consultation is a medication review service funded by the Ontario government for people taking three or […]

Associations among socioeconomic status (SES), patterns of care and outcomes in breast cancer (BC) patients (pts) in a universal health care system: Ontario’s experience

2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. Abstract 6625. J Clin Oncol 32 (suppl; abstr 6625). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Sunnybrook Health […]

The impact of not having a primary care physician among people with chronic conditions

Toronto, ON, Canada: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Primary care plays a pivotal role in health […]

Using the Adjusted Clinical Groups System to identify high-risk hemodialysis patients in Taiwan

J Healthc Manag 11:311-326. Published in Chinese. OBJECTIVES: There has been a rising number and cost of patients with regular hemodialysis in Taiwan. The objective […]

Risk distribution and risk assessment among enrollees in Washington state’s Medicaid SSI population

Hamilton, NJ, USA: Center for Health Care Strategies. Center for Health Care Strategies, Hamilton, NJ, USA Washington state began enrolling Medicaid SSI (low income, disabled) […]

Risk adjustment and rate setting methods in public programs

A report to legislature. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health. Health Economics Program, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, MN, USA The 1995 […]

Updating and calibrating the Johns Hopkins University ACG/ADG risk adjustment method for application to Medicare risk contracting

Final report to Health Care Financing Administration. Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Adjusting for patients’ clinical case mix explains variation in general practice prescribing

Research report no. 291, Department of Statistical Science. London, UK: University College London. University College London, London, UK BACKGROUND: The potential of using patient-level measures […]

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 […]

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 […]

Impact of rheumatoid arthritis on recognition of hypertension in a medically homed population

Arthritis Rheum 64:S712-S713. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Numerous studies report increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and others describe increased arterial stiffness in […]

Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) and co-morbidity

ImPrim Report D. Karlskrona, Sweden: ImPrim. Blekinge Centre of Competence, Karlskrona, Sweden No abstract

Depression, anxiety disorders, and related health care utilization in the Manitoba Metis population

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Metis Federation. Manitoba Metis Federation, Winnipeg, MB, Canada This report resulted from the need to understand further the findings in the […]

Do some physician groups see sicker patients than others? Implications for primary care policy in Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Canadian policy makers are considering a variety of new […]

Ontario MedsCheck annual pharmacy medication review service: a comparison between initial and well established implementation periods

International Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology (ICPE) – August, 2015 Boston, MA, USA. Background: A MedsCheck Annual (MCA) consultation is a government-funded, medication review service in Ontario, […]

Risks of hospitalizations and surgery in elderly-onset inflammatory bowel disease: a population based study

Gastroenterology 146:S-171. Background: The incidence of Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) in the elderly population is reported to be increasing. Comorbid diseases, which […]

Patient based patterns of morbidity, a 17 year follow-up on patient records in primary care in Sweden

BMC Health Serv Res 7:A13. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden BACKGROUND: Longitudinal studies on clinical categories of patients in primary health care are rare, as are […]

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, […]

Characteristics of Maryland residents who obtain health insurance from the small and large group markets

Bethesda, MD, USA: Project Hope Center for Health Affairs. Project Hope, Bethesda, MD, USA This report contains findings from a project conducted by the Project […]

Developing re-insurance and carve-out risk adjusters for an under 65 population

Johns Hopkins University, Lewin Group. Prepared for Health Care Financing Administration. Fairfax, VA, USA: Lewin Group. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Lewin Group, Fairfax, […]

The ambulatory case-mix development project

Project final report. Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University and Aetna Health Plans. Johns Hopkins University and Aetna Health Plans, USA As the US health […]

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 […]

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 […]

Adherence to prescription drugs and adverse health events for patients with hypertension

Los Angeles, CA, USA: University of California, Los Angeles (doctoral dissertation). University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Increased technology in the development of effective […]

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]

Evaluation of the implementation of advanced nursing competencies in the Basque health care system

J Nurs Ed Pract 3:23-29. Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Sondika, Bizkaia, Spain In 2011 advanced competences in nursing were defined and pilot tested in […]

Developing new comorbidity indices for cancer populations using administrative data

Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago (doctoral dissertation). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand BACKGROUND: Comorbidity has an important impact on cancer outcomes, but the […]