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J Am Med Dir Assoc 15:256-260. National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to evaluate the benefits of influenza vaccination […]
Montpelier, VT, USA: Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care. Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care, Montpelier, VT, USA OBJECTIVE: The objective of the […]
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 96:e38. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada Objective(s): To determine, by sex, the predictors, types, and direct cost of publicly funded […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
Working for Better Health in Wandsworth -The ACG System’s role in transforming services through innovative care models
Use of ACG® System output to support practices in participating in the Unplanned Admissions DES 2014-15
This short report provides details of the second recalibration of the existing models and the development of new models that was carried out by the […]
The Johns Hopkins University Health Care Reform In the US and England: Commonalities and potential contribution of case-mix & predictive risk modeling tools Jonathan Weiner, […]
Applying the Johns Hopkins ACG Applying the Johns Hopkins ACG Casemix Casemix System to a Retrospective Electronic Database: A 5 to a Retrospective Electronic Database: […]
DST Health Solutions Patient Identification with Incomplete Data Kelsey Rauch
Refining Patient Risk Assessment with Clinical Lab Results-Klaus Lemke
Moving the Chronic Care Model into the Future Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, MACP MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation Group Health Research Institute
Donald Steinwachs, PhD, Professor, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health goes through the history of the ACG System, the importance […]
Clalit Health (an integrated delivery system in Israel) used the ACG System to identify high-risk patients for enrollment in a comprehensive complex care management program for its multimorbid population. This led to a reduction in length of time spent in the hospital, reductions in readmission rates and lower costs.
Background: A small number of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) receive pulmonary function testing around the time of diagnosis. Because omitting testing increases […]
Abstract Background: Using electronic health records (EHRs), in addition to claims, to systematically identify patients with factors associated with adverse outcomes (geriatric risk) among older […]
Abstract Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic debilitating disease with long-lasting comorbidities that impose direct and indirect costs on the health care system. However, […]
Abstract Background Pain is more common among people living with HIV (PLWH) than their counterparts; however, it is unclear whether analgesic use differs by […]
Abstract Primary Health Networks (PHNs) are tasked to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of general practice. Gold Coast Primary Health Network (GCPHN) has been collecting […]
Abstract Background Physical therapy (PT) is an accepted standard of care after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) and essential to maximizing joint functionality and minimizing complications […]
Abstract Background The Johns Hopkins ACG System is widely used to predict patient healthcare service use and costs. Most applications have focused on adult populations. […]
Abstract Background The majority of new hepatitis C (HCV) cases occur among people who inject drugs. In recent years, multidisciplinary models of HCV treatment have […]
Abstract Background Currently, 11% of patients seen in the emergency department for atrial fibrillation die within 1 year of the visit. Our objective was to […]
Abstract Objectives To identify and summarise existing indices for measuring multimorbidity beyond disease counts, to establish which indices include mental health comorbidities or outcomes, and […]
Abstract While an increasing number of girls and women are being identified with autism, we know little about the health of reproductive-aged autistic women. Our […]
Abstract Objectives To determine the impact of frailty on postoperative readmission, morbidity, and mortality among patients undergoing surgery for endometrial cancer. Methods Patients with endometrial […]
Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is often accompanied by chronic diseases, including mental health problems. We aimed at studying mental health comorbidity prevalence […]
Abstract OBJECTIVE Pituitary adenomas (PAs) are among the most common intracranial tumors. Understanding the clinical effects of various modifiable risk factors (MRFs) and nonmodifiable risk […]
Abstract Aims To describe the impact of diabetes comorbidities on the health care services use and costs of a cohort of elderly patients with diabetes […]
Abstract Hypothesis There is limited data on the care and outcomes of individuals with both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer, particularly in […]
Abstract Background: A standard measure of the cancer diagnostic pathway, diagnostic interval, is the time from “first presentation of cancer” to diagnosis. Cancer presentation may be […]
Abstract Objective Frailty has been shown to portend worse outcomes in surgical patients. Our goal was to identify the impact of frailty on outcomes and […]
Abstract Background Frailty aggregates a composite of geriatric and elderly features that is classified into a singular syndrome; literature thus far has proven its influence […]
Abstract Introduction This study assesses the risk of infection and clinical outcomes in a large consecutive population of cancer and non-cancer patients tested for SARS-CoV-2 […]
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Patient effort to comply with complex medication instructions is known to be related to nonadherence and subsequent medical complications or health care costs. […]
Abstract Aim Length of stay (LOS) after colorectal surgery (CRS) is a significant driver of healthcare utilization and adverse patient outcomes. To date, there is […]
Abstract Background The quality-adjusted life year (QALY) is widely used to measure health outcome that combines the length of life and health-related quality of life […]
Abstract Background Medication-related problems are common in older adults with multiple chronic conditions. We evaluated the impact of a nurse-based primary care intervention, based on […]
Dr. Jonathan Weiner participated as a featured presenter in the 2015 Big Data & Health Care Analytics forum in New York City. Watch the below […]
This presentation discusses the various v12.0 features such as refined risk assessment variables and enhanced analytics. Presented by Dr. Stephen Sutch. Learn more.
Addiction 104:203-214. Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA AIMS: To compare the medical costs and prevalence of health conditions of family […]
Anesthesiology 120:1319-1332. Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia; New York State Psychiatric […]
Ann Fam Med 12:402-407. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada PURPOSE: Individuals of lower socioeconomic status have higher rates of hospitalization due to ambulatory care-sensitive […]
Contemp Clin Trials 41:45-54. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; National Center for Toxicological Research, Food and Drug Administration, […]
J Gen Intern Med 30:768-776. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA BACKGROUND: Early hypertension control reduces the risk of cardiovascular complications among patients with diabetes […]
Can J Diabetes 40:35-42. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada; Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; McMaster […]
Prof Case Manag 20:3-11. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA Although […]
Ann Fam Med 3:215-222. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA PURPOSE: The impact of comorbidity on […]
PLoS One 9:e91286. Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Because […]
Med Care 29:452-472. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA This article describes a […]
Health Policy 76:38-48. Centro de Salud Astrabudua, Consulado Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown the validity of Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACGs) in the […]
Diabetes Care 32:1182-1187. Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis […]
J Bone Miner Res 25:388-392. Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada The World Health Organization (WHO) fracture risk assessment system (FRAX) allows […]
BMC Fam Pract 9:63. Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, General Practice/Family Medicine, Malmö, Sweden BACKGROUND: Lithuanian primary health care (PHC) is undergoing […]
J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:92-111. St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD, USA The increased use of managed care in Medicaid warrants […]
J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:798-806. Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVES: This study sought to describe the evolution, use, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gac Sanit 14:195-202. Published in Spanish. Centro de Salud de Astrabudúa (Bizkaia), Osakidetza-Servicio Vasco de Salud, Bilbao, Spain OBJECTIVES: To analyze the relationship between pediatric […]
Popul Health Manag 13:201-207. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Obesity is underdiagnosed, hampering system-based health promotion […]
J Altern Complement Med 16:411-417. Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this analysis was to compare health […]
Dis Manag 11:29-36. Johns Hopkins HealthCare, Glen Burnie, MD, USA Guided Care (GC) is an enhancement to primary care that incorporates the operative principles of […]
Am J Manag Care 18:e392-e397. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel OBJECTIVES: To determine whether a designation of frailty using the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:44-50. Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, CA, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine which antibiotics increase or decrease the risk of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea […]
Benefits Q 24:46-54. Healthcare Informatics, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, USA. Although consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) have grown dramatically, the question of whether CDHPs […]
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, […]
Med Care 43:1155-1159. Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA BACKGROUND: Risk […]
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 […]
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 […]
PeerJ 1:e168. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba , Winnipeg, MB, Canada BACKGROUND. Psychotropic medications, in particular second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) and benzodiazepines, have been associated […]
BMJ 346:f2267. Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada OBJECTIVE: To determine if the use of sitagliptin […]
Eur J Health Econ 15:599-610. Faculty of Health Sciences, COHERE-Centre of Health Economics Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark BACKGROUND: […]
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 […]
Ann Fam Med 3:324-330. Division of Health Care Policy & Research, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA PURPOSE: […]
J Gen Intern Med Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA BACKGROUND: Little is known about […]
Clin Cardiol 37:591-596. Division of Management, Policy and Community Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas. BACKGROUND: Observation services are provided in […]
Ann Fam Med 12:338-343. Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA PURPOSE: Telephone- and Internet-based communication are increasingly common in primary care, yet there is […]
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 […]
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 […]
