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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health The Enhanced Use of Primary Care, Ambulatory Hospital Data to Identify Patients for Case Management Programs in England […]
DST Health Solutions Customizing the Predictive Model Amy Salls
NHS Central Southern Commissioning Support Unit Using the ACG System for Population Segmentation and Casemix Adjustment Chris Morris Principal Analyst
A Model for the Risk of Unplanned Inpatient Readmission-Klaus Lemke
Workshop: Wrapping Your Hands Around the ACG System Advanced Reporting Options – Steve Sutch – ACG International – Product Management Director
Goals of Presentation To introduce concepts surrounding population-based case-mix and “predictive risk” modeling. To show examples of applications worldwide where case-mix has proved information to […]
Jonathan Weiner, DrPH, Professor, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and ACG System co-developer provides an insight into the evolution […]
Sweden became one of the first international adopters of the Johns Hopkins ACG System in the mid 1990s and has expanded its use to cover […]
Objective: In 2001, the province of Ontario expanded cancer genetic testing eligibility to include all women with high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSC) of the ovary, […]
BACKGROUND: Primary care clinicians know that case-mix varies between different physician practices and geographical areas. Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is now able to quantify […]
Abstract Background The rapidly growing population of elderly subjects with multimorbidity is at risk of receiving fragmented and uncoordinated care, and have frequent hospitalizations and […]
Abstract Purpose To examine the association of all-cause and premature mortality with four modifiable lifestyle behaviors and quantify the burden of behavioral-related premature death in Ontario, […]
Abstract Dialysis prior to kidney transplantation may have a detrimental effect on post-transplant Outcomes. However, prior studies have not fully characterized the nature of this […]
Abstract Background Living in unwalkable neighborhoods has been associated with heightened risk for diabetes and hypertension. However, highly walkable environments may have higher concentrations of […]
Abstract Populations that are more than just slightly overdue for breast, cervical and colorectal screening should likely be targeted for policy and practice interventions. We […]
Abstract Importance Prescribing the first biologic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an important decision for patients, their physicians, and payers, with considerable costs and […]
Abstract Objectives To characterise the comorbidities of heart failure (HF) in men and women, to explore their clustering into multimorbidity patterns, and to measure the […]
ABSTRACT Objectives: Analyses of emergency department (ED) use require visit classification algorithms based on administrative data. Our objectives were to present an expanded and revised version […]
Abstract Background Heart failure (HF) has been defined as global disease of pandemic proportions, since it affects around 26 million people worldwide.[1] According to a recent […]
Abstract Objective Early childhood asthma diagnosis is common; however, many children diagnosed before age 5 experience symptom resolution and it remains difficult to identify individuals […]
Abstract Objective To determine whether an anterior approach is associated with lower risk of complications than either a lateral or posterior approach. Design, Setting, and […]
Abstract Objectives Frailty, defined as loss of reserve and vulnerability to changes in health, affects many ovarian cancer patients who are planned to undergo surgery. […]
Abstract Background Health resource utilization (HRU) and associated factors of high cost are not well understood in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). Methods In this population-based, retrospective […]
Abstract Objective The prevalence of coexisting coronary artery disease (CAD) is high in patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Our objective was to […]
Abstract Objective Most risk stratification approaches attempt to predict clinical outcomes rather than value. For a provider organization or health system to have financial success […]
Abstract Background: Clinical practice guidelines recommend routine kidney function and serum potassium testing within 30 days of initiating ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor or angiotensin II […]
Abstract Background COPD medications reduce exacerbations and improve quality of life. Despite this, some individuals do not receive medications recommended by practice guidelines. Research Question […]
Abstract Background Multimorbidity measures are useful for resource planning, patient selection and prioritization, and factor adjustment in clinical practice, research, and benchmarking. We aimed to […]
ABSTRACT Objectives To produce an efficient and practically implementable method, based on primary care data exclusively, to identify patients with complex care needs who have […]
Abstract The rise in health care costs, caused by older and more complex patient populations, requires Population Health Management approaches including risk stratification. With risk […]
Abstract Background and Objectives Headache syndromes are highly prevalent, disabling, and costly. Our goals were to (1) describe headache care delivery and costs in a […]
Abstract Background and Aim: In 2021, healthcare expenditure in Italy represented 7.3% of the national gross domestic product, with approximately 80% attributed to the management […]
Background The Barthel Index (BI) measures the level of patient independence in activities of daily living. This review aims to summarize current evidence on the […]
Abstract Objective: The aim was to clarify which pairs or clusters of diseases predict the hospital-related events and death in a population of patients with complex […]
This webinar is a follow up to the previous Predictive Modeling Part I webinar, which provides an overview of the predictive models available within in the […]
Presented by: Sarah Kachur
Director, Population Health R&D, JHHC Business Lead, Pop. Health Precision Medicine
This webinar explores how applying risk taxonomy to a Medicare Advantage population helped a health plan improve their identification of high-risk members.
JACC Heart Fail. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada OBJECTIVES: The study objective was to evaluate the effects of sitagliptin in patients with type 2 […]
JAAPA 27:45-49. Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; VetUnerans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA; University of […]
BMC Geriatr 14:131. Department of Patient Safety, Blekinge County Council, Karlskrona, Sweden BACKGROUND: Risk factors for hip fracture are well studied because of the negative […]
Eur J Public Health 25:72-78. University of Bergen, Norway; Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain; Aragón Health Sciences Institute (IACS), Zaragoza, Spain; University of Zaragoza, […]
Ann Fam Med 1:44-51. Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, VAMC, Bedford, MA, USA Outcome-based performance measurement and prospective payment are common features […]
Aten Primaria 48:102-109. Published in Spanish. Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, España; Unidad Docente Multiprofesional de Atención Familiar y Comunitaria; Madrid, España; Unidad Sistemas de […]
PLoS One 10:e0145233. University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Norwegian Centre for Minority Health Research, Oslo, Norway; Aragón Health Sciences Institute (IACS), Zaragoza, Spain; Carlos III […]
Diabetes Care 38:189-196. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada; St. Michael’s […]
BMC Res Notes 8:714. Lyckeby Primary Healthcare Centre and Blekinge Centre of Competence, Lyckeby, Sweden; University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark BACKGROUND: Home health care […]
Inquiry 41:218-231. Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA This paper examines the relative accuracy of risk-adjustment methodologies […]
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 […]
Health Aff W4:67-69. Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA A reexamination of physician productivity can resolve the current workforce […]
BMC Health Serv Res 10:195. Division of Health Care Policy & Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, US BACKGROUND: This study sought to describe the incidence […]
Healthc Manage Forum 15:11-16. Department of Healthcare and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada This article reviews the Adjusted Clinical Group Case-Mix System […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Healthc Policy 6:88-103. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Many investigators have reported higher rates of cardiac procedures for males […]
Manag Care Interface 17:20-27. College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA Characteristics and risk factors of fee-for-service Medicaid patients (age 65 yr) with […]
Health Serv Manage Res 15:116-125. Departamento de Estumatologia, Facultad de Odontologia, Universidad de Granada, Campus Univeristario de Cartuja, Granada, Spain This study analyses how both […]
N Engl J Med 339:1952-1956. Risk adjustment refers to the adjustment of payments to health plans (or to doctors) to reflect more accurately the actual […]
Med Care 44:568-580. VA Puget Sound Health Care System, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Although […]
J Altern Complement Med 19:250-256. Saint Luke’s Health System, Boise, ID, USA OBJECTIVES: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers are becoming more integrated into the […]
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 […]
Pediatrics 98:10-17. Institute for Research and Education, HealthSystem Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to assess the predictive performance of […]
Med Care 41:84-99. Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVES: Develop and estimate the RxRisk model, a risk assessment instrument that […]
Med Care 45:S149. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: When using observational data to compare the effectiveness of […]
Rev Esp Salud Publica 82:315-322. Published in Spanish. Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain BACKGROUND: Arterial hypertension is one of the […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Schizophr Res 142:52-57. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this study was to compare mortality following incident […]
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 […]
J Intellect Disabil Res 57:478-488. School of Nursing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK BACKGROUND: Effective cancer screening must be available for all eligible […]
Health Serv J 123:26-28. No abstract
BMC Public Health 13:918. Oberri, Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Sondika, Spain BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity is clearly a major challenge for healthcare systems. However, currently, its […]
Am J Gastroenterol 108:1159-1167. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA OBJECTIVES: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is underutilized. To effect […]
J Gen Intern Med Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA BACKGROUND: Young adults with hypertension have […]
Med Care 34:798-810. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVES: This study illustrates how claims […]
Rev Clin Esp 214:140-142. University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Obesity has long been known as a driver and predictor of the increasing global prevalence […]
AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2013:1402-1411. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA Health information exchange (HIE) systems may address the challenges that prevent easy […]
First International Conference on Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury, September 2015, Liverpool, UK. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Objective: To determine, by sex, the predictors, […]
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 96:e17-e18. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada Objective(s): To investigate demographic and acute care clinical determinants of admission to inpatient rehabilitation […]
J Hum Resources 45:517-548. Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Research has shown […]
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 […]
Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Although many descriptive healthcare studies are […]
Chapter 5. In: Gavin NI, Farrelly MC, ed. Evaluation of Medicaid managed care programs with 1915(b) waivers. Presented to HCFA Office of R&D. Rockville, MD, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodology 3:266-277. Adamian Academic Center, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, USA; Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Veterans Administration Medical […]
Hopkins health pricing tool a managed care hit. Baltimore Business Journal July 21. Baltimore Business Journal, Baltimore, MD, USA Johns Hopkins University’s links with private […]
Baltimore, MD, USA: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, […]
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 […]
Cape Town, South Africa: Actuarial Society of South Africa. School of Management Studies, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa The aim of this paper […]
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 […]
In: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, September 9-11, 2013, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE:551-556. Department of Health Policy and Management, […]
Midlands and Lancashire CSU – ACG® System Case Management Report
Slough CCG used data output from the Johns Hopkins ACG System to gain a better understanding of their patient population, understand the factors that drive […]
