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Value in Health 7:371. AdvancePCS, Hunt Valley, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of adding the pharmacy cost data option to the Adjusted Clinical […]
BMC Public Health 9:157. Data on morbidity in Sweden are based on numbers of diagnoses, classified by the WHO system, the International Statistical Classification of […]
Child Youth Serv Rev 32:103-112. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA Federal policymaking in the last decade has dramatically expanded performance measurement […]
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 […]
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, […]
Health Economics Papers 2013:6. Odense, Denmark: University of Southern Denmark. University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Much research in health economics revolves around the analysis […]
Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica 30:308-314. Published in Spanish. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) are risk […]
High-Risk Case Identification for Use in Comprehensive Complex Care Management Because patients with multiple chronic conditions require proactive, coordinated care management to effectively manage […]
Population health management at JHHC represents a comprehensive approach to health care considering the distribution of health outcomes within a population, and the health determinants […]
Hospital Authority Casemix and Quality – Are they rivals or partners? Dr. K.H. Lee
Dovetail Managing Hospitalization Risk: Refining Patient Selection in a Care Transitions Program Lara Terry, MD. Jeff Oberg
Johns Hopkins ACG System Using ACGs to Support Risk Adjusted Premiums within the Health Insurance Exchange Chad Abrams
Medica Leveraging the John Hopkins ACG Tool to Support Total Cost of Care Contracts Peter M. Thibodeau
NHS Airedale, Bradford & Leeds Cluster Information Services Implementing the ACG risk of hospitalization model with NHS data: experiences from Leeds Dr Thomas Mason MA., […]
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Using Predictive Modeling to Identify Readmission Risk K. Lemke
Geographically Identifying Expanded Diagnosis Clusters in the Hispanic/Latino Population —Thomas Ludden, Carolinas Healthcare System
Swinging from a new tee – towards ‘The Extended Epidemiology’ by analysing the outcome from ACG processing in a County Council in Sweden —Ulf Börjesson, […]
ACG System DST Health Solutions Care Density Amy Salls
Chad Abrams, Director of U.S. Operations, ACG System; describes common challenges around the world such as language differences, data quality, turning data into impact, and […]
Slough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which covers a population of 143,000 in the UK, used the Johns Hopkins ACG System to conduct a population health analysis that generated several new insights. After just 18 months, unplanned hospitalizations were reduced by 18% and emergency department visits were reduced by 19%.
IMPORTANCE There have been concerns raised by patients and regulatory agencies regarding serious psychiatric adverse effects associated with 5α-reductase inhibitors. OBJECTIVE To determine if there […]
Background Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) incidence is increasing rapidly. Esophageal cancer has the second lowest 5-year survival rate of people diagnosed with cancer in Canada. Given […]
Abstract This paper studies regulated health insurance markets known as exchanges, motivated by the increasingly important role they play in both public and private insurance […]
Abstract Objective The objective of this work was to assess the effectiveness of a population‐level patient‐centered intervention for multimorbid patients based on risk stratification for […]
Abstract BACKGROUND Induced abortion is a common procedure performed by physicians with varying degrees of clinical experience. We aimed to determine whether a physician’s […]
Abstract This paper presents the first comparison of descriptive segmentation methods for population health management. The aim of descriptive segmentation is to identify heterogeneous segments […]
ABSTRACT Seasonal influenza is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly among the elderly population. Determinants of vaccination uptake and its impact on health […]
Abstract BACKGROUND Colonoscopy is a key resource used to diagnose colorectal cancer (CRC). This study evaluated the relationship between colonoscopy availability and the length of […]
Abstract Background Case-mix based payment of health care services offers potential to contain expenditure growth and simultaneously support needs-based care provision. However, limited evidence exists […]
Abstract Background Disease-specific guidelines are not aligned with multimorbidity care complexity. Meeting all guideline-recommended care for multimorbid patients has been estimated but not demonstrated […]
Abstract Purpose A prolonged time from first presentation to cancer diagnosis has been associated with worse disease-related outcomes. This study evaluated potential determinants of a […]
Abstract Background Within the Dutch health care system the focus is shifting from a disease oriented approach to a more population based approach. Since every […]
Abstract Background Red blood cell transfusions are common in patients undergoing gastrointestinal cancer surgery. Yet, to adequately balance their risks and benefits, clinicians must understand […]
Abstract Importance Psychiatric emergency department (ED) visits may be avoidable if individuals have access to adequate outpatient care, but the extent to which individuals use […]
Abstract Background Despite the adoption of azacitidine (AZA) in higher-risk MDS/low-blast count AML, limited ‘real-world’ data on resource utilization and toxicity exist. Methods We linked […]
Abstract Objective This study examined the relationship between dysphagia and adverse outcomes across frailty conditions among surgical patients ≥50 years of age. Methods A retrospective cohort […]
Abstract Objective There has been growing interest in the potential role for allopurinol to reduce cardiovascular events in people with diabetes. While adherence to allopurinol is poor […]
Abstract Objective The correct management of patients with multimorbidity remains one of the main challenges for healthcare systems worldwide. In this study, we analyze the […]
Abstract Background A high proportion of health care services are persistently utilized by a small subpopulation of patients. To improve clinical outcomes while reducing costs […]
Abstract During recent years, multimorbidity has taken relevance because of the impact of causes in the system, people, and their families, which has been a […]
Abstract Objective Health care providers increasingly rely upon predictive algorithms when making important treatment decisions, however, evidence indicates that these tools can lead to inequitable […]
Abstract Background: A growing number of US states are implementing programs to address the social needs (SNs) of their Medicaid populations through managed care contracts. […]
Abstract Telemedicine in primary health care is expected to address many of the issues currently challenging service delivery. However, the impact and effect will depend […]
Risk stratification models have traditionally used medical and pharmacy claims data combined with other sources, such as electronic health records (EHRs). But provider organizations often […]
People usually go to the Emergency Department (ED) when they are experiencing a medical emergency. But some people choose the ED for non-urgent care, which […]
This webinar provides an introduction to the principle of case mix and the constructs within the ACG System that make this possible. This session is a […]
This white paper provides an overview of the ACG System and how it is being used to support a range of clinical and commissioning activities […]
Med Care 38:836-846. Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester, New York, NY, USA BACKGROUND: Primary care physicians (PCPs) exhibit widely varying referral rates, resulting […]
Eval Health Prof 37:434-456. National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan It is well known that the differences-in-differences (DD) estimator is based […]
Manag Care 24:46-52. University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA; Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center HSR&D, Houston, TX, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, […]
Am J Manag Care 8:1105-1115. Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA OBJECTIVES: To examine whether […]
JAMA 272:871-874. Harvard Community Health Plan, Brookline, MA, USA OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of patient characteristics on practice profiling. Using the example of specialty […]
Ann Intern Med 164:395-405. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA BACKGROUND: Effects of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) are unclear. Previous studies had […]
Ann Fam Med 13:436-445. Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada; University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Institute for […]
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 8:586-592. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: The prevalence of the use of secondary prevention cardiovascular medications is lower […]
Arthritis Rheumatol 66:488-496. University of Toronto and Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between surgeon experience with, and complications following, […]
Arch Intern Med 162:2269-2276. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: The prevalence, health care […]
Health Serv Res 26:53-74. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA This article describes a […]
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 […]
Health Aff 17:177-189. Wagner Graduate School, New York University, New York, NY, USA. “Preventable” hospitalizations have been proposed as indicators of poor health plan performance. […]
BMC Health Serv Res 10:22. Aragon Health Science Institute, Zaragoza, Spain BACKGROUND: In the financing of a national health system, where pharmaceutical spending is one […]
J Ambul Care Manage 19:86-89. Center for Research in Ambulatory Health Care Administration, Englewood, CO, USA A variety of profiling models and tools is utilized […]
J Ambul Care Manage 32:216-225. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA Approximately 7 of 10 (and 95% of the elderly) people […]
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, […]
Ambul Pediatr 3:253-262. Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in selected processes of asthma care provided to Medicaid-enrolled children […]
Health Serv Res 39:985-1003. Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether different risk-adjustment methodologies and economic profiling […]
Health Serv Res 43:1888-1905. Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: To estimate the joint effect of a multifaceted access intervention […]
Med Care 43:189-193. Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA BACKGROUND: Although patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is […]
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 […]
Acad Emerg Med 20:193-199. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVES: Atrial fibrillation is common in the emergency department (ED). Mortality rates at […]
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 […]
Health Care Manag Sci 3:159-169. Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA This study used […]
Can J Aging 24 Suppl 1:81-95. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Medication use is […]
Popul Health Manag 11:217-218. Mathematica Policy Research, Washington, DC, USA Although concurrent conditions such as complications and comorbidities are common in people with diabetes, both […]
Med Clin (Barc) 133:290-295. Published in Spanish. Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, España BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine the health care […]
Inquiry 35:171-177. Health Research Center, Institute for Research and Education, Health System Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Managed care plans are a type of health insurance. They […]
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 […]
Ann Epidemiol 22:881-887. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada PURPOSE: Administrative healthcare databases are used for health services research, comparative effectiveness studies, and […]
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 […]
Am Heart J 165:939-948. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Emergency department (ED) use by patients with atrial fibrillation is high and […]
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 […]
Diabetes Care 36:3018-3026. Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: Metformin has been associated with a reduction in breast cancer risk […]
Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica 30:345-347. Published in Spanish. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain No abstract
Arthritis Care Res Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA OBJECTIVE: Despite numerous studies reporting increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients […]
BMC Psychiatry 14:84. EpiChron Research Group on Chronic Diseases, Aragón Health Sciences Institute (IACS), University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain BACKGROUND: The epidemiologic study of comorbidities of […]
J Public Health 36:300-307. Department of Health Policy & Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. BACKGROUND: Incorporating longitudinal information […]
This study explored the utility of the Johns Hopkins Aggregated Diagnostic Groups (ADGs) as a noncategorical measure of child health in administrative health data. Canadian […]
In: Population Association of America, eds. 2014 Annual Meeting, Population Association of America. Princeton, NJ, USA: Population Association of America. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA […]
2015 IEEE International Conference on Big Data :2551-2559. Robert Bosch (US), Palo Alto, CA, USA Telehealth provides an opportunity to reduce healthcare costs through remote […]
Washington, DC: International Congress of Actuaries. University of Cape Town, South Africa The aim of this paper is to highlight the key methodological considerations in […]
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 […]
Health Watch :14-17, 32-34. Denver, Colorado, office of Wakely Consulting Group This article discusses some of the most important considerations in implementing risk adjustment within […]
In: Wrightson CW, eds. Financial strategy for managed care organizations: rate setting, risk adjustment, and competitive advantage. Ann Arbor, MI, USA: Health Administration Press:165-225. Health […]
Massachusetts Rate Setting Commission. Final report and recommendation. Boston, MA, USA: Massachusetts Rate Setting Commission. Massachusetts Rate Setting Commission, Boston, MA, USA We investigated methods […]
In: American Statistical Association, eds. Proceedings of the Section on Statistics in Epidemiology. Alexandria, VA, USA: American Statistical Association:42-49. Department of General Internal Medicine, Boston […]
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), […]
Department of Biostatistics Working Paper 51. Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE. To examine effects of primary care […]
York, UK: University of York. University of York, York, UK Health care providers are almost always universally reimbursed by third party purchasers. As a result, […]
Rockville, MD, USA: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND. Bariatric surgery leads to weight loss, but it is […]
