Vancouver, BC, Canada: University of British Columbia (doctoral dissertation). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada The objectives of this thesis are to identify equity […]

Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University (doctoral dissertation). Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND. Work limitations are functional limitations within the work context resulting […]

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, […]

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 […]

Kingston, ON, Canada: Queens University (masters theseis). Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the world. Non-curative, […]

Kingston, ON, Canada: Queen’s University (masters thesis). Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: The amount of time that it takes to get a breast cancer […]

J Osteoporosis Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Barakaldo, Spain BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of depression in the population […]

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health The Value of Patient Identification Karen Kinder, PhD., MBA

Hospital Authority One Way of Measuring Morbidity of HA Patients: from Research to Lessons Learnt Dr. Deacons Yeung Chief Manager

DST Health Solutions ACG 10 Lisa Kabasakalian

Integral Health Solutions Applying ACGs to care co-ordination, planning and commissioning Bernadette Bailey, Transformation Programme Manager, Eastern Cheshire CCG Jayne Molyneux, Care Co-ordination Advisor, Integral […]

Concurrent Resource Use and All Age Modeling – Chad Abrams

David Linz, MA Robert Reid, MD, PhD  Paul Fishman, PhD 

Background: Home care services use has been proposed as a means of reducing costs in palliative care by decreasing hospital stay without impacting quality of […]

Abstract Background Chronic kidney disease is a recognized independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but whether the risks of ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non–ST‐segment–elevation […]

Abstract   Purpose This study is conducted to explore the association between potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) among the elderly. Methods We […]

Abstract Background The identification of contextual factors that modify associations between client frailty and their health and service use outcomes is essential for informed home […]

Abstract Objective In this study, we investigated the incremental 1-year direct costs of health care associated with frailty among home care recipients in Ontario with and without […]

ABSTRACT Primary care payment reform in the US and elsewhere usually involves capitation, often combined with bonuses and incentives. In capitation systems, providing care within […]

Abstract Background Population-based survival and costs of pancreas adenocarcinoma patients receiving adjuvant chemoradiation and chemotherapy following pancreaticoduodenectomy are poorly understood. Methods This retrospective cohort study used […]

Abstract Objectives To describe healthcare use and spending before and on becoming a new (incident) senior high-cost user (HCU) compared with senior non-HCUs; to estimate […]

Abstract Background The ability to identify patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and distinguish them from patients with similar conditions in healthcare administrative […]

Abstract Purpose Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers are cancers that can be detected early through screening. Despite organized cancer screening programs in Ontario, Canada participation […]

Abstract Multiple indices are available to measure medication adherence behaviors. Medication adherence measures, however, have rarely been extracted from electronic health records (EHRs) for population-level […]

Abstract Importance This study assesses the role of telehealth in the delivery of care at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Objectives To document patterns […]

Abstract Objective To evaluate the impact of class III obesity (body mass index >40 kg/m2) on wait times for endometrial cancer surgery in Ontario, as […]

Abstract Aims To evaluate the risk-of-hospitalization (ROH) models developed at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana (BCBSLA) and compare this approach to the DxCG risk-score […]

Abstract Objective Traditionally, risk-adjustment models do not address the characteristics of minority populations, such as race or socioeconomic status. This study aimed to evaluate the […]

Abstract Summary The risk of subsequent major osteoporotic and hip fracture following an initial fracture was increased in both sexes over 25 years, with modest […]

Abstract Importance Severe obesity is a risk factor for major early complications after total hip arthroplasty (THA). Objective To determine the association between surgeon experience […]

Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to characterize outpatient physical therapy (OPT) use following tibial fractures and examine the variability of OPT attendance, […]

Abstract Summary Fractures are associated with increased long-term mortality in patients surviving to undergo baseline DXA. Notably, excess mortality risk does not decline with increasing […]

Abstract Background Frailty could affect outcomes of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT). This study sought to examine the effects of frailty on hospital outcomes […]

Abstract Background There is a paucity of the literature on the relationship between frailty and excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods The entire […]

Abstract Under the current Medicare Advantage (MA) risk-adjustment system, plans are incentivized to report diagnosis codes on enrollees’ medical claims reflecting additional and more severe […]

Abstract Background: Primary care attachment, defined as a patient’s formal or informal affiliation with a regular primary care provider, is a cornerstone of many healthcare […]

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess trends in insulin out-of-pocket (OOP) costs, use, and disparities among commercially insured patients from 2008 to 2021. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective time […]

Abstract While algorithmic fairness research in healthcare has predominantly focused on disparities in model performance, less attention has been given to the underlying data structures […]

Abstract Objective:  Investigate the association between Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) risk scores and low scores in self-reported outcome measures (SROMs) among individuals with […]

Abstract Background Robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) is being adopted rapidly, but data on its real-world safety compared with conventional TKA (cTKA) outside specialized centers […]

Purpose of review Health equity has emerged as a priority in urology, as disparities in access to care and health outcomes are driven by social, […]

ABSTRACT Background Frailty is an established predictor of admission into long-term care (LTC) and mortality in the elderly population. Assessment of frailty among adults with […]

Med Care 52:751-756. Centre for Primary Care Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland BACKGROUND: Risk prediction models have been developed to identify […]

Scand J Prim Health Care 32:232-240. Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Norway OBJECTIVE: To compare the likelihood of being […]

BMC Fam Pract 15:183. Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden BACKGROUND: Age, gender and socioeconomic […]

Surgery 157:423-451. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; K Long Health Economics Consulting LLC, St. Paul, MN, USA BACKGROUND: We estimated medical costs attributable to venous […]

J Health Care Poor Underserved 26:519-535. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA We compared preventive counseling services provided by health centers versus other physician offices. […]

Med Care 54:277-286. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada; Monash University, Clayton, […]

J Clin Psychopharmacol 35:667-671. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada Small […]

Am Heart J 170:123-132. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada; University […]

Scand J Public Health Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden; Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Pain is common in […]

Cell Mol Biol 47:1209-1215. Hawaii Medical Service Association, Care Management, Honolulu, HI, USA Despite the fact that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest […]

J Gen Intern Med 25:920-925. Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Research has documented greater health care costs attributable to intimate partner violence […]

Ann Fam Med 7:396-405. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada PURPOSE: Universal coverage of physician services should serve to reduce socioeconomic disparities in […]

Health Serv Res 30:657-671. Graduate Program in Hospital and Health Administration, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the determinants of […]

Med Care 43:1130-1139. Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada OBJECTIVES: Implementation of the International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related […]

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 […]

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 […]

J Clin Psychopharmacol 28:384-391. Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada BACKGROUND: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics have each been […]

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, […]

Arch Fam Med 7:352-357. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE, USA OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between provider continuity […]

Health Care Manage Rev 32:22-29. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA. BACKGROUND: The relationship of distance to care with total health care utilization […]

J Public Health Med 13:189-197. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, School of Health Care Sciences, Medical School, Newcastle, UK Resource management in Ambulatory Care is […]

Aust N Z J Public Health 26:500-507. Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia OBJECTIVE: Australia is beginning to […]

Med J Malaysia 67:363-368. Ministry of Health, Kangar Health Clinic, Jalan Kolam, Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia Allocation of funding within the Ministry of Health of Malaysia […]

Parkinsonism Relat Disord 18:930-935. Movement Disorder Clinic, 200 Woodlawn Street, Winnipeg, MB, Canada PURPOSE: To investigate factors associated with healthcare utilization and prescription drug use […]

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:279-285. Department of Health Policy and Management, Health Services Research and Development Center, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, […]

Am J Manag Care 8:413-422. HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA OBJECTIVE: To learn whether the healthcare costs for patients of various care delivery systems […]

Gac Sanit 11:83-94. Published in Spanish. Unitat d’Investigació Centre del Institut Catalá de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVES: The ambulatory care groups (ACGs) were developed […]

Aten Primaria 40:447-454. Published in Spanish. Dirección de Planificación y Desarrollo Organizativo. Badalona Serveis Assistencials S.A. Badalona. Barcelona. España OBJECTIVE: To determine the comorbidity, the […]

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, […]

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 […]

JAMA 285:60-66. Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA CONTEXT: A shortage of data exists on medical care use by persons with […]

Addiction 107:776-780. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada AIMS: To determine the extent to which other opioids are prescribed to patients receiving methadone […]

BMJ Open 2:2012-000941. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVES: To describe the adaptive capacity of the Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) […]

Mil Med 178:986-993. Healthcare Informatics Division, United States Air Force Medical Support Agency, San Antonio, TX, USA Evidence-based articles have demonstrated an increase in diabetes […]

Diabetes Care 36:2726-2733. University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA; Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Group Health Research Institute, […]

Osteoporos Int 24:659-669. Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada SUMMARY: Using a matched cohort design, we estimated the mean direct […]

Am J Sports Med 41:2034-2040. University of Toronto Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Factors contributing to recurrent dislocation, revision stabilization, […]

J Ambul Care Manage. Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR; Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA To estimate how the […]

Med Care 39:1170-1181. Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA BACKGROUND: Utilization risk assessment is potentially useful for allocation […]

Ann Intern Med 160:741-749. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA BACKGROUND: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of primary care is being implemented […]

Scand J Pain 5:270-275. Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden; Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The influence of pain […]

Prepared for Florida Medicaid. Tallahassee, FL, USA: College of Medicine, Florida State University. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA This report summarizes the final findings […]

Arch Phys Med Rehabil 96:e18. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada Objective(s): To investigate determinants of change in functional outcomes during inpatient rehabilitation (IR) among […]

Eur J Public Health 9:27-35. Unitat d’Investigació Centre del Institut Catalá de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain BACKGROUND: Patient classification systems based on the defining of […]

Taipei, Taiwan: Veterans General Hospital Taipei. Published in Chinese. Department of Medical Affairs and Planning, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC The goal […]

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, […]

Final report, grant number 93-G07, Physician Payment Review Commission. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Park Nicollet Medical Foundation. Park Nicollet Medical Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, USA Under health […]

Final report for grant #HS05505, National Center for Health Care Research/Health Care Technology Assessment. Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, […]

Child and Youth Data Laboratory. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Centre for Child, Family and Community Research. Site also has videos of presentations of report data. Centre […]