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Adm Policy Ment Health 24:339-357. Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA This paper evaluates the ability of Ambulatory Care Groups […]
Aten Primaria 45:54-60. Published in Spanish. Instituto Vasco de Innovación Sanitaria, Sondika, Bizkaia, Spain Predictive models allow populations to be stratified according to their health […]
BMC Health Serv Res 12:153. Department of Health Care Management and Policy, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK BACKGROUND: Internationally health services are facing increasing demands […]
Health Care Financ Rev 23:53-68. Center for Health Program Development and Management, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA Managed care organizations (MCOs) may […]
BMC Health Serv Res 12:365. Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, C/ Alava n° 45, Vitoria-Gazteiz, Spain BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases are an increasing threat to people’s health […]
Med Care 40:717-724. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA BACKGROUND: Previous research shows patient socioeconomic status […]
Pharmacotherapy 25:924-934. Medical and Pharmacy Integration Services, Prime Therapeutics, LLC, Eagan, MN, USA STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of a cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitor prior […]
J Clin Psychol Med Settings 15:98-119. Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA For more than 60 years it has been known […]
Results of the SNAC study. Aging Ment Health 13:1-8. School of Social Science, Vaxjo University, Vaxjo, Sweden OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was […]
Gac Sanit 24:13-19. Published in Spanish. Dirección de Planificación, Badalona Serveis Assistencials S.A., Badalona, Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVE: To determinate the impact of comorbidity, resource use […]
Acad Emerg Med 18:836-843. Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVES: The […]
Am J Manag Care 14:326-334. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: To assess […]
Health Serv Res 47:633-654. Center for Public Health Statistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA OBJECTIVE: To compare patient profiles and health care use […]
Ann Emerg Med 62:570-577. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; […]
PLoS Med 10:e1001425. Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Women with preeclampsia (PEC) and gestational hypertension (GH) exhibit insulin resistance during […]
Clin Infect Dis 57:820-827. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Although annual influenza immunization is recommended for adults aged ≥65 years due […]
Neurologia 28:126-129. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain La presencia de múltiples enfermedades es frecuente en edades avanzadas, y diferentes estudios poblacionales […]
Vaccine 32:990-995. Clalit Research Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel BACKGROUND: Current pneumococcal vaccine campaigns take a broad, primarily age-based approach to immunization targeting, overlooking many clinical […]
PLoS One 9:e89787. Basque Health Service, Erandio, Bizkaia, Spain; Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Sondika, Bizkaia, Spain; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Australian National […]
BMC Fam Pract 15:150. Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Bizkaia, Spain BACKGROUND: A prospective Population Risk Stratification (PRS) tool was first introduced in the public […]
Santelices C E, Muñoz P F, Muñiz P, Rojas J. BACKGROUND: Health care must be provided with strong primary health care models, emphasizing prevention and a […]
Eur J Operational Res 240:235-244. Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain; Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Sondika, Spain; Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, Erandio, Spain This paper […]
Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics Conference, November 2015, Toronto, ON, Canada. A MedsCheck Diabetes (MCD) consultation is a pharmacist-led medication review service funded by the […]
J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol 21:pe120. Background: The aging population in Ontario is accompanied by an increased incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Given […]
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 34:97-106. Addiction Research Institute, Center for Social Work Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA Uninsured working adults with […]
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada […]
New York, NY, USA: Academy Health/Milbank Memorial Fund. Academy Health/Milbank Memorial Fund, New York, NY, USA As the move toward an evidence-based approach to health […]
Barcelona, Spain: Fundacio Salut, Empresa i Economia. Published in Spanish. Fundacio Salut, Empresa i Economia, Barcelona, Spain No abstract
Malmo, Sweden: Lund University (doctoral dissertation). Lund University, Malmo, Sweden The overall aim of this thesis was to analyse the importance of co-morbidity level for […]
Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada This report was conducted at the Manitoba Centre for […]
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 ManagementBecause patients with multiple chronic conditions require proactive, coordinated care management to effectively manage numerous health […]
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%.
Thomas E. Kottke, MD, MSPH; Jason M. Gallagher, MBA; Sachin Rauri, MS; Juliana O. Tillema, MPA; Nicolaas P. Pronk, PhD, FACSM; Susan M. Knudson, MA […]
Objective To determine how to best measure the provision of comprehensive preventive care assessment to adults with IDD. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Ontario. Participants Adults with […]
Abstract Background: Several different indices summarize patient comorbidity using health care data. An accurate index can be used to describe the risk profile of patients, […]
Abstract Background Payers and providers still primarily use ordinary least squares (OLS) to estimate expected economic and clinical outcomes for risk adjustment purposes. Penalized […]
Abstract Study design Retrospective cohort study. Objectives The objectives for this study were to examine the prevalence of polypharmacy for people with traumatic spinal cord […]
Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is associated with improved outcomes for children exposed to maternal opioid dependence in utero. We examined Ontario’s […]
Abstract Background Events occurring outside the hospital setting are underevaluated in surgical quality improvement initiatives and research. Objective To quantify regional variation in home care […]
Abstract Importance Sex-based income disparities are well documented in medicine and most pronounced in surgery. These disparities are commonly attributed to differences in hours worked. […]
Abstract Background Individuals on the autism spectrum are at greater risk for a variety of co-occurring psychiatric and medical conditions, which could result in greater […]
Abstract Background and purpose To characterize the frequency and risk of serious infections in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) relative to age/sex/area‐matched comparators. Methods This […]
Abstract Background Gastrointestinal cancer surgery patients often develop perioperative anemia commonly treated with red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. Given the potential associated risks, evidence published […]
Aims Echocardiography is commonly used in hip fracture patients to evaluate perioperative cardiac risk. However, echocardiography that delays surgical repair may be harmful. The objective […]
ABSTRACT Background We examined HIV care and treatment in prison and after release for people with HIV in Ontario, Canada, and compared HIV care and […]
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 used […]
Abstract Objective Prednisone is a common treatment for myasthenia gravis (MG), and osteoporosis is a known potential risk of chronic prednisone therapy. Our aim was […]
Abstract Background Frailty is linked to perioperative morbidity and mortality. We evaluated the impact of preoperative frailty on inpatient outcomes of patients undergoing surgery for […]
Abstract Background Severe nutritional complications can occur following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Adherence to follow-up visits can reduce the risk of many bariatric surgery complications, […]
Abstract The prevalence of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) in the Veneto Region (Italy) in the 2015–2020 years was 152.5/100,000 subjects and the incidence 19.7/100,000 person-years. Accordingly, Veneto Region […]
Abstract Background In Canada, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor therapies in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were initially approved regardless of EGFR status. The purpose […]
Abstract Background Healthcare systems have increasingly adopted integrated care models with demonstrated effectiveness. However, few studies examine integrated care for individuals with co-morbid mental illness […]
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) are more transmissible and may have the potential for increased disease severity and decreased vaccine effectiveness. We estimated the […]
Abstract Objective Patient vital signs are related to specific health risks and outcomes but are underutilized in the prediction of health-care utilization and cost. To […]
Abstract Hip fractures have life-altering consequences. Individuals with schizophrenia may experience a higher likelihood of hip fractures, worse postfracture outcomes, and suboptimal care. This thesis […]
ABSTRACT Background This study examined death from breast cancer and death from other causes among women with Stage 1 and 2 Her2-positive and triple-negative breast […]
Abstract Objective Determine relationship between frailty and hospital mortality, length of stay, cost, and medical and surgical complications in Zenker diverticulum surgery. Study Design Retrospective […]
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Abstract Background Shingles remains a significant cause of morbidity in people living with HIV despite advances in antiretroviral therapy. The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) is […]
Abstract Background Many burn survivors experience poor long-term outcomes, including reduced quality of life and greater mortality than the general population, yet post-discharge interventions to […]
Abstract Background Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are heterogeneous conditions with a high multimorbidity burden. However, existing risk […]
Abstract Background Continuity of care is key for high-quality primary care, associated with improved health outcomes, reduced mortality and more efficient use of resources. Achieving […]
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 […]
Early identification of high-risk members provides the opportunity to manage the complex needs of this population. After one month in the plan, more than 50% […]
In this webinar, builds upon the introduction to the concept of case mix in the previous webinar and will share how case mix adjustment can […]
J Fam Pract 50:676-680. University of Washington, Department of Family Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to compare the quality of diabetic care […]
J Gen Intern Med 15:163-168. Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine which physician practice and psychological factors contribute […]
Health Serv Res 37:1345-1364. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada OBJECTIVES: To assess the ability of an […]
PLoS One 10:e0116767. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg University, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: Lyme disease is the most frequently reported vector borne infection in the United States. […]
J Natl Cancer Inst 107:p11: kju424. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Medical Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: We examined the impact of […]
Med Care 41:753-760. VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Although most widely used risk adjustment systems use diagnosis data to classify […]
Med Care 40:303-314. Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA OBJECTIVE: To compare the process of […]
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 […]
