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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 […]
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.
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for Population Health Information Technology, Baltimore, MD HealthPartners, Health Informatics Division, Bloomington, […]
Background: Over the past decade, annual heath exams have been de-emphasized for the general population but emphasized for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). […]
Abstract BACKGROUND: Using electronic health records (EHRs) for population risk stratification has gained attention in recent years. Compared with insurance claims, EHRs offer novel data […]
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Quality end-of-life care (EoLC) is a key aspect of oncology. Days at home in the last 6 months of life represents a […]
Abstract Population aging and the increase of chronic conditions incidence and prevalence produce a higher risk of hospitalization or death. This is particularly high for […]
Abstract BACKGROUND Few studies of how exposure of children to anesthesia may affect neurodevelopment employ comprehensive neuropsychological assessments. This study tested the hypothesis that […]
Abstract Background Readmission rates are a widely accepted quality indicator. Our objective was to develop models for calculating case‐mixed adjusted readmission rates after transcatheter aortic […]
Abstract Importance Emergency department visits and hospitalizations after starting systemic therapy for cancer are frequent, undesirable, and costly. A score to quantify the risk of […]
Abstract Purpose To determine the incidence of kidney stones in pregnancy, the risk of adverse birth outcomes, and treatment trends. Methods We performed a population-based […]
Abstract Background Unplanned visits to the emergency department after total joint arthroplasty are far more common than unplanned readmissions. Our objectives were to characterize the […]
Abstract Introduction Despite growing evidence supporting the safety of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in the treatment of lung cancer, its uptake is still variable and […]
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Globally, primary care changed dramatically as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to understand the degree to which […]
Abstract Background Consider a theoretical situation in which 2 patients with similar baseline characteristics receive a kidney transplant on the same day: 1 from a […]
Abstract Objective To determine incidence-based healthcare costs attributable to nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pulmonary disease (PD) and NTM pulmonary isolation (PI), from the healthcare payer perspective […]
Abstract Objectives To evaluate whether frailty and functional measures are predictors of perioperative complications and length of hospital stay (LOS) in patients undergoing head and […]
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 Objective High deductible health plans (HDHPs) were introduced as a mechanism to reduce healthcare spending by incentivizing patients to be more cost-conscious while making […]
Abstract Purpose This study aimed to assess the impact of the patient-centered prescription (PCP) model in medication adherence and effective prescribing in patients with multimorbidity. […]
Abstract Objective To describe the proportion and identify predictors of community-dwelling individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) who were dispensed ≥1 publicly funded opioid […]
Abstract Importance Individuals with cancer often have an elevated platelet count at the time of diagnosis. The extent to which an elevated platelet count is […]
ABSTRACT Objective High-deductible health plans paired with health savings accounts (HSA-HDHPs) require substantial out-of-pocket spending for most services, including medications. We examined effects of HSA-HDHPs […]
Abstract Context Social determinants of health are an important predictor of future health care costs but little is known about their impact on Medicaid spending. […]
Abstract Background The Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) System is a validated electronic risk stratification system. However, there is a lack of studies on the association […]
Abstract Background: The long-term impacts of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults are not well known. Our objective was to describe the association between […]
Abstract Individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) experienced worsening symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in increased demand for healthcare services. However, it is unclear how […]
ABSTRACT Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) immunotherapies have been funded in Canada for relapsed-refractory large B-cell lymphoma (RR-LBCL) after two lines of systemic therapy […]
Abstract Background Healthcare expenditures across the clinical trajectory of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are inadequately characterized, particularly among immigrants. Our aim is to quantify […]
Abstract Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) immunotherapies have been funded in Canada for relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma (R/R-LBCL) after 2 lines of systemic therapy […]
Abstract Background While the short-term risks of severe injury among older adults (age≥65) are well studied, little is known about long-term functional outcomes in this […]
Abstract Background Much of the research on high-cost patients in healthcare has taken a static approach to studying what is actually a dynamic process. High-cost […]
Jonathan Weiner, DrPH participated as one of the featured presenters in the 8th Annual Predictive Modeling Web Summit. Watch the below recording of Dr. Weiner’s […]
Presented by: Hadi Kharrazi, MHI, MD, PhD
Asst. Professor, JH School of Public Health; Asst. Professor, JH School of Medicine; Research Director, JHCPHIT
This presentation focuses on the potential role of EHR’s unstructured data in identifying frailty markers and improving the prediction of utilization outcomes.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:1063-1069. Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, Oakland, CA, USA OBJECTIVES: To estimate the excess costs […]
Ann Intern Med 161:242-248. London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Yale University and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New […]
J Health Serv Res Policy 8:215-224. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14596756. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada OBJECTIVES: To examine medical […]
Curr Oncol 22:97-104. Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: […]
J Psychiatr Res 61:205-213. Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada; […]
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 9:23-30. Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA; […]
J Hypertens 33:221-2222. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA; Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University of […]
Arthritis Rheumatol 67:162-168. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada OBJECTIVE: Therapeutic intraarticular injections are used in the management of hip osteoarthritis (OA). Some studies suggest […]
Fam Pract 21:355-363. Public Health Policy Unit, School of Public Policy, University College London, London, UK OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate […]
J Ambul Care Manage 19:60-80. Health Services Research and Development Center, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA Growing emphasis on managed care […]
Harefuah 149:665-669. Published in Hebrew. Planning & Health Policy Division, Clalit Health Services Head Offices, Israel BACKGROUND: Equitable distribution of healthcare resources and fair assessments […]
JAMA 273:111; author reply 113. Dr Weiner1 presents an exacting analysis of the likely effects of health system reform on physician workforce requirements. His market approach […]
J Formos Med Assoc 101:52-59. Graduate Institute of Health Care Organization Administration, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Some […]
J Clin Epidemiol 63:412-421. Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: To examine if there are systematic differences in the predictors of self-rated […]
J Occup Environ Med 52:15-21. Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA We evaluated the effect […]
Med Care 43:1065-1072. Caremark, Hunt Valley, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate several statistical modeling approaches in predicting prospective total annual health costs (medical […]
Med Care 49:940-947. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Logistic regression models that incorporated age, sex, and indicator variables for the Johns […]
Arch Neurol 68:107-112. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between antiepileptic drug (AED) use […]
Am J Public Health 88:1539-1541. Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA OBJECTIVES: This study examined the effect of continuity […]
Am J Manag Care 15:13-22. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of Hurricane Katrina on mortality, […]
J Rural Health 25:253-258. Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA PURPOSE: To describe the use of chiropractic care by urban and […]
Br J Gen Pract 55:529-533. University College London Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK BACKGROUND: The potential of a comprehensive measure of patient morbidity to explain […]
J Ambul Care Manage 35:60-74. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA We compared patient management […]
Can Fam Physician 59:e168-e174. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: To examine whether depression in patients with advanced cancer is associated with increased rates […]
J Prim Care Community Health 5:30-35. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. BACKGROUND: The inclusion of mental health issues in the evaluation of multimorbidity generally has […]
Appl Health Econ Health Policy 3:107-114. Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA Population-based risk adjustment, as applied to reimbursement in […]
Ethn Health 12:265-281. Hawaii Medical Service Association, Honolulu, HI, USA OBJECTIVE: Research on adherence has emphasized the need to consider patient ethnicity when developing adherence […]
Health Aff 27:1283-1292. HealthPartners in Minneapolis, MN, USA Erratum in Health Aff (Millwood). 2008 Nov-Dec;27(6):1751. Retail clinics have generated much interest, promising convenient, lower-cost service […]
PLoS One 5:e15883. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: Increasing attention is being paid to variations […]
J Ambul Care Manage 34:380-390. Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine how Community Health Centers (CHCs) perform relative […]
J Gastrointest Surg 15:782-790. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada INTRODUCTION: In Western countries, the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma […]
Arthritis Rheum 57:71-76. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, and Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA OBJECTIVE: To quantify how visits and expenditures differ between insured […]
J Gen Intern Med 27:1112-9. Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA BACKGROUND: Cancer screening is often fully covered under high-deductible health […]
CMAJO 1:E62-E67. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Despite evidence in favour of early cholecystectomy for most patients with acute cholecystitis, variation in practice […]
Med Care 51:639-645. Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA BACKGROUND: Prior studies show that men […]
BMC Health Serv Res 13:269. Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain. BACKGROUND: An increase in chronic conditions is currently the greatest threat to human health […]
Health Aff 32:1398-1406. Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA One-third of US workers now have high-deductible health plans, and […]
J Hypertens 32:65-74. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System and School of Pharmacy, University of […]
BMC Geriatr 14:75. Department of Health Wellbeing and Family, Government of Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain BACKGROUND: The coexistence of several chronic diseases in one same individual, […]
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 […]
