Am J Pharm Benefits 3:165-171. Hawaii Medical Service Association, Honolulu, HI, USA OBJECTIVES: To investigate the combinations of medications patients were taking, the study examined […]

WebmedCentral ECONOMICS OF MEDICINE 2:WMC001657. Directorate of Planning, Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Badalona, Spain BACKGROUND: To determine the adaptation capacitating of categories case-mix adjustment (Adjusted […]

Orlando, FL, USA: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD, USA RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The objectives are: to compare the cost […]

Health Sci 23:173-178. Published in Lithuanian. The aim of the study: to evaluate multimorbidity dynamics, and needs of out-patient health care services in rural and […]

Abstract   Background: Case-mix systems and comorbidity indices aggregate clinical information about patients over time and are used to characterize need for health care services. […]

DST Health Solutions Data Validation Sokchay Chiv

Sirona Care & Health The Sirona Model & the ACG System

Persistent High Users Characteristics and Identification-Hsien-Yen Chang PhD 

The association between expenditures and quality in type 2 diabetes mellitus care  Troels Kristensena, Msc, PhD, Kim Rose-Olsena, Msc, PhD  Charlotte Ejersted, MD., PhD  Anders […]

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 […]

Abstract Objectives To quantify potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) and assess the association between patient characteristics and PIP using previously coded STOPP-START and Beers criteria in […]

Abstract Background: Although the use of telehealth has declined since the pandemic, it remains a popular mode of care delivery across the cancer care continuum. […]

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated health inequities, particularly among individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). Disparities in vaccine uptake among people with OUD remain […]

Abstract Background COVID-19 vaccines can cause rare but serious adverse events such as myocarditis and immune thrombocytopenia. Despite a lack of strong evidence, concerns have […]

ABSTRACT Introduction To investigate (1) prevalence and time trends in opioid use during pregnancy and (2) patterns of opioid use before and during pregnancy, among […]

Abstract Objective To compare the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of limited and persistent uveitis cases and temporal trends in incidence in Ontario. Methods A retrospective […]

Abstract Introduction: We aimed to compare the effectiveness of methadone and sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone and their association with treatment discontinuation using real-world data from Ontario, Canada. […]

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 […]

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 13:870. Oberri (The Basque Institute for Health Innovation), Sondika, Bizkaia, Spain BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases are posing an increasing challenge to society, with […]

JAMA Surg 148:555-561. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA IMPORTANCE: Bariatric surgery is a well-documented […]

BMC Fam Pract 15:16. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Wait times are an important measure of access to various health care […]

Med Care 43:61-67. Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Houston VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA OBJECTIVES: Many possible methods of risk […]

Appl Clin Inform 5:594-602. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA BACKGROUND: Previous studies on the effects of health information technology (health IT) on […]

First Annual Report. Baltimore, MD, USA: Maryland Health Care Commission. IMPAQ International, Columbia, MD, USA The Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC), an agency of the […]

Socialmedicinsk tidskrift Socialmedicinsk tidskrift:200-215. Published in Swedish Academy of Health and Welfare, Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden The SALAR-project ‘Care on Equal Terms’ evaluation showed that […]

Arch Phys Med Rehabil 96:e15. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada Objective(s): To describe key demographic and acute care characteristics  of patients admitted with a […]

Montreal, QC, Canada: Montreal Health and Social Services Agency. Published in French; also have English translation. Montreal Health and Social Services Agency, Montreal, QC, Canada […]

A guide to implementing a health-based risk-adjusted payment system for Medicaid managed care programs. Annandale, VA, USA: Center for Health Program Development and Management, University […]

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada This report provides a snapshot of […]

Chapter 4. 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, […]

Systems Research and Applications Corporation. Arlington, VA, USA: Systems Research and Applications Corporation. Systems Research and Applications Corporation, Arlington, VA, USA The Office of the […]

Montreal, QC, Canada: Montreal Health and Social Services Agency. Montreal Health and Social Services Agency, Montreal, QC, Canada No abstract