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J Hum Resources 45:517-548. Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Research has shown […]
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 […]
Cape Town, South Africa: Actuarial Society of South Africa. School of Management Studies, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa The aim of this paper […]
São Paulo, Brazil: Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (doctoral dissertation). Published in Portuguese. Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Administração […]
In: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, September 9-11, 2013, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE:551-556. Department of Health Policy and Management, […]
Midlands and Lancashire CSU – ACG® System Case Management Report
Slough CCG used data output from the Johns Hopkins ACG System to gain a better understanding of their patient population, understand the factors that drive […]
Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC Population Health Management: A Focus On Analytics Using ACGs Martha Sylvia, PhD, MBA, RN
The Association between Patient Sharing among Physicians and Cost of Care-Klaus Lemke
Do Real Time Clinical Measures Improve the Performance of ACG Based Predictive Models? Paul Fishman, PhD Robert Reid, MD, PhD
2015 HSR Impact Awardee The Johns Hopkins ACG Case-Mix System
Linda Dunbar, Vice President of Population Health Care Management at Johns Hopkins HealthCare discusses how the ACG System assisted with Care Management for high-risk individuals […]
The Ministry of Health in Chile used the ACG® System as a risk-adjustment mechanism to improve health care resource allocation and better describe the disease […]
Objective: In 2001, the province of Ontario expanded cancer genetic testing eligibility to include all women with high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSC) of the ovary, […]
BACKGROUND: Primary care clinicians know that case-mix varies between different physician practices and geographical areas. Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is now able to quantify […]
Abstract Background The rapidly growing population of elderly subjects with multimorbidity is at risk of receiving fragmented and uncoordinated care, and have frequent hospitalizations and […]
Abstract Purpose To examine the association of all-cause and premature mortality with four modifiable lifestyle behaviors and quantify the burden of behavioral-related premature death in Ontario, […]
Abstract Dialysis prior to kidney transplantation may have a detrimental effect on post-transplant Outcomes. However, prior studies have not fully characterized the nature of this […]
Abstract Background Living in unwalkable neighborhoods has been associated with heightened risk for diabetes and hypertension. However, highly walkable environments may have higher concentrations of […]
Abstract Populations that are more than just slightly overdue for breast, cervical and colorectal screening should likely be targeted for policy and practice interventions. We […]
Abstract Importance Prescribing the first biologic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an important decision for patients, their physicians, and payers, with considerable costs and […]
Abstract Objectives To characterise the comorbidities of heart failure (HF) in men and women, to explore their clustering into multimorbidity patterns, and to measure the […]
ABSTRACT Objectives: Analyses of emergency department (ED) use require visit classification algorithms based on administrative data. Our objectives were to present an expanded and revised version […]
Abstract Background Heart failure (HF) has been defined as global disease of pandemic proportions, since it affects around 26 million people worldwide.[1] According to a recent […]
Abstract Objective Early childhood asthma diagnosis is common; however, many children diagnosed before age 5 experience symptom resolution and it remains difficult to identify individuals […]
Abstract Objective To determine whether an anterior approach is associated with lower risk of complications than either a lateral or posterior approach. Design, Setting, and […]
Abstract Objectives Frailty, defined as loss of reserve and vulnerability to changes in health, affects many ovarian cancer patients who are planned to undergo surgery. […]
Abstract Background Health resource utilization (HRU) and associated factors of high cost are not well understood in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). Methods In this population-based, retrospective […]
Abstract Objective The prevalence of coexisting coronary artery disease (CAD) is high in patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Our objective was to […]
Abstract Objective Most risk stratification approaches attempt to predict clinical outcomes rather than value. For a provider organization or health system to have financial success […]
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 Background COPD medications reduce exacerbations and improve quality of life. Despite this, some individuals do not receive medications recommended by practice guidelines. Research Question […]
Abstract Background Multimorbidity measures are useful for resource planning, patient selection and prioritization, and factor adjustment in clinical practice, research, and benchmarking. We aimed to […]
ABSTRACT Objectives To produce an efficient and practically implementable method, based on primary care data exclusively, to identify patients with complex care needs who have […]
Abstract The rise in health care costs, caused by older and more complex patient populations, requires Population Health Management approaches including risk stratification. With risk […]
Abstract Rationale and objective To evaluate the relationship between receipt of annual physicals and the receipt of provider recommendation for preventive services, during a period […]
This webinar explores the use of data sets from other Health and Social Care providers with the ACG system. In particular, it will focus on […]
Presented by: Alan Thompson, MSc
Director of User Support, ACG System
Whilst it is true that resource use increases with an increasing degree of frailty, this presentation will demonstrate that not all frail patients are high cost and not all high cost patients are frail.
Med Care 45:116-122. Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA BACKGROUND: Having a family member with substance use problems affects family functioning, […]
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 […]
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 96:e38. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada Objective(s): To determine, by sex, the predictors, types, and direct cost of publicly funded […]
Toronto, ON, Canada: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (internal report). Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada Methods: We conducted a population-based cohort study […]
Presented at NESUG 2012. Baltimore, MD, USA: North East SAS User Group. Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins […]
St. Paul, MN, USA: University of Minnesota and NBER. University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA We assess the welfare impact of adverse selection in […]
Winnepeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Mental illness is a profound problem […]
Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA: United States Army Center for Healthcare Education and Studies, publication #HR 94-004. United States Army Center for Healthcare Education and […]
