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Comparative analysis of outcome measures used in examining neurodevelopmental effects of early childhood anesthesia exposure

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Inequities in ambulatory care and the relationship between socioeconomic status and respiratory hospitalizations: a population-based study of a Canadian city

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Neurodevelopment of children exposed to anesthesia: design of the Mayo Anesthesia Safety in Kids (MASK) study

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Diagnosis and treatment of incident hypertension among patients with diabetes: a U.S. multi-disciplinary group practice observational study

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Comorbidity burden and health services use in community-living older adults with diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study

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Exploring indicators of use of costly health services in community-dwelling adults with multiple chronic conditions

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Comorbidity and the use of primary care and specialist care in the elderly

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All-cause mortality and serious cardiovascular events in people with hip and knee osteoarthritis: a population based cohort study

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Development and application of a population-oriented measure of ambulatory care case-mix

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Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACGs) explain the utilization of primary care in Spain based on information registered in the medical records: a cross-sectional study

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Diabetes quality of care and outpatient utilization associated with electronic patient-provider messaging: a cross-sectional analysis

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Differences in referral rates to specialised health care from four primary health care models in Klaipeda, Lithuania

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Managing the gap: evaluating the impact of Medicaid managed care on preventive care receipt by child and adolescent minority populations

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Patient web services integrated with a shared medical record: patient use and satisfaction

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Using the Johns Hopkins’ Aggregated Diagnosis Groups (ADGs) to predict 1-year mortality in population-based cohorts of patients with diabetes in Ontario, Canada

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Quantifying morbidity burdens and medical utilization of children with intellectual disabilities in Taiwan: A nationwide study using the ACG case-mix adjustment system

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Is it necessary that some patients come to see us so often? Factors associated with primary care use in pediatrics

Gac Sanit 14:195-202. Published in Spanish. Centro de Salud de Astrabudúa (Bizkaia), Osakidetza-Servicio Vasco de Salud, Bilbao, Spain OBJECTIVES: To analyze the relationship between pediatric […]

Development of a claims-based risk score to identify obese individuals

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Comparison of health care expenditures among insured users and nonusers of complementary and alternative medicine in Washington State: a cost minimization analysis

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Guided care: cost and utilization outcomes in a pilot study

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Identifying frail older people using predictive modeling

Am J Manag Care 18:e392-e397. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel OBJECTIVES: To determine whether a designation of frailty using the […]

A randomized study to decrease the use of potentially inappropriate medications among community-dwelling older adults in a southeastern managed care organization

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Development and validation of a model for predicting inpatient hospitalization

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Involuntary unemployment and mortality in Taiwan

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Case-control study of antibiotic use and subsequent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:44-50. Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, CA, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine which antibiotics increase or decrease the risk of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea […]

More preventive care, and fewer emergency room visits and prescription drugs–health care utilization in a consumer-driven health plan

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Assessing comorbidity using claims data: an overview

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Pharmacy- and diagnosis-based risk adjustment for children with Medicaid

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The influence of incidental abdominal aortic aneurysm monitoring on patient outcomes

J Vasc Surg 54:1290-1297.e2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Incidental abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are identified when the abdomen is […]

Population based study of long-term rates of surgery for urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer

J Urol 188:502-506. Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada PURPOSE: Urinary incontinence can be a significant complication of […]

Prescribing of psychotropic medications to the elderly population of a Canadian province: a retrospective study using administrative databases

PeerJ 1:e168. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba , Winnipeg, MB, Canada BACKGROUND. Psychotropic medications, in particular second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) and benzodiazepines, have been associated […]

Comparative safety and effectiveness of sitagliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes: retrospective population based cohort study

BMJ 346:f2267. Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada OBJECTIVE: To determine if the use of sitagliptin […]

Association between fee-for-service expenditures and morbidity burden in primary care

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Using risk-adjustment models to identify high-cost risks

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Predicting persistently high primary care use

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Specialty use among patients with treated hypertension in a patient-centered medical home

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One-year outcomes associated with using observation services in triaging patients with nonspecific chest pain

Clin Cardiol 37:591-596. Division of Management, Policy and Community Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas. BACKGROUND: Observation services are provided in […]

Changes in office visit use associated with electronic messaging and telephone encounters among patients with diabetes in the PCMH

Ann Fam Med 12:338-343. Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA PURPOSE: Telephone- and Internet-based communication are increasingly common in primary care, yet there is […]

Do physicians who diagnose more mental health disorders generate lower health care costs?

J Fam Pract 49:305-310. University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA BACKGROUND: Underrecognition and undertreatment of mental health disorders in primary care […]

A cross-sectional, population-based study measuring comorbidity among people living with HIV in Ontario

BMC Public Health 14:161. Primary Health Care Research Centre, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: As people diagnosed with HIV and receiving combination antiretroviral […]

Health information exchange and the frequency of repeat medical imaging

Am J Manag Care 20:eSP16-24. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA OBJECTIVES: Medical imaging, which is expensive, is frequently repeated for the same […]

Missed strokes using computed tomography imaging in patients with vertigo: population-based cohort study

Stroke 46:108-113. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: […]

The effect of pelvic fractures on future stress incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse surgery

Int Urogynecol J Western University, London, ON, Canad INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Pelvic fractures in women significantly disrupt the pelvic floor, which may cause stress urinary […]

Association between metformin use and mortality after cervical cancer in older women with diabetes

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 25:507-512. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of […]

Effect of specialized diagnostic assessment units on the time to diagnosis in screen-detected breast cancer patients

Br J Cancer 112:1744-1750. Queen’s University, 10 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON, Canada; Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada; Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON, Canada; University […]

Is the association between physical activity and healthcare utilization affected by self-rated health and socio-economic factors?

BMC Public Health 15:737. Lund University, Malmö, Sweden BACKGROUND: Physical activity and healthcare utilization has negative association. However, there appears to be limited knowledge of […]

Full-service family practice in British Columbia: policy interventions and trends in practice, 1991-2010

Healthc Policy 9:32-47. University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: British Columbia’s primary care reform (initiated in 2002) aims to promote “full-service family practice” […]

Risk-adjusted Medicare capitation rates using ambulatory and inpatient diagnoses

Health Care Financ Rev 17:77-99. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) developed two new diagnosis-oriented […]

Patient ability and willingness to participate in a web-based intervention to improve hypertension control.

J Med Internet Res 13:e1. Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Patient-shared electronic health records provide opportunities for care outside of office visits. […]

Measures of multimorbidity and morbidity burden for use in primary care and community settings: a systematic review and guide

Ann Fam Med 10:134-141. Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, School of Social and Community Medicine, Bristol University, Bristol, UK PURPOSE: Many patients consulting in […]

Development of a risk-adjusted capitation model based on principal inpatient diagnoses in Taiwan

J Formos Med Assoc 102:637-643. Graduate Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Taiwan’s […]

Use of proton pump inhibitors and risk of osteoporosis-related fractures

CMAJ 179:319-326. Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada BACKGROUND: The use of proton pump inhibitors has been associated […]

Formal risk adjustment by private employers

Inquiry 38:299-309. Department of Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA This paper explores explanations for why few private employers have adopted formal risk adjustment. The […]

Patient use of secure electronic messaging within a shared medical record: a cross-sectional study

J Gen Intern Med 24:349-355. Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Most patients would like to be able to exchange […]

HMO family physicians: men and women differ in their work

HMO Pract 9:155-161. Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: The goal was to identify differences in the type of work and […]

Effect of premium, copayments, and health status on the choice of health plans

Med Care 46:1033-1040. Division of Health Care Policy & Research, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA OBJECTIVE: Explore effects of comorbidity […]

Patient sharing among physicians and costs of care: a network analytic approach to care coordination using claims data

J Gen Intern Med 28:459-465. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: Improving care coordination is a national priority and a key […]

Case-mix index and length of hospitalization

G Chir 31:211-214. Published in Italian. Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. The ACG (Adjusted Clinical Groups) case-mix system is a classification […]

ACG case-mix system aids contract assessment, improves performance

Data Strateg Benchmarks 4:21-26. The ABCs of ACGs. Adjusted clinical groups, or ACGs, a risk adjustment system developed by Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University, are being […]

Realigning incentives in fee-for-service Medicare

Health Aff 22:59-70. Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA This paper proposes Medicare payment reform built on the fee-for-service system, with […]

Work limitations and their relationship to morbidity burden among academic health center employees with diabetes

Workplace Health Saf 60:425-434. Department of Acute and Chronic Care, John Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA The objective of this study was […]

Population-based trends in osteoporosis management after new initiations of long-term systemic glucocorticoids (1998-2008)

J Clin Endocrinol Metab 97:1236-1242. University of Alberta and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to describe changes in glucocorticoid-induced […]

Ambulatory care casemix measures

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Racial and ethnic differences in utilization of health services in patients with diabetes enrolled in Medicaid

J Health Care Poor Underserved 15:562-575. General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. We evaluated racial and […]

The effect of acupuncture utilization on healthcare utilization

Med Care 46:41-48. Department of Pharmacy Practice, Albany College of Pharmacy, Research Institute for Health Outcomes, Albany, NY, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine whether acupuncture is […]

A systematic review of health care efficiency measures

Health Serv Res 44:784-805. RAND, Arlington, VA, USA OBJECTIVE: To review and characterize existing health care efficiency measures in order to facilitate a common understanding […]

Achieving cost control, care coordination, and quality improvement in the Medicaid program

J Ambul Care Manage 33:38-49; discussion 69-70. ACS Government Healthcare Solutions, Helena, MT, USA As Medicaid spending rises quickly, controlling cost while coordinating care and […]

Bone microarchitecture assessed by TBS predicts osteoporotic fractures independent of bone density: the Manitoba study

J Bone Miner Res 26:2762-2769. Bone Disease Unit, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland The measurement of BMD by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the “gold […]

Two-year trends in colorectal cancer screening after switch to a high-deductible health plan

Med Care 49:865-871. Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA BACKGROUND: Recent health reform laws might […]

Postoperative health-care utilization in Crohn’s disease: the impact of specialist care

Am J Gastroenterol 107:1522-1529. Mount Sinai Hospital Centre for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canad OBJECTIVES: Crohn’s disease (CD) patients frequently require […]

How does complementary private prescription drug insurance coverage affect seniors’ use of publicly funded medications?

Health Policy 110:147-155. School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: Like in many other high-income jurisdictions, the public drug […]

Division of primary care services between physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners for older patients with diabetes

Med Care Res Rev 70:531-541. University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI, USA; University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Team-based care involving physician assistants and/or […]

Resources allocation and health care needs in diabetes care in Danish GP clinics

Health Policy 113:206-215. Institute of Public Health, Centre of Health Economics Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark BACKGROUND: In several […]

Measuring medical productivity to gauge the value of Medicare

Minn Med 96:46-48. Department of Finance, Medical Industry Leadership Institute, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Having a measure of productivity […]

The effect of medical malpractice liability on rate of referrals received by specialist physicians

Health Econ Policy Law 8:453-475. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA; University of Michigan, School of […]

Determinants of buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependence

J Subst Abuse Treat 46:315-319. Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA; Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA This study assessed the social, demographic and […]

How is the electronic health record being used? Use of EHR data to assess physician-level variability in technology use

J Am Med Inform Assoc Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA BACKGROUND: Studies of the effects of electronic health records (EHRs) have had […]

Procedures take less time at ambulatory surgery centers, keeping costs down and ability to meet demand up

Health Aff 33:764-769. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA During the past thirty years outpatient surgery has become an […]

Risk aversion and costs: a comparison of family physicians and general internists

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Obstructive sleep apnea and incident diabetes

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The pattern of urologic care among traumatic spinal cord injured patients

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Risk factors for reoperation and mortality after the operative treatment of tibial plateau fractures in Ontario, 1996-2009

J Orthop Trauma 29:182-188. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: To define the rates and risk […]

Do different case-mix measures affect assessments of provider efficiency? Lessons from the Department of Veterans Affairs

J Ambul Care Manage 26:229-242. Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Bedford VAMC, Bedford, MA, USA Although case-mix adjustment is critical for provider […]

Achieving weight loss and hypertension control among obese adults: a US multidisciplinary group practice observational study

Am J Hypertens University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA; Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University […]

Association between the patient-centered medical home and healthcare utilization

Am J Manag Care 21:378-386. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA OBJECTIVES: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of primary care is being […]

Caring for dementia: a population-based study examining variations in guideline-consistent medical care

Alzheimers Dement 11:906-916. UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: Evidence indicates that early […]

What do we mean by multimorbidity? An analysis of the literature on multimorbidity measures, associated factors, and impact on health services organization

Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 62:305-314. Hôpital Jean-Verdier, Bondy, France; Université Paris, Paris Cité, Bobigny, France BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity is a consequence of both epidemiological and demographic […]

The development of a risk-adjusted capitation payment system: the Maryland Medicaid model

J Ambul Care Manage 21:29-52. School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA This article describes the risk-adjusted payment methodology employed by the […]

Does high-risk pool coverage meet the needs of people at risk for disability?

Inquiry 45:340-352. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA State high-risk insurance pools serve people denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions. With benefit plans modeled on […]

Comparison of Rx-defined morbidity groups and diagnosis-based risk adjusters for predicting healthcare costs in Taiwan

BMC Health Serv Res 10:126./p> Institute of Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan BACKGROUND: Medication claims are commonly used to […]

Classification systems in case-mix groups in ambulatory care. Perspectives for our primary health care

Aten Primaria 17:76-82. Published in Spanish. Unitat d’Investigació Centre, Institut Català de la Salut, CESCA, Barcelona, Spain No abstract PMID: 8742149

Proton-pump inhibitor use is not associated with osteoporosis or accelerated bone mineral density loss

Gastroenterology 138:896-904. Section of Gastroenterology, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada BACKGROUNDS and AIMS: Recent studies have shown an association between […]

Primary care and specialty care for US children: what is the right mix?

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:219-220. Institute for Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, USA THE VERY TITLE of the article by Forrest et […]

Evaluation of the equity of age-sex adjusted primary care capitation payments in Ontario, Canada

Health Policy 104:186-192. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada OBJECTIVE: Several innovative primary care models have recently been introduced […]

Ambulatory care provided by office-based specialists in the United States

Ann Fam Med 7:104-111. National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK PURPOSE: Increasing use of specialist services in the United […]

Adjust utilization for case mix and make physicians responsible for remaining variation

Data Strateg Benchmarks 2:25-28. “But my patients are sicker!” Health Source/CIGNA put a stop to this physician complaint by switching to quarterly physician profiles that […]

Comparing the medical expenses of adults with Medicaid and commercial insurance in a health maintenance organization

J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:420-435. Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, Oakland, CA, USA The objective of this study […]

Risk adjustment of mental health and substance abuse payments

Inquiry 35:223-239. Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA This study used 1992 and 1993 data from private employers to compare […]

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