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J Am Board Fam Pract 18:449-452. Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of patient characteristics and […]
J Gen Intern Med 23:536-542. Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: Improving […]
Healthc Q 12:32-44. Hollander Analytical Services Ltd., Victoria, BC, Canada This article presents a major new finding in regard to the value for money of […]
Popul Health Manag 13:309-317. HealthMedia, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA The objective of this study was to determine the economic impact of the Hawaii Medical […]
Prim Care Diabetes 5:25-31. Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA AIMS: Examine potential associations between inclusion […]
Am J Manag Care 17:e410-8. Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA OBJECTIVES: To determine the […]
Adm Policy Ment Health 39:374-382. Addiction Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA This study examined antidepressant adherence and persistence among uninsured […]
Ann Emerg Med 61:539-548.e1. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada STUDY OBJECTIVE: More than 10% of patients treated in the emergency department (ED) […]
Health Aff 32:1942-1948. University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI, USA; University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA, USA One approach to the patient-centered medical home, particularly […]
Int J Equity Health 12:69. Center of Comparative Effectiveness Research, National Center of Excellence for Clinical Trial and Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, […]
Ann Fam Med 11 Suppl 1:S19-S26. Group Health Physicians, Seattle, WA, USA PURPOSE: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is being rapidly deployed in many settings […]
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 22:744-751. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada; […]
Am J Manag Care 7:389-398. MEDTAP International, Bethesda, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between blood pressure (BP) control and utilization and cost of […]
Ann Epidemiol 24:532-537. St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada PURPOSE: We […]
Rev Esp Salud Publica 88:251-260. Published in Spanish. Centro de Salud de Astrabudua,.Osakidetza (Servicio Vasco de Salud), Erandio. Bizkaia, Spain; Instituto Vasco de Innovación Sanitaria. […]
Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Canadian policy makers are considering a variety of new […]
International Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology (ICPE) – August, 2015 Boston, MA, USA. Background: A MedsCheck Annual (MCA) consultation is a government-funded, medication review service in Ontario, […]
Gastroenterology 146:S-171. Background: The incidence of Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) in the elderly population is reported to be increasing. Comorbid diseases, which […]
BMC Health Serv Res 7:A13. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden BACKGROUND: Longitudinal studies on clinical categories of patients in primary health care are rare, as are […]
Final report to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services. Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins University, […]
Bethesda, MD, USA: Project Hope Center for Health Affairs. Project Hope, Bethesda, MD, USA This report contains findings from a project conducted by the Project […]
Johns Hopkins University, Lewin Group. Prepared for Health Care Financing Administration. Fairfax, VA, USA: Lewin Group. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Lewin Group, Fairfax, […]
Project final report. Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University and Aetna Health Plans. Johns Hopkins University and Aetna Health Plans, USA As the US health […]
Baltimore, MD, USA: CMS Tribal Affairs Group.. CMS Tribal Affairs Group, Baltimore, MD, USA The Indian Health Service (IHS) is a discretionary federal program that […]
Linkoping, Sweden: Linkoping University. Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden The general aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse the role of primary care in […]
Los Angeles, CA, USA: University of California, Los Angeles (doctoral dissertation). University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Increased technology in the development of effective […]
Baltimore, MD, USA: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, […]
Waltham, MA, USA: Brandeis University (doctoral dissertation). Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA Health care organizations must find creative ways to achieve cost-efficient, high-quality primary care […]
Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Metis Federation. Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Health & Wellness Department, Manitoba Metis Federation, Winnipeg, […]
J Nurs Ed Pract 3:23-29. Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Sondika, Bizkaia, Spain In 2011 advanced competences in nursing were defined and pilot tested in […]
Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago (doctoral dissertation). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand BACKGROUND: Comorbidity has an important impact on cancer outcomes, but the […]
Using case finding and risk stratification: A key service component for personalised care and support planning This handbook describes current thinking and provides practitioner insights […]
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) supports the delivery of integrated, affordable, and high-quality health services to Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries and is responsible for […]
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health How Health Information Technology can Impact the Delivery of Health Care Karen Kinder, PhD, MBA
Johns Hopkins HealthCare Develop a Risk Prediction Model to Identify Diabetic Members at High Risk of Hospitalization Martha Sylvia and Yanyan Lu
University of Minnesota Chinese Health Insurance System and Pilot Study for Applying ACG System to Chinese Healthcare System Yi Zhang and Stephen T. Parente, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins ACG System ACG Predictive Model for Readmission Risk Klaus Lemke
NHS ACGs in Leicestershire and Leicester city Mark Pierce
DST Health Solutions Medication Therapy Management Amy Salls, Director Population Health Strategy Diana R. Kesser, Director Care Management Strategy
Cluster Analysis: Conditions and Variables That Are the Best Predictors of High Cost Members —Bob Gladden and Cathy Meade, CareSource
Use of ACG within Benefit Informatics for employer health plan cost management-Bruns Benefit Focus
N. Alba1, C. Bovo1, R. Marchi1, R. Borin1, F. Avossa2, E. Schievano2, M. Saugo2, M.C. Corti3, E. Boscolo3, C. Abrams4, K. Kinder4, D. Mantoan3; 1Local […]
ACG System DST Health Solutions The Impact of Transitioning Coding Systems on Risk Adjustment Kelsey Rauch
Amy Salls, Director of Population Health Strategy at DST Health Solutions, provides a summary on the commercialization process and the various populations, applications, and user needs that the ACG System helps in the United States. Learn More.
Johns Hopkins Healthcare (JHHC) develops and manages medical care contracts for close to 400,000 plan members. JHHC created a framework based on an adapted version of the National Academy of Medicine taxonomy, combined with ACG System output, to provide a more extensive set of risk categories in an effort to expand their care management programs to high-risk Medicare patients.
Background: Hip fractures among older adults are one of the leading causes of hospitalization and result in significant morbidity, mortality, and health care use. Guidelines […]
Background: Transitioning low-risk cancer survivors back to their primary care provider (PCP) has been shown to be safe but the effect on health system resources […]
Abstract Objectives The Healthy Kids Community Challenge is a large-scale, centrally-coordinated, community-based intervention in Ontario, Canada that promotes healthy behaviours towards improving healthy weights […]
Abstract Women with intellectual disability have low screening rates for breast and cervical cancer. This population-based cohort study examined the association between the level of […]
Abstract A majority of Americans have health care insurance through their employers, the cost for which is rising at an alarming rate. Unfortunately, higher […]
Abstract Objective To evaluate the impact of frailty on adverse perioperative outcomes in patients treated with radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. Material and Methods We […]
Abstract We examine family physicians’ responses to financial incentives for medical services in Ontario, Canada. We use administrative data covering 2003–2008, a period during which […]
Abstract Background Relatively few studies investigated the importance of frailty in radical cystectomy (RC) patients. We tested the ability of frailty, using the Johns Hopkins […]
Summary The majority of patients with esophagus cancer have advanced-stage disease without curative options. For these patients, treatment is focused on improving symptoms and quality […]
Abstract Background & Aims Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a common and treatable cause of cirrhosis and its complications, yet many chronically infected individuals remain […]
Abstract Health plans develop predictive models to predict key clinical events (eg, admissions, readmissions, emergency department visits). The authors developed predictive models of admissions and […]
Abstract Background Few studies have investigated the outcomes of surgical fracture care among socially deprived patients despite the increased incidence of fractures and the inequality […]
Abstract Background Breast assessment sites (bass) were developed to provide expedited and coordinated care for patients being evaluated for breast cancer (bca) in Ontario. We […]
Abstract Objective Although experience suggests a shift in the epidemiology of spinal cord injury (SCI) toward an older demographic, population studies are lacking. We aimed […]
ABSTRACT Objectives There are multiple instruments for measuring multimorbidity. The main objective of this systematic review was to provide a list of instruments that are […]
Abstract Background Stigma and high-care needs can present barriers to the provision of high-quality primary care for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) and those […]
Abstract Background It is well established that cancer patients infected with SARSCoV-2 are at particularly elevated risk of adverse outcomes, but the comparison of SARS-CoV-2 […]
Abstract Background In June 2013, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), the agency responsible for advancing cancer care in Ontario, Canada, published practice guidelines recommending that […]
Abstract Objective Practice guidelines advocating for regionalization of endometrial cancer surgery to gynecologic oncologists practicing in designated gynecologic oncology centres were published in Ontario in […]
Abstract Background Patients in geriatric care display a high degree of multimorbidity. We aimed to explore and visualise various patterns of multimorbidity in a person-oriented […]
Abstract Patients enrolled in Medicaid have significantly higher social needs (SNs) than others. Using claims and electronic health records (EHRs) data, managed care organizations (MCOs) […]
Abstract Purpose It is difficult to reduce cost and improve quality without knowledge pertaining to the distribution of expenses in the population in question. We […]
Risk stratification models have traditionally used medical and pharmacy claims data combined with other sources, such as electronic health records (EHRs). But provider organizations often […]
People usually go to the Emergency Department (ED) when they are experiencing a medical emergency. But some people choose the ED for non-urgent care, which […]
This webinar provides an introduction to the principle of case mix and the constructs within the ACG System that make this possible. This session is a […]
This white paper provides an overview of the ACG System and how it is being used to support a range of clinical and commissioning activities […]
Med Care 38:836-846. Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester, New York, NY, USA BACKGROUND: Primary care physicians (PCPs) exhibit widely varying referral rates, resulting […]
Eval Health Prof 37:434-456. National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan It is well known that the differences-in-differences (DD) estimator is based […]
Manag Care 24:46-52. University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA; Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center HSR&D, Houston, TX, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, […]
Am J Manag Care 8:1105-1115. Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA OBJECTIVES: To examine whether […]
JAMA 272:871-874. Harvard Community Health Plan, Brookline, MA, USA OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of patient characteristics on practice profiling. Using the example of specialty […]
Ann Intern Med 164:395-405. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA BACKGROUND: Effects of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) are unclear. Previous studies had […]
Appl Clin Inform 6:42-55. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA BACKGROUND: The federal government is investing approximately $20 billion in electronic health records […]
BMC Geriatr 15:117. Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark BACKGROUND: Although the […]
Dis Colon Rectum 57:83-90. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: Approximately 20% of patients with ulcerative colitis will require surgical treatment. Recent data […]
Pediatrics 108:851-855. University of Virginia Children’s Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA OBJECTIVE: Hospital care for children with viral lower respiratory illness (VLRI) is highly variable, […]
Health Aff W4:73-75. Center for Health Workforce Studies, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, USA The paper […]
Schizophr Res 113:95-100. Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada It is estimated that mammography screening can reduce mortality from breast […]
J Clin Epidemiol 61:1250-1260. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada OBJECTIVES: The aim was to construct and validate algorithms for […]
Am J Psychiatry 169:704-709. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: In 2014, an estimated […]
J Fam Pract 50:427-432. Health Services Research and Development Center, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, […]
Adm Policy Ment Health 39:440-447. Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA Administrative data were used to examine early dropout among 16,451 health plan members […]
Psychiatry Res 196:32-37. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canad Administrative health care databases are increasingly used for health services and […]
PLoS One 7:e32190. IIS Aragón, Aragón Health Sciences Institute, Miguel Servet University Hospital, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this study […]
Health Serv Res 38:191-209. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA OBJECTIVE: To examine the […]
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 […]
