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Abstract Purpose Our purpose was to contrast mortality associated with clinically undiagnosed prevalent vertebral fracture recognized on densitometric vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) and prior clinically […]
ABSTRACT Purpose There is limited evidence on the intensity of end-of-life (EOL) care for women < 65 years old, who account for about 40% of […]
Abstract Objective To examine the effect of an employer‐mandated switch to high‐deductible health plans (HDHP) on emergency department (ED) low‐value imaging. Data Sources Claims data […]
ABSTRACT Background No research has assessed the individual-level impact of smoking cessation treatment delivered within a general primary care patient population on multiple forms of […]
Abstract Objectives To compare the risk of bladder cancer and bladder cancer mortality among patients with chronic bladder catheterisation (indwelling or intermittent) to patients from […]
Abstract Background Early referral of cancer patients for palliative care significantly improves the quality of life. It is not clear which patients can benefit from […]
Abstract Objectives To determine if bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, compared with ovarian conservation, is associated with all cause or cause specific death in women undergoing hysterectomy for […]
Abstract Objective To investigate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalization risk in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) compared with matched non-IMID comparators from the general […]
Abstract Background Network analysis, a technique for describing relationships, can provide insights into patterns of co-occurring chronic health conditions. The effect that co-occurrence measurement has […]
Abstract Background Twenty-five states have implemented insulin out-of-pocket (OOP) cost caps, but their effectiveness is uncertain. Objective To examine the effect of state insulin OOP […]
THE JOHNS HOPKINS ACG® SYSTEM is a leading risk measurement methodology that was developed and continues to be tested and improved at the Bloomberg […]
With providers engaging more with risk stratification tools, unstructured data and free text from Electronic Health Records (EHRs), a potential exists to more effectively identify […]
If optimizing quality of care, clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness is one of your priorities, ensuring your patient population receives comprehensive, coordinated care from their […]
With the challenges facing our health and social care services and the need to develop new care models to achieve the triple aim of improving […]
J Fam Pract 49:12-17. Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester, New York, NY, USA No abstract Comment in: Interspeciality differences in medical resource utilization. […]
A historical cohort study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 190:218-225. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada; […]
Can Urol Assoc J 8:E805. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada INTRODUCTION: We assessed the urologic care patterns of traumatic spinal cord injury […]
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 […]
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 […]
Am J Hypertens University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA; Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System , Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Aten Primaria 17:76-82. Published in Spanish. Unitat d’Investigació Centre, Institut Català de la Salut, CESCA, Barcelona, Spain No abstract PMID: 8742149
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ambulatory Care Groups. Aten Primaria 22:128. Published in Spanish. Osakidetza Servicio Vasco de Salud, Bizkaia, Spain No abstract Comment on:[A retrospective evaluation of the behaviour […]
J Gen Intern Med 19:944-951. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: To determine efficient ways of promoting advance directives among […]
BMC Public Health 12:575. Blekinge Centre of Competence, Karlskrona, Sweden BACKGROUND: There is a great variability in licit prescription drug use in the population and […]
Health Serv Res 48:582-602. Research and Development, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC, Glen Burnie, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: To develop a quasi-experimental method for estimating Population Health […]
J Ambul Care Manage 22:41-52. 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, CT, USA The Episode Classification System is intended to perform two tasks. First, it will […]
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: Older patients undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS) experience high rates of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Studies focused primarily on elective surgery indicate that frailty […]
ABSTRACT Recent changes to US reimbursement policies are increasingly holding providers financially accountable for patients’ health. Providing nonmedical services in conjunction with primary care—known as […]
Abstract Background Previous studies on high-risk opioid use have only focused on patients diagnosed with an opioid disorder. This study evaluates the impact of various […]
Abstract Background Clinical guidelines caution against nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use in older adults. The study objective was to quantify the 30-day risk of […]
Abstract This study is conducted to investigate the association between major depressive disorder and the subsequent development of Alzheimer disease (AD) in elderly patients […]
Abstract Background We evaluated symptom trajectories and predictors of reporting severe symptoms in the last 6 months of life among non-resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) decedents. […]
Abstract Objective Background: Evidence on sex differences in the association between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cardiovascular outcomes is limited and controversial. We conducted a […]
Abstract Objective Frailty has emerged as an important determinant of many health outcomes across various surgical specialties. We examined the published literature reporting on frailty […]
Abstract Introduction Family Medicine Groups, implemented in Quebec in 2002, are interprofessional primary care teams designed to improve timely access to high-quality primary care. This […]
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 […]
