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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
Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodology 3:57-73. Academic Technology Center, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, USA; Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Veterans Administration Medical […]
Baltimore, MD, USA: Johns Hopkins University (doctoral dissertation). Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA OBJECTIVE: The overall goals of […]
Manitoba, 1999-2003. Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto (doctoral dissertation). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada This thesis examines hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions […]
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 12:467-474. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada INTRODUCTION: Adverse events (AEs) occur frequently in nursing homes (NHs). Although […]
Health Systems Research Institute and Alliances :Published in Thai. The objective of this study was to examine the feasibility of an outpatient casemix classification system […]
Orlando, FL, USA: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, MD, USA RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The objective is to compare the cost […]
Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto (masters thesis). University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Metformin has been associated with a reduction in breast cancer incidence, […]
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 […]
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health The Enhanced Use of Primary Care, Ambulatory Hospital Data to Identify Patients for Case Management Programs in England […]
DST Health Solutions Customizing the Predictive Model Amy Salls
NHS Central Southern Commissioning Support Unit Using the ACG System for Population Segmentation and Casemix Adjustment Chris Morris Principal Analyst
A Model for the Risk of Unplanned Inpatient Readmission-Klaus Lemke
Workshop: Wrapping Your Hands Around the ACG System Advanced Reporting Options – Steve Sutch – ACG International – Product Management Director
Goals of Presentation To introduce concepts surrounding population-based case-mix and “predictive risk” modeling. To show examples of applications worldwide where case-mix has proved information to […]
Jonathan Weiner, DrPH, Professor, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and ACG System co-developer provides an insight into the evolution […]
Sweden became one of the first international adopters of the Johns Hopkins ACG System in the mid 1990s and has expanded its use to cover […]
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, […]
Int J Equity Health 13:115. Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel; Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel OBJECTIVES: To assess an association of Socio-economic status with […]
Ann Fam Med 12:559-567. Montreal Health and Social Services Agency, Montreal, QC, Canada PURPOSE: In a primary care context favoring group practices, we assessed the […]
Gac Sanit 29:15-20. Aragón Health Sciences Institute (IACS), Zaragoza, Spain; University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain; Carlos III Health Institute, […]
Res Social Adm Pharm 11:382-400. Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA; Pharmacy […]
