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Impact of open-access scheduling on realized access

Health Serv Manage Res 20:134-139. Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Open-access or advanced-access scheduling, which opens the clinic calendar to patients […]

Influence of morbidity and the use of health resources in patients who require care for generalised anxiety disorder in the primary health care setting

Aten Primaria 40:603-610. Published in Spanish. Dirección de Planificación. Badalona Serveis Assistencials, S.A. Badalona. Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the co-morbidity, health care use, economical […]

Patterns in the use of benzodiazepines in British Columbia: examining the impact of increasing research and guideline cautions against long-term use

Health Policy 97:122-129. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada OBJECTIVE: We examined changes in patterns of benzodiazepine […]

Who cares for Medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions?

Pediatrics 108:906-912. Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, USA OBJECTIVE: To estimate generalist, pediatric subspecialist, and any subspecialist […]

Predicting the risk of 1-year mortality in incident dialysis patients: accounting for case-mix severity in studies using administrative data

Med Care 49:257-266. Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada BACKGROUND: Administrative databases are increasingly being used to study the incident dialysis population […]

Tracking family medicine graduates. Where do they go, what services do they provide and whom do they see?

BMC Fam Pract 13:26. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada BACKGROUND: There are continued concerns over an adequate supply […]

Cost analysis of adding pregabalin or gabapentin to the management of community-treated patients with peripheral neuropathic pain

J Eval Clin Pract 18:1170-1179. Badalona Serveis Assistencials, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost of adding either pregabalin or gabapentin to the management […]

A new simple primary care morbidity score predicted mortality and better explains between practice variations than the Charlson index

J Clin Epidemiol 66:436-444. Population Health Research Centre, Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George’s University of London, London, UK OBJECTIVES: Adjustment for […]

Doctor shopping by overweight and obese patients is associated with increased healthcare utilization

Obesity 21:1328-1334. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. OBJECTIVE: Negative interactions with healthcare providers […]

Patient poverty and workload in primary care: study of prescription drug benefit recipients in community health centres

Can Fam Physician 59:384-390. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada Erratum in: Can Fam Physician. 2013 Jun;59(6):612. OBJECTIVE: To […]

Adverse events recorded in English primary care: observational study using the General Practice Research Database

Br J Gen Pract 63:534-542. Department of Primary Care and Public Health (DPCPH), Imperial College London, London, UK BACKGROUND: More accurate and recent estimates of […]

The roles of primary care PAs and NPs caring for older adults with diabetes

JAAPA 27:45-49. Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA; University of […]

Profiling resource use by primary-care practices: managed Medicare implications

Health Care Financ Rev 17:23-42. Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs, Bethesda, MD, USA Variations in elderly Medicare beneficiaries’ health service use are examined using […]

Evaluating case-mix and predictive modeling measures within the British primary care sector

BMC Health Serv Res 7:A8. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Imperial College London, UK Aim: The goal of this project […]

Clinical analytics and data management for the DNP

New York, NY, USA: Springer. Johns Hopkins Health Care, Glen Burnie, MD, USA Strong data management knowledge and skills are a requirement for every DNP. […]

Using case finding and risk stratification: a key service component for personalised care and support planning

London, UK: National Health Service. National Health Service. London, UK This handbook describes current thinking and provides practitioner insights into case finding and risk stratification […]

Population profiling in Slough CCG

Windsor, UK: NHS Slough Clinical Commissioning Group. NHS Slough Clinical Commissioning Group, Windsor, UK As our population ages and the prevalence of long term conditions […]

Editorial: Managing costs with software. Advance for Health Information Executives

Advance Newsmagazines, King of Prussia, PA, USA More than two years ago when Dave Ford took over as CEO at CareOregon in Portland, Ore., the […]

Validation and uses of the ACG-DX predictive modeling and risk adjustment tool in an Israeli HMO

Clin Med Res 8:51-52. Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel BACKGROUND: With an ever increasing population of HMO members with chronic disease and continuing economic […]

The additional cost of chronic disease in Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Many Manitobans have a chronic disease—indeed […]

A comparative analysis of methods of health risk assessment: final report

Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University School of Public Health. Harvard University School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA, USA A key component of many recent proposals […]

Implementing risk assessment and risk adjustment for people with disabilities in state programs: six case studies

Washington, DC, USA: NRH Center for Health and Disability Research. NRH Center for Health & Disability Research, Washington, DC, USA As a group, people with […]

A comparative analysis of claims-based tools for health risk assessment

Schaumburg, IL, USA: Society of Actuaries. Japanese translation published by Tokyo Gakugei University. Society of Actuaries, Schaumburg, IL, USA This Society of Actuaries research project […]

Capitation payment systems – risk factor estimation

Academia Economic Papers 28:231-261. Published in Chinese. PURPOSE: To explore risk factors that can explain individual medical expenditure. SAMPLE: Subjects included in “1996 NHI Satisfaction […]

Managing the gap: evaluating the impact of Medicaid managed care on service use and disparities in health care access

Baltimore, MD, USA: University of Maryland (doctoral dissertation). University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA The National Institutes of Health (NIH) define a health disparity as […]

Identifying patients with high pharmacy consumption by using the Adjusted Clinical Groups in a primary care setting

European Neuropsychopharmacology 19:S340-S341. Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA, Directorate ofPlanning, Badalona. Barcelona, Spain BACKGROUND: Prescription drug costs are rapidly increasing in most countries. The pharmaceutical expenditure […]

Plataforma de proces de dades d’atencio primaria

Barcelona, Spain: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (masters thesis). Published in Catalan. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain No abstract

Measuring the casemix of physician practices in primary-care reform models in Ontario, Canada

BMC Health Serv Res 11:A22. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada INTRODUCTION: A number of different blended-payment models for primary- care delivery have […]

Patients with chronic illness in the patient-centered medical home: costs, use, quality and morbidity-based variation

Seattle, WA, USA: University of Washington (doctoral dissertation). University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Originally described in 1967 as a central source of a medical […]

Evaluation of the full service family practice incentive program and the practice support program: synthesis report for work completed to June 2013

Victoria, BC, Canada: Hollander Analytical Services Ltd. This report constitutes a synthesis of findings from the evaluation of the Full Service Family Practice Incentive Program […]

Kan casemix-systemer anvendes i den danske primaersektor?

Odense, Denmark: Syddansk Universitet. Published in Danish. Syddansk University, Odense, Denmark Dette arbejdspapir er udarbejdet af Forskningsenheden for Almen Praksis (FEA) og Center for Sundhedsøkonomisk […]

Population-based Study of the Effect of Free Influenza Vaccination on Medical Utilization of Elderly

National Yang Ming University A Population-based Study of the Effect of Free Influenza Vaccination on Medical Utilization of Elderly Taiwanese Ching Wen Chien, Ph.D.

Population risk stratification to support strategic planning and commissioning

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Population Level Risk Stratification to Support Strategic Planning and Commissioning  

Wednesday(C9)-The Creation of New Models to Predict Future Resource Use and Risk of Hospital Admission for a General Population in NHS England —Stephen Sutch

The Creation of New Models to Predict Future Resource Use and Risk of Hospital Admission for a General Population in NHS England —Stephen Sutch, Johns […]

Tuesday(C7)-Development of the case finding tool using the ACG system-Roberts

Development of the case finding tool using the ACG system Kevin Roberts

Readmissions: What Health Plans Need to Know

Preventing avoidable hospital readmissions is considered by many to be the most important opportunity for reducing waste in health care. This podcast explains readmissions and why identifying these at-risk patients is important to health plans. Learn more.

Case Mix Adjustment Case Study – Payer

This Case Study shows how Leicester City CCG, one of the most ethnically diverse areas of the UK, analyzed emergency admission rates for all practices, to learn that practices with lower emergency admission rates had significantly higher coding completeness and GP patient survey scores. Learn more.

Rehabilitation of Older Adults with Dementia After Hip Fracture

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of postoperative rehabilitation on the outcomes of older adults with dementia who experienced hip fracture. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: […]

Risk of rhabdomyolysis from 5‐α reductase inhibitors

Abstract Purpose: A recent regulatory warning and case reports have described the development of muscle complications with the use of 5‐α reductase inhibitors (5ARIs). We […]

Respiratory health service utilization of children with neuromuscular disease

Abstract Objectives To quantify health service utilization including assessment, monitoring, and treatment of respiratory complications of children with neuromuscular disease (NMD), identifying practice variation and […]

Community palliative care initiatives to reduce end-of-life hospital utilization and in-hospital deaths: A population-based observational study evaluating two home care interventions

Abstract Context The end-of-life period is characterized by increased hospital utilization despite patients’ preferences to receive care and die at home. Objectives To evaluate the […]

Acute vs cumulative benefits of metformin use in patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure

Abstract   Aims To evaluate the association between metformin use and heart failure (HF) exacerbation in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and pre‐existing HF […]

Understanding the impact of a multispecialty electronic consultation service on family physician referral rates to specialists: a randomized controlled trial using health administrative data

Abstract Background Electronic consultation (eConsult) services are secure online applications facilitating provider-to-provider communication. They have been found to improve access to specialist care. However, little […]

Patient-Reported Symptoms Improve Performance of Risk Prediction Models for Emergency Department Visits Among Patients With Cancer: A Population-Wide Study in Ontario Using Administrative Data

Abstract Context Prior work shows measurements of symptom severity using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) which are associated with emergency department (ED) visits in […]

Epidemiology of Interpersonal Trauma among Women and Men Psychiatric Inpatients: A Population-Based Study

Abstract Objective Small clinical samples suggest that psychiatric inpatients report a lifetime history of interpersonal trauma. Since past experiences of trauma may complicate prognosis and […]

The impact of psychiatric and medical comorbidity on the risk of mortality: a population-based analysis

Abstract Background As life expectancy increases, more people have chronic psychiatric and medical health disorders. Comorbidity may increase the risk of premature mortality, an important […]

In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients on Maintenance Dialysis With Frailty: 10-year Results From the US National Inpatient Sample Database

Abstract Objective The in-hospital mortality rate of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is 6-8 times greater than that of the general population. A large […]

Overuse or underuse? Use of healthcare services among irregular migrants in a north-eastern Spanish region

Abstract Background There is little verified information on global healthcare utilization by irregular migrants. Understanding how immigrants use healthcare services based on their needs is […]

Health Service Utilization and Costs at the Outset of a Permanent Supportive Housing Program

Abstract Research Questions How do permanent supportive housing (PSH) programs help health systems address the social determinants of health and generate potential cost-savings? What methods […]

Assessing the Impact of Early Identification of Patients Appropriate for Palliative Care on Resource Use and Costs in the Final Month of Life

ABSTRACT Purpose This study evaluates whether an intervention to identify Canadian patients eligible for a palliative approach changes the use of health care resources and […]

Diagnosis of Chronic Hepatitis B Peri‐Complication: Risk factors and Trends over Time

Abstract Background & Aims Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease, which can progress to cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and death. […]

Frailty is Independently Associated with Worse Outcomes Following Elective Anatomic Lung Resection

Abstract Background Frailty has been widely recognized as a predictor of postoperative outcomes. Given the paucity of standardized frailty measurements in thoracic procedures, we aimed […]

Controller Medication Use and Exacerbations for Children and Adults With Asthma in High-Deductible Health Plans

Abstract Importance High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) are increasingly common and associated with decreased medication use in some adult populations. How children are affected is less […]

How long does it take patients to find a new primary care physician when theirs retires: a population-based, longitudinal study

Abstract Background The retirement of a family physician can represent a challenge in accessibility and continuity of care for patients. In this population-based, longitudinal cohort […]

High prevalence of comorbidities at diagnosis in immigrants with multiple sclerosis

Abstract Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been associated with certain comorbidities in general population studies, but it is unknown how comorbidity may affect immigrants with […]

Primary Care Continuity andWait Times to Receiving Breast Cancer Chemotherapy: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study Using CanIMPACT Data

Abstract Background Wait times to chemotherapy are associated with morbidity and mortality in breast cancer patients; however, it is unclear how primary care physician (PCP) continuity […]

Small steps, strong shield: directly measured, moderate physical activity in 65 361 adults is associated with significant protective effects from severe COVID-19 outcomes

Abstract Objective To determine the association between directly measured physical activity and hospitalisation, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, ventilation and mortality rates in patients with […]

Matching Special Olympics registration data with administrative health databases: Feasibility and health status differences in children and youth with IDD

Abstract Background Children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience health disparities. What is unknown is if data collected from children and youth […]

Association Between Frailty, 30-day Unplanned Readmission and Mortality After Hospitalization for Heart Failure: Results From the Nationwide Readmissions Database

Abstract Objectives: This study examined how frailty in traditional risk-adjusted models could improve the predictability of unplanned 30-day readmission and mortality among heart failure patients. […]

Profiling Hospital Performance Based on Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Ontario, Canada

Abstract Background: Public reporting of hospital-level outcomes is increasingly common as a means to target quality improvement strategies to ensure the delivery of optimal care. […]

Case Management and Care Coordination Part 2

This webinar will provide an introduction to different types of care programs in use to care for patients with existing and emerging risk and the […]

Provider Profiling and Engagement

Presented by: Dina Goldberg
Executive Director of Population Health, Innovations and Transformation for JHHC

This webinar describes how Johns Hopkins HealthCare (JHHC) uses Provide Profile Reports, created with data from the ACG System, as part of its comprehensive Provider Engagement Strategy.

Association between use of a health information exchange system and hospital admissions

Appl Clin Inform 5:219-231. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA OBJECTIVE: Relevant patient information is frequently difficult to obtain in emergency department (ED) […]

Impact of socio-economic status on breast cancer screening in women with diabetes: a population-based study

Diabet Med 31:806-812. Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada AIMS: There is evidence to suggest that mammography rates are decreased in […]

Postoperative medical complications associated with anesthesia in older adults with dementia

J Am Geriatr Soc 62:2102-2109. Queen’s University, Kingston, On, Canada OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between anesthetic technique and postoperative complications in older adults with […]

High-risk case identification for use in comprehensive complex care management

Popul Health Manag 18:15-22. Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel The current study aimed to develop a patient selection process for muiltimorbid care management that […]

Paying for primary care: a cross-sectional analysis of cost and morbidity distributions across primary care payment models in Ontario Canada

Soc Sci Med 124:18-28. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada Policy-makers desire an optimal balance of financial […]

Primary care physician panel size and quality of care: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada

Ann Fam Med 14:26-33. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, […]

Comorbidity: implications for the importance of primary care in ‘case’ management

Ann Fam Med 1:8-14. Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: Although comorbidity is […]

Classifying physician practice style: a new approach using administrative data in British Columbia

Med Care 53:276-282. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; Access Consulting Ltd, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; University of Alberta, […]

Removal or revision of vaginal mesh used for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence

JAMA Surg :1-9. Western University, London, ON, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, London, ON, Canada; Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar IMPORTANCE: Synthetic mesh slings […]

Post-discharge intervention in vulnerable, chronically ill patients

J Hosp Med 7:124-130. Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA BACKGROUND: Studies suggest that the inpatient to outpatient transition […]

Patient based ‘burden-of-illness’ in Swedish primary health care. Applying the Johns Hopkins ACG case-mix system in a retrospective study of electronic patient records

Int J Health Plann Manage 17:269-282. Centre for Development of Health Services, Stockholm County Council, Sweden Patients from one municipality in Sweden utilizing primary health […]

Development and estimation of a pediatric chronic disease score using automated pharmacy data

Med Care 37:874-883. Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, USA BACKGROUND: Although risk assessment models for specific adult populations […]

Effectiveness of bone density measurement for predicting osteoporotic fractures in clinical practice

J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:77-81. Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada CONTEXT: Bone density measurement with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry is widely used […]

The population health approach: health GIS as a bridge from theory to practice

Int J Health Geogr 4:23. Population Health Surveillance Unit, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, BC, Canada BACKGROUND: The Population Health Approach, proposed by Health Canada, […]

Explanatory ability of the ACG system regarding the utilization and expenditure of the national health insurance population in Taiwan–a 5-year analysis

J Chin Med Assoc 71:191-199. Department of Medical Affairs and Planning, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC BACKGROUND: The adjusted clinical group (ACG) is […]

Impact of physician assistant care on office visit resource use in the United States

Health Serv Res 43:1906-1922. Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the use of physician […]

Provider profiling: doing it right

Healthplan 41:74-79. Medstat Group, Washington, DC, USA Managed care plans are a type of health insurance. They have contracts with health care providers and medical facilities […]

Risk of low bone mineral density associated with psychotropic medications and mental disorders in postmenopausal women

J Clin Psychopharmacol 31:56-60. Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada BACKGROUND: Independent reports suggest that various psychotropic medications and psychiatric disorders are […]

Health reform, health insurance, and mental health care

Am J Psychiatry 169:675-677. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC; Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, […]

Disease burden in the managed care population at an academic medical center: the effect of adding local partners

Acad Med 80:587-593. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA. jbilli@umich.edu PURPOSE: Academic medical centers (AMCs) have traditionally cared for the most severely ill […]

Building health plan databases to risk adjust outcomes and payments

Int J Qual Health Care 10:531-538. Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Division, Portland, OR, USA OBJECTIVES: To highlight the types and sources of […]

The changing shape of the physician workforce in prepaid group practice

Health Aff W4:60-63. Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program, Oakland, CA, USA Multiple factors have combined to change the size and specialty composition of […]

Does a large-scale organizational transformation toward patient-centered access change the utilization and costs of care for patients with diabetes?

Med Care Res Rev 69:519-539. Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA The authors examined whether Group Health’s […]

A hospital system’s wellness program linked to health plan enrollment cut hospitalizations but not overall costs

Health Aff 32:477-485. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Many policy makers believe that health status would be improved and health care spending reduced if […]

Comparison of specialty referral rates in the United Kingdom and the United States: retrospective cohort analysis

BMJ 325:370-371. Health Services Research and Development Center, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA […]

Effects of patient and physician practice socioeconomic status on the health care of privately insured managed care patients

Med Care 41:842-852. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, USA BACKGROUND: Previous research […]

Diffusion into use of exenatide for glucose control in diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study of a new therapy

Clin Ther 29:1784-1794. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA BACKGROUND: Exenatide was approved by the US Food and Drug […]

Efficiency profile in the neurological referrals effectuate reference specialists: use case-mix system Adjusted Clinical Groups

An Med Interna 25:213-221. Published in Spanish. Badalona Serveis Assistencials S.A., Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVES: To determine the general referral and neurological rate per center and […]

Is pharmacologic care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease consistent with the guidelines?

Popul Health Manag 13:21-26. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) […]

Mental health service use before and after diagnosis of early-onset bipolar disorder

J Behav Health Serv 38:398-413. Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK To investigate patterns of mental health […]

Potential Medicare savings through prevention and risk reduction

Popul Health Manag 14 Suppl 1:S35-S44. Healthways Center for Health Research, Franklin, TN, USA Medicare is challenged to maintain solvency as enrollment climbs because of […]

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