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Patient Preferences for Provider Choice: A Discrete Choice ExperimentThe authors used a discrete choice experiment to analyze patient preferences for attributes of provider choice, including wait time, breadth, travel time, continuity of care, and monthly premium.
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Effect of a Patient Panel-Support Tool on Care DeliveryA panel-support tool in a managed care setting improved the percentage of care recommendations met for patients with diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular disease.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Negative Co-Payments: The CHORD TrialThis study extends value-based insurance design concepts in testing the impact on blood pressure control of rewards that provided negative co-payments for blood pressure medication.
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Outcomes Among Chronically Ill Adults in a Medical Home PrototypeThis study investigated healthcare quality, utilization, and costs among patients with common chronic illnesses in a patient-centered medical home prototype redesign.
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Primary Care Physician Resource Use Changes Associated With Feedback ReportsImplementing systemwide dissemination of feedback reports to primary care physicians in an integrated delivery system may be associated with changes in medical resource use.
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Medicare Annual Wellness Visit Association With Healthcare Quality and CostsIn the context of 2 primary care physician–led accountable care organizations, Medicare Annual Wellness Visits were associated with lower healthcare costs and improved clinical care quality for beneficiaries.
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Solutions for Filling Gaps in Accountable Care Measure SetsGaps in accountable care measure sets can be addressed efficiently using priority measure types and innovative approaches to measurement.
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Previously Unrecognized Trends in Diabetes Consumption Clusters in MedicareMedicare beneficiaries with diabetes who are at the lowest levels of healthcare consumption often become some of the highest level consumers in subsequent years.
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Impact of Medical Homes on Quality, Healthcare Utilization, and CostsPatient-centered medical home practices provided better preventive care and disease management with less resource utilization than practices not pursuing PCMH status.
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Patient Attribution: Why the Method MattersReliable identification of the physician–patient relationship is necessary for accurate evaluation. Standardization of evidence-based attribution methods is essential to improve the value of healthcare.
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Impact of Cost-Sharing on Treatment Augmentation in Patients With DepressionHigher patient cost-sharing is associated with a lower likelihood of treatment augmentation in patients with depression who are treated with antidepressants.
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Better Together? Costs of First-line Chemoimmunotherapy for Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung CancerCompared with first-line immunotherapy or chemotherapy alone, combination chemoimmunotherapy for advanced/metastatic non–small cell lung cancer has significantly higher antineoplastic drug and associated medical costs.
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Impact of Care Coordination Based on Insurance and Zip CodeA care transitions program for patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention appeared to reduce 30-day rehospitalizations for patients with Medicaid who lived in wealthier zip codes.
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Late Diagnosis of Hepatitis C Virus Infection, 2014-2016: Continuing Missed Intervention OpportunitiesLate hepatitis C virus infection diagnosis points to a need for earlier screening and treatment before the onset of severe liver disease leading to high cost and diminished outcomes.
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Organization of Care and Diagnosed Depression Among Women VeteransThis analysis studies effects of practice structures, primary care and mental health integration, and sex-specific primary care services on diagnosis of depression among women veterans.
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Impact of Formulary Restrictions on Medication Intensification in Diabetes TreatmentFormulary restrictions on brand name noninsulin antihyperglycemic drugs have little impact on treatment intensification patterns among low-income patients with diabetes in Medicare Part D.
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Enhancing Patient and Family Engagement Through Meaningful Use Stage 3: Opportunities and Barriers to ImplementationTwo leading US health systems attempted to implement 4 draft objectives for Meaningful Use Stage 3 within their health IT infrastructure to provide feedback on needed enhancements to the policy.
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Study: Health Recovery Solutions Uses Tablets to Reduce Cardiac ReadmissionsPilot program implemented at Hackensack ACO that provides hospitals and ACOs an early warning system to manage their highest risk patients.
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Inpatient Placement: Associations With Mortality, Cost, and Length of StayPlacement of patients in an inpatient hospital setting is associated with lower length of stay and mortality at the expense of higher costs.
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Risk Adjusting for Medicaid Participation in Medicare AdvantageWhen comparing risk-adjustment approaches based on Medicaid status of Medicare beneficiaries, this analysis found that predicted spending levels varied depending on states’ Medicaid eligibility criteria.
