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Postdischarge Telephone Calls by Hospitalists as a Transitional Care StrategyTreating hospitalists effectively identify and efficiently address early postdischarge problems through a single, brief telephone encounter.
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Are Value-Based Incentives Driving Behavior Change to Improve Value?Value-based payment is promoting care delivery transformation among California physician organizations, although the initial focus has been on controlling hospital costs and redesigning primary care.
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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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Statin Adherence and Mortality in Patients Enrolled in a Secondary Prevention ProgramEnrollment in a secondary disease prevention program can have a significant impact on statin adherence and subsequent clinical outcomes.
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A Model for Delivering Population Health Across the Care ContinuumThe Population Health Care Delivery Model presents delivery systems with a framework for developing, piloting, and implementing population health programs across the continuum of care.
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Systolic Blood Pressure Control After Participation in a Hypertension Intervention StudySystolic blood pressure control was not maintained in a large proportion of patients after the end of participation in a hypertension intervention study.
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Oncology Management Programs for Payers and PhysiciansEvaluating current models and diagnosing successful strategies for payers and physicians.
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Stimulating Comprehensive Medication Reviews Among Medicare Part D BeneficiariesThis article describes a study of an intervention to engage Medicare Part D beneficiaries in obtaining a comprehensive medication review.
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Geographic Access to Endocrinologists for Florida's Publicly Insured Children With DiabetesEnrollment, claims, and spatial data are used to demonstrate the importance of outreach strategies for families in rural areas who have children with diabetes. Spatial barriers, alone, do not fully elucidate racial/ethnic disparities in pediatric diabetes for street-level location. (For Tables and the Figure, please access the PDF on the last page.)
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Assessment of Drug Consumption Patterns for Medicare Part D PatientsThis retrospective cohort study found that a sizable proportion of standard Medicare Part D drug program beneficiaries reached the “doughnut hole.”
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Medication Adherence for 90-Day Quantities of Medication Dispensed Through Retail and Mail Order PharmaciesPatients' adherence to maintenance medications at retail pharmacy is slightly higher than those at mail order, presenting opportunities for pharmacists to provide quality care.
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Health Care Resource Utilization Among Patients With T2D and Cardiovascular-, Heart Failure–, or Renal-Related HospitalizationsAmong patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), concurrent cardiovascular-, heart failure–, or renal-related hospitalization presents significant disease burden leading to poor quality of life.
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FASStR: A Framework for Ensuring High-Quality Operational Metrics in Health CareThrough literature review and collaborative design, we propose the Focus, Activity, Statistic, Scale type, and Reference (FASStR) framework to provide a systematic approach to health care operation metric definition and use.
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Effects of Health Savings Account Eligible Plans on Utilization and ExpendituresThe health savings account-eligible design may decrease costs and utilization, but it also may decrease use of preventive services.
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Humanistic and Economic Burden of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Systematic Literature ReviewWorldwide, more than half a million new cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are diagnosed annually. The incidence of HCC in the United States is rising with an estimated 31,000 new cases in 2018. Disease prognosis remains poor, with a 5-year survival rate across all disease stages estimated between 10%-20%, and 3% for those diagnosed with distant disease. Although morbidity is significant, especially among patients with advanced-stage disease, limited information exists on the humanistic and economic burden of HCC.
