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Adherence to Inhaled Corticosteroid Use and Local Adverse Events in Persistent Asthma

This study evaluated the association between patient-reported and medical record–abstracted local adverse events and patient-reported and claims-based adherence to inhaled corticosteroid therapy.

Postdischarge Telephone Calls by Hospitalists as a Transitional Care Strategy

Treating hospitalists effectively identify and efficiently address early postdischarge problems through a single, brief telephone encounter.

Producing Comparable Cost and Quality Results From All-Payer Claims Databases

This paper describes a replicable process for standardizing disparate databases and methods to calculate cost and quality measures within and across states.

Satisfaction With Treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Potential Impact of Pharmaceutical Industry Rebates on Medication Adherence

Cost is a common barrier to medication adherence. The authors discuss the potential role of medication rebates in patients’ out-of-pocket costs and medication adherence.

Clinical Setting of Initial Psychotic Spectrum Disorder Diagnoses in an Integrated Health System

This study examines the clinical settings of first-time psychotic spectrum disorder diagnoses in an integrated health system.

The Myth of the Stable Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patient

Cost Implications of Selective Preoperative Screening in the Care of Candidates for Peripheral Vascular Operations

Achieving Good Glycemic Control: Initiation of New Antihyperglycemic Therapies in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes From the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes Registry

IT-Enabled Systems Engineering Approach to Monitoring and Reducing ADEs

Self-empowering team resource management, when aided by information technology, appears to help reduce adverse drug events in primary care offices.

Tracking Managed Care: The Importance of a Cash Incentive for Medical Director Response to a Survey

Increasing Adherence to a Community-Based Guideline for Acute Sinusitis Through Education, Physician Profiling, and Financial Incentives

e-Consult Implementation Success: Lessons From 5 County-Based Delivery Systems

This case study of 5 county-based delivery systems finds that existing specialty care relationships and information technology integration are important differentiating factors for e-consult implementation success.

Effect of Fexofenadine HC1 on Quality of Life and Work, Classroom, and Daily Activity Impairment in Patients with Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis

State-Level Projections of Cancer-Related Medical Care Costs: 2010 to 2020

State-level estimates of the number of people treated for cancer and the average cost of their treatment by state from 2010 through 2020.

Asthma Treatment Costs Using Inhaled Corticosteroids

Treatment Patterns for Patients With Advanced/Metastatic Cancers by Site of Care

Treatment patterns and overall survival were similar regardless of site of care between patients receiving anticancer therapy in the hospital outpatient vs physician office setting.

Physician Practice Variation Under Orthopedic Bundled Payment

This study demonstrates that variation reduction is an important, but not requisite, component of organizational success under orthopedic bundled payment.

Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Cost Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease in Women

ED-Based Care Coordination Reduces Costs for Frequent ED Users

Results of our pilot randomized controlled intervention involving emergency department (ED)-based care coordination and community health workers demonstrated a trend toward fewer ED visits, fewer hospitalizations, and lower costs among intervention patients.

Hepatitis B Virus Infection Testing and Prevalence Among Asian and Pacific Islanders

We examined the effect of country of origin on HBV testing and chronic HBV infection prevalence among APIs using data from Kaiser Permanente Hawaii.

Office-Based Surgery and Cost Avoidance in an Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program

The Financial Impact of Team-Based Care on Primary Care

Although team-based care improved cardiovascular disease risk factors, it had a negative financial impact on a primary care practice.

Performance Measurement for People With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Conceptual Model

The Performance Measurement for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions conceptual model can facilitate development and refinement of quality measures for a medically complex population.

Substitutive Hospital at Home for Older Persons: Effects on Costs

Substitutive Hospital at Home care for 4 common conditions is associated with cost savings.

A New Gatekeeper for Back Pain

Value-Based Contracting Innovated Medicare Advantage Healthcare Delivery and Improved Survival

Elderly Medicare Advantage members with multiple chronic conditions attained a survival benefit from more cost-effective care when a private plan developed gainshare and monetary risk-bearing arrangements with its contracted providers.

Adherence to Medication Under Mandatory and Voluntary Mail Benefit Designs

Pharmacy benefit designs that mandate mail pharmacy use interfere with prescription drug access, particularly for individuals without previous mail pharmacy experience.

Treating Medicaid Patients With Hepatitis C: Clinical and Economic Impact

Hepatitis C virus treatment is often restricted in Medicaid patients. This analysis evaluates the clinical and cost impacts of treating all Medicaid patients versus the current status quo.