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Understanding Factors Associated With Readmission Disparities Among Delta Region, Delta State, and Other HospitalsRevisions of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program should consider including community characteristics in risk adjustment models and adding mechanisms that recognize improvement given the uniqueness of the Mississippi Delta region.
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Effect of Management Strategies and Clinical Status on Costs of Care for Advanced HIVAntiretroviral drugs have replaced hospitalization and other services as the most costly component of HIV care, except in patients with especially advanced HIV.
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Readmissions Are Associated With Utilization and ComorbidityThirty-day readmissions related to inflammatory bowel disease are common and associated with longer length of stay and a higher likelihood of having an associated comorbid condition compared with index hospitalizations.
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Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department After Referral for Hospitalist AdmissionHospitalization is costly and associated with the potential for adverse medical events. Hospitalists are uniquely positioned to help avoid unnecessary emergency department admissions through consultation.
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How Comorbidities and Preoperative Expenditures Correlate With Postoperative Adverse OutcomesAdjusting for patients' covariates, postoperative complications and mortality among geriatric surgical patients exhibited an age-dependent, illness-related, and preoperative medical expense“associated pattern under universal healthcare coverage.
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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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Beyond Black and White: Race/Ethnicity and Health Status Among Older AdultsThis study examines disparities in important patient-reported functional outcomes not routinely assessed among diverse racial/ethnic groups in Medicare managed care.
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A Revised Classification Algorithm for Assessing Emergency Department Visit Severity of PopulationsAn updated emergency visit classification tool enables managers to make valid inferences about levels of appropriateness of emergency department utilization and healthcare needs within a population.
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A Population-Based Assessment of Proton Beam Therapy Utilization in CaliforniaThis population-based analysis of patients with cancer in California found significant differences in proton beam therapy use by health insurance type, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
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Social Determinants of Health and Emergency Department Utilization in Alabama Children’s Health Insurance ProgramCommunity social determinants of health such as rurality and low socioeconomic status moderate the association between an individual’s race and emergency care use.
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Validating Electronic Cancer Quality Measures at Veterans Health AdministrationEven in a fully integrated healthcare system, only 28% of cancer quality measures could be validated by using electronically available data.
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Variation in Hospital Inpatient Prices Across Small Geographic AreasGreater geographic variation was found among private than public payers in the inpatient price per discharge for most hospital services.
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Alignment of Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines, Accountability Metrics, and Practice PatternsThis study measured breast cancer screening practice patterns in relation to evidence-based guidelines and accountability metrics, and found closer alignment is needed for providing patient-centered care.
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Applying Digital Technology in Clinical Trials to Improve Real-World OutcomesScience 37 hopes to help researchers produce clinical trial results that are closer to real-world experiences, for the benefit of patients, pharma, and payers.
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A Mid-South Chronic Disease Registry and Practice-Based Research Network to Address DisparitiesThe authors report the experience of one of the first Southern US communities to develop a comprehensive health care data repository for tracking processes and outcomes of care and identifying areas of greatest need.
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Impact of a Medical Home Model on Costs and Utilization Among Comorbid HIV-Positive Medicaid PatientsAmong HIV-positive Medicaid patients with comorbid medical and psychiatric disorders, there was increased outpatient service utilization, yet relative cost savings, for patients who were treated in patient-centered medical homes.
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Opportunity Costs of Ambulatory Medical Care in the United StatesAn analysis of the opportunity cost associated with ambulatory medical care in the United States demonstrates substantial time costs for individuals and society.
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Does Distance Modify the Effect of Self-Testing in Oral Anticoagulation?Self-testing of anticoagulation improves outcomes, but is expensive. One might assume it is more helpful for patients living farther from care, but the authors disprove this assumption.
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Health System Correlates of Receipt of Radiation Therapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery: A Study of Low-Income Medicaid-Enrolled WomenOmission of radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery leads to poor outcomes. Geographic isolation and scarcity of healthcare specialists correlate with low adjuvant radiation therapy use.
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Costs of Treating Lower Respiratory Tract InfectionsCompared with other costs of treatment, expenditures for antibiotics were nominal in an adult primary care population with lower respiratory tract infections.
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Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Among Patients Cared for in Large Integrated Health PlansAlthough we found no DCIS treatment disparities by race/ethnicity, use of adjuvant radiation therapy was less among older women and among residents of poorer neighborhoods.
