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Behavioral Health Disorders and Adherence to Measures of Diabetes Care QualityPersons with substance use disorders were less likely and persons with schizophrenia/paranoia were more likely to be adherent to measures of diabetes care quality.
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Voice Response System to Measure Healthcare Costs:A STAR*D ReportModerate underreporting biases were found when patient responses to an interactive voice response system were compared with medical records in the STAR*D clinical trial.
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High-Cost, High-Need Patients: The Impact of Reported Penicillin AllergyA reported penicillin allergy was common and was associated with suboptimal antibiotic choices and increased healthcare utilization in high-cost, high-need patients.
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Abolishing Coinsurance for Oral Antihyperglycemic Agents: Effects on Social Insurance BudgetsA coinsurance rate decrease can result in increased adherence to oral antihyperglycemic agents and improved clinical outcomes and cost savings for the healthcare system.
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Prescription Opioid Registry Protocol in an Integrated Health SystemA flexible population-based prescription opioid registry was established for addressing a broad range of critical public health questions relating to prescription opioid use.
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Mental Health and Diabetes Control Among Vulnerable Primary Care PatientsOnly 19% of patients in this sample had good diabetes control based on their tested glycated hemoglobin levels. Patients diagnosed with mental health conditions in this study were more likely to have good diabetes control.
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Medicaid Prior Authorization Policies and Imprisonment Among Patients With SchizophreniaThis study examined the impact of prior authorization formularies on the likelihood that patients with schizophrenia will be arrested and incarcerated.
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Future of PrEPExperts in HIV provide closing thoughts on the future of PrEP, including improvement of uptake and addressing access disparities.
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Advancing the Learning Health System by Incorporating Social DeterminantsWithout integrating data on the social determinants of health, the learning health system could fail to reach its mission of higher-quality, safer, and more efficient care.
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Improvements in Access and Care Through the Affordable Care ActAffordable Care Act exchange enrollees in California and Colorado reported significant improvements in access to care and fewer barriers to receiving care due to costs.
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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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Integrated Care Organizations: Medicare Financing for Care at HomeThis paper presents a policy proposal to integrate care for Medicare beneficiaries through creation of integrated care organizations and a Medicare home care benefit.
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Calibrating Medicaid Payment to Need for Long-term Services and SupportsIncorporating data from functional status assessments, we developed a Medicaid payment model for long-term services and supports in a community-dwelling population of older adults.
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Is There a Relationship Between Early Statin Compliance and a Reduction in Healthcare Utilization?Statin therapy compliance of 80% or higher during the first 2 years of treatment is associated with reduced healthcare resource utilization in the following year.
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The Newest Members of CancerLinQ's Community—FDA and NCICollaborating with diverse stakeholders, including the FDA and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program, CancerLinQ continues its efforts to harness big data to rapidly improve the quality of care for people with cancer.
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Why Palliative Care Is the Answer to the Serious Illness Question in Payment ReformWhether it is through enlisting primary providers, building a champion workforce, or hiring more specialist consultants, there is no question that palliative programming must be at the heart of our healthcare system’s quality transformation.
