Authors


Emily D. Doucette, MD

Latest:

Insurance Coverage and Diabetes Quality Indicators Among Patients in NHANES

In a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey secondary analysis, privately and publicly insured patients with diabetes were both more likely to meet quality indicators than the uninsured.


Michael L. Barnett, MD, MS

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The Hidden Costs of Moving Care Home

As home-based care utilization rises, an exploration of potential unintended consequences is necessary. The authors focus on support gaps, informal caregiving, and failure to meaningfully engage clinicians.


Gretchen Piatt, PhD, MPH

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Patient Participation in Care Management: Are They Aware?

Many patients offered, and those already participating in, care management are unaware of what care management is and that they have participated.




Jeromie Ballreich, MHS

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Attributes Common to Programs That Successfully Treat High-Need, High-Cost Individuals

Many programs attempting to effectively treat high-need, high-cost individuals have not been able to lower spending, improve outcomes, or increase satisfaction. This paper suggests 8 attributes that many successful programs share.


J. Michael Swint, PhD

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Is There a Mathematical Resolution to the Cost-Versus-Value Debate?

Solutions proposed by patient advocates and physicians to control costs provide approaches to valuing new drug/treatments compared with 1 or several prevailing standards of care. Increasingly, however, the debate over cost is transitioning to a debate over value.



Karin Nelson, MD, MSHS*

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The Patient-Centered Medical Home in the Veterans Health Administration

We describe the Veterans Health Administration's nationwide patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiative and evaluate interim changes in PCMH-related patient care processes.



Alicia Fernandez, MD

Latest:

Language Barriers and LDL-C/SBP Control Among Latinos With Diabetes

Among Latino patients with diabetes, ethnicity and language barriers were not associated with lipid and blood pressure control despite their associations with glycemic control in prior research. Check out our website’s new table/figure pop-up feature! Click on the name of a table or figure in the text to see it in your browser.


Hans-Peter Goertz, MPH

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Understanding Price Growth in the Market for Targeted Oncology Therapies

The prices of targeted oncology therapies have grown substantially, but revenues have not. This is due in part to large declines in per-drug patient counts.



Kirsten Hall Long, PhD

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Economic and Clinical Impact of Routine Weekend Catheterization Services

Weekend cardiac catheterization availability for inpatients reduced length of stay and maintained quality of care (no excess hazard for weekend cases), but costs were similar.


Ya-ting Chen, PhD

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Adherence to Osteoporosis Medications After Patient and Physician Brief Education: Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial found that a 1-session educational intervention targeted at patients and primary care physicians did not improve osteoporosis medication adherence.



Jaclyn M. Lemon, BS

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Survey Nonresponders Incurred Higher Medical Utilization and Lower Medication Adherence

In a retrospective cohort analysis, diabetic nonresponders to a patient satisfaction survey had higher healthcare costs, clinic visits, and hospitalizations, but lower medication adherence.


Christopher M. Blanchette, PhD

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Relationship Between Short-Acting β-Adrenergic Agonist Use and Healthcare Costs

Overuse of rescue medication among asthma patients is associated with increased exacerbations and higher total and asthma-related healthcare costs.



G. Lucy Wilkening, PharmD

Latest:

Reducing Coprescriptions of Benzodiazepines and Opioids in a Veteran Population

This study evaluated a passive clinical pharmacist intervention to reduce the coprescribing of benzodiazepines and opioid analgesics by using chart review notes to alert providers.



Yunfeng Shi, PhD

Latest:

A Multistakeholder Effort in Pennsylvania to Improve the Accuracy of Reporting Fatal Drug Overdoses

The authors describe a novel training program for death certifiers in Pennsylvania, which has been designed to specifically focus on some of the main challenges in the death certification process and resulted in a useful model that can potentially be adopted by other states or municipalities.



Diane R. Rittenhouse, MD, MPH

Latest:

Implementation Variation in Natural Experiments of State Health Policy Initiatives

This paper presents a method to characterize policy implementation across states to enable more nuanced impact assessments of federal healthcare delivery system and payment reforms.




David Peiris, MD, PhD

Latest:

ACOs With Risk-Bearing Experience Are Likely Taking Steps to Reduce Low-Value Medical Services

Experience with risk-based contracting best predicts active engagement of accountable care organizations in reducing low-value medical services, mainly through physician education and encouraging shared decision making.




Debra Poskanzer, MD

Latest:

Testing Novel Patient Financial Incentives to Increase Breast Cancer Screening

This study tested 3 financial incentives encouraging breast cancer screening (mammograms) among women deemed overdue. None were effective overall; "person-centered" incentives worked in the most recently screened subgroup.

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