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Classification of Health Plans Based on Relative Resource Use and Quality of CareThis study examines variation among health plans in resource use and quality of care for patients with diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular disease.
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Heterogeneity of Nonadherent Buprenorphine Patients: Subgroup Characteristics and OutcomesPatient and treatment heterogeneity were characterized within a sample of nonadherent buprenorphine members; an improved understanding of these factors may optimize patient—treatment matching and intervention efforts.
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Impact of Bipolar Disorder in Employed PopulationsThis systematic review examines the impact of bipolar disorder on employee attendance and functioning at work, along with the associated economic burden to US employers.
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Patients' Views of a Behavioral Intervention Including Financial IncentivesPatients who enrolled in a trial to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol spoke positively of the multifaceted intervention: pillbox monitoring and financial incentives were socially acceptable.
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Medication Utilization and Adherence in a Health Savings Account-Eligible PlanA consumer-directed health plan with a health savings account was associated with reduced adherence for 4 of 5 conditions.
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Risk Bearing and Use of Fee-for-Service Billing Among Accountable Care OrganizationsThe authors present a brief summary of the types of payment arrangements that early accountable care organizations are adopting.
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Persistence With Biologic Therapies in the Medicare Coverage GapFor patients who reached the Medicare Part D coverage gap, discontinuation was more likely for patients taking osteoporosis medication.
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Risk Adjustment in Home Health Care CAHPSThe authors disagree with previous research concluding that the Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Services (CAHPS) publicly reported data are insufficiently adjusted for patient comorbidities.
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Factors Related to Continuing Care and Interruption of P4P Program Participation in Patients With DiabetesAnalyzing factors associated with continuing care participation in patients with diabetes and with interrupted participation by patients enrolled in a diabetes pay-for-performance program.
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Placement of Selected New FDA-Approved Drugs in Medicare Part D Formularies, 2009-2013There is significant heterogeneity in formulary placement and restrictions on new drug approvals in the Part D marketplace.
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CAH Staff Perceptions of a Clinical Information System ImplementationThis study examines staff perceptions of patient care quality and the processes before and after implementation of a comprehensive clinical information system in 7 critical access hospitals.
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Clinical Guidelines and Performance MeasuresAlthough physicians should be aware of guidelines and measures, they need to apply more nuanced approaches when seeing individual patients.
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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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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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The Characteristics of Physician Practices Joining the Early ACOs: Looking Back to Look ForwardPhysician practices intending to join Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) in 2012 had greater capabilities in health information technology, care management processes, and quality improvement methods than those not intending to join, but they still were far from using all recommended behaviors to manage risk.
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Frequency of and Harm Associated With Primary Care Safety IncidentsPhysicians' and nurses' assessments of the frequency and harm of incidents can be a supplemental method to study patient safety in the primary care office.
