June 2018

Offering a meal delivery service to patients in a community-based care transition program was associated with cost savings and a 38% lower 30-day hospital readmission rate.

Results, lessons, and challenges of a local lung cancer screening program within a national demonstration project.

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

The prevalence and predictors of hypoglycemia in South Korean patients with type 2 diabetes were evaluated using a nationwide healthcare database.

This longitudinal examination of the asthma medication ratio in a national sample of children has determined the predictive accuracy of a rolling 3-month ratio.

Increased out-of-pocket costs for antiepileptic drugs were associated with decreased adherence, higher healthcare utilization, and higher spending among US commercial health plan beneficiaries with epilepsy.

There is no significant association between unfavorable patient satisfaction and opioid reductions for chronic pain, but encounters with unestablished providers may slightly impair satisfaction when reducing opioids.

An evaluation of the added value of risk markers derived from ambulatory laboratory tests in the prediction of healthcare costs and identification of high-risk patients.

Analysis of insurance claims reveals that criteria other than the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) persistent asthma definition can identify more at-risk patients with reasonable loss of specificity.

There is significant heterogeneity in formulary placement and restrictions on new drug approvals in the Part D marketplace.