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Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background The Japanese Society of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery has established a certification system for experienced surgeons. Evaluating its efficacy requires accounting for patient risk variations. The National Clinical Database (NCD) facilitates this using risk‐adjusted outcome measures to validate and compare surgical performance.
Takayuki Anazawa +6 more
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Prostate Cancer Care Before and After Medicare Eligibility. [PDF]
, 2016 Prior studies suggest Medicare eligibility confers significant and substantial reductions in mortality and beneficial increases in health service utilization.
Huesch, Marco D, Ong, Michael K
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Measuring the association between diagnostic errors and neighborhood disadvantage
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Patients who reside in areas of high neighborhood disadvantage have poorer health outcomes; the mechanisms for this disparity are complex. We sought to determine if there was an association between neighborhood disadvantage and diagnostic error among a cohort of adult inpatients who experienced either an ICU transfer or in‐hospital death ...
Farah A. Kaiksow +15 more
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Medicare Reimbursement for Total Joint Arthroplasty: The Driving Forces. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Total joint arthroplasty is a large and growing part of the U.S. Medicare budget, drawing attention to how much providers are paid for their services. The purpose of this study was to examine the variables that affect total joint arthroplasty
Howley, Michael +5 more
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Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background A systematic tool to identify hospitalized patients with high mortality risk may be beneficial for targeting palliative care to those in greatest need. Objective Evaluate the performance of the End‐of‐life Index (EOLI; Epic Systems Corporation) in identifying patients at the highest 6‐month mortality risk among hospitalized patients
Nita S. Kulkarni +4 more
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The Freedom to Spend Your Own Money on Medical Care: A Common Casualty of Universal Coverage [PDF]
, 2007 Most people would agree that a patient should always be able to spend his own money on the health care services he desires. Yet that freedom is often threatened or denied when government tries to provide universal health insurance coverage, as in the U.S.
Kent Masterson Brown
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The Health Effects of Medicare for the Near-Elderly Uninsured [PDF]
We study how the trajectory of health for the near-elderly uninsured changes upon enrolling into Medicare at the age of 65. We find that Medicare increases the probability of the previously uninsured having excellent or very good health, decreases their ...
Daniel Polsky +6 more
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Diagnostic safety and quality optimization in sepsis study protocol
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background Sepsis ranks among the “Big Three" conditions most prone to harmful diagnostic errors. Despite its high prevalence and severity, health systems lack effective and contextually tailored strategies to optimize diagnostic accuracy for sepsis.
Sachita Shrestha +7 more
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A Tax on Work for the Elderly: Medicare as a Secondary Payer [PDF]
Medicare as a Secondary Payer (MSP) legislation requires employer-sponsored health insurance to be a primary payer for Medicare-eligible workers at firms with 20 or more employees. While the legislation was developed to better target Medicare services to
Gopi Shah Goda +2 more
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Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background Preventable hospital readmissions, reflecting suboptimal healthcare quality and increased costs, highlight the need for evidence to shape healthcare delivery. Objectives This systematic review assesses interventions to reduce readmissions following pneumonia‐related hospitalizations. Methods PubMed, Cochrane Library, and CINAHL were
Sarah A. Phillips +2 more
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