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Our Parents, Ourselves: Health Care for an Aging Population; A Report of the Dartmouth Atlas Project [PDF]
, 2016 The new Dartmouth Atlas, funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation, is a report card that analyzes Medicare data to show us where the United States is making progress in patient-centered, evidence-based care for Medicare beneficiaries and where ...
Chiang-Hua Chang +4 more
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Alimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.We used an administrative claims dataset to evaluate the relationship between hepatitis B virus (HBV) low‐level viraemia and subsequent liver‐related outcomes in patients with chronic HBV. We found that individuals with HBV low‐level viraemia have an increased risk for liver‐related events (i.e., cirrhosis, decompensation, and hepatocellular carcinoma)
Paul Y. Kwo +11 more
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Medigap Reforms: Potential Effects of Benefit Restrictions on Medicare Spending and Beneficiary Costs [PDF]
, 2011 Analyzes how three options for reforming Medicare supplemental insurance policies that help cover cost-sharing requirements would affect Medicare spending and beneficiary spending by income level, health status, and inpatient hospital ...
Mark Merlis
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Sustainability in Healthcare: The Role of Digital Technologies for Improving Patient Engagement
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainability in healthcare is getting considerable research attention as systems worldwide tend to balance environmental, social, and economic factors. In this context, digital technologies have demonstrated significant potential to enhance engagement among different consumer groups across various industries.
Francesco Schiavone +4 more
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Agreement Between HEDIS Performance Assessments in the VA and Medicare Advantage
Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2016 Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system assess quality of care using standardized Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) performance measures. Little is known, however, about the relative accuracy
Amal N. Trivedi MD, MPH +3 more
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How does Risk-selection Respond to Risk-adjustment? Evidence from the Medicare Advantage Program [PDF]
Medicare administers a traditional public fee-for-service (FFS) plan while also allowing enrolles to join government-funded private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.We model how selection and differential payments - the value of the capitation payments the ...
Ilyana Kuziemko +3 more
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Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Due to inadequate access to regular, affordable dental care, many patients turn to emergency departments (EDs) for the treatment of nontraumatic dental conditions (NTDCs). NTDC ED visits are a large burden on the U.S. healthcare system, with over 1.3 million visits each year and over $1 billion in associated charges.
Morgan Santoro +5 more
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Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2018 The prices that private insurers pay hospitals have received considerable attention in recent years, but most of that literature has focused on the commercially insured population.
Jared Lane K. Maeda PhD, MPH +1 more
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Encouraging Integrated Care for Dual Eligibles [PDF]
, 2009 Outlines examples and elements of integrated care models for those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, including multidisciplinary care teams, comprehensive provider networks, and data sharing, that would eliminate inefficiencies and reduce ...
Lindsay Palmer, Melanie Bella
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Prevalence of spina bifida across the lifespan in the USA
Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.Abstract Aim To estimate the prevalence of spina bifida across the lifespan, the number of people with spina bifida by state, and variations in spina bifida prevalence by insurance type, state, and selected demographics. Method This was an observational study that used administrative insurance data.
Julie Bershadsky +7 more
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