Alyce S. Adams, PhD

Schizophrenia, chronic pain, and multiple medical diagnoses at enrollment into a large managed Medicaid system are associated with long-term high health care utilization.

Depression often goes unrecognized in primary care among symptomatic diabetes patients, especially in some minorities.

Providers expect that patients with chronic conditions will complete necessary laboratory tests; 1 in 7 patients with diabetes did not do so within 6 months.

When preventive care was exempt from the deductible, well-child visits did not change for children switching from traditional plans to high-deductible plans.