Jeanette Y. Ziegenfuss, PhD

A survey completed by 100% of leaders of diverse care systems in Minnesota participating in an observational study showed little difference in approach to care coordination.

The authors used health care claims and survey data to identify a strategy that might promote life satisfaction while advancing equity in an insured population.

Among HealthPartners plan members, musculoskeletal, psychosocial, and neurologic conditions create the greatest burden to current health; diet offers the greatest opportunity to improve future health scores; and 42% report a high level of well-being.

When we weighted health insurance claims with a disease burden score, we were able to generate valid estimates of disability-adjusted life-years.

Increased expenditures in US asthma are driven by increased medication spending that are not offset by decreases in emergency department and hospital spending.