L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH
Articles by L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH

A Comparison of Relative Resource Use and Quality in Medicare Advantage Health Plans Versus Traditional Medicare
ByBruce E. Landon, MD, MBA, MSc,Alan M. Zaslavsky, PhD,Robert Saunders, PhD,L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH,Joseph P. Newhouse, PhD,John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP Compared with traditional Medicare, relative resource use for those with diabetes or cardiovascular disease is lower in Medicare Advantage, while quality of care is higher.

Classification of Health Plans Based on Relative Resource Use and Quality of Care
BySally E. Turbyville, MA, MS,Robert C. Saunders, PhD,Manasi A. Tirodkar, PhD, MS,,Sarah H. Scholle, DrPh, MA,L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH This study examines variation among health plans in resource use and quality of care for patients with diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular disease.

Although physicians should be aware of guidelines and measures, they need to apply more nuanced approaches when seeing individual patients.

Is Integration in Large Medical Groups Associated With Quality?
ByLeif I. Solberg, MD,Stephen E. Asche, MA,Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MBA, MPH,Robin R. Gillies, PhD,Nancy Taylor, MBA,L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH,Sarah Hudson Scholle, DrPH, MPH,M. Rashell Young, MBA, MPH Integrated care systems allegedly provide better care. This study of 97 large medical groups nationally provides suggestive evidence that this may be true.

Availability of Data for Measuring Physician Quality Performance
BySarah Hudson Scholle, MPH, DrPH,Joachim Roski, PhD, MPH,Daniel L. Dunn, PhD,John L. Adams, PhD,Donna Pillitterre Dugan, MS,L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH,Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPH Typical health plan data provide limited information for benchmarking physician performance using even a less stringent rule for attributing patient measures to physicians.

Practice Systems Are Associated With High-quality Care for Diabetes
ByLeif I. Solberg, MD,Stephen E. Asche, MA,L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH,Sarah Hudson Scholle, DrPH, MPH,Sarah C. Shih, MPH The Physician Practice Connections-Readiness Survey can identify practice systems that are associated with higher rates of quality diabetes care.


Practice Systems for Chronic Care: Frequency and Dependence on an Electronic Medical Record
ByLeif I. Solberg, MD,Sarah Hudson Scholle, DrPH,Stephen E. Asche, MA,Sarah C. Shih, MPH,L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH,Merry Jo Thoele, MPH,Amy L. R. Murphy, MHHA 

