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Drivers of Excess Costs of Opioid Abuse Among a Commercially Insured PopulationThe healthcare burden of opioid abuse is substantial; abusers often have complex healthcare needs and may require care beyond that which is required to treat abuse.
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The Skills of the Ambulatory Intensivist: A ReviewThe ambulatory intensivist model makes achieving the Triple Aim a reality through improved physician interpersonal, analytic, intuitive, and advanced clinical skills, including the use of telemedicine.
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The Development of a Patient-Reported Functional Limitations IndexWe describe an easy-to-interpret, patient-reported Functional Limitations Index that can be used to monitor care of patients along the disability continuum.
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Worksite Medical Home: Health Services Use and Claim CostsThis study examined the relationship among availability of an on-site, employer-provided primary care medical home, and health services use and health plan costs.
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Variation in Spending Associated With Primary Care PracticesPhysician practices account for a significant amount of variation in spending.
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Effect of Multiple Chronic Conditions Among Working-Age AdultsMultiple chronic conditions among working-age adults lead to high costs over many years. Understanding how to effectively manage such patients is an important challenge.
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Identification of Patients Likely to Benefit From Care Management ProgramsThree approaches to prospective patient identification for care management programs were compared: predictive modeling, selection by primary care physician, and a combination of both.
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Health Literacy and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among the Elderly: A Study From a Patient-Centered Medical HomeA study to determine the health literacy of elderly patients and establish whether an association exists between health literacy and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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Quality in Healthcare and National Quality AwardsHospitals receiving national quality awards showed better performance in selected outcomes variables compared with hospitals that had not received these awards.
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Impact of Trained Oncology Financial Navigators on Patient Out-of-Pocket SpendingHospitals that used trained financial navigators were able to provide financial assistance for their patients with cancer, providing access to care that would otherwise be unaffordable.
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Implications of Evolving Delivery System Reforms for Prostate Cancer CareHealthcare integration was associated with small declines in treatment, but no change in overtreatment of prostate cancer. Integrated care delivery alone may be insufficient to curtail overtreatment.
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Patient Ratings of Veterans Affairs and Affiliated HospitalsThe mean online patient rating for Veterans Affairs hospitals was higher (3.70 ± 1.3 out of 5) than the rating for affiliated hospitals (3.19 ± 1.3; P = .003).
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Second-line and Third-line Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer: Use and CostUsing health insurance claims, we identified common first-, second-, and third-line chemotherapy regimens for patients with lung cancer and associated utilization and costs of care.
