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Does Medicare Advantage Enrollment Affect Home Healthcare Use?Medicare Advantage beneficiaries use less home healthcare than do their fee-for-service counterparts, but there is marked regional variation in use by both groups.
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Factors Associated With Timeliness in Academic General Surgery Clinics: A Prospective Quality AssessmentThe participation of residents and physician assistants significantly increased patient wait time without reducing the attending surgeon’s consultation length in outpatient surgery clinics.
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Adalimumab Persistence for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Veteran and Insured CohortsVeterans with inflammatory bowel disease taking adalimumab appear to be more likely to remain on the drug 1 year after initiation than patients who are privately insured.
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Association of Social Risks With Avoiding or Delaying Health Care and With Emergency Department Visits: Evidence From 2017 Ohio Medicaid Assessment SurveySocial risks (food insecurity, housing instability, financial strain, health insurance type) are associated with patients’ decisions to avoid/delay health care and increased utilization of the emergency department.
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The Blueprint for Complex Care: Laying the Groundwork to Build a Field Across SectorsComplex care is cross-sector and person-centered, and it could bend America’s healthcare cost curve. The Blueprint for Complex Care gives this new field a national framework.
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Medical Costs Associated With Type 2 Diabetes Complications and ComorbiditiesA large proportion of medical costs for type 2 diabetes are attributable to complications and comorbidities, especially end stage renal disease with dialysis or kidney transplantation.
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Cost Implications of Human and Automated Follow-up in Ambulatory CareThis study examined the costs of nurse-initiated or automated follow-up processes for patients seen in ambulatory care settings
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Early Experiences With the Acute Community Care Program in Eastern MassachusettsThe Acute Community Care Program uses paramedics to provide in-home urgent care after regular business hours, aiming to prevent unnecessary emergency department visits. Check out our website’s new table/figure pop-up feature! Click on the name of a table or figure in the text to see it in your browser.
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Evidence-Based Guidelines to Determine Follow-up Intervals: A Call for ActionEvidence-based guidelines are needed to determine appropriate follow-up intervals for chronic medical conditions to maximize the quality of patient care and minimize unnecessary costs.
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Physician Assistants and Their Intent to RetirePhysician assistants are increasingly valued in health services access and delivery. Missing from predictive modeling has been the retirement rate.
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Charitable Assistance Among Economically Vulnerable Cancer Patients: Patient Access Network Foundation Summary Statistics 2011-2015This report shows that among people who are eligible for charitable assistance to cover out-of-pocket (OOP) prescription drug expenses, those with cancer have higher per-claim and per-person OOP costs than their counterparts with other health conditions.
