Risk Adjustment for Medicare Beneficiaries With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
March 9th 2010Incorporating functional status in diagnosis-based risk adjustment measures may modestly improve overall expenditure prediction for beneficiaries with substantial disabilities, but not prescription cost prediction.
Medical Care Costs Among Patients With Established Cardiovascular Disease
March 1st 2010The economic burden of providing care to patients with cardiovascular disease, driven by secondary hospitalizations, may be substantially greater than current American Heart Association estimates.