Norbert I Goldfield,Elizabeth C McCullough,John S Hughes et al.
Norbert I Goldfield et al.
The potentially preventable readmission (PPR) method uses administrative data to identify hospital readmissions that may indicate problems with quality of care. The PPR logic determines whether the reason for readmission is clinically relat...
Sharada Weir,Gideon Aweh,Robin E Clark
Sharada Weir
Medicaid agencies are beginning to turn to care management to reduce costs and improve health care quality. One challenge is selecting members at risk of costly, preventable service utilization. Using claims data from the State of Vermont, ...
Jerry Cromwell,Nancy McCall,Joe Burton
Jerry Cromwell
The Medicare Program is conducting a randomized trial of care management services among fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries called the Medicare Health Support (MHS) pilot program. Eight disease management (DM) companies have contracted with...
Randomized Controlled Trial
Health care financing review. 2008 Fall;30(1):47-60. DOI: 2008
Dominick Esposito,Randall Brown,Arnold Chen et al.
Dominick Esposito et al.
The LifeMasters Supported SelfCare demonstration program provides disease management (DM) services to Florida Medicare beneficiaries who are also enrolled in Medicaid and have congestive heart failure (CHF), diabetes, or coronary artery dis...
Randomized Controlled Trial
Health care financing review. 2008 Fall;30(1):27-45. DOI: 2008
Randall Brown,Deborah Peikes,Arnold Chen et al.
Randall Brown et al.
Medicare beneficiaries in fee-for-service (FFS) who had chronic illnesses and volunteered to participate in 15 care coordination programs were randomized to treatment or control status. Nurses provided patient education (mostly by telephone...
Randomized Controlled Trial
Health care financing review. 2008 Fall;30(1):5-25. DOI: 2008
Overview: disease management [0.03%]
疾病管理概览
Mary C Kapp
Mary C Kapp
Editorial
Health care financing review. 2008 Fall;30(1):1-3. DOI: 2008
Edith G Walsh,Galina Khatutsky,Louis Johnson
Edith G Walsh
Reducing bias in cancer research: application of propensity score matching [0.03%]
倾向性评分匹配降低癌症研究中的偏倚
Bryce B Reeve,Ashley Wilder Smith,Neeraj K Arora et al.
Bryce B Reeve et al.
In cancer observational studies, differences between groups on confounding variables may have a significant effect on results when examining health outcomes. This study demonstrates the utility of propensity score matching to balance a non-...
Cigarette smoking and health-related quality of life in Medicare beneficiaries [0.03%]
医疗保险受益人的吸烟与健康相关生活质量的影响关系研究
Ron D Hays,Ashley Wilder Smith,Bryce B Reeve et al.
Ron D Hays et al.
This study examined associations between cigarette smoking, cancer, and self-reported physical (SF-36 Physical Component Summary Score, [PCS]) and mental health (SF-36 Mental Component Summary Score, [MCS]) among 123,567 Medicare beneficiar...
Ashley Wilder Smith,Bryce B Reeve,Keith M Bellizzi et al.
Ashley Wilder Smith et al.
This study examined the physical and mental health of 126,685 males and females age 65 or over, with and without cancer that completed a Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (MHOS) between 1998-2002. Cancer information was ascertained through th...