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Authors


Xingzhou T. Zhou, MS

Latest:

Retail Clinic Versus Office Setting: Do Patients Choose Appropriate Providers?

Care episodes treated in retail clinics appeared to be less complex than those treated in office settings.


Jennifer E. Lafata, PhD

Latest:

Automated Telephone Calls to Enhance Colorectal Cancer Screening: Economic Analysis

Automated telephone calls can increase colorectal cancer screening rates at a cost of about $40 per additional screen.


Antoine C. El Khoury, PhD

Latest:

Insurer Costs of COVID-19 by Disease Severity and Duration

Payer costs for COVID-19 ranged from a mean of $505 for asymptomatic cases to $126,094 for severe cases with post–COVID-19 condition.


Courtney A. Gidengil, MD, MPH

Latest:

Knowledge Gaps Inhibit Health IT Development for Coordinating Complex Patients' Care

This study examines the leading edge of health information technology used to coordinate the care of complex patients.



Marianne Prout, MD

Latest:

Comorbidities and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Older Breast Cancer Survivors

Effective management of the comorbidities of diabetes and hypertension may increase survival in older breast cancer survivors.


Jonathan Pena, MS

Latest:

A Health Plan's Investigation of Healthy Days and Chronic Conditions

Linking administrative claims to health-related quality of life measured in Healthy Days provides a new vision into the health of populations.


Kelly Gao

Latest:

Predicting 30-Day Emergency Department Revisits

“Frequent flyers” significantly contribute to emergency department (ED) crowding. This study developed a predictive model that can be used to identify high-risk patients and reduce ED revisits.



Paul A. Fishman, PhD

Latest:

Outcomes Among Chronically Ill Adults in a Medical Home Prototype

This study investigated healthcare quality, utilization, and costs among patients with common chronic illnesses in a patient-centered medical home prototype redesign.


Kathleen Carey, PhD

Latest:

Health Insurance Design and Conservative Therapy for Low Back Pain

This study examined the association between health insurance design features and choice of physical therapy or chiropractic care by patients with new-onset low back pain.




Robert A. Caggiano, EdD

Latest:

Assessing Outcomes in Child Psychiatry

Two standardized rating scales appeared to be valid and reliable for use at admission and possibly follow-up in a child psychiatry system of care.


Shangbang Rao, PhD

Latest:

Cost-effectiveness of Brentuximab Vedotin With Chemotherapy in Treatment of CD30-Expressing PTCL

An economic model based on the ECHELON-2 trial demonstrated cost-effectiveness of brentuximab vedotin with chemotherapy in frontline treatment of CD30-expressing peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).


Lee Sacks, MD

Latest:

The Role of Behavioral Health Services in Accountable Care Organizations

Data suggest that behavioral health providers and services must be included as core components of accountable care organizations to achieve desired health and cost outcomes.





Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH

Latest:

The Association Between Insurance Type and Cost-Related Delay in Care: A Survey

In a survey of patients and visitors to a large academic medical center, middle-income respondents with private insurance reported more cost-related delays in care than those with public insurance.





Denise Kazzaz

Latest:

Cost Differential of Immuno-Oncology Therapy Delivered at Community Versus Hospital Clinics

Administration of immuno-oncology therapy for cancer diagnoses in the community clinic setting is associated with lower costs compared with administration in a hospital-based clinic setting.




Claire M. Spettell, PhD

Latest:

Leveraging Remote Behavioral Health Interventions to Improve Medical Outcomes and Reduce Costs

Successful patient engagement in a nationally available, remotely delivered behavioral health intervention can significantly improve medical outcomes and lower healthcare costs.



Richard Sheer, BA

Latest:

Activation, Physical Activity, and Outcomes Among Individuals With T2D

This study presents an integrated, exploratory assessment of physical activity, patient activation, health-related quality of life, and clinical outcomes among older adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) using survey, wellness, and claims data.


Jan E. Berger, MD, MJ—Editor-in-Chief

Latest:

Session 3: Discussant

Jan Berger, MD, MJ, The American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits editor-in-chief, follows Rebecca Killon's remarks with her own insight on the importance of diabetes medication adherence.

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