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How Pooling Fragmented Healthcare Encounter Data Affects Hospital ProfilingIncomplete records of patient history can bias hospital profiling. Completing health records for Medicare-covered patients in VA hospitals resulted in modest changes in hospital performance.
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Robotic Arm–Assisted Knee Surgery: An Economic AnalysisCompared with manual total knee arthroplasty, patients younger than 65 years undergoing robotic arm–assisted total knee arthroplasty experience fewer days in hospital, less utilization of services, and lower average total costs at 90 days.
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Removing a Constraint on Hospital Utilization: A Natural Experiment in MarylandIn 2001, Maryland began to reimburse hospitals for excess volume at full case rates. The authors investigated the impact on hospital utilization and finances.
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Helping Cancer Patients and Caregivers Navigate Immunotherapy TreatmentPatients, caregivers, and providers need education on immunotherapy treatment, support in patient-provider communications as well as support in mitigating the financial impact of immunotherapy treatment.
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Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative: Expanding Enrollment Suggests Potential for Large ImpactExpanding and more representative participation in Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative suggests potential for large impact, pending the results of risk-bearing participants.
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Provider and Patient Burdens of Obtaining Oral Anticancer MedicationsOral anticancer medications are frequently used to treat patients with cancer. We found significant time and energy burdens for clinic staff and patients in obtaining these drugs.
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Effects of Continuity of Care on Emergency Department Utilization in Children With AsthmaBetter continuity of ambulatory asthma care can reduce the risk of asthma-related emergency department visits for children with asthma in Taiwan.
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Better Together? Costs of First-line Chemoimmunotherapy for Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung CancerCompared with first-line immunotherapy or chemotherapy alone, combination chemoimmunotherapy for advanced/metastatic non–small cell lung cancer has significantly higher antineoplastic drug and associated medical costs.
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Availability and Variation of Publicly Reported Prescription Drug PricesRetail prices for commonly prescribed drugs are often absent from state prescription drug price websites, but when reported, can vary substantially.
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Initial Results of a Lung Cancer Screening Demonstration Project: A Local Program EvaluationResults, lessons, and challenges of a local lung cancer screening program within a national demonstration project.
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Payer Management of Oncology Gets SeriousHealth Plans Continue to Seek Methods to Curtail Cancer Costs
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Health Insurance Design and Conservative Therapy for Low Back PainThis 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.
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The Cost of Implementing Inpatient Bar Code Medication AdministrationBar code medication administration can be an effective and potentially cost-saving solution to prevent harmful medication administration errors in the community hospital setting.
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How Similar Are States' Medicaid Preferred Drug Lists?Comparison of the generosity and consistency of 10 states' Medicaid preferred drug lists for the top therapeutic classes revealed a large degree of inconsistency.
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Implementation of Paperless Credentialing in a Multi-State Managed Care OrganizationInstitution of paperless credentialing is analyzed on a pre-/post-implementation basis to understand the impact on business and productivity.
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Measures of ED Utilization in a National Cohort of ChildrenThrough analysis of multistate Medicaid data, this study identifies differences in 2 commonly used measures of emergency department (ED) utilization, ED visit count and ED reliance.
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Medicare Annual Wellness Visit Association With Healthcare Quality and CostsIn the context of 2 primary care physician–led accountable care organizations, Medicare Annual Wellness Visits were associated with lower healthcare costs and improved clinical care quality for beneficiaries.
