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The effects of expanding public insurance to rural low-income childless adults
In this study, Marguerite Burns et al. used insurance claims and Medicaid enrollment files to measure the change in health care use…
The effect of Medicare Part D on the quality of pharmacotherapy for bipolar 1 disorder among dually enrolled beneficiaries
In this article, Dr. Marguerite Burns et al. sought to determine whether the shift in 2006 from Medicaid coverage for…
Effects of Medicare Part D on guideline-concordant pharmacotherapy for bipolar 1 disorder among dually enrolled beneficiaries
Marguerite Burns et al. examined the effect of an insurance coverage transition that occured in 2006, which shifted coverage from Medicaid…
Low-cost transitional care with nurse managers making mostly phone contact with patients cut rehospitalization at a VA hospital
The Coordinated-Transitional Care (C-TraC) Program was designed to improve care coordination and outcomes among patients with high-risk conditions discharged to…
Patient demographic and tumor characteristics influencing oncologist follow-up frequency in older breast cancer survivors
Dr. Heather Neuman et al. studied current patterns of oncologist breast cancer follow-up to determine the association between patient and…
PAs and NPs perform effective roles on teams caring for Medicare patients with diabetes
Christine Everett et al. used Medicare claims and EHR data from a large physician group to compare outcomes for patients…
Division of primary care services between physicians, PAs, and NPs for older patients with diabetes
Using Medicare claims and EHR data from a large physician group, Christine Everett et al. looked at how to incorporate…
External Community Review Committee: A new strategy for engaging community stakeholders in research funding decisions
Dr. Maureen Smith et al. describe a research pilot award program that uses an External Community Review Committee to engage community…
Predictors of colorectal cancer screening variation among primary care providers and clinics
Dr. Jennifer Weiss et al. used EMR data and a survey of primary care providers (PCPs) to evaluate patient, provider,…
Publicly reported quality-of-care measures influenced Wisconsin physician groups to improve performance
Investigators analyzed 14 publicly reported quality of care ambulatory measures for the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality to learn whether…