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Findings Brief : Health Care Financing & Organization

https://read.qxmd.com/read/22590758/the-effect-of-health-information-technology-on-quality-in-u-s-hospitals
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christina Zimmerman
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
April 2012: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/22452027/time-is-money-outpatient-waiting-times-and-health-insurance-choices-of-elderly-veterans-in-the-united-states
#22
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sarah Katz
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
March 2012: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/22372003/trends-in-retail-clinic-use-among-the-commercially-insured
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bryan Kelley
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
February 2012: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/22175094/undocumented-immigrants-left-out-of-health-reform-likely-to-continue-to-grow-as-a-share-of-the-uninsured
#24
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christina Zimmerman
(1) From 1999 to 2007, the number of undocumented immigrants increased from an estimated 8.5 million to 11.8 million, leading to an estimated ad­ditional 1.8 million uninsured. (2) Undocumented immigrants with incomes below 133 percent FPL are almost twice as likely to be uninsured as native-born citizens in the same income level. (3) 19.5 percent of undocumented im­migrants with incomes above 400 percent FPL are uninsured, versus 6.6 percent of native-born citizens at the same income level. (4) Undocumented immigrants will not be eligible for public insurance or private coverage obtained through exchanges under the ACA...
December 2011: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/22097394/compared-to-canadians-u-s-physicians-spend-nearly-four-times-as-much-money-interacting-with-payers
#25
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christina Zimmerman
(1) In Canadian office practices, physi­cians spent 2.2 hours per week interacting with payers, nurses spent 2.5 hours, and clerical staff spent 15.9 hours. In U.S. practices, physicians spent 3.4 hours per week interacting with payers, nurses spent 20.6 hours, and clerical staff spent 53.1 hours. (2) Canadian physician practices spent $22,205 per physician per year on interactions with health plans. U.S. physician practices spent $82,975 per physician per year. (3) U.S. physician practices spend $60,770 per physician per year more (approximately four times as much) than their Canadian counterparts...
November 2011: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/22022748/association-between-ambulance-diversion-and-survival-among-patients-with-acute-myocardial-infarction
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sharon Katz
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
October 2011: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/21949954/the-individual-and-program-impacts-of-eliminating-medicaid-dental-benefits-in-the-oregon-health-plan
#27
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sarah Katz
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
September 2011: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/21863607/consequences-of-schip-expansions-for-household-well-being
#28
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sarah Katz
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
August 2011: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/21780329/does-medication-adherence-lower-medicare-spending-among-beneficiaries-with-diabetes
#29
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christina Zimmerman
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
July 2011: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/21667574/a-review-of-the-evidence-on-hospital-cost-shifting
#30
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christina Zimmerman
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
May 2011: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/21667573/regulating-the-medical-loss-ratio-implications-for-the-individual-market
#31
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sarah Katz
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
April 2011: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/21560795/families-with-chronic-conditions-in-high-deductible-health-plans-facing-substantial-financial-burden
#32
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christina Zimmerman
(1) Almost half of the families with chronic conditions in high-deductible health plans reported health care related financial burdens, compared with 21 percent of families in traditional health plans. (2) Almost twice as many lower-income families in high-deductible health plans spend more than 3 percent of their annual income on health care expenses than lower-income families in traditional health plans.
March 2011: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/21560794/what-is-the-effect-of-pay-for-performance-on-hospitals-that-serve-poor-patients
#33
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sarah Katz
(1) After three years of participation in a CMS pay-for-performance initiative, hospitals that served a high number of poor patients realized gains in quality improvement measures on certain clinical conditions. (2) The gains among these hospitals were greater than gains among other hospitals, allowing them to close the gaps seen prior to the onset of pay for performance. (3) Hospitals that served a high number of poor patients started with lower baseline quality performance than other hospitals.
December 2010: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/21560793/changes-in-emergency-department-access-between-2001-and-2005-among-general-and-vulnerable-populations
#34
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christina Zimmerman
(1) 11.4 million people faced some degree of deterioration in geographic access to emergency care between 2001 and 2005. (2) Residents in rural communities have poorer access to emergency depart­ments at baseline and experienced a greater decline in emergency depart­ment access than those living in urban communities between 2001 and 2005. (3) Deteriorating access to emergency departments is more likely to occur in communities with economic hard­ship and high shares of Hispanic populations, as well as in rural areas that are part of a designated health professional shortage area...
November 2010: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/21125716/does-medicaid-managed-care-market-penetration-impact-provider-participation-costs-utilization-and-access
#35
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jenny Minott
Key findings. (1) An increase in commercial plan penetration increased the liklihood [sic] that a physician would accept new Medicaid patients, but this did not significantly impact enrollee costs. (2) An increase in Medicaid-dominant HMO market penetration increased the probability that individuals reported using the ED as their primary source of care.
September 2010: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/21121179/examining-the-impact-of-part-d-on-nursing-home-residents
#36
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nicole Hudson
Key findings. (1) Even though 81 percent of eligible nursing home residents enrolled in Part D within the first year, they demonstrated no evidence of expanded drug coverage. (2) Medicare Part D lowered the out-of-pocket drug costs of nursing home residents by less than the amount in the community setting. (3) Nursing home residents who did not enroll in Part D exhibited characteristics of vulnerability: oldest-old, highest disease burden, and no previous drug coverage. (4) Disruptions in prescription drug use occurred after implementation of Part D...
May 2010: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/20718128/major-illness-and-financial-disaster-how-close-is-the-connection
#37
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bonnie J Auston
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
April 2010: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/20376979/what-are-the-costs-to-physicians-of-administrative-complexity-in-their-interactions-with-payers
#38
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jenny Minott
(1) Primary care physicians spent significantly more time on administrative tasks than did medical specialists or surgical specialists. (2) All staff in physician practices with one or two physicians spent more time on administrative tasks than did physicians and staff in practices with more than 10 physicians. (3) More than 75 percent of physicians and administrators reported that the administrative burden of interacting with a health plan increased significantly or increased slightly in the past two years...
March 2010: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/20222212/rehospitalization-from-skilled-nursing-facilities-implications-for-policy
#39
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bonnie J Austin
(1) Between 2000 and 2006, rehospitalizations within 30 days following discharge to a skilled nursing facility increased by 29 percent. (2) Initial site of residence prior to a hospitalization affects the likelihood of a rehospitalization. (3) There is a significant variation across states in the rate of rehospitalizations following discharge to a skilled nursing facility.
February 2010: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
https://read.qxmd.com/read/20196263/health-risk-appraisal-how-sharp-is-this-tool-in-shaping-employee-behavior
#40
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jessica Bachler
(1) Voluntary HRA participants are more likely to be women, enrolled in consumer-driven health plans, and have fewer chronic conditions. (2) Employees who participate in HRAs experience increased utilization and spending n health services (office visits and prescription drugs) relative to those not offered an HRA through their health plan. (3) Though HRAs have been show to increase use of medical services, they are unlikely the sole solution to engaging consumers in their health.
December 2009: Findings Brief: Health Care Financing & Organization
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