Mwamburi, Mkaya Liebler, Eric J Tenaglia, Andrew T
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The American journal of managed care
Cluster headache is a debilitating disease characterized by excruciatingly painful attacks that affects 0.15% to 0.4% of the US population. Episodic cluster headache manifests as circadian and circannual seasonal bouts of attacks, each lasting 15 to 180 minutes, with periods of remission. In chronic cluster headache, the attacks occur throughout th...
Cordier, Tristan Slabaugh, S Lane Havens, Eric Pena, Jonathan Haugh, Gil Gopal, Vipin Renda, Andrew Shah, Mona Zack, Matthew
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The American journal of managed care
This is the first study to use administrative claims to demonstrate a relationship between Healthy Days and chronic conditions, related healthcare quality measures, utilization, and costs. Our findings underscore the validity of using Healthy Days to supplement traditional health measures in assessing health status in this population.
Nubla, Joshua Dave, Neal Reff, Michael
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The American journal of managed care
Gallagher, Nancy Ambrose Fox, Donna Dawson, Carrie Williams, Brent C
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The American journal of managed care
Joint review of clinical characteristics and longitudinal care experiences of high-utilizing, complex patients facilitated movement of historically siloed care management programs from their focus along administrative lines to a longitudinal, patient-centered focus. Decreasing readmission rates among complex patients may require direct linkages wit...
Bailey, Ray Newton, Ricky
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The American journal of managed care
Xiang, Xiao Xu, Wendy Yi Foraker, Randi E
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The American journal of managed care
Global patient satisfaction was positively associated with the quality of stroke care; however, improvements in patient satisfaction were linked to higher stroke care costs. In addition, patient satisfaction with discharge information was linked to worse outcomes. As a result, patient satisfaction should be used with caution as a quality indicator ...
Jones, Craig Mohlman, Mary Kate Jorgenson, David Finison, Karl McGee, Katie Kastensmith, Hans
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The American journal of managed care
A statewide data infrastructure can be used to identify criteria for outreach and population management of diabetes. The selection criteria are applicable across a statewide population and are associated with a higher relative impact on near-term expenditures than recent A1C test results. Whole-population data aggregation can be used to develop act...
Leber, Molly Billstein
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The American journal of managed care
Fulton, Brent D Ivey, Susan L Rodriguez, Hector P Shortell, Stephen M
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The American journal of managed care
A countywide physician organization learning collaborative was associated with fewer hospitalizations for heart attacks, but not for strokes. Healthcare systems and physician organizations should consider forming collaboratives to share best practices to manage patients' cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk factors, which may lead to fewer hospi...
Ehlers, Anne P Khor, Sara Cizik, Amy M Leveque, Jean-Christophe A Shonnard, Neal S Oskouian, Rod J Jr Flum, David R Lavallee, Danielle C
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Overall, patients undergoing elective lumbar spine surgery reported being satisfied with outcomes, but the reported responses in PROs were much more variable. As the expectations increase to include PRO measures as valid quality indicators, it is necessary to dedicate time and consideration to understanding the relationships among these measures to...
