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...
Leber, Molly Billstein
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The American journal of managed care
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
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...
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...
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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The American journal of managed care
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...
Shank, Brandon R Nguyen, Phuoc Anh Anne Pherson, Emily C
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The American journal of managed care
Bailey, Ray Newton, Ricky
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The American journal of managed care
Dangi-Garimella, Surabhi
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The American journal of managed care
