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The business case for hospital mobility programs in the veterans health care system: Results from multi‐hospital implementation of the STRIDE program Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Brystana G. Kaufman, S. Nicole Hastings, Cassie Meyer, Karen M. Stechuchak, Ashley Choate, Kasey Decosimo, Caitlin Sullivan, Virginia Wang, Kelli D. Allen, Courtney H. Van Houtven
ObjectiveTo conduct a business case analysis for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program STRIDE (ASsisTed EaRly MobIlization for hospitalizeD older VEterans), which was designed to address immobility for hospitalized older adults.Data Sources and Study SettingThis was a secondary analysis of primary data from a VA 8‐hospital implementation trial conducted by the Function and Independence Quality
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Restrictiveness of Medicare Advantage provider networks across physician specialties Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Yevgeniy Feyman, Jose Figueroa, Melissa Garrido, Gretchen Jacobson, Michael Adelberg, Austin Frakt
The objective was to measure specialty provider networks in Medicare Advantage (MA) and examine associations with market factors.
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Suicide risk screening and evaluation among patients accessing VHA services and identified as being newly homeless Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Ryan Holliday, Trisha Hostetter, Lisa A. Brenner, Nazanin Bahraini, Jack Tsai
ObjectiveTo evaluate universal suicide risk screening and evaluation processes among newly homeless Veterans.Study SettingNot applicable.Study DesignExamination of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) using newly homeless patients' health record data in Calendar Year 2021.Data CollectionNot applicable.Data SourceHealth record data.Principal FindingsMost patients received suicide risk screening and/or
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HSR's outstanding reviewers in 2023 Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Austin Frakt, Chris Tachibana
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Association of Hospitals' Experience with Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Model with the Diffusion of Acute Hospital Care at Home Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 So-Yeon Kang
To examine whether hospitals' experience in a prior payment model incentivizing care coordination is associated with their decision to adopt a new payment program for a care delivery innovation.
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Identifying low acuity Emergency Department visits with a machine learning approach: The low acuity visit algorithms (LAVA) Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Angela T. Chen, Richard S. Kuzma, Ari B. Friedman
ObjectiveTo improve the performance of International Classification of Disease (ICD) code rule‐based algorithms for identifying low acuity Emergency Department (ED) visits by using machine learning methods and additional covariates.Data SourcesWe used secondary data on ED visits from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Survey (NHAMCS), from 2016 to 2020.Study DesignWe established baseline performance
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The effects of the Veterans Health Administration's Referral Coordination Initiative on referral patterns and waiting times for specialty care Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Daniel A. Asfaw, Megan E. Price, Kristina M. Carvalho, Steven D. Pizer, Melissa M. Garrido
ObjectiveTo investigate whether the Veterans Health Administration's (VA) 2019 Referral Coordination Initiative (RCI) was associated with changes in the proportion of VA specialty referrals completed by community‐based care (CC) providers and mean appointment waiting times for VA and CC providers.Data Sources/Study SettingsMonthly facility level VA data for 3,097,366 specialty care referrals for eight
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Who do freestanding emergency departments treat? Comparing Texas hospitals to satellite and independent freestanding departments in 2021 and 2022 Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Daniel Marthey, Maya Ramy, Benjamin Ukert
ObjectiveThe objective was to describe characteristics of emergency department visits to Texas satellite and independent freestanding emergency departments (FrEDs) relative to hospital emergency departments (EDs).Data Sources and Study SettingThe study used all 2021–2022 hospital and FrED discharges from the publicly available Texas Emergency Department Public Use Data Files (PUDF).Study DesignWe conducted
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Postpartum long‐acting reversible contraceptive adoption after a statewide initiative Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Katie Gifford, Rebecca McColl, Mary Joan McDuffie, Michel Boudreaux
ObjectivesTo examine the effects of a comprehensive, multiyear (2015–2020) statewide contraceptive access intervention in Delaware on the contraceptive initiation of postpartum Medicaid patients. The program aimed to increase access to all contraceptives, including long‐acting reversible contraceptives (LARC). The program included interventions specifically targeting postpartum patients (Medicaid payment
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Travel distance and outcomes after surgical aortic valve among veterans Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Brendin R. Beaulieu‐Jones, Noah Siegel, Loreski Collado, Hillary J. Mull, Jacquelyn A. Quin
ObjectiveTo investigate the association between travel distance and postoperative length of stay (LOS) and discharge disposition among veterans undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).Data Sources/Study SettingWe performed a retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing SAVR, with or without coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at VA Boston Healthcare (January 1, 2005–December 31
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Cross‐country comparisons in health price growth over time Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Irene Papanicolas, Jonathan Cylus, Luca Lorenzoni
ObjectiveTo examine how the United States compares in terms of health price growth relative to four other countries ‐ Australia, Canada, France, and the Netherlands.Data Sources and Study SettingSecondary data on health expenditure were extracted from international and national agencies spanning the years 2000–2020.Study DesignInternational price indices specific to health were constructed using available
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Unfulfilled and method‐specific contraceptive preferences among reproductive‐aged contraceptive users in Arizona, Iowa, New Jersey, and Wisconsin Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Megan L. Kavanaugh, Rubina Hussain, Ashley C. Little
ObjectiveTo identify characteristics associated with unfulfilled contraceptive preferences, document reasons for these unfulfilled preferences, and examine how these unfulfilled preferences vary across specific method users.Data Sources and Study SettingWe draw on secondary baseline data from 4660 reproductive‐aged contraceptive users in the Arizona, Iowa, New Jersey, and Wisconsin Surveys of Women
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Rural–urban differences in out‐of‐network treatment initiation and engagement rates for substance use disorders Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Eli Raver, Sheldon M. Retchin, Yiting Li, Andrew D. Carlo, Wendy Y. Xu
ObjectiveTo examine rural–urban disparities in substance use disorder treatment access and continuation.Data Sources and Study SettingWe analyzed a 2016–2018 U.S. national secondary dataset of commercial insurance claims.Study DesignThis cross‐sectional study examined individuals with a new episode of opioid, alcohol, or other drug use disorders. Treatment initiation and engagement rates, and rates
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Medicare Advantage growth and skilled nursing facility finances Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Jeffrey Marr, Karen Shen
ObjectiveTo examine the relationship between growth in Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment and changes in finances at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).Data SourcesMedicare SNF cost reports, LTCFocus.org data, and county MA penetration rates.Study DesignWe used ordinary least squares regression with SNF and year fixed effects. Our primary outcomes were SNF revenues, expenses, profits, and occupancy
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The Medicare Care Choices Model was associated with reductions in disparities in the use of hospice care for Medicare beneficiaries with terminal illness Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Matthew J. Niedzwiecki, Lauren Vollmer Forrow, Jonathan Gellar, R. Vincent Pohl, Arnold Chen, Lynn Miescier, Keith Kranker
ObjectiveTo assess the effects of the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) on disparities in hospice use and quality of end‐of‐life care for Medicare beneficiaries from underserved groups—those from racial and ethnic minority groups, dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, or living in rural areas.Data Sources and Study SettingMedicare enrollment and claims data from 2013 to 2021 for terminally ill
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Developing an Indigenous systems alignment framework: A call for direct funding Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Christina E. Oré, Jacob Fong-Gurzinsky, Carly Marshall, Myra Parker
1 INTRODUCTION Native nations and Indigenous health organizations have a long history of aligning health care, behavioral health, public health, and social service systems, though peer-reviewed literature examining tribal systems alignment is limited.1-6 Treaty rights, trust responsibilities, and legislative actions guarantee the exchange of Indigenous peoples' land and natural resources for health
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The critical role of Medicaid home‐ and community‐based services in meeting the needs of older adults in the United States Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Katherine E. M. Miller, Johanna Thunell
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Tracking long‐term services and supports rebalancing through workforce data Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Ari Ne'eman
ObjectiveTo understand trends in the long‐term services and supports (LTSS) workforce and assess workforce data as a measure of progress in shifting LTSS resources from institutional to community‐based settings.Data Sources/Study SettingWorkforce data from the American Community Survey from 2008 to 2022.Study DesignMeasures of LTSS rebalancing and institutional and community workforce supply per 1000
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Hospital outpatient department billing is a poor indicator of primary care practice integration with hospital systems Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Saumya Chatrath, Eugene C. Rich, Ann S. O'Malley, Genna Cohen, David J. Jones
To test the reliability of Medicare claims in measuring vertical integration. We assess the accuracy of a commonly used measure of integration, primary care physician (PCP) practices billing Medicare as a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) in claims.
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Medicare, Medicaid, and dual enrollment for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Eric Rubenstein, Salina Tewolde, A. Alex Levine, Lillian Droscha, Rachel Midori Meyer, Amy Michals, Brian Skotko
Given high rates of un- and underemployment among disabled people, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities rely on Medicaid, Medicare, or both to pay for healthcare. Many disabled adults are Medicare eligible before the age of 65 but little is known as to why some receive Medicare services while others do not. We described the duration of Medicare enrollment for adults with intellectual
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Using enrollment records to evaluate self-reports of monthly coverage in the redesigned current population survey health insurance module Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Joanne Pascale, Angela R. Fertig, Kathleen Thiede Call
To evaluate the veracity of self-reports of month-level health insurance coverage in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS).
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Contextual factors influencing the association between the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion and Veteran VA-Medicaid dual enrollment Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Patrick N. O'Mahen, Chase S. Eck, Cheng (Rebecca) Jiang, Laura A. Petersen
To evaluate changes in dual enrollment after Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion by VA priority group, (e.g., service connection), sex, and type of state expansion.
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Participation of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in veteran-centric community-based service navigation networks: A mixed methods study Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Leslie R. M. Hausmann, David E. Goodrich, Keri L. Rodriguez, Nicole Beyer, Zachary Michaels, Gilly Cantor, Nicholas Armstrong, Johanne Eliacin, Deborah A. Gurewich, Alicia J. Cohen, Maria K. Mor
To understand the determinants and benefits of cross-sector partnerships between Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) and geographically affiliated AmericaServes Network coordination centers that address Veteran health-related social needs.
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Association between changes in prices and out-of-pocket costs for brand-name clinician-administered drugs Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Hussain S. Lalani, Massimilano Russo, Rishi J. Desai, Aaron S. Kesselheim, Benjamin N. Rome
To determine whether annual changes in prices for clinician-administered drugs are associated with changes in patient out-of-pocket costs.
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Separating the wheat from the chaff: How to measure hospital quality in routine data? Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Jana Bilger, Mark Pletscher, Tobias Müller
To measure hospital quality based on routine data available in many health care systems including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and Switzerland.
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Mental health care provision in community health centers and hospital emergency department utilization Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Kathleen Carey, Megan B. Cole
To examine whether community health centers (CHCs) are effective in offsetting mental health emergency department (ED) visits.
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Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department transfers to public hospitals Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Charleen Hsuan, David J. Vanness, Alexis Zebrowski, Brendan G. Carr, Edward C. Norton, David G. Buckler, Yinan Wang, Douglas L. Leslie, Eleanor F. Dunham, Jeannette A. Rogowski
To examine racial/ethnic differences in emergency department (ED) transfers to public hospitals and factors explaining these differences.
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Disparities in access to appointments for contraceptive services among Black, Hispanic, White, and recently incarcerated women in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Janna M. Wisniewski, Brigham Walker, Isha Patlola, Rajiv Sharma, Sarah Tinkler
To measure differences in access to contraceptive services based on history of incarceration and its intersections with race/ethnicity and insurance status.
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Deductible imputation in administrative medical claims datasets Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Betsy Q. Cliff, Julia C. P. Eddelbuettel, Mark K. Meiselbach, Matthew D. Eisenberg
To validate imputation methods used to infer plan-level deductibles and determine which enrollees are in high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) in administrative claims datasets.
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Maternal chronic hypertension in women veterans Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Ceshae C. Harding, Karen M. Goldstein, Sarah A. Goldstein, Sarahn M. Wheeler, Nia S. Mitchell, Laurel A. Copeland
To describe the prevalence of maternal chronic hypertension (MCH), assess how frequently blood pressure is controlled before pregnancy among those with MCH, and explore management practices for antihypertensive medications (AHM) during the pre-pregnancy and pregnancy periods.
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Examining the impact of Medicaid payments for immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception on the mental health of low-income mothers Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Daniel Marthey, Hannah Rochford, Elena Andreyeva
To examine the effect of Medicaid immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (IPP LARC) reforms on self-reported mental health among low-income mothers aged 18–44 years.
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The mechanics of risk adjustment and incentives for coding intensity in Medicare Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Caroline S. Carlin, Roger Feldman, Jeah Jung
To study diagnosis coding intensity across Medicare programs, and to examine the impacts of changes in the risk model adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2024.
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Simulated impact of mobile opioid treatment program units on increasing access to methadone for opioid use disorder Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Jason B. Gibbons, Wenshu Li, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Brendan Saloner
To model the potential impact of mobile methadone unit implementation in Louisiana on net medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment rates.
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Correction to “Estimating the effects of prescription drug coverage for medicare beneficiaries” Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-09
Shea, D.G., Terza, J.V., Stuart, B.C., and Briesacher, B. Estimating the effects of prescription drug coverage for medicare beneficiaries,” Health Services Research, 2007; 43: 933–949. In the context of recent methodological research on the theory and application of regression-based empirical causal analysis via the two-stage residual inclusion (2SRI) method, we discovered that the results offered
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Dementia, nurse staffing, and health outcomes in nursing homes Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Dana B. Mukamel, Heather Ladd, Debra Saliba, R. Tamara Konetzka
To estimate and contrast the relationships between nurse staffing and health outcomes in nursing homes with low and high dementia census, to understand the association of staffing hours with dementia care quality.
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State home and community-based services expenditures and unmet care needs in the United States: Has everyone benefitted equally? Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Yulin Yang, Ah-Reum Lee, Thomas Rapp, Ruijia Chen, M. Maria Glymour, Jacqueline M. Torres
To test whether the impacts of Medicaid's Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) expenditures have been equitable.
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Access to preferred skilled nursing facilities: Transitional care pathways for patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Dori A. Cross, Taylor I. Bucy, Momotazur Rahman, John P. McHugh
The study aimed to assess whether individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) experience restricted access to hospitals' high-volume preferred skilled nursing facility (SNF) partners.
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Transit and treatment: Aligning systems to address substance use in Connecticut Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Jeffrey P. Cohen, Steven Huleatt, Shane Murphy, Carla J. Rash
Test hypotheses that proximity to new transit improves substance use disorder treatment provider cost efficiency (i.e., economies of scale and scope).
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Insurance coverage and discontinuity during pregnancy: Frequency and associations documented in the PROMISE cohort Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Anna Booman, Kalera Stratton, Kimberly K. Vesco, Jean O'Malley, Teresa Schmidt, Janne Boone-Heinonen, Jonathan M. Snowden
To describe insurance patterns and discontinuity during pregnancy, which may affect the experiences of the pregnant person: their timely access to care, continuity of care, and health outcomes.
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Cross-sector collaboration practitioners weigh-in on this special issue Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-17 Wendy Ellis, Kim Rawlinson, Bobby Milstein, Jane Erickson, Anna Creegan, Daniel Lanford, Karen Minyard
With so many helpful papers on cross-sector aligning in one place, it would be fair to wonder where to start and how to make sense of the material in its fullness. To help, several experts in the field of cross-sector collaboration were invited to reflect on several papers in this special issue and present perspectives we can use to view the work as a whole. This commentary is primarily composed of
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The big picture for this special issue: The state of the field, article highlights, and a look into the future Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Karen Minyard, Hilary Heishman, Daniel Lanford, Lisa Richardson, Denese Shervington
The articles in this special issue are timely. Each discusses a matter of critical importance to an emerging field united by the goal of aligning healthcare, public health, and social services in an otherwise deeply fragmented national and international context. In this commentary, we describe the state of this emerging field, highlight some of the insights in this special issue that may help move
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In memory of Glenn Landers Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Karen Minyard, Daniel Lanford
For nearly 25 years, Glenn Landers was a prominent figure at the Georgia Health Policy Center. He worked tirelessly to advance the field of public health, and he improved the lives of people across the country and beyond. Dr. Landers was a foundational thinker for the Aligning Systems for Health project, where much of the work in this special issue originated years ago. He helped make early connections
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The impacts of relational organizing for health system and community collaboration: Early evidence from a rapid multisite qualitative study Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Anaïs Tuepker, Amanda Johnson, Luis Manriquez, Susan Park, Rohanna Erin, Katie Ashmore Zinler, Chloe Liliane Sciammas, Benjamin A. Lacayo, Brian Park
To understand the ways relational organizing practices impacted collaborations between independent or health system-affiliated community health clinics, public health offices, and community groups during the early COVID-19 pandemic.
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Is there an advantage? Considerations for researchers studying the effects of the type of Medicare coverage Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Dan Polsky, Michael Darden, Jianhui Xu, Kelly Anderson, David J. Meyers
To describe common methodological problems that arise in comparisons of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Traditional Medicare (TM) and within-MA studies and provide suggestions of how researchers can address these issues.
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Eliminating health care inequities through strengthening access to care. Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Monique Jindal,Krisda H Chaiyachati,Vicki Fung,Spero M Manson,Karoline Mortensen
OBJECTIVE To provide a research agenda and recommendations to address inequities in access to health care. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) organized a Health Equity Summit in July 2022 to evaluate what equity in access to health care means in the context of AHRQ's mission and health care delivery implementation portfolio. The findings are a result
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Advancing health equity through social care interventions. Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Monica E Peek,Laura M Gottlieb,Chyke A Doubeni,Meera Viswanathan,Yuri Cartier,Benjamin Aceves,Caroline Fichtenberg,Crystal W Cené
OBJECTIVE To use evidence on addressing racism in social care intervention research to create a framework for advancing health equity for all populations with marginalized social identities (e.g., race, gender, and sexual orientation). Such groups have disproportionate social needs (e.g., food insecurity) and negative social determinants of health (SDOH; e.g., poverty). We recommend how the Agency
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Advancing equity research in the quality of and access to health care in a post-affirmative action era. Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Michael K Ong,Keith C Norris
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The role of payment and financing in achieving health equity. Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Brede H Eschliman,Hongmai H Pham,Amol S Navathe,Karen M Dale,Julian Harris
OBJECTIVE The aim was to identify healthcare payment and financing reforms to promote health equity and ways that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) may promote those reforms. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING AHRQ convened a payment and financing workgroup-the authors of this paper-as part of its Health Equity Summit held in July 2022. This workgroup drew from its collective experience
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Elevating research on how healthcare payment and financing can improve health equity. Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Jennifer H Kwok,Pierre Thomas Léger
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Advancing health equity-Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality research and action agenda. Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Kamila B Mistry,Francis D Chesley,Marshall H Chin,R Burciaga Valdez
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Improving health equity through health care systems research. Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Deena J Chisolm,Jerome A Dugan,Jose F Figueroa,Meghan B Lane-Fall,Dylan H Roby,Hector P Rodriguez,Alexander N Ortega
OBJECTIVE To describe health equity research priorities for health care delivery systems and delineate a research and action agenda that generates evidence-based solutions to persistent racial and ethnic inequities in health outcomes. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SETTING This project was conducted as a component of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) stakeholder engaged process to develop
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Insurance coverage during transitions: Evidence from Medicaid automatic enrollment for children receiving supplemental security income Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Stephanie Rennane, Danielle Sobol, Bradley D. Stein, Andrew Dick
To analyze relationships between Medicaid automatic enrollment for child Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients and health insurance coverage during transitions.
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H.O.P.E. grows: An academic-public health partnership to reimagine public health services and increase mental health access among socially vulnerable populations Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Victoria C. Scott, Annalise J. Tolley, Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Kayla Walker, Tamikia Greene
To illustrate the process of developing and sustaining an academic-public health partnership for behavioral health integration through an expansion of the Aligning Systems for Health (ASfH) framework.
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Investigation of the role of perceived access to primary care in mediating and moderating racial and ethnic disparities in chronic disease control in the veterans health administration Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Evan Michael Shannon, W. Neil Steers, Donna L. Washington
To examine the role of patient-perceived access to primary care in mediating and moderating racial and ethnic disparities in hypertension control and diabetes control among Veterans Health Administration (VA) users.
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Exploring how health equity is addressed in accountable communities of/for health (ACHs) Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Stephanie Bultema, Kendra Piper, Esmeralda Salas, Peter Forberg, Sue Grinnell
To explore how Accountable Communities of/for Health (ACHs), a type of health-focused multisector collaborative, are developing strategies to address health equity with diverse partners.
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Examining alignment of community health teams' preferences for health, equity, and spending with state all-payer waiver priorities: A discrete choice experiment Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Eline M. van den Broek-Altenburg, Jamie S. Benson, Adam J. Atherly
The state of Vermont has a statewide waiver from the centers for medicare and medicaid services to allow all-payer Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The Vermont all-payer model (VAPM) waiver is layered upon previous reforms establishing regional community health teams (CHTs) and medical homes. The waiver is intended to incentivize healthcare value and quality and create alignment between health
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Measuring restrictiveness of Medicare Advantage networks: A claims-based approach Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Yevgeniy Feyman, Steven D. Pizer, Paul R. Shafer, Austin B. Frakt, Melissa M. Garrido
To develop and validate a measure of provider network restrictiveness in the Medicare Advantage (MA) population.
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To be or not to be compliant? Hospitals' initial strategic responses to the federal price transparency rule Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Jessica N. Mittler, Jean M. Abraham, Julie Robbins, Paula H. Song
To understand US hospitals' initial strategic responses to the federal price transparency rule that took effect January 2021.
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Hospital ownership and admission rates from the emergency department, evidence from Florida Health Serv. Res. (IF 3.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 David H. Howard, Guy David
In light of Department of Justice investigations of for-profit chains for over-admitting patients, we sought to evaluate whether for-profit hospitals are more likely to admit patients from the emergency department.