Research
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Impact of Early Initiation of Antihypertensive Medications for Patients with Hypertension or Elevated Blood Pressure
Initiating antihypertensive medications before experiencing a cardiovascular disease-related clinical event was associated with reduced risk of AMI, stroke and death for all hypertensive patients identified in the new guidelines.
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Regression to the Mean in the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
Regression to the mean is a known statistical phenomenon. It occurs when an outcome is measured multiple times. Outcomes that are extreme relative to the statistical average, or mean, during the first measurement are more likely to be closer to the mean in subsequent measurement periods simply by chance, because more extreme values have a […]
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Do Cancer Treatments Have Option Value? Real‐ World Evidence From Metastatic Melanoma
The study findings in metastatic melanoma provide the first empirical evidence of the impact of option value in cancer treatment decision making.
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Analysis of Dementia in the U.S. Population Using Medicare Claims: Insights From Linked Survey and Administrative Claims Data
Insufficient understanding of the completeness of dementia diagnosis and for whom in Medicare claims data limits their use. This study analyzes prevalence and incidence of dementia in survey and claims data to understand differences.
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Value-Based Contracting in Healthcare: What Is It and How Can It Be Achieved?
Value-based contracts must incentivize the clinical decision maker, usually the physician, to allocate treatment based on both price and value. Changing certain elements in the financing system could create an environment for successful value-based contracting without having to reform the entire system.
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Three Ways to Make Health Insurance Auto-Enrollment Work
Successful auto-enrollment likely requires changes to the way we determine eligibility for Medicaid and Marketplace financial assistance, to make the system easier to navigate and more generous, writes USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative Fellow Christen Linke Young.
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Do Income Supplemental Programs for Older Adults’ Help Reduce Primary Caregiver Burden? Evidence from Mexico
In countries such as Mexico without formal public long-term care policies, informal care becomes the main source of support for older adults.
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Factors Associated with Unintended Pregnancy, Contraceptive Risk-Taking, and Interest in Pharmacist-Provided Birth Control
Although overall rates of unplanned pregnancies have declined, significant racial and geographic disparities persist. At the same time, there are new opportunities to improve access to contraception. This study identifies contributors to the high rate of unplanned pregnancies in a rural farming community in California and assesses interest in pharmacist-prescribed contraception.
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Prenatal Exposure to Air Toxics and Malignant Germ Cell Tumors in Young Children
To assess prenatal air toxics exposure and risk for childhood germ cell tumors (GCTs) by histological subtype (yolk sac tumor and teratoma).
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Now Is the Time for Transparency in Value-Based Healthcare Decision Modeling
Peer-reviewed journals could make a key contribution to improving scientific rigor and real-world healthcare decision-maker acceptability by requiring that VHDM models, source code, and data used in published articles be made freely available to interested readers.
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