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This cohort study uses data from more than 265 000 US veterans treated at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) to compare health care spending for patients with chronic heart failure across VAMCs and to examine the association between spending and survival.
This cross-sectional analysis of data from more than 2.5 million Medicaid-eligible US adults in states that enacted and did not enact Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act evaluates the association of Medicaid expansion with health insurance coverage among persons with a disability.
This cross-sectional study estimates the number and characteristics of Medicaid beneficiaries in Kentucky who would have to meet community engagement requirements under a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver.
This comparative effectiveness study examines current US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 30-day mortality risk models vs novel risk models for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia hospitalizations.
This Viewpoint proposes an array of approaches state governments might take to lower health care prices paid by private insurance, including rate setting using reference pricing; scrutiny of hospital mergers; expanding scope-of-practice laws to increase workforce; and investing in alternative payment models.
This qualitative study examines the perspectives of representatives of US Medicare Advantage plans on how their organizations can enact programs to promote social determinants of health in light of expansions offered under the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act.
This cross-sectional study uses data from the US National Survey of Accountable Care Organizations to assess the association between accountable care organization–reported care management and coordination activities and outcomes in older adults with complex needs.
This cross-sectional study examines US Medicare data to assess variations in health care costs and utilization between accountable care organization practices that rely heavily on specialty physicians and those that only use primary care physicians.
This cross-sectional study examines changes in revenues of manufacturers of drugs for treatment of hepatitis C and health care organizations after list price reductions.
This cross-sectional study investigates changes in perceptions of discrimination in health care on the basis of race/ethnicity, immigration status, and English proficiency in California from 2003 to 2017.
This cohort study identifies processes of care that are associated with reduced risk of death or recurrent stroke among patients with transient ischemic attack or nonsevere ischemic stroke.
Because a “Medicare for all” policy is likely to pay physicians and health systems much less than commercial insurance, this Viewpoint anticipates responses of the community, including an increase in service volume and billing intensity and movement of care to more highly reimbursed settings, and it suggests ways to implement the policy to minimizez financial disruptions.
In this Viewpoint, Woolhandler and Himmelstein review the potential benefits of single-payer health care reform, including savings on administrative costs and lower drug prices, and argue against partial solutions that might expand coverage without reducing costs and waste.
This study assesses whether the US Food and Drug Administration regulation to limit the sale of flavored tobacco products to age-restricted locations is adequate based on a 1-year review of violations rates in age-restricted shops.
This study assesses health outcome and self-assessment data of teenaged Latino participants in the CHAMACOS study before and after the 2016 presidential election in the United States, which ushered in new immigration policy and rhetoric.
This cohort study uses data from the US Healthy Work Place study to examine characteristics of health care organizations that are associated with clinician trust in the organization.
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