{"title":"Improving access to improve quality: evaluation of an organizational innovation.","authors":"Marie Federowicz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83710,"journal":{"name":"Findings brief : health care financing & organization","volume":"11 5","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27688296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Surviving the perfect storm: impacts of benefit reductions and increased cost sharing in a Medicaid program.","authors":"Karen Campion","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83710,"journal":{"name":"Findings brief : health care financing & organization","volume":"11 4","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27688297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the impact of coverage gaps in the Medicare Part D drug benefit.","authors":"Nicole Hudson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>(1) Medicare beneficiaries reduced their drug spending in response to interruptions in prescription coverage prior to the implementation of the Part D benefit. (2) Interruptions in drug coverage were amplified, as a response to gaps in prescription drug coverage, for those suffering from chronic conditions. (3) Trends in spending and medication utilization by Medicare beneficiaries in this study illustrate how Part D beneficiaries potentially would decrease their medication utilization as a response to increasing gaps in their prescription coverage.</p>","PeriodicalId":83710,"journal":{"name":"Findings brief : health care financing & organization","volume":"11 3","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27408548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of hospital ownership: looking for consistency among conflicting findings.","authors":"Christal Stone","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>(1) Much of the variation in hospital ownership effect on financial performance can be explained by a study's research focus and methodology. (2) The majority of studies reported no statistically significant difference between not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals in quality of care defined as mortality or other adverse events. (3) Studies that did show that ownership had an impact on quality of care were influenced by their institutional context, including differences across regions, markets, and time period.</p>","PeriodicalId":83710,"journal":{"name":"Findings brief : health care financing & organization","volume":"11 2","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27408547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measuring the value of public health systems.","authors":"Megan Ix","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83710,"journal":{"name":"Findings brief : health care financing & organization","volume":"11 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27332953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geographic variation in alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services utilization: what is the role of physician practice patterns?","authors":"Nicole Hudson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The researchers found that psychiatrists, in comparison with non-psychiatrist physicians, had a lower assessment of their overall ability to provide patients with the quality of care they believe necessary. (2) The findings also indicate that patients' personal characteristics may explain greater variation in treatment and assessment of ADM conditions than geographic variation.</p>","PeriodicalId":83710,"journal":{"name":"Findings brief : health care financing & organization","volume":"10 7","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27100347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medicare Advantage and the impact of Medicare HMOs on inpatient utilization.","authors":"Jenny Minott","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>(1) Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) decrease inpatient utilization for Medicare enrollees. (2) California group and staff HMO enrollees used 18 percent fewer inpatient days than had they continued in Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) plans, with an 11 percent reduction for independent practice association (IPA) HMO enrollees.</p>","PeriodicalId":83710,"journal":{"name":"Findings brief : health care financing & organization","volume":"10 9","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27090427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Early experiences with federal health insurance tax credits.","authors":"Megan Ix","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83710,"journal":{"name":"Findings brief : health care financing & organization","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40996430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Financial relief: the effect of state mental health parity laws on families of children with mental health care needs.","authors":"Cyanne Demchak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Families of children with mental health care needs who live in states with mental health parity laws have lower out-of-pocket spending and are more likely to view their spending as reasonable compared with those living in non parity states. This suggests that mental health parity laws provide important financial benefits to families of children with mental healthcare needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":83710,"journal":{"name":"Findings brief : health care financing & organization","volume":"10 6","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26905297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Meeting the future long-term care needs of the baby boomers.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Frail older adults are one of the most vulnerable groups in the nation. Disproportionately female, widowed, and in their 80s and 90s, most older people with disabilities living outside of nursing homes have little education and limited financial resources. Providing help can overwhelm caregivers. Even under the most optimistic scenario long-term care burdens on families and institutions will increase substantially in coming decades. If disability rates decrease steadily and substantially over time the number of older adults using paid home care will increase by three-fourths between 2000 and 2040 and the number in nursing homes will increase by two-thirds. Total paid home care hours will more than triple.</p>","PeriodicalId":83710,"journal":{"name":"Findings brief : health care financing & organization","volume":"10 6","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26832825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}