Overviews
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- Cutler D, Dafny L. Designing transparency systems for medical care prices. New Engl J Med 2011 Mar 10;364(10):894-5. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1100540. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Ginsburg PB. Shopping for price in medical care. Health Aff (Millwood) 2007 Mar-Apr;26(2):w208-16. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/26/2/w208.long. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Goodman RA, Posner SF, Huang ES, et al. Defining and measuring chronic conditions: imperatives for research, policy, program, and practice. Prev Chron Dis 2013;10:E66. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652713/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Hibbard JH, Greene J, Sofaer S, et al. An experiment shows that a well-designed report on costs and quality can help consumers choose high-value health care. Health Aff (Millwood) 2012 Mar;31(3):560-8. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/3/560.long. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Hibbard JH, Peters E. Supporting informed consumer health care decisions: data presentation approaches that facilitate the use of information in choice. Ann Rev Public Health 2003;24:413-33. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12428034. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Kullgren JT, Duey KA, Werner RM. A census of state health care price transparency websites. JAMA 2013 Jun 19;309(23):2437-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23780454. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Laflamme DJ, McGrath RJ. State-sponsored public reporting of hospital quality. Health Aff (Millwood) 2011 Feb;30(2):367; author reply 367. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/2/367.2.long. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Luft HS. Advancing public reporting through a new “‘aggregator”‘ to standardize data collection on providers’ cost and quality. Health Aff 2012 Mar;31(3):619-26. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/3/619.long. Accessed February 7, 2017.
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- Sinaiko AD, Eastman D, Rosenthal MB. How report cards on physicians, physician groups, and hospitals can have greater impact on consumer choices. Health Aff 2012 Mar;31(3):602-11. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/3/602.long. Accessed February 7, 2017.
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Research Articles
- Ash AS, Ellis RP. Risk-adjusted payment and performance assessment for primary care. Med Care 2012 Aug;50(8):643-53. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3394905/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Baker L, Bundorf MK, Royalty A. Private insurers’ payments for routine physician office visits vary substantially across the United States. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 Sep;32(9):1583-90. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/32/9/1583.long. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Birkmeyer JD, Gust C, Baser O, et al. Medicare payments for common inpatient procedures: implications for episode-based payment bundling. Health Serv Res 2010 Dec;45(6 Pt 1):1783-95. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3026958/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Chandra A, Dalton MA, Holmes J. Large increases in spending on postacute care in Medicare point to the potential for cost savings in these settings. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 May;32(5):864-72. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3675656/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
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- Cooper GS, Kou TD, Wong RCK. Use and impact of early endoscopy in elderly patients with peptic ulcer hemorrhage: a population-based analysis. Gastrointest Endosc 2009;70(2):229-35. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19329112. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Dalal AA, Christensen L, Liu F, et al. Direct costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among managed care patients. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2010;5:341-9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2962300/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Dalal AA, Liu F, Riedel AA. Cost trends among commercially insured and Medicare Advantage-insured patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 2006 through 2009. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2011;6:533-42. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206770/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Daniel G, Hurley D, Whyte JL, et al. Use and cost of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in patients with cancer. Current Med Res Opin 2009;25(7):1775-84. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19505205. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Doshi JA, Cai Q, Buono JL, et al. Economic burden of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation: a retrospective analysis of health care costs in a commercially insured population. J Manage Care Spec Pharm 2014 Apr;20(4):382-90. http://www.jmcp.org/doi/10.18553/jmcp.2014.20.4.382. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Dunn JD, Pill MW. A claims-based view of health care charges and utilization for commercially insured patients with osteoarthritis. Manage Care 2009 Dec;18(12):44-50. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20088148. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Ellis P, Sandy LG, Larson AJ, et al. Wide variation in episode costs within a commercially insured population highlights potential to improve the efficiency of care. Health Aff (Millwood) 2012 Sep;31(9):2084-93. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/9/2084.long. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Fitch K, Iwasaki K, Villa KF. Resource utilization and cost in a commercially insured population with schizophrenia. Am Health Drug Benefits 2014 Jan;7(1):18-26. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031739/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Fullum TM, Ladapo JA, Borah BJ, et al. Comparison of the clinical and economic outcomes between open and minimally invasive appendectomy and colectomy: evidence from a large commercial payer database. Surg Endosc 2010 Apr;24(4):845-53. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846276/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Gore M, Tai KS, Sadosky A, et al. Clinical comorbidities, treatment patterns, and direct medical costs of patients with osteoarthritis in usual care: a retrospective claims database analysis. J Med Econ 2011;14(4):497-507. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21682606. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Gross K, Brenner JC, Truchil A, et al. Building a citywide, all-payer, hospital claims database to improve health care delivery in a low-income, urban community. Popul Health Manage 2013;16 Suppl 1:S20-5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24070246. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Guerin A, Carson RT, Lewis B, et al. The economic burden of treatment failure amongst patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation or chronic constipation: a retrospective analysis of a Medicaid population. J Med Econ 2014 Aug;17(8):577-86. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24811855. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Hadley J, Reschovsky JD, O’Malley JA, et al. Factors associated with geographic variation in cost per episode of care for three medical conditions. Health Econ Rev 2014;4:8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4052668/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Hagiwara M, Delea TE, Chung K. Healthcare costs associated with skeletal-related events in breast cancer patients with bone metastases. J Med Econ 2014 Mar;17(3):223-30.
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- Helderman JH, Kang N, Legorreta AP, et al. Healthcare costs in renal transplant recipients using branded versus generic ciclosporin. Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2010;8(1):61-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20038194. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Higgins A, Zeddies T, Pearson SD. Measuring the performance of individual physicians by collecting data from multiple health plans: the results of a two-state test. Health Aff (Millwood) 2011 Apr;30(4):673-81. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/4/673.long. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Hollingsworth JM, Norton EC, Kaufman SR, et al. Medical expulsive therapy versus early endoscopic stone removal for acute renal colic: an instrumental variable analysis. J Urol 2013 Sep;190(3):882-7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23517746, Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Hollingsworth JM, Saigal CS, Lai JC, et al. Medicare payments for outpatient urological surgery by location of care. J Urol 2012;188(6):2323-7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008316/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Hollingsworth JM, Saigal CS, Lai JC, et al. Surgical quality among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing outpatient urological surgery. Journal Urol 2012 Oct;188(4):1274-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697119/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Horvitz-Lennon M, Volya R, Donohue JM, et al. Disparities in quality of care among publicly insured adults with schizophrenia in four large U.S. states, 2002-2008. Health Serv Res 2014;49(4):1121-44. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111783/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Hoy T, Singhal PK, Willey VJ, et al. Assessing incidence and economic burden of genital warts with data from a US commercially insured population. Curr Med Res Opin 2009;25(10):2343-51. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19650749. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Hurvitz S, Guerin A, Brammer M, et al. Investigation of adverse-event-related costs for patients with metastatic breast cancer in a real-world setting. Oncologist 2014 Sep;19(9):901-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153460/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Hussey PS, Schneider EC, Rudin RS, et al. Continuity and the costs of care for chronic disease. JAMA Intern Med 2014;174(5):742-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4075052/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Jacobson JJ, Epstein JB, Eichmiller FC, et al. The cost burden of oral, oral pharyngeal, and salivary gland cancers in three groups: commercial insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. Head Neck Oncol 2012;4:15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503554/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Karve S, Krishnarajah G, Korsnes JS, et al. Burden of acute gastroenteritis, norovirus and rotavirus in a managed care population. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2014 Jun;10(6):1544-56. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24732307. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Kleinman NL, Yu H, Beren IA, et al. Work-related and health care cost burden of community-acquired pneumonia in an employed population. J Occup Environ Med 2013 Oct;55(10):1149-56. PMID: 24064787.
- Kocher KE, Nallamothu BK, Birkmeyer JD, et al. Emergency department visits after surgery are common for Medicare patients, suggesting opportunities to improve care. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013;32(9):1600-7. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/32/9/1600.long. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Kubitz N, Mehra M, Potluri RC, et al. Characterization of treatment resistant depression episodes in a cohort of patients from a US commercial claims database. PloS One 2013;8(10). http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0076882. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Lang K, Patel AA, Munsell M, et al. Recurrent hospitalization and healthcare resource use among patients with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: findings from a multi-payer analysis. J. Thromb Thrombolysis 2015 May;39(4):434-42. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4379443/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Lasser KE, Hanchate AD, McCormick D, et al. The effect of Massachusetts health reform on 30 day hospital readmissions: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics. BMJ 2014;348:g2329. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970763/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Levit KR, Friedman B, Wong HS. Estimating inpatient hospital prices from state administrative data and hospital financial reports. Health Serv Res 2013;48(5):1779-97. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3796114/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Li T, Carls GS, Panopalis P, et al. Long-term medical costs and resource utilization in systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis: a five-year analysis of a large Medicaid population. Arthritis Rheum 2009 Jun 15;61(6):755-63. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19479688. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Liliedahl RL, Finch MD, Axene DV. Cost of care for common back pain conditions initiated with chiropractic doctor vs medical doctor/doctor of osteopathy as first physician: experience of one Tennessee-based general health insurer. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2010;33(9):640-3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21109053. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Marjoua Y, Butler CA, Bozic KJ. Public reporting of cost and quality information in orthopaedics. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2012 Apr;470(4):1017-26. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293971/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- McGuiness CB, Hill J, Fonseca E, et al. The disease burden of pertussis in adults 50 years old and older in the United States: a retrospective study. BMC Infect Dis 2013;13:32. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610269/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Mehrotra A, Liu H, Adams JL, et al. Comparing costs and quality of care at retail clinics with that of other medical settings for 3 common illnesses. Ann Intern Med 2009 Sep 1;151(5):321-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2805258/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Menzin J, Sussman M, Munsell M, et al. Economic impact of infections among patients with primary immunodeficiency disease receiving IVIG therapy. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res 2014;6:297-302. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061143/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Miller DC, Gust C, Dimick JB, et al. Large variations in Medicare payments for surgery highlight savings potential from bundled payment programs. Health Aff (Millwood) 2011 Nov;30(11):2107-15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4061143/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Misurski D, Lage MJ, Fabunmi R, et al. A comparison of costs among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who initiated therapy with exenatide or insulin glargine. Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2009;7(4):245-54. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19905038. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Owens GM, Olvey EL, Skrepnek GH, et al. Perspectives for managed care organizations on the burden of multiple sclerosis and the cost-benefits of disease-modifying therapies. J Manag Care Pharm 2013 Jan-Feb;19(1 Suppl A):S41-53. http://www.jmcp.org/doi/10.18553/jmcp.2013.19.s1.S41. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Owusu-Edusei K Jr, Doshi SR, Apt BS, et al. The direct cost of chlamydial infections: estimates for the employer-sponsored privately insured population in the United States, 2003-2007. Sex Transm Dis 2010 Aug;37(8):519-21. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20414145. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Owusu-Edusei K Jr, Gift TL, Chesson HW. Treatment cost of acute gonococcal infections: estimates from employer-sponsored private insurance claims data in the United States, 2003-2007. Sex Trans Dis 2010 May;37(5):316-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20216479. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Owusu-Edusei K, Hoover KW, Tao G. Estimating the direct outpatient medical cost per episode of primary and secondary syphilis in the United States: insured population perspective, 2003-2007. Sex Transm Dis 2011;38(3):175-9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20871492. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Pelletier EM, Ogale S, Yu E, et al. Economic outcomes in patients diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus with versus without nephritis: results from an analysis of data from a US claims database. Clin Ther 2009 Nov;31(11):2653-64. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20110008. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Pelletier EM, Pawaskar M, Smith PJ, et al. Economic outcomes of exenatide vs liraglutide in type 2 diabetes patients in the United States: results from a retrospective claims database analysis. J Med Econ 2012;15(6):1039-50. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22533526. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Pelletier EM, Shim B, Ben-Joseph R, et al. Economic outcomes associated with microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus: results from a US claims data analysis. Pharmacoeconomics 2009;27(6):479-90. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19640011. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Pelletier EM, Smith PJ, Boye KS, et al. Direct medical costs for type 2 diabetes mellitus complications in the US commercial payer setting: a resource for economic research. Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2008;6(2-3):103-12. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19231904. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Pendergast J, Kliethermes SA, Freburger JK, Duffy PA. A comparison of health care use for physician-referred and self-referred episodes of outpatient physical therapy. Health Serv Res 2012;47(2):633-54. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419881/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Pollack CE, Hussey PS, Rudin RS, et al. Measuring care continuity: a comparison of claims-based methods. Med Care 2016 May;54(5):e30-4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24309664. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Priest J, Buikema A, Engel-Nitz NM, et al. Quality of care, health care costs, and utilization among Medicare Part D enrollees with and without low-income subsidy. Popul Health Manag 2012 Apr;15(2):101-12. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22313439. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Priest JL, Cantrell CR, Fincham J, et al. Quality of care associated with common chronic diseases in a 9-state Medicaid population utilizing claims data: an evaluation of medication and health care use and costs. Popul Health Manag 2011 Feb;14(1):43-54. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3128443/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Pyenson B, Scammell C, Broulette J. Costs and repeat rates associated with colonoscopy observed in medical claims for commercial and Medicare populations. BMC Health Serv Res 2014;14:92. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3128443/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
- Raborn ML, Pelletier EM, Smith DB, et al. Patient out-of-pocket payments for oral oncolytics: results from a 2009 US claims data analysis. J Oncol Pract 2012 May;8(3 Suppl):9s-15s. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348605/. Accessed February 7, 2017.
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- Regenbogen SE, Gust C, Birkmeyer JD. Hospital surgical volume and cost of inpatient surgery in the elderly. J Am Coll Surg 2012 Dec;215(6):758-65. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22921326. Accessed February 7, 2017.
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- Russell Crane D, Payne SH. Individual versus family psychotherapy in managed care: comparing the costs of treatment by the mental health professions. J Marital Fam Ther 2011;37(3):273-89. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21745230. Accessed February 7, 2017.
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- Weinstein SJ, House SA, Chang CH, et al. Small geographic area variations in prescription drug use. Pediatrics 2014 Sep;134(3):563-70. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/134/3/563.long. Accessed February 7, 2017.
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