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AHRQ Research Studies
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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 5 of 5 Research Studies DisplayedKuo DZ, Hall M, Agrawal R
Comparison of health care spending and utilization among children with Medicaid insurance.
This study's objectives were to assess health care and spending among children with Medicaid insurance by their resource use. It found that as resource use increases in children with Medicaid, spending rises unevenly across health services: Spending on primary care rises modestly compared with other health services.
AHRQ-funded; HS023092.
Citation: Kuo DZ, Hall M, Agrawal R .
Comparison of health care spending and utilization among children with Medicaid insurance.
Pediatrics 2015 Dec;136(6):1521-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-0871.
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Keywords: Medicaid, Healthcare Utilization, Children/Adolescents, Healthcare Costs, Health Services Research (HSR)
Cherney AR, Marin JR, Brown J
AHRQ Author: Henriksen K
Funding research in emergency diagnostic imaging: summary of a panel discussion at the 2015 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference.
As part of the 2015 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference "Diagnostic Imaging in the Emergency Department: A Research Agenda to Optimize Utilization," a panel of representatives from several Federal agencies and organizations including AHRQ was assembled to discuss future opportunities for funding research in this particular area of interest. Representatives from these agencies and organizations discussed their missions and priorities and how they distribute funding.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Cherney AR, Marin JR, Brown J .
Funding research in emergency diagnostic imaging: summary of a panel discussion at the 2015 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference.
Acad Emerg Med 2015 Dec;22(12):1400-5. doi: 10.1111/acem.12825.
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Keywords: Imaging, Emergency Department, Health Services Research (HSR), Healthcare Utilization
Lewiss RE, Chan W, Sheng AY
Research priorities in the utilization and interpretation of diagnostic imaging: Education, assessment, and competency.
A group of radiologists, physicists, and emergency physicians convened at the 2015 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference to discuss and prioritize a research agenda related to education, assessment, and competency in ordering and interpreting diagnostic imaging. In this article, the authors review the supporting reliability and validity evidence and make specific recommendations for future research on the education, competency, and assessment of learning diagnostic imaging.
AHRQ-funded; HS023498.
Citation: Lewiss RE, Chan W, Sheng AY .
Research priorities in the utilization and interpretation of diagnostic imaging: Education, assessment, and competency.
Acad Emerg Med 2015 Dec;22(12):1447-54. doi: 10.1111/acem.12833.
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Keywords: Imaging, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Emergency Department, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Healthcare Utilization, Health Services Research (HSR)
Lipton BJ, Decker SL
AHRQ Author: Decker SL
The effect of health insurance coverage on medical care utilization and health outcomes: evidence from Medicaid adult vision benefits.
The reserarchers examined the effect of vision insurance on eye care utilization and vision health outcomes by taking advantage of quasi-experimental variation in Medicaid coverage of adult vision care. They found that Medicaid beneficiaries with vision coverage are 4.4 percentage points more likely to have seen an eye doctor in the past year,and 5.3 percentage points less likely to report needing but not purchasing eyeglasses or contacts due to cost.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Lipton BJ, Decker SL .
The effect of health insurance coverage on medical care utilization and health outcomes: evidence from Medicaid adult vision benefits.
J Health Econ 2015 Dec;44:320-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.10.006.
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Keywords: Medicaid, Eye Disease and Health, Healthcare Utilization, Health Services Research (HSR), Outcomes
Orman ES, Mayorga ME, Wheeler SB
Declining liver graft quality threatens the future of liver transplantation in the United States.
This study used the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database to inform a 20-year discrete event simulation estimating liver transplantation (LT) volume from 2010 to 2030. It found that if donor liver utilization practices remain constant, utilization will fall from 78 percent to 44 percent by 2030, resulting in 2,230 fewer LTs.
AHRQ-funded; HS019468.
Citation: Orman ES, Mayorga ME, Wheeler SB .
Declining liver graft quality threatens the future of liver transplantation in the United States.
Liver Transpl 2015 Aug;21(8):1040-50. doi: 10.1002/lt.24160..
Keywords: Healthcare Utilization, Health Services Research (HSR), Transplantation