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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedSimon TD, Cawthon ML, Popalisky J
Development and validation of the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA) Version 2.0.
The Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA) was developed to stratify children by level of medical complexity. The researchers sought to refine PMCA and evaluate its performance based on the duration of eligibility and completeness of Medicaid data. They concluded that PMCA version 2.0 identifies children with C-CD with good sensitivity and very good specificity when applied to Medicaid data.
AHRQ-funded; HS020506.
Citation: Simon TD, Cawthon ML, Popalisky J .
Development and validation of the Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm (PMCA) Version 2.0.
Hosp Pediatr 2017 Jul;7(7):373-77. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2016-0173.
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Keywords: Chronic Conditions, Hospitals, Medicaid, Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Children/Adolescents
Carey K
Ambulatory surgery centers and prices in hospital outpatient departments.
Specialty providers claim to offer a new competitive benchmark for efficient delivery of health care. This article explores this view by examining evidence for price competition between ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs). For the procedures examined, HOPDs received payments from commercial insurers in the range of 3.25 percent to 5.15 percent lower for each additional ASC per 100,000 persons in a market.
AHRQ-funded; HS023780.
Citation: Carey K .
Ambulatory surgery centers and prices in hospital outpatient departments.
Med Care Res Rev 2017 Apr;74(2):236-48. doi: 10.1177/1077558716633010.
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Keywords: Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Healthcare Costs, Payment, Hospitals