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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 DisplayedAllen NB, Zhao L, Liu L
Favorable cardiovascular health, compression of morbidity, and healthcare costs: forty-year follow-up of the CHA Study (Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry).
The researchers examined the association of cardiovascular health at younger ages with the proportion of life lived free of morbidity, the cumulative burden of morbidity, and average healthcare costs at older ages. They found that individuals in favorable cardiovascular health in early middle age live a longer, healthier life free of all types of morbidity.
AHRQ-funded; HS020263.
Citation: Allen NB, Zhao L, Liu L .
Favorable cardiovascular health, compression of morbidity, and healthcare costs: forty-year follow-up of the CHA Study (Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry).
Circulation 2017 May 2;135(18):1693-701. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.116.026252.
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Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Cardiovascular Conditions, Health Status
Jacobs PD, Duchovny N, Lipton BJ
AHRQ Author: Jacobs PD
Changes in health status and care use after ACA expansions among the insured and uninsured.
The authors investigated average health status and use of health care following the Affordable Care Act's insurance expansion provisions in 2014, finding that Medicaid enrollees and the uninsured were both healthier in 2014 than those respective groups were in 2013, but that those with individual private insurance coverage appeared less healthy as a group.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Jacobs PD, Duchovny N, Lipton BJ .
Changes in health status and care use after ACA expansions among the insured and uninsured.
Health Aff 2016 Jul;35(7):1184-8. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1539.
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Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Health Insurance, Policy, Health Status, Medicaid
Kaplan RM, Milstein A
AHRQ Author: Kaplan RM
Financial strain and cancer outcomes.
This editorial discusses an article by Lathan et al. in the same issue that documents the strong associations between socioeconomic status and longevity. The editorial argues that many of the variables in that article are measured with error and, as a result, the multivariable analysis resulted in only partial adjustment. Two variables of particular importance, education and ethnicity, are discussed.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Kaplan RM, Milstein A .
Financial strain and cancer outcomes.
J Clin Oncol 2016 May 20;34(15):1711-2. doi: 10.1200/jco.2016.66.8079.
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Keywords: Cancer, Health Status, Healthcare Costs, Low-Income, Outcomes, Social Determinants of Health, Stress
Bradley EH, Canavan M, Rogan E
Variation in health outcomes: the role of spending on social services, public health, and health care, 2000-09.
This study found that states with a higher ratio of social to health spending (calculated as the sum of social service spending and public health spending divided by the sum of Medicare spending and Medicaid spending) had significantly better subsequent health outcomes for the following seven measures: adult obesity; asthma; mentally unhealthy days; days with activity limitations; and mortality rates for lung cancer, acute myocardial infarction, and type 2 diabetes.
AHRQ-funded; HS017589.
Citation: Bradley EH, Canavan M, Rogan E .
Variation in health outcomes: the role of spending on social services, public health, and health care, 2000-09.
Health Aff 2016 May;35(5):760-8. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0814.
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Keywords: Outcomes, Social Determinants of Health, Healthcare Costs, Health Status, Public Health
Burke JF, Vijan S, Chekan LA
Targeting high-risk employees may reduce cardiovascular racial disparities.
A possible remedy for health disparities is for employers to promote cardiovascular health among minority employees. However, this study finds that there was no significant per person differential attributable to racial disparities for heart attack and stroke. A primary implication is that targeting cardiovascular disease strategies for African Americans is unlikely to be cost saving for employers.
AHRQ-funded; HS017690
Citation: Burke JF, Vijan S, Chekan LA .
Targeting high-risk employees may reduce cardiovascular racial disparities.
Am J Manag Care. 2014 Sep;20(9):725-33..
Keywords: Cardiovascular Conditions, Disparities, Healthcare Costs, Health Promotion, Health Status, Racial and Ethnic Minorities