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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedCotter D, Barrus D, Ma M
Effects of ESRD bundling on efficiency of U.S. dialysis centers.
The study aim was to evaluate whether the 2011 ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS) improved the efficiency of U.S. dialysis centers and to identify which providers demonstrated changes in their efficiency after the PPS implementation. It found that about 36 percent of facilities were functioning efficiently in 2010, dropping to only 21-22 percent efficiently operating facilities in 2011-12.
AHRQ-funded; HS024190.
Citation: Cotter D, Barrus D, Ma M .
Effects of ESRD bundling on efficiency of U.S. dialysis centers.
Nephrol News Issues 2017 Oct 18.
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Keywords: Kidney Disease and Health, Payment, Ambulatory Care and Surgery
Cunha CB, D'Agata EM
Implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program in out-patient dialysis units.
The purpose of this review is to highlight the key elements and interventions of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP). The Infectious Disease Society of America and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America have provided evidence-based guidelines for the development and implementation of an ASP. Many of their recommendations can be adapted to the out-patient dialysis setting.
AHRQ-funded; HS021666.
Citation: Cunha CB, D'Agata EM .
Implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program in out-patient dialysis units.
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2016 Nov;25(6):551-55. doi: 10.1097/mnh.0000000000000281.
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Keywords: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Antibiotics, Medication, Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Kidney Disease and Health, Chronic Conditions
Wang V, Lee SY, Maciejewski ML
Inertia in health care organizations: a case study of peritoneal dialysis services.
The aim of this study was to examine whether strategic and selective factors were associated with the provision of peritoneal dialysis (PD) services in outpatient dialysis facilities in the United States between 1995 and 2003. It found little support for strategic influences and some evidence that selective factors were predictive of dialysis facilities’ PD provision.
AHRQ-funded; HS019479; HS000032.
Citation: Wang V, Lee SY, Maciejewski ML .
Inertia in health care organizations: a case study of peritoneal dialysis services.
Health Care Manage Rev 2015 Jul-Sep;40(3):203-13. doi: 10.1097/hmr.0000000000000024..
Keywords: Kidney Disease and Health, Ambulatory Care and Surgery
Erickson KF, Mell MW, Winkelmayer WC
Provider visit frequency and vascular access interventions in hemodialysis.
This study sought to determine whether more frequent face-to-face provider (physician and advanced practitioner) visits lead to more procedures and therapeutic interventions aimed at preserving arteriovenous fistulas and grafts and improved vascular access outcomes. It found that more frequent face-to-ace provider visits were associated with more procedures and therapeutic interventions aimed at preserving vascular accesses, but not with prolonged vascular access survival.
AHRQ-funded; HS019178.
Citation: Erickson KF, Mell MW, Winkelmayer WC .
Provider visit frequency and vascular access interventions in hemodialysis.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2015 Feb 6;10(2):269-77. doi: 10.2215/cjn.05540614..
Keywords: Care Management, Dialysis, Kidney Disease and Health, Outcomes, Ambulatory Care and Surgery