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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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51 to 56 of 56 Research Studies DisplayedSchlesinger M, Grob R
Treating, fast and slow: Americans' understanding of and responses to low-value care.
This article explores Americans’ understanding of low-value care in 2015, assesses the impact of media messaging, and tests alternative message framing. The study concluded that the public’s awareness of low-value care is incomplete, with substantial disparities related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
AHRQ-funded; HS021858; HS016978.
Citation: Schlesinger M, Grob R .
Treating, fast and slow: Americans' understanding of and responses to low-value care.
Milbank Q 2017 Mar;95(1):70-116. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12246..
Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Shared Decision Making, Healthcare Costs, Quality of Care
Yeung K, Basu A, Hansen RN
Impact of a value-based formulary on medication utilization, health services utilization, and expenditures.
The objective of the study was to determine the impact of the value-based formulary (VBF). It found that cost-sharing informed by cost-effectiveness analysis reduced overall medication expenditures without negatively impacting medication utilization, health services utilization, or nonmedication expenditures.
AHRQ-funded; HS023346.
Citation: Yeung K, Basu A, Hansen RN .
Impact of a value-based formulary on medication utilization, health services utilization, and expenditures.
Med Care 2017 Feb;55(2):191-98. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000630.
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Keywords: Medication, Healthcare Utilization, Healthcare Costs, Health Services Research (HSR)
Fain KM, Castillo-Salgado C, Dore DD
Inappropriate fentanyl prescribing among nursing home residents in the United States.
In this cross-sectional study, the investigators quantified transdermal fentanyl prescribing in elderly nursing home residents without prior opioid use or persistent pain, and the association of individual and facility traits with opioid-naive prescribing. The investigators concluded that most nursing home residents initiating transdermal fentanyl did not have persistent pain and many were opioid-naive. They suggest that changes in prescribing practices may be necessary to ensure Food and Drug Administration warnings are followed, particularly for vulnerable subgroups, such as the cognitively impaired.
AHRQ-funded; HS018960.
Citation: Fain KM, Castillo-Salgado C, Dore DD .
Inappropriate fentanyl prescribing among nursing home residents in the United States.
J Am Med Dir Assoc 2017 Feb;18(2):138-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.08.015..
Keywords: Care Management, Chronic Conditions, Elderly, Long-Term Care, Medication, Nursing Homes, Opioids, Pain, Practice Patterns
Armstrong MJ, Mullins CD
Value assessment at the point of care: incorporating patient values throughout care delivery and a draft taxonomy of patient values.
In this commentary, the authors propose a taxonomy of values underlying patient decision making and provide examples of how these impact provision of health care. Their draft taxonomy describes four categories of patient values: global, decisional, situational, and external, highlights different values impacting decision making and facilitates a more complete value assessment at the point of care.
AHRQ-funded; HS024159.
Citation: Armstrong MJ, Mullins CD .
Value assessment at the point of care: incorporating patient values throughout care delivery and a draft taxonomy of patient values.
Value Health 2017 Feb;20(2):292-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2016.11.008.
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Keywords: Shared Decision Making, Healthcare Delivery, Patient and Family Engagement
Rocque GB, Williams CP, Jackson BE
Choosing Wisely: opportunities for improving value in cancer care delivery?
The researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of Medicare claims data to examine concordance with Choosing Wisely recommendations across 12 cancer centers in the southeastern United States. Significant variability was noted across centers for all recommendations. The researchers concluded that if concordance were to increase to 95 percent for all measures, an estimated $19 million difference in total cost of care per quarter would be saved.
AHRQ-funded; HS023009.
Citation: Rocque GB, Williams CP, Jackson BE .
Choosing Wisely: opportunities for improving value in cancer care delivery?
J Oncol Pract 2017 Jan;13(1):e11-e21. doi: 10.1200/jop.2016.015396.
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Keywords: Cancer, Guidelines, Healthcare Delivery, Medicare
Sood N, Alpert A, Barnes K
Effects of payment reform in more versus less competitive markets.
In this paper, the authors exploit a major payment reform for home health care to examine whether reductions in reimbursement lead to differential changes in treatment intensity and provider costs depending on the level of competition in a market. Using Medicare claims, they find that while providers in more competitive markets had higher average costs in the pre-reform period, these markets experienced larger proportional reductions in treatment intensity and costs after the reform relative to less competitive markets..
AHRQ-funded; HS018541.
Citation: Sood N, Alpert A, Barnes K .
Effects of payment reform in more versus less competitive markets.
J Health Econ 2017 Jan;51:66-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.12.006.
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Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Payment, Home Healthcare, Policy