A Difference-in-Difference Analysis of Changes in Quality, Utilization and Cost Following the Colorado Multi-Payer Patient-Centered Medical Home Pilot

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 289-296

  Rosenthal, Meredith B ^a   Alidina, Shehnaz ^a   Friedberg, Mark W ^b,c,d   Singer, Sara J ^a,d,e   Eastman, Diana ^a   Li, Zhonghe ^a   Schneider, Eric C ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

health care costs; patient centered care; primary care redesign; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLON CANCER; COLORADO; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY INDEX; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS;

ADULT; COLORADO; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84944705905     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3521-1     Document Type: Article

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