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Access to Care Impacts Hospitalization Rates for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions

April 1, 2001 | Program Result

The University of California studied access to primary care in selected communities to assess whether hospitalization rates for certain chronic conditions typically managed by outpatient care are valid and useful measures of community access to care.

A Coalition Creates a Citywide Care Management System

January 13, 2011 | Program Result

The Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers created a citywide care management system, working with high emergency room and hospital users, providing transitional primary care aimed at moving patients to an appropriate primary care setting.

Additional Services at Primary-Care Clinics Could Reduce Nonurgent Hospital Emergency Departments Visits

June 1, 2000 | Program Result

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey examined why people use hospital emergency departments for medically nonurgent situations - a situation that occurs in as many as two-thirds of pediatric visits to emergency departments.

A Field Experiment on the Impact of Physician-Level Performance Data on Consumers' Choice of Physician

November 1, 2012 | Journal Article

The use of a publicly available online report of physician-level data on the choice of primary care provider (PCP) among new members to the HealthPlus of Michigan health plan was assessed in this study.

Aggregating Physician Performance Data Across Health Plans

March 1, 2011 | Issue Brief

An effort to help enhance the quality and equality of U.S. health care.

Alabama Helps Addicted Adolescents Recover from Substance Abuse with Continuing Care

November 22, 2011 | Program Result

Alabama was one of 12 states participating in Advancing Recovery: State and Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Treatment. The state joined with three adolescent service providers to implement continuing care as their evidence-based practice.

A Low-Cost, Limited-Benefit Policy for the Uninsured

July 1, 2001 | Program Result

The National Health Foundation led a coalition of private sector organizations to test the feasibility of developing a low-cost primary care-only insurance product for uninsured Los Angeles County residents.

Ambulatory Visit Rates and Antibiotic Prescribing for Children with Pneumonia, 1994-2007

March 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Kids with pneumonia treated after an office visit are more likely to receive broad-spectrum antibiotics despite evidence of little benefit over narrow-spectrum penicillins.

Analyzing How Different Patient Groups Respond to Questions About Their Health Care

January 24, 2012 | Story

Rodriguez investigated the degree of differential item functioning on the Clinician & Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey.

A New Tool Identifies Workplace Factors That Can Affect the Quality of Care Patients Receive

May 6, 2010 | Program Result

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health developed a tool to measure the work environment of ambulatory care clinics.

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