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Am Econ J Econ Policy
There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service Medicare expenditures, this study asks whether patient demand-side fac
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Health Affairs. 30:1569-1574
Despite decreasing demand for bypass surgery, 301 new cardiac surgery programs opened between 1993 and 2004. We used Medicare data to identify where the new programs opened and to assess their impact on access and efficiency. Forty-two percent of the
Autor:
Patricia M. Gallagher, David E. Wennberg, Pamela N. Peterson, F. Lee Lucas, Daniel D. Matlock, Brenda E. Sirovich
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Journal of Palliative Medicine. 13:1315-1319
Regional variation in health care use in the last 6 months of life is well documented. Our objective was to examine whether an association exists between cardiologists' tendencies to discuss palliative care for patients with advanced heart failure an
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New England Journal of Medicine. 363:1245-1255
Studies have shown that telephone interventions designed to promote patients' self-management skills and improve patient-physician communication can increase patients' satisfaction and their use of preventive services. The effect of such a strategy o
Autor:
David E. Wennberg, Brenda E. Sirovich, Andrea E. Siewers, Patricia M. Gallagher, Frances L Lucas
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 3:253-260
Background— Regional variation in healthcare utilization, including cardiac testing and procedures, is well documented. Some factors underlying such variation are understood, including resource supply. However, less is known about how physician beh
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Health Affairs. 27:813-823
Efforts to improve the quality and costs of U.S. health care have focused largely on fostering physician adherence to evidence-based guidelines, ignoring the role of clinical judgment in more discretionary settings. We surveyed primary care physician
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American Heart Journal. 154:502-509
Background Although there is a wide literature demonstrating sex and race differences in the receipt of invasive cardiac tests and treatments, much less is known about the influence of such characteristics on receipt of a stress test, the first event
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Circulation. 113:374-379
Background— Rates of invasive testing and treatment for coronary artery disease have increased over time. Less is known about trends in the utilization of noninvasive cardiac testing for coronary artery disease. The objective of this study was 2-fo
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 52:2023-2030
Objectives: To describe characteristics and short-term outcomes of Medicare patients hospitalized after injuries in 1999. Design: Analysis of national population-based case series. Setting: Hospitalized Medicare patients. Participants: All fee-for-se
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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 76:1131-1137
Background While hospital performance in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is reported widely, patients may find it difficult to learn about their hospital's performance in heart valve replacement. We sought to determine if a hospital's per