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Chehal PK, Selvin E, DeVoe JE, Mangione CM, Ali MK. Diabetes And The Fragmented State Of US Health Care And Policy. Health Aff (Millwood) 2022; 41:939-946. [PMID: 35759725 PMCID: PMC10420383 DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Progress in the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes-the dominant form of diabetes-appears to have stalled in the US over the past decade, and diabetes-related morbidity has increased nationally. The most geographically and socioeconomically disadvantaged segments of the population have been especially hard hit, and interventions that reduce the risk for diabetes have not reached these populations. In this overview article we lay out how fragmentation in health policy and governance, payers and reimbursement design, and service delivery in the US has contributed to low accountability and coordination, and thus stagnation and persistent inequities. We also review the evidence regarding past, ongoing, and new reforms that may help address fragmentation, lower diabetes burdens, and narrow disparities.
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- Jennifer E. DeVoe, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Carol M. Mangione, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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The association between provider characteristics and post-catheterization interventions. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0266544. [PMID: 35363833 PMCID: PMC8975164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Objectives
To examine whether the demographics of providers’ prior year patient cohorts, providers’ historic degree of catheter-based fractional flow reserve (FFR) utilization, and other provider characteristics were associated with post-catheterization performance of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
Study design
A retrospective, observational analysis of outpatient claims data was performed.
Methods
All 2018 outpatient catheterization claims from a national organization offering commercial and Medicare Advantage health plans were examined. Claims were excluded if the patient had a prior catheterization in 2018, had any indications of CABG or valvular heart disease in the prior year of claims, or if the provider had ≤10 catheterization claims in 2017. Downstream PCI and CABG were determined by examining claims 0–30 days post-catheterization. Using multivariate mixed effects logistic regression with provider identity random effects, the association between post-catheterization procedures and provider characteristics was assessed, controlling for patient characteristics.
Results
The sample consisted of 31,920 catheterization claims pertaining to procedures performed by 964 providers. Among the catheterization claims, 8,554 (26.8%) were followed by PCI and 1,779 (5.6%) were followed by CABG. Catheterizations performed by providers with older prior year patient cohorts were associated with higher adjusted odds of PCI (1.78; CI: 1.26–2.53), even after controlling for patient age. Catheterizations performed by providers with greater historic use of FFR had significantly higher adjusted odds of being followed by PCI (1.73; CI: 1.26–2.37).
Conclusion
Provider characteristics may impact whether patients receive a procedure post-catheterization. Further research is needed to characterize this relationship.
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Chang CY, Baugh CW, Brown CA, Weiner SG. Association Between Emergency Physician Length of Stay Rankings and Patient Characteristics. Acad Emerg Med 2020; 27:1002-1012. [PMID: 32569439 DOI: 10.1111/acem.14064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Emergency physicians are commonly compared by their patients' length of stay (LOS). We test the hypothesis that LOS is associated with patient characteristics and that accounting for these features impacts physician LOS rankings. METHODS This was a retrospective observational study of all encounters at an emergency department in 2010 to 2015. We compared the characteristics of patients seen by physicians in different quartiles of LOS. Primary outcome was variation in patient characteristics at time of physician assignment (age, sex, comorbidities, Emergency Severity Index [ESI], and chief complaint) across LOS quartiles. We also quantified the change in LOS rankings after accounting for difference in characteristics of patients seen by different physicians. RESULTS A total of 264,776 encounters seen by 62 attending physicians met inclusion criteria. Physicians in the longest LOS quartile saw patients who were older (age = 49.1 vs 48.6 years, difference = +0.5 years, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.3 to 0.7) with more comorbidities (Gagne score = 1.3 vs. 0.9, difference = +0.4, 95% CI = 0.4 to 0.4) and higher acuity (ESI = 2.8 vs. 2.9, difference = -0.1, 95% CI = 0.1 to 0.1) than physicians in the shortest LOS quartile. The odds ratio (OR) of physicians in the longest LOS quartile seeing patients over age 50 compared to the shortest LOS quartile was 1.1 (95% CI = 1.0 to 1.1); the OR of physicians in the longest LOS quartile seeing patients with ESI of 1 or 2 was also 1.1 (95% CI = 1.0 to 1.1). Accounting for variation in patient characteristics seen by different physicians resulted in substantial reordering of physician LOS rankings: 62.9% (39/62) of physicians reclassified into a different quartile with mean absolute percentile change of 25.8 (95% CI = 20.3 to 31.3). A total of 62.5% (10/16) of physicians in the shortest LOS quartile and 56.3% (9/16) in the longest LOS quartile moved into a different quartile after accounting for variation in patient characteristics. CONCLUSIONS Length of stay was significantly associated with patient characteristics, and accounting for variation in patient characteristics resulted in substantial reordering of relative physician rankings by LOS. Comparisons of emergency physicians by LOS that do not account for patient characteristics should be reconsidered.
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- Cindy Y. Chang
- From the Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston MA USA
- and the Department of Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA
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- From the Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston MA USA
- and the Department of Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA
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- From the Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston MA USA
- and the Department of Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA
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- From the Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston MA USA
- and the Department of Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA
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Angier H, Ezekiel-Herrera D, Marino M, Hoopes M, Jacobs EA, DeVoe JE, Huguet N. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Insurance and Differences in Visit Type for a Population of Patients with Diabetes after Medicaid Expansion. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2019; 30:116-130. [PMID: 30827973 DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2019.0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This quasi-experimental study evaluated racial/ethnic disparities in health insurance and differences in visits post-versus pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion. We utilized electronic health record data from a population of patients with diabetes aged 19-64 seen in community health centers (CHCs). We used generalized estimating equation Poisson models to estimate incidence rates of insurance type and visits post-(1/1/2014-12/31/2015) versus pre-(1/1/13-12/31/13) ACA, stratified by racial/ethnic group. We assessed difference-in-differences (DD) and difference-in-difference-in-differences (DDD). The relative disparity in uninsured visits increased between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Whites in expansion states (DD=1.93; 95% CI=1.41, 2.64); the magnitude was greater in expansion compared with non-expansion states (DDD=1.84, 95% CI=1.32, 2.56), yet uninsured rates were lower in expansion compared with non-expansion states. We found few changes in visits. Results suggest that the ACA Medicaid expansion increased health insurance coverage and that while some racial/ethnic disparities were improved, some remained.
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Cottrell E, Darney BG, Marino M, Templeton AR, Jacob L, Hoopes M, Rodriguez M, Hatch B. Study protocol: a mixed-methods study of women's healthcare in the safety net after Affordable Care Act implementation - EVERYWOMAN. Health Res Policy Syst 2019; 17:58. [PMID: 31186028 PMCID: PMC6558747 DOI: 10.1186/s12961-019-0445-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Evidence-based reproductive care reduces morbidity and mortality for women and their children, decreases health disparities and saves money. Community health centres (CHCs) are a key point of access to reproductive and primary care services for women who are publicly insured, uninsured or unable to pay for care. Women of reproductive age (15–44 years) comprise just of a quarter (26%) of the total CHC patient population, with higher than average proportions of women of colour, women with lower income and educational status and social challenges (e.g. housing). Such factors are associated with poorer reproductive health outcomes across contraceptive, preventive and pregnancy-related services. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) prioritised reproductive health as an essential component of women’s preventive services to counter these barriers and increase women’s access to care. In 2012, the United States Supreme Court ruled ACA implementation through Medicaid expansion as optional, creating a natural experiment to measure the ACA’s impact on women’s reproductive care delivery and health outcomes. Methods This paper describes a 5-year, mixed-methods study comparing women’s contraceptive, preventive, prenatal and postpartum care before and after ACA implementation and between Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states. Quantitative assessment will leverage electronic health record data from the ADVANCE Clinical Research Network, a network of over 130 CHCs in 24 states, to describe care and identify patient, practice and state-level factors associated with provision of recommended evidence-based care. Qualitative assessment will include patient, provider and practice level interviews to understand perceptions and utilisation of reproductive healthcare in CHC settings. Discussion To our knowledge, this will be the first study using patient level electronic health record data from multiple states to assess the impact of ACA implementation in conjunction with other practice and policy level factors such as Title X funding or 1115 Medicaid waivers. Findings will be relevant to policy and practice, informing efforts to enhance the provision of timely, evidence-based reproductive care, improve health outcomes and reduce disparities among women. Patient, provider and practice-level interviews will serve to contextualise our findings and develop subsequent studies and interventions to support women’s healthcare provision in CHC settings.
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- Erika Cottrell
- OCHIN, Inc, 1881 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland, OR, 97201, United States of America
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- Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR, 97239, United States of America
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- Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR, 97239, United States of America
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- OCHIN, Inc, 1881 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland, OR, 97201, United States of America.
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- OCHIN, Inc, 1881 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland, OR, 97201, United States of America
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- OCHIN, Inc, 1881 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland, OR, 97201, United States of America
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- Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR, 97239, United States of America
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- Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR, 97239, United States of America
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Huguet N, Springer R, Marino M, Angier H, Hoopes M, Holderness H, DeVoe JE. The Impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid Expansion on Visit Rates for Diabetes in Safety Net Health Centers. J Am Board Fam Med 2018; 31:905-916. [PMID: 30413546 PMCID: PMC6329010 DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.06.180075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To (1) compare clinic-level uninsured, Medicaid-insured, and privately insured visit rates within and between expansion and nonexpansion states before and after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion among the 3 cohorts of patient populations; and (2) assess whether there was a change in clinic-level overall, primary care visits, preventive care visits, and diabetes screening rates in expansion versus nonexpansion states from pre-ACA to post-ACA Medicaid expansion. METHODS Electronic health record data on nonpregnant patients aged 19 to 64 years, with ≥1 ambulatory visit between 01/01/2012 and 12/31/2015 (n = 483,912 in expansion states; n = 388,466 in nonexpansion states) from 198 primary care community health centers were analyzed. Using a difference-in-difference methodology, we assessed changes in visit rates pre-ACA versus post-ACA among a cohort of patients with diabetes, prediabetes, and no diabetes. RESULTS Rates of uninsured visits decreased for all cohorts in expansion and nonexpansion states. For all cohorts, Medicaid-insured visit rates increased significantly more in expansion compared with nonexpansion states, especially among prediabetic patients (+71%). In nonexpansion states, privately insured visit rates more than tripled for the prediabetes cohort and doubled for the diabetes and no diabetes cohorts. Rates for glycosylated hemoglobin screenings increased in all groups, with the largest changes among no diabetes (rate ratio, 2.26; 95% CI, 1.97-2.56) and prediabetes cohorts (rate ratio, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.80-2.19) in expansion states. CONCLUSION The ACA reduced uninsurance and increased access to preventive care for vulnerable patients, especially those with prediabetes. These findings are important to consider when making decisions regarding altering the ACA.
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- Nathalie Huguet
- From Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR (NH, RS, MM, HA, HH, JEDV); Biostatistics Group, Oregon Health & Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland (MM); Research Department, OCHIN, Inc., Portland (MH).
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- From Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR (NH, RS, MM, HA, HH, JEDV); Biostatistics Group, Oregon Health & Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland (MM); Research Department, OCHIN, Inc., Portland (MH)
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- From Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR (NH, RS, MM, HA, HH, JEDV); Biostatistics Group, Oregon Health & Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland (MM); Research Department, OCHIN, Inc., Portland (MH)
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- From Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR (NH, RS, MM, HA, HH, JEDV); Biostatistics Group, Oregon Health & Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland (MM); Research Department, OCHIN, Inc., Portland (MH)
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- From Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR (NH, RS, MM, HA, HH, JEDV); Biostatistics Group, Oregon Health & Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland (MM); Research Department, OCHIN, Inc., Portland (MH)
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- From Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR (NH, RS, MM, HA, HH, JEDV); Biostatistics Group, Oregon Health & Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland (MM); Research Department, OCHIN, Inc., Portland (MH)
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- From Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR (NH, RS, MM, HA, HH, JEDV); Biostatistics Group, Oregon Health & Science University - Portland State University School of Public Health, Portland (MM); Research Department, OCHIN, Inc., Portland (MH)
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Doubova SV, Borja-Aburto VH, Guerra-Y-Guerra G, Salgado-de-Snyder VN, González-Block MÁ. Loss of job-related right to healthcare is associated with reduced quality and clinical outcomes of diabetic patients in Mexico. Int J Qual Health Care 2018; 30:283-290. [PMID: 29432612 DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzy012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Objectives The Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) provides a package of health, economic and social benefits to workers employed in private firms within the formal labour market and to their economic dependants. Affiliates have a right to these benefits only while they remain contracted, thus posing a risk for the continuity of healthcare. This study evaluates the association between the time (in days) without the right to healthcare due to job loss in the formal labour market and the quality of healthcare and clinical outcomes among IMSS affiliates with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Design Retrospective cohort study 2013-2015. Setting Six IMSS family medicine clinics (FMC) in Mexico City. Participants T2DM patients (n = 27 217) affiliated with job-related health insurance and at least one consultation with a family doctor during 2013. Source of Information IMSS affiliation department database and electronic health records and clinical laboratory databases. Main Outcome Measure(s) Quality of the processes (eight indicators) and outcomes (three indicators) of healthcare. Results The results indicated that losing IMSS right to healthcare is frequent, occurring to one-third of T2DM patients during the follow-up period. The time without the right to healthcare in the observed period was of 120 days on average and was associated with a 43.2% loss of quality of care and a 19.2% reduction in clinical outcomes of T2DM. Conclusion Policies aimed at ensuring access and continuity of care, regardless of job status, are critical for improving the quality of processes and outcomes of healthcare for diabetic patients.
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- Svetlana V Doubova
- Epidemiology and Health Services Research Unit, CMN Siglo XXI, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Av. Cuauhtemoc 330, Mexico City 06720, Mexico
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- Unidad de Salud Pública, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Hamburgo 18, Mexico City 06700, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Av. Universidad #655, Santa María Ahuacatitlán, 62100 Cuernavaca, Mor., México
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- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Av. Universidad #655, Santa María Ahuacatitlán, 62100 Cuernavaca, Mor., México
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- Cátedra PwC de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Anáhuac, Av Universidad Anáhuac #46, Lomas Anahuac, 52786 Naucalpan de Juárez, Méx., Mexico
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Angier H, Hoopes M, Marino M, Huguet N, Jacobs EA, Heintzman J, Holderness H, Hood CM, DeVoe JE. Uninsured Primary Care Visit Disparities Under the Affordable Care Act. Ann Fam Med 2017; 15:434-442. [PMID: 28893813 PMCID: PMC5593726 DOI: 10.1370/afm.2125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Health insurance coverage affects a patient's ability to access optimal care, the percentage of insured patients on a clinic's panel has an impact on the clinic's ability to provide needed health care services, and there are racial and ethnic disparities in coverage in the United States. Thus, we aimed to assess changes in insurance coverage at community health center (CHC) visits after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion by race and ethnicity. METHODS We undertook a retrospective, observational study of visit payment type for CHC patients aged 19 to 64 years. We used electronic health record data from 10 states that expanded Medicaid and 6 states that did not, 359 CHCs, and 870,319 patients with more than 4 million visits. Our analyses included difference-in-difference (DD) and difference-in-difference-in-difference (DDD) estimates via generalized estimating equation models. The primary outcome was health insurance type at each visit (Medicaid-insured, uninsured, or privately insured). RESULTS After the ACA was implemented, uninsured visit rates decreased for all racial and ethnic groups. Hispanic patients experienced the greatest increases in Medicaid-insured visit rates after ACA implementation in expansion states (rate ratio [RR] = 1.77; 95% CI, 1.56-2.02) and the largest gains in privately insured visit rates in nonexpansion states (RR = 3.63; 95% CI, 2.73-4.83). In expansion states, non-Hispanic white patients had twice the magnitude of decrease in uninsured visits compared with Hispanic patients (DD = 2.03; 95% CI, 1.53-2.70), and this relative change was more than 2 times greater in expansion states compared with nonexpansion states (DDD = 2.06; 95% CI, 1.52-2.78). CONCLUSION The lower rates of uninsured visits for all racial and ethnic groups after ACA implementation suggest progress in expanding coverage to CHC patients; this progress, however, was not uniform when comparing expansion with nonexpansion states and among all racial and ethnic minority subgroups. These findings suggest the need for continued and more equitable insurance expansion efforts to eliminate health insurance disparities.
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- Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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Heintzman JD, Bailey SR, Muench J, Killerby M, Cowburn S, Marino M. Lack of Lipid Screening Disparities in Obese Latino Adults at Health Centers. Am J Prev Med 2017; 52:805-809. [PMID: 28190691 PMCID: PMC5438764 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In cross-sectional survey studies, obese Latinos are less likely to be screened for elevated serum cholesterol, despite their higher risk for hyperlipidemia and coronary artery disease. This study evaluated insurance and racial/ethnic disparities in lipid screening receipt between obese Latino and non-Hispanic white patients in Oregon community health centers (CHCs) over 5 years, using electronic health record data. METHODS This retrospective cohort study evaluated obese (BMI ≥30), low-income, adult patients (aged 21-79 years) with at least one visit at an Oregon CHC during 2009-2013 (n=11,095). Odds of lipid screening in the study period (clinical data collected in 2009-2013) were measured, adjusting for age, sex, primary clinic, and comorbidities, stratified by utilization in the study period. Analysis was done in 2016. RESULTS Sixty percent of the study population received at least one lipid screening in 2009-2013. There were no significant differences in screening between insured Latinos and insured non-Hispanic whites, except those with more than five visits over 5 years (OR=0.75, 95% CI=0.60, 0.94). Uninsured Latinos had higher odds of screening versus insured non-Hispanic whites among the low visit strata (OR=1.65, 95% CI=1.18, 2.30). Among Latinos, Spanish preference resulted in higher screening odds versus English preference in the two- to five-visit stratum (OR=1.63, 95% CI=1.12, 2.35). CONCLUSIONS Obese, low-income patients at CHCs underutilize cholesterol screening. However, screening differences by race/ethnicity and preferred language are minimal. Further research is necessary to understand how care delivered by CHCs may mitigate previously reported disparities in lipid screening.
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- John D Heintzman
- Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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DeVoe J, Angier H, Hoopes M, Gold R. A new role for primary care teams in the United States after "Obamacare:" Track and improve health insurance coverage rates. Fam Med Community Health 2016; 4:63-67. [PMID: 28966926 PMCID: PMC5617364 DOI: 10.15212/fmch.2016.0117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Maintaining continuous health insurance coverage is important. With recent expansions in access to coverage in the United States after "Obamacare," primary care teams have a new role in helping to track and improve coverage rates and to provide outreach to patients. We describe efforts to longitudinally track health insurance rates using data from the electronic health record (EHR) of a primary care network and to use these data to support practice-based insurance outreach and assistance. Although we highlight a few examples from one network, we believe there is great potential for doing this type of work in a broad range of family medicine and community health clinics that provide continuity of care. By partnering with researchers through practice-based research networks and other similar collaboratives, primary care practices can greatly expand the use of EHR data and EHR-based tools targeting improvements in health insurance and quality health care.
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- Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Northwest Region, Portland, OR, USA
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Receipt of Preventive Services After Oregon's Randomized Medicaid Experiment. Am J Prev Med 2016; 50:161-70. [PMID: 26497264 PMCID: PMC4718854 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Revised: 07/05/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION It is predicted that gaining health insurance via the Affordable Care Act will result in increased rates of preventive health services receipt in the U.S., primarily based on self-reported findings from previous health insurance expansion studies. This study examined the long-term (36-month) impact of Oregon's 2008 randomized Medicaid expansion ("Oregon Experiment") on receipt of 12 preventive care services in community health centers using electronic health record data. METHODS Demographic data from adult (aged 19-64 years) Oregon Experiment participants were probabilistically matched to electronic health record data from 49 Oregon community health centers within the OCHIN community health information network (N=10,643). Intent-to-treat analyses compared receipt of preventive services over a 36-month (2008-2011) period among those randomly assigned to apply for Medicaid versus not assigned, and instrumental variable analyses estimated the effect of actually gaining Medicaid coverage on preventive services receipt (data collected in 2012-2014; analysis performed in 2014-2015). RESULTS Intent-to-treat analyses revealed statistically significant differences between patients randomly assigned to apply for Medicaid (versus not assigned) for 8 of 12 assessed preventive services. In intent-to-treat analyses, Medicaid coverage significantly increased the odds of receipt of most preventive services (ORs ranging from 1.04 [95% CI=1.02, 1.06] for smoking assessment to 1.27 [95% CI=1.02, 1.57] for mammography). CONCLUSIONS Rates of preventive services receipt will likely increase as community health center patients gain insurance through Affordable Care Act expansions. Continued effort is needed to increase health insurance coverage in an effort to decrease health disparities in vulnerable populations.
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Dickinson LM, Dickinson WP, Nutting PA, Fisher L, Harbrecht M, Crabtree BF, Glasgow RE, West DR. Practice context affects efforts to improve diabetes care for primary care patients: a pragmatic cluster randomized trial. J Gen Intern Med 2015; 30:476-82. [PMID: 25472509 PMCID: PMC4370994 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3131-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2014] [Revised: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Efforts to improve primary care diabetes management have assessed strategies across heterogeneous groups of patients and practices. However, there is substantial variability in how well practices implement interventions and achieve desired outcomes. OBJECTIVE To examine practice contextual features that moderate intervention effectiveness. DESIGN Secondary analysis of data from a cluster randomized trial of three approaches for implementing the Chronic Care Model to improve diabetes care. PARTICIPANTS Forty small to mid-sized primary care practices participated, with 522 clinician and staff member surveys. Outcomes were assessed for 822 established patients with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes who had at least one visit to the practice in the 18 months following enrollment. MAIN MEASURES The primary outcome was a composite measure of diabetes process of care, ascertained by chart audit, regarding nine quality measures from the American Diabetes Association Physician Recognition Program: HgA1c, foot exam, blood pressure, dilated eye exam, cholesterol, nephropathy screen, flu shot, nutrition counseling, and self-management support. Data from practices included structural and demographic characteristics and Practice Culture Assessment survey subscales (Change Culture, Work Culture, Chaos). KEY RESULTS Across the three implementation approaches, demographic/structural characteristics (rural vs. urban + .70(p = .006), +2.44(p < .001), -.75(p = .004)); Medicaid: < 20 % vs. ≥ 20 % (-.20(p = .48), +.75 (p = .08), +.60(p = .02)); practice size: < 4 clinicians vs. ≥ 4 clinicians (+.56(p = .02), +1.96(p < .001), +.02(p = .91)); practice Change Culture (high vs. low: -.86(p = .048), +1.71(p = .005), +.34(p = .22)), Work Culture (high vs. low: -.67(p = .18), +2.41(p < .001), +.67(p = .005)) and variability in practice Change Culture (high vs. low: -.24(p = .006), -.20(p = .0771), -.44(p = .0019) and Work Culture (high vs. low: +.56(p = .3160), -1.0(p = .008), -.25 (p = .0216) were associated with trajectories of change in diabetes process of care, either directly or differentially by study arm. CONCLUSIONS This study supports the need for broader use of methodological approaches to better examine contextual effects on implementation and effectiveness of quality improvement interventions in primary care settings.
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- L Miriam Dickinson
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA,
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Using geographic information systems (GIS) to identify communities in need of health insurance outreach: An OCHIN practice-based research network (PBRN) report. J Am Board Fam Med 2014; 27:804-10. [PMID: 25381078 PMCID: PMC4920044 DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Our practice-based research network (PBRN) is conducting an outreach intervention to increase health insurance coverage for patients seen in the network. To assist with outreach site selection, we sought an understandable way to use electronic health record (EHR) data to locate uninsured patients. METHODS Health insurance information was displayed within a web-based mapping platform to demonstrate the feasibility of using geographic information systems (GIS) to visualize EHR data. This study used EHR data from 52 clinics in the OCHIN PBRN. We included cross-sectional coverage data for patients aged 0 to 64 years with at least 1 visit to a study clinic during 2011 (n = 228,284). RESULTS Our PBRN was successful in using GIS to identify intervention sites. Through use of the maps, we found geographic variation in insurance rates of patients seeking care in OCHIN PBRN clinics. Insurance rates also varied by age: The percentage of adults without insurance ranged from 13.2% to 86.8%; rates of children lacking insurance ranged from 1.1% to 71.7%. GIS also showed some areas of households with median incomes that had low insurance rates. DISCUSSION EHR data can be imported into a web-based GIS mapping tool to visualize patient information. Using EHR data, we were able to observe smaller areas than could be seen using only publicly available data. Using this information, we identified appropriate OCHIN PBRN clinics for dissemination of an EHR-based insurance outreach intervention. GIS could also be used by clinics to visualize other patient-level characteristics to target clinic outreach efforts or interventions.
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