Zirui Song

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Mobile clinic in Massachusetts associated with cost savings from lowering blood pressure and emergency department use
    Zirui Song
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 32:36-44. 2013
  2. ncbi Unintended consequences of eliminating medicare payments for consultations
    Zirui Song
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    JAMA Intern Med 173:15-21. 2013
  3. ncbi The 'Alternative Quality Contract,' based on a global budget, lowered medical spending and improved quality
    Zirui Song
    Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 31:1885-94. 2012
  4. ncbi Competitive bidding in Medicare: who benefits from competition?
    Zirui Song
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Manag Care 18:546-52. 2012
  5. ncbi Association between support group attendance and weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
    Zirui Song
    Comprehensive Weight Management and Bariatric Center, Department of Surgery, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Surg Obes Relat Dis 4:100-3. 2008
  6. ncbi Health care spending and quality in year 1 of the alternative quality contract
    Zirui Song
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    N Engl J Med 365:909-18. 2011
  7. ncbi Trends in physician referrals in the United States, 1999-2009
    Michael L Barnett
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Arch Intern Med 172:163-70. 2012
  8. ncbi Workplace wellness programs can generate savings
    Katherine Baicker
    School of Public Health, Harvard University, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 29:304-11. 2010

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Mobile clinic in Massachusetts associated with cost savings from lowering blood pressure and emergency department use
    Zirui Song
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 32:36-44. 2013
    ..Policy makers should consider mobile clinics as a delivery model for underserved communities with poor health status and high use of emergency departments...
  2. ncbi Unintended consequences of eliminating medicare payments for consultations
    Zirui Song
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    JAMA Intern Med 173:15-21. 2013
    ..We assessed the impact of this policy on spending, volume, and complexity for outpatient office encounters in 2010...
  3. ncbi The 'Alternative Quality Contract,' based on a global budget, lowered medical spending and improved quality
    Zirui Song
    Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 31:1885-94. 2012
    ..These results suggest that global budgets with pay-for-performance can begin to slow underlying growth in medical spending while improving quality of care...
  4. ncbi Competitive bidding in Medicare: who benefits from competition?
    Zirui Song
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Manag Care 18:546-52. 2012
    ..To conduct the first empirical study of competitive bidding in Medicare...
  5. ncbi Association between support group attendance and weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
    Zirui Song
    Comprehensive Weight Management and Bariatric Center, Department of Surgery, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Surg Obes Relat Dis 4:100-3. 2008
    ..However, the degree to which support group attendance influences weight loss is still unclear. This study quantitatively described the association between support group attendance and weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass...
  6. ncbi Health care spending and quality in year 1 of the alternative quality contract
    Zirui Song
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    N Engl J Med 365:909-18. 2011
    ..Provider groups in the AQC system assume accountability for spending, similar to accountable care organizations that bear financial risk. Moreover, groups are eligible to receive bonuses for quality...
  7. ncbi Trends in physician referrals in the United States, 1999-2009
    Michael L Barnett
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Arch Intern Med 172:163-70. 2012
    ..The objective of this study was to assess changes in the annual rate of referrals to other physicians from physician office visits in the United States from 1999 to 2009...
  8. ncbi Workplace wellness programs can generate savings
    Katherine Baicker
    School of Public Health, Harvard University, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 29:304-11. 2010
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