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Health spending in OECD countries in 2004: an updateGerard F Anderson
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1481-9. 2007..S. health spending. One possible explanation is higher prevalence of obesity-related chronic disease in the United States relative to other OECD countries...- From 'soak the rich' to 'soak the poor': recent trends in hospital pricingGerard F Anderson
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:780-9. 2007..This has triggered lawsuits and some recent government efforts involving price transparency. Three specific policy options that could lower the markups are a voluntary effort by hospitals, litigation, and legislation... 
Leadership in creating accountable care organizationsGerard F Anderson
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:1368-70. 2011..They should identify changes in care processes and payment reforms that would improve the care for these patients. ACOs represent an opportunity for general internists to change the way medical care is delivered...- Physician, public, and policymaker perspectives on chronic conditionsGerard F Anderson
Partnership for Solutions Better Lives for People with Chronic Conditions, The Johns Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Room 304, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:437-42. 2003..The perceptions of physicians, policymakers, and the general public were compared on how well the current system addresses the needs of people with chronic conditions... 
Health spending in OECD countries: obtaining value per dollarGerard F Anderson
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:1718-27. 2008..2 percent of the U.S. population in 2005. The United States was equally likely to be in the top and bottom halves for sixteen quality measures compiled by the OECD...- Missing in action: international aid agencies in poor countries to fight chronic diseaseGerard F Anderson
Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:202-5. 2009..Evidence from middle-income countries suggests that there are low-cost, cost-effective ways to prevent and treat NCDs in low-income countries... - Spurring new research for neglected diseasesGerard F Anderson
Health Policy and Management, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:1750-9. 2009..This strategy could lead to a new generation of treatment options for the people in low-income countries who are susceptible to neglected diseases... - The growing burden of chronic disease in AmericaGerard Anderson
Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Public Health Rep 119:263-70. 2004 - Controlling U.S. health spending: opportunities for academic health centersGerard F Anderson
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Acad Med 81:807-11. 2006.... - Graduate medical education: the policy debateG F Anderson
Center for Hospital Finance and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 22:35-47. 2001.... - Health care spending and use of information technology in OECD countriesGerard F Anderson
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:819-31. 2006.... - Doughnut holes and price controlsGerard F Anderson
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2004.... - Methods of reducing the financial risk of physicians under capitationG F Anderson
Johns Hopkins Center for Hospital Finance and Management, Baltimore, MD, USA
Arch Fam Med 8:149-55. 1999..We conclude with a discussion of 3 methods for reducing or limiting risk--reinsurance, "carve outs," and risk adjustment... - Health spending in the United States and the rest of the industrialized worldGerard F Anderson
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Health Policy and Management, MD, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:903-14. 2005..S. malpractice claims is estimated at $6.5 billion in 2001, only 0.46 percent of total health spending. The two most important reasons for higher U.S. spending appear to be higher incomes and higher medical care prices... - The relationship between per capita income and diffusion of medical technologiesE P Slade
Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Policy 58:1-14. 2001.... - It's the prices, stupid: why the United States is so different from other countriesGerard F Anderson
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:89-105. 2003..However, on most measures of health services use, the United States is below the OECD median. These facts suggest that the difference in spending is caused mostly by higher prices for health care goods and services in the United States... - The relationship between a dementia diagnosis, chronic illness, medicare expenditures, and hospital useJulie P W Bynum
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, School of Medicine Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:187-94. 2004..To determine whether dementia increases medical expenditures, the probability of hospitalization, and potentially preventable hospitalization, controlling for variables including age and comorbidity... - Comparison of risk adjusters for medicaid-enrolled children with and without chronic health conditionsW Hwang
Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ambul Pediatr 1:217-24. 2001..In this study, we evaluate a demographic- and 4 diagnosis-based models, paying particular attention to their performance for children with chronic health conditions... - The relation between funding by the National Institutes of Health and the burden of diseaseC P Gross
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
N Engl J Med 340:1881-7. 1999..The Institute of Medicine has proposed that the amount of disease-specific research funding provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) be systematically and consistently compared with the burden of disease for society... - Using electronic health records to help coordinate careLynda C Burton
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Milbank Q 82:457-81, table of contents. 2004.... - Measuring financial protection in health in the United StatesHugh R Waters
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Room 8132, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Policy 69:339-49. 2004..The results are placed in an international context. Similar studies in other countries would allow for more in-depth comparisons of financial protection than are currently possible... - Chronic medical illness, depression, and use of acute medical services among Medicare beneficiariesSeth Himelhoch
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Med Care 42:512-21. 2004.... - Measuring the U.S. health care system: a cross-national comparisonGerard F Anderson
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Issue Brief (Commonw Fund) 90:1-10. 2010..The nation now ranks in the bottom quartile in life expectancy among OECD countries and has seen the smallest improvement in this metric over the past 20 years... - Health plan options at fortune 100 companies: available coverage for mental health care consumersEric P Slade
Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-1901, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:815-7. 2003 - Health insurance coverage in Central and Eastern Europe: trends and challengesHugh R Waters
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:478-86. 2008..Key3reform issues include identifying ways to encourage additional investment in the health sector; and defining formal benefit packages, copayments, and the role of private insurance... - Preventable hospitalization among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetesMarlene R Niefeld
Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Diabetes Care 26:1344-9. 2003..To examine the impact of comorbid conditions on preventable hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries aged > or =65 years with type 2 diabetes... - Noncardiac comorbidity increases preventable hospitalizations and mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic heart failureJoel B Braunstein
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 42:1226-33. 2003..We studied the impact of noncardiac comorbidity on potentially preventable hospitalizations and mortality in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF)... - Comorbidity and outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery at cardiac specialty hospitals versus general hospitalsConstance W Hwang
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Med Care 45:720-8. 2007..Cardiac specialty hospitals assert better patient outcomes and efficiency, whereas general hospitals contend they attract healthier patients... - The review process used by US health care plans to evaluate new medical technology for coverageC A Steiner
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Gen Intern Med 11:294-302. 1996..How a health plan evaluates a new medical technology for coverage varies with identifiable plan characteristics... - Medicare prescription drug coverage gap: navigating the "doughnut hole" with patientsScott A Berkowitz
Schools of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
JAMA 297:868-70. 2007 - Medicare and chronic conditionsGerard F Anderson
The Center for Hospital Finance and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
N Engl J Med 353:305-9. 2005 - A comparison of single- and multi-payer health insurance systems and options for reformP Hussey
Health Policy and Management, John Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Policy 66:215-28. 2003..These reforms have been implemented with some success in several countries but face several important challenges... - Prospective payment for capital: an examination of current issuesG F Anderson
Center for Hospital Finance and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Health Care Manage Rev 13:35-42. 1988..A study was conducted to examine the components of the capital planning process used by eight hospitals and the effect of this process on completion of capital projects... - Perioperative- and long-term mortality rates after major vascular surgery: the relationship to preoperative testing in the medicare populationL A Fleisher
Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Anesth Analg 89:849-55. 1999..The reduced long-term mortality in patients who had previously undergone preoperative testing and coronary revascularization reinforces the need for a prospective evaluation of these practices... - Postdischarge environmental and socioeconomic factors and the likelihood of early hospital readmission among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiariesAlicia I Arbaje
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Gerontologist 48:495-504. 2008..This study attempts to determine the associations between postdischarge environmental (PDE) and socioeconomic (SES) factors and early readmission to hospitals... - Expanding priorities--confronting chronic disease in countries with low incomeGerard F Anderson
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
N Engl J Med 356:209-11. 2007 - Effect of postoperative epidural analgesia on morbidity and mortality after total hip replacement surgery in medicare patientsChristopher L Wu
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Carnegie 280, 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 28:271-8. 2003..systemic analgesia) on patient outcomes is unclear. Available randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have focused on the intraoperative period and not properly examined the effect of postoperative epidural analgesia (EA) on outcomes... - How does the quality of care compare in five countries?Peter S Hussey
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:89-99. 2004..No country scores consistently the best or worst overall. Each country has at least one area of care where it could learn from international experiences and one area where its experiences could teach others... - Inpatient hospital admission and death after outpatient surgery in elderly patients: importance of patient and system characteristics and location of careLee A Fleisher
Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Arch Surg 139:67-72. 2004..Surgery at different outpatient care locations in the higher-risk elderly (age >65 years) population is associated with similar rates of inpatient hospital admission and death... - Effect of postoperative epidural analgesia on morbidity and mortality following surgery in medicare patientsChristopher L Wu
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 29:525-33; discussion 515-9. 2004.... - Do hospitals provide lower-quality care to minorities than to whites?Darrell J Gaskin
African American Studies Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:518-27. 2008..Only a few hospitals provide lower quality of care to minorities than to whites... - Public support for policies that would help people with chronic conditionsMae Thamer
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:264-70. 2002..In addition, support for these proposals varies systematically by individual characteristics, which suggests that there are different constituencies for each proposal... - Cross-national comparisons of health systems using OECD data, 1999Uwe E Reinhardt
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:169-81. 2002..The paper concludes with a consideration of the strengths and weaknesses of using OECD data to compare health systems... - U.S. health care spending in an international contextUwe E Reinhardt
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:10-25. 2004..We examine the economic burden that health spending places on the U.S. economy. We comment on attempts by U.S. policymakers to increase the prices foreign health systems pay for U.S. prescription drugs... - Predictors of health resource use by disabled older female Medicare beneficiaries living in the communityMichael Weiner
Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:371-9. 2003..To identify specific clinical factors that could best predict resource use by disabled older women... - Utilization of medical and health-related services among school-age children and adolescents with special health care needs (1994 National Health Interview Survey on Disability [NHIS-D] Baseline Data)Wendy E Weller
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany 12144, USA
Pediatrics 112:593-603. 2003..To determine how sociodemographic factors and type of insurance influence use of medical and health-related services by children with special health care needs (CSHCN), after controlling for need... - Perioperative risk: how can we study the influence of provider characteristics?Lee A Fleisher
Anesthesiology 96:1039-41. 2002 - Visual functional outcomes of cataract surgery in the United States, Canada, Denmark, and Spain: report of the International Cataract Surgery Outcomes StudyJens Christian Norregaard
University Eye Clinic, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
J Cataract Refract Surg 29:2135-42. 2003..To compare functional outcomes after cataract surgery performed at 4 sites in 4 countries that have been described as having significant differences in the organization of care and patterns of clinical practice... - Spending on medical care: more is better?Gerard F Anderson
JAMA 299:2444-5. 2008