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| Wenya YangSummaryAffiliation: Lewin Group Country: USA Publications
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Simulation of quitting smoking in the military shows higher lifetime medical spending more than offset by productivity gainsWenya Yang
Lewin Group, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:2717-26. 2012..These results boost the case for smoking cessation programs in the military in particular, along with not selling cigarettes in commissaries or at reduced prices...
Disease management 360 degrees: a scorecard approach to evaluating TRICARE's programs for asthma, congestive heart failure, and diabetesWenya Yang
The Lewin Group, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
Med Care 48:683-93. 2010..EVALUATION MEASURES: Patient healthcare utilization, financial, clinical, and humanistic outcomes. Absolute measures were translated into effect size and incorporated into a scorecard...
Outcomes and lessons learned from evaluating TRICARE's disease management programsTimothy M Dall
The Lewin Group, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:438-46. 2010..To share outcomes and lessons learned from an evaluation of disease management (DM) programs for asthma, congestive heart failure (CHF), and diabetes for TRICARE patients...
Cost of gestational diabetes mellitus in the United States in 2007Yaozhu Chen
The Lewin Group, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Popul Health Manag 12:165-74. 2009..GDM imposes a significant economic burden. These estimates of the economic burden of GDM are likely conservative because we focus on near-term medical costs, omitting the increased risk for long-term sequelae...
Medical cost associated with prediabetesYiduo Zhang
The Lewin Group, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Popul Health Manag 12:157-63. 2009..Our findings strengthen the business case for lifestyle interventions to prevent diabetes by adding additional economic benefits that potentially can be achieved by preventing or delaying PD...
