Publications

The Relationship Between Commercial Health Care Prices and Medicare Spending and Utilization

November 27, 2014

Romley JA, Axeen S, Lakdawalla DN, Chernew ME, et al

Health Services Research

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The%20relationship%20between%20commercial%20health%20care%20prices%20and%20Medicare%20spending%20and%20utilization

Association Between the Medicare Hospice Benefit and Health Care Utilization and Costs for Patients with Poor-Prognosis Cancer

November 12, 2014

Obermeyer Z, Makar M, Abujaber S, Dominici F, Block S, Cutler DM

JAMA

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=association%20between%20the%20medicare%20hospice%20benefit%20and%20health%20care%20utilization%20and%20costs%20for%20patients%20with%20poor%20prognosis%20cancer

Association of Lower Patient Ratings of Physician Communication with Need for Symptom Management in Lung and Colorectal Cancer Patients

November 1, 2014

Keating NL, Kahn KL, Dy SM, Malin J, Arora NK et al

Nancy L. Keating

Journal of Clinical Oncology

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28142720

The Effects of Comorbidity in Defining Major Depression Subtypes Associated with Long-Term Course and Severity

November 1, 2014

Wardenaar KJ, van Loo HM, T Cai T, Fava M, Gruber MJ, de Jonge P, et al

Ronald C. Kessler

Psychological Medicine

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The%20Effects%20of%20Comorbidity%20in%20Defining%20Major%20Depression%20Subtypes%20Associated%20with%20Long-Term%20Course%20and%20Severity

Medical Malpractice Reform: Noneconomic Damages Caps Reduced Payments 15 Percent, with Varied Effects by Specialty

November 1, 2014

Seabury SA, Helland E, Jena AB

Anupam B. Jena

Health Affairs

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25339633

End-of-Life Care for Older Patients with Ovarian Cancer is Intensive Despite High Rates of Hospice Utilization

November 1, 2014

Wright AA, Hatfield LA, Earle CC, Keating NL

Nancy L. Keating

Journal of Clinical Oncology

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=End-of-life%20care%20for%20older%20patients%20with%20ovarian%20cancer%20is%20intensive%20despite%20high%20rates%20of%20hospice%20utilization

Changes in Health Care Spending and Quality 4 years into Global Payment

October 30, 2014

Song Z, Rose S, Safran DG, Landon BE, Day MP, Chernew ME

Bruce E. Landon Michael E. Chernew Zirui Song

The New England Journal of Medicine

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=changes%20in%20health%20care%20spending%20and%20quality%204%20years%20into%20global%20payment

Exposing Physicians to Reduced Residency Work Hours Did Not Adversely Affect Patient Outcomes After Residency

October 30, 2014

Jena AB, Schoemaker L, Bhattacharya J

Anupam B. Jena

Health Affairs

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=exposing%20physicians%20to%20reduced%20residency%20work%20hours%20did%20not%20adversly%20affect%20patient%20outcomes%20after%20residency

Changes in Patients' Experiences in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations

October 30, 2014

McWilliams JM, Landon BE, Chernew ME, Zaslavsky AM

J. Michael McWilliams Bruce E. Landon Michael E. Chernew Alan M. Zaslavsky

The New England Journal of Medicine

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Changes%20in%20Patients%27%20Experiences%20in%20Medicare%20Accountable%20Care%20Organizations

Patient-To-Physician Messaging: Volume Nearly Tripled as More Patients Joined System, but Per Capita Rate Plateaued

October 1, 2014

Crotty BH, Tamrat Y, Mostaghimi A, Safran C, Landon BE

Bruce E. Landon

Health Affairs

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=patient%20to%20physician%20messaging%20volume%20nearly%20tripled%20as%20more%20patients%20joined%20system%20but%20per%20capita%20rate%20plateaued