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Comparative Effectiveness Of Total Population Versus Disease-Specific Neural Network Models In Predicting Medical Costs, Albert G. Crawford, Joseph P. Fuhr Jr., Janice Clarke, Brandon Hubbs Oct 2005

Comparative Effectiveness Of Total Population Versus Disease-Specific Neural Network Models In Predicting Medical Costs, Albert G. Crawford, Joseph P. Fuhr Jr., Janice Clarke, Brandon Hubbs

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

The objective of this research was to compare the accuracy of two types of neural networks in identifying individuals at risk for high medical costs for three chronic conditions. Two neural network models—a population model and three disease-specific models—were compared regarding effectiveness predicting high costs. Subjects included 33,908 health plan members with diabetes, 19,264 with asthma, and 2,605 with cardiac conditions. For model development/testing, only members with 24 months of continuous enrollment were included. Models were developed to predict probability of high costs in 2000 (top 15% of distribution) based on 1999 claims factors. After validation, models were applied to …


Hospital Medical Services Entering Ninth Year At Main Line Health, Charles E. Meidt Sep 2005

Hospital Medical Services Entering Ninth Year At Main Line Health, Charles E. Meidt

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


Moving Beyond Commodity Pricing: Pay-For-Performance At Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Richard G. Stefanacci Sep 2005

Moving Beyond Commodity Pricing: Pay-For-Performance At Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Richard G. Stefanacci

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


Diabetes Care: Is Quality Care In Sight?, Arthur Chernoff Sep 2005

Diabetes Care: Is Quality Care In Sight?, Arthur Chernoff

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


The Health Policy Debate Regarding Long-Term Care Hospitals, Richard G. Stefanacci Sep 2005

The Health Policy Debate Regarding Long-Term Care Hospitals, Richard G. Stefanacci

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


Proposed Limitation Of Inpatient Rehabilitation For Medicare Beneficiaries: Delivery System Implications Of The "75% Rule", William E. Staas Jr., Lane Brown, John L. Melvin Sep 2005

Proposed Limitation Of Inpatient Rehabilitation For Medicare Beneficiaries: Delivery System Implications Of The "75% Rule", William E. Staas Jr., Lane Brown, John L. Melvin

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


Updating Medicare Managed Care, Sharon Graham Sep 2005

Updating Medicare Managed Care, Sharon Graham

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


Healthcare Cost Of Hepatitis C-Infected Members In A Managed Care Organization (Mco), Amy L. Phillips Aug 2005

Healthcare Cost Of Hepatitis C-Infected Members In A Managed Care Organization (Mco), Amy L. Phillips

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


Health Care Financing Reforms In Italy: Projects Of Jefferson's Center For Research In Medical Education And Health Care, Lamberto Manzoli, Daniel Z. Louis, Joseph S. Gonnella, Elaine J. Yuen, Carol Rabinowitz, Paolo Di Loreto, Americo Cicchetti, Francesco Taroni Aug 2005

Health Care Financing Reforms In Italy: Projects Of Jefferson's Center For Research In Medical Education And Health Care, Lamberto Manzoli, Daniel Z. Louis, Joseph S. Gonnella, Elaine J. Yuen, Carol Rabinowitz, Paolo Di Loreto, Americo Cicchetti, Francesco Taroni

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


Pharmaceutical Care For An Aging America, Jennifer B. Koenig Aug 2005

Pharmaceutical Care For An Aging America, Jennifer B. Koenig

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


From The Editor: Leapfrogging Quality, David B. Nash Aug 2005

From The Editor: Leapfrogging Quality, David B. Nash

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


Use Of Chromium Picolinate And Biotin In The Management Of Type 2 Diabetes: An Economic Analysis, Joseph P. Fuhr Jr., Hope He, Neil Goldfarb, David B. Nash Aug 2005

Use Of Chromium Picolinate And Biotin In The Management Of Type 2 Diabetes: An Economic Analysis, Joseph P. Fuhr Jr., Hope He, Neil Goldfarb, David B. Nash

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

This paper addresses the potential economic benefits of chromium picolinate plus biotin (Diachrome ®) use in people with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The economic model was developed to estimate the impact on health care systems’ costs by improved HbA1C levels with chromium picolinate plus biotin (Diachrome). Lifetimes cost savings were estimated by adjusting a benchmark from the literature, using a price index to adjust for inflation. The cost of diabetes is highly dependent on the HbA1C level with higher initial levels and higher annual increments increasing the cost. Improvement in glycemic control has proven to be cost-effective in delaying the …


Medicare And The Philadelphia Market: The Gathering Storm, Anthony V. Coletta Jul 2005

Medicare And The Philadelphia Market: The Gathering Storm, Anthony V. Coletta

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.