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The Dynamics Of Medicaid & Public Health Spending: Implications For Aca Implementation, Glen P. Mays Nov 2014

The Dynamics Of Medicaid & Public Health Spending: Implications For Aca Implementation, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

We estimate the dynamics and interactions of governmental spending on Medicaid and other public health services in all 50 states over a 15 year period. Using a quasi-experimental design with instrumental variables estimation, we find evidence that increased Medicaid spending leads to reduced governmental spending on other public health services, consistent with a crowd-out effect. Over 10 years, such crowd-out has the potential to diminish the health status improvements generated through health insurance coverage expansions.


Medicaid Expansions & Public Health Spending: Cross-Subsidies, Complementarities, And Crowd-Out, Glen P. Mays Nov 2014

Medicaid Expansions & Public Health Spending: Cross-Subsidies, Complementarities, And Crowd-Out, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

In this paper we estimate the causal impact of state Medicaid enrollment expansions and expenditures on state and local resources allocated to other public health programs and services. Using a quasi-experimental design with instrumental variables estimation, we find evidence that increased Medicaid spending leads to reduced governmental spending on other public health services, consistent with a crowd-out effect. Over 10 years, such crowd-out has the potential to diminish the health status improvements generated through health insurance coverage expansions.


Cost Estimates Of Foundational Public Health Services: Results From Piloting An Expert Consensus Methodology, C. B. Mamaril, Glen P. Mays Nov 2014

Cost Estimates Of Foundational Public Health Services: Results From Piloting An Expert Consensus Methodology, C. B. Mamaril, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

We review preliminary estimates from pilot testing a cost estimation methodology developed to identify the resources required to implement a set of Foundational Public Health Services as recommended by the Institute of Medicine and defined by the Public Health Leadership Forum.


Geographic Variation In The Delivery Of High-Value Public Health Services: Exploring Causes & Consequences, Glen P. Mays Nov 2014

Geographic Variation In The Delivery Of High-Value Public Health Services: Exploring Causes & Consequences, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

OBJECTIVES: A growing body of evidence indicates that the delivery of public health activities varies widely across states and communities, creating missed opportunities for prevention as well as inequities in health protection. Measures of quality in public health are needed to guide public health improvement initiatives and to support research on the comparative effectiveness of alternative public health strategies. The Multi-network Practices and Outcomes Variation Examination Study (MPROVE), uses the infrastructure of six Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs) across the U.S. to develop and validate a “starter set” of measures and to analyze geographic variation delivery across diverse public …


Aca Implementation In Kentucky: Experiences Of An Expansion State, Glen P. Mays Nov 2014

Aca Implementation In Kentucky: Experiences Of An Expansion State, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

Kentucky's implementation of the Affordable Care Act has included early successes with insurance coverage expansion through Medicaid and a state-operated health insurance exchange. Signals of improvements in health care accessibility and delivery of preventive services are evident in the first year after coverage expansions. Challenges associated with political opposition, delivery system transformation, and public health financing remain on the state's policy agenda.


Cost Estimates Of Foundational Public Health Services: Results From Piloting The Expert Consensus Methodology In Kentucky, C. B. Mamaril, Glen P. Mays Nov 2014

Cost Estimates Of Foundational Public Health Services: Results From Piloting The Expert Consensus Methodology In Kentucky, C. B. Mamaril, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

We developed a methodology for estimating the resources required to deliver a set of foundational public health capabilities as recommended in the 2012 Institute of Medicine report on public health financing. The capabilities are based on IOM recommendations and defined by a national expert panel convened as part of the Public Health Leadership Forum. This paper presents preliminary estimates from a pilot test of the cost estimation methodology in Kentucky, and outlines plans for the national estimation strategy.


Optimizing Public Health Systems For Population Health Improvement: Institutions, Economics, And Metrics, Glen P. Mays Nov 2014

Optimizing Public Health Systems For Population Health Improvement: Institutions, Economics, And Metrics, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

This lecture reviews the evidence concerning the institutional and economic characteristics of public health delivery systems and their impact on population health. Emerging findings from these studies suggest promising pathways for transforming the U.S. public health system in ways that strengthen its effectiveness, efficiency and equity in producing health. .


Frontiers In Phssr Is On The Move, F. Douglas Scutchfield Nov 2014

Frontiers In Phssr Is On The Move, F. Douglas Scutchfield

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Recently, Dr. Jenine Harris and her colleagues examined the use of journals by state chronic disease prevention staff to stay up-to-date on public health evidence. We, at Frontiers in PHSSR, are pleased to be included among the journals listed in the survey. Online open-access journals are shifting the paradigm of scientific publication, allowing free and rapid exchange of information. Another illustration of Frontier’s increasing utility is a forthcoming issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH). We are pleased that AJPH has agreed to publish selected abstracts from Frontiers in PHSSR in their regular issue with links to …


Local Health Department Collaborative Capacity To Improve Population Health, Hector P. Rodriguez, Jeffrey Mac Mccullough, Charleen Hsuan Nov 2014

Local Health Department Collaborative Capacity To Improve Population Health, Hector P. Rodriguez, Jeffrey Mac Mccullough, Charleen Hsuan

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Local health departments (LHDs) can more effectively develop and strengthen community health partnerships when leaders focus on building partnership collaborative capacity (PCC), including a multisector infrastructure for population health improvement. Using the 2008 National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Profile survey, we constructed an overall measure of LHD PCC comprised of the five dimensions: outcomes-based advocacy, vision-focus balance, systems orientation, infrastructure development, and community linkages. We conducted a series of regression analyses to examine the extent to which LHD characteristics and contextual factors were related to PCC. The most developed PCC dimension was vision-focus balance, while infrastructure …


Editorial Comment: Understanding Cost Variation In Std Service Delivery As State And Federal Agencies Reduce Funding, Michael A. Preston, William W. Greenfield, Sharla A. Smith Nov 2014

Editorial Comment: Understanding Cost Variation In Std Service Delivery As State And Federal Agencies Reduce Funding, Michael A. Preston, William W. Greenfield, Sharla A. Smith

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

As health reform gains momentum, many changes have been seen in the way health services are delivered and financed. In an attempt to address the uncertainties and understand the costs of delivering STD prevention services, the authors examined the cost of STDs in a highly centralized public health agency system (PHAS). This commentary covers several implications that arise from this study.


Understanding Cost Variations In Std Service Delivery As State And Federal Agencies Reduce Funding, William C. Livingood, Lori Bilello, Bonita Sorensen Nov 2014

Understanding Cost Variations In Std Service Delivery As State And Federal Agencies Reduce Funding, William C. Livingood, Lori Bilello, Bonita Sorensen

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) continue to be a major health problem in the U.S. Despite the persistence of STDs and the critical role of the public health sector in controlling these diseases, STD services continue to be reduced. A linear regression was performed using county demographic and cost variables. Many of these variables in county public health agencies and the populations they serve were not significantly correlated with cost of service. However, the availability of local tax funding for county health departments (CHDs), which varies extensively across counties within the state, is statistically linked to higher STD expenditure per case. …


Quality Of Cancer Registry Data, Alicia Noel Richardson Nov 2014

Quality Of Cancer Registry Data, Alicia Noel Richardson

Applied Research Projects

Cancer registry is a growing field and with data being collected year round the data needs to be of good quality standing. Quality of cancer care is measurable per standards when met within the time frame allotted per care regimen. Cancer programs are evaluating and implementing new process to make their data valid and complete through information technology and connection among hospital-based and community-based practices. The aim of this study is to review the available validity, barriers and utilization related to quality of cancer care data. The studies were consistent among each other in that a concurrent review of data, …


The Role Of Leadership In Creating A Strategic Climate For Evidence-Based Practice Implementation And Sustainment In Systems And Organizations, Gregory A. Aarons, Mark G. Ehrhart, Lauren R. Farahnak, Marisa Sklar Oct 2014

The Role Of Leadership In Creating A Strategic Climate For Evidence-Based Practice Implementation And Sustainment In Systems And Organizations, Gregory A. Aarons, Mark G. Ehrhart, Lauren R. Farahnak, Marisa Sklar

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

There is a growing impetus to effectively implement evidence-based practices (EBPs) in health and allied health settings in order to improve the public health impact of such practices. To support implementation and sustainment of EBPs, it is important to consider that health care is delivered within the outer context of public health systems and the inner context of health care organizations and work groups (3). This article identifies two relevant types of leadership for implementation and recommends steps that leaders can take in developing a strategic climate for EBP implementation and sustainment within the outer and inner contexts of health …


Editorial Comment: What Influences The Use Of Administrative Evidence-Based Practices In Local Health Departments?, Christopher M. Maylahn Oct 2014

Editorial Comment: What Influences The Use Of Administrative Evidence-Based Practices In Local Health Departments?, Christopher M. Maylahn

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

In 2012, Frontiers published an article by Allen et al. about identifying administrative and management practices that make up an evidence-based local health department.1 They recommended that local health departments (LHDs) consider using such practices to implement sustained evidence-based policies, programs, and interventions. Strategies that should be given ‘high priority’ for implementation were highlighted. My accompanying editorial2 acknowledged the value of this practical advice to LHDs in optimizing their performance and achieving desired health outcomes.


What Influences The Use Of Administrative Evidence-Based Practices In Local Health Departments?, Kathleen Duggan, Peg Allen, Ross Brownson, Paul C. Erwin, Robert Fields, Rodrigo S. Reis, Carson Smith, Katherine Stamatakis Oct 2014

What Influences The Use Of Administrative Evidence-Based Practices In Local Health Departments?, Kathleen Duggan, Peg Allen, Ross Brownson, Paul C. Erwin, Robert Fields, Rodrigo S. Reis, Carson Smith, Katherine Stamatakis

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

Evidence based public health (EBPH) in local health departments (LHDs) is a process that involves translating the best available scientific evidence into practice. However, EBPH and implementation of evidence based programs and policies in LHDs are not widespread. This report outlines the patterns and predictors of the use of administrative evidence based practices (A-EBPs) in a national sample of LHD directors. LHDs can improve performance, prepare for accreditation and ultimately improve community health by utilizing an administrative evidence based process.


Hasil Pengobatan Dan Variasi Biaya Tb-Mdr/Xdr Dengan Strategi Pmdt Di Rsup Persahabatan, Priyanti Soepandi Oct 2014

Hasil Pengobatan Dan Variasi Biaya Tb-Mdr/Xdr Dengan Strategi Pmdt Di Rsup Persahabatan, Priyanti Soepandi

Jurnal ARSI (Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia)

The treatment duration of MDR-TB patients is very long approximately, 18 until 24 months and the cost is very expensive. This study aimed to find out the treatment outcome as well as the cost variation of MDR/XDR-TB patients. This is an operational research using quantitative and qualitative mix methods. The sample were treatedMDR/XDR-TB patients who started the treatment from August 2009 until December 31, 2010. Total number of sample were 104 patients. The study revealed that the duration of treatment for XDR-TB patients is longer than MDR TB patients with lower success rate. The cost per patient of TB XDR …


Evaluasi Tata Kelola Rumah Sakit Badan Layanan Umum Pada 4 Rumah Sakit Vertikal Kelas A Di Jawa Dan Bali, Lia G. Partakusuma Oct 2014

Evaluasi Tata Kelola Rumah Sakit Badan Layanan Umum Pada 4 Rumah Sakit Vertikal Kelas A Di Jawa Dan Bali, Lia G. Partakusuma

Jurnal ARSI (Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia)

A hospital as an institution needs to implement good corporate governance and good clinical governance to improve service quality continuously. Public Service Agency (BLU) is a government agency established in order to provide services to the community in the form of supply of goods and/or services being sold without profit and doing activities based on the principles of efficiency and productivity. The government realized the needs for flexibility in healthy business practices of various institution, so it has issued Government Regulation No. 23, 2005 (PP 23/2005) of the Financial Management BLU and allow its application to be implemented in a …


Analisis Implementasi Kebijakan Penggunaan Antibiotika Rasional Untuk Mencegah Resistensi Antibiotika Di Rsup Sanglah Denpasar: Studi Kasus Infeksi Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Ketut Surya Negara Oct 2014

Analisis Implementasi Kebijakan Penggunaan Antibiotika Rasional Untuk Mencegah Resistensi Antibiotika Di Rsup Sanglah Denpasar: Studi Kasus Infeksi Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Ketut Surya Negara

Jurnal ARSI (Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia)

Irrational use of antibiotics lead to antibiotic resistance. Implementation of the policy on the use of antibiotics in Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar has never been evaluated. The purpose of this study to know the implementation of policy on the use of antibiotics, preventing antibiotics resistance and determine the application ofthe WHO interventions to improve rational drug use. This research is aqualitative descriptive study, with interviews and document traces. Data analysis through content analysis. The result shows the implementation of antibitics usage policy and application of WHO intervention has not gone well. Prevention of antibiotic resistance have not been well coordinated …


Rencana Aksi Pelayanan Berkesinambungan Rawat Jalan Dalam Rangka Meningkatkan Citra Rsup Fatmawati, Andi Wahyuningsih Attas Oct 2014

Rencana Aksi Pelayanan Berkesinambungan Rawat Jalan Dalam Rangka Meningkatkan Citra Rsup Fatmawati, Andi Wahyuningsih Attas

Jurnal ARSI (Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia)

This study aims to identify the continuous action plan in Fatmawati General Hospital outpatient services in order to increase the Fatmawati General Hospital’s image. The study is conducted through interviewing patients, health workers, managements staff, and the macro analysis is done through policy analysis. The results showed that thegap in outpatient service is in the compatibility quality (service speed, drug completeness, comfort) and communication. The dissatisfaction occured in Fatmawati General Hospitals is the cultivation of the main root problem which is the rising numbered of patients as a result of the referral system ineffectiveness. The action plan designed in a …


Rencana Strategis Pengembangan Pusat Kanker Nasional Indonesia, Sebuah Studi Kasus, Sonar Soni Panigoro Oct 2014

Rencana Strategis Pengembangan Pusat Kanker Nasional Indonesia, Sebuah Studi Kasus, Sonar Soni Panigoro

Jurnal ARSI (Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia)

Cancer is a chronic disease and its prevalence is increasing nowadays. Uptudate, Indonesia doesn’t have a comprehensive program for National Cancer Control. This study aims to develop a strategic plan for the development of National Cancer Center for Indonesia. This study is conducted by using operational research approach, and is conducted during the months of March to December 2013 by involving various stakeholders. In Indonesia, cancer is the third killer disease among the NCD (Non Communicable Disease), the incidence is increasing as well as the funding for cancer treatment. All informants expressed the importance of establishing a national institute that …


Analisis Kelengkapan Catatan Rekam Medis Kasus Tetralogy Of Fallot Pada Implementasi Ina-Cbgs Di Rspjn Harapan Kita, Indriwanto Sakidjan Oct 2014

Analisis Kelengkapan Catatan Rekam Medis Kasus Tetralogy Of Fallot Pada Implementasi Ina-Cbgs Di Rspjn Harapan Kita, Indriwanto Sakidjan

Jurnal ARSI (Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia)

This qualitative study discusses the inaccuracies on medical record entry charging, and inaccuracy on coding that caused provider bear the financial risk in the case of Tetralogy of Fallot in INA-CBG at the Pediatric Cardiology and congenital heart disease unit RS Harapan Kita from January-September 2013. This study showed that 21.4% of cases with incomplete secondary diagnosis and the difference between the claim of Rp 251.273.615,- (4%). Factors contributed incomplete secondary diagnoses are: responsiblity, physical facilities, standard operating procedure of medical record, training, monitoring, and socialization. Therefore, tt is recommended to improve: physical facilities, structure and infra-structure, standard operating procedure …


Analisis Gambaran Peta Perjalanan Pasien Di Pelayanan Rawat Jalan Rs Kanker “Dharmais” Tahun 2014, Fitri Amalia Nur Majid Oct 2014

Analisis Gambaran Peta Perjalanan Pasien Di Pelayanan Rawat Jalan Rs Kanker “Dharmais” Tahun 2014, Fitri Amalia Nur Majid

Jurnal ARSI (Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia)

The focus of this study is about outpatient journey of “Dharmais” Cancer Hospital in 2014 with purposes to find the unit with highest variation of patient journey and to analize the cause of the variation. This research is cross-sectional qualitative. The results of this research show that APJ Instalation is the unit with the highest variation of patient journey, and the causing factors are softtare of the computer supporting the service, human resource, infrastructure, and service procedures. The researcher found out that high variation of patient journey will reduce the quality of the service.


Health Insurance Among Young Adults Rebounds Post Recession: More Become Dependents On A Parent's Plan After Aca Extends Coverage To Adult Children, Michael J. Staley, Jessica A. Carson Oct 2014

Health Insurance Among Young Adults Rebounds Post Recession: More Become Dependents On A Parent's Plan After Aca Extends Coverage To Adult Children, Michael J. Staley, Jessica A. Carson

Carsey School of Public Policy

While much of the existing research explores young adults' insurance only in the post-recession period (that is, 2010 to present), authors Michael Staley and Jessica Carson assess young adults' rates of coverage within and beyond the context of the recession by examining changes across the entire 2007 to 2012 period.


Value And Cost-Effectivess Of Chw Programs: Implications For Home Care Workers, Glen P. Mays Oct 2014

Value And Cost-Effectivess Of Chw Programs: Implications For Home Care Workers, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

This presentation reviews studies on the health and economic value of strategies to improve the coordination of medical care, public health, and social support services for high-need and high-risk populations. Community health worker (CHW) programs feature prominently in these strategies, particularly for rural and low-resource community settings. Home care workers have the potential to function as CHWs in many settings, and as such present powerful opportunities for scaling up CHW programs that connect medical care, public health, and social services delivery.


Cost Estimates Of Foundational Public Health Capabilities: Pilot Test Results Of An Expert Consensus Methodology In Kentucky, C. B. Mamaril, Glen P. Mays Oct 2014

Cost Estimates Of Foundational Public Health Capabilities: Pilot Test Results Of An Expert Consensus Methodology In Kentucky, C. B. Mamaril, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

The Institute of Medicine's 2012 report on U.S. public health financing recommended research to identify the components and costs of a "minimum package" of public health services and foundational capabilities to be made available in every U.S. community. We present results from pilot testing of a proposed methodology for estimating the costs and resource requirements for a set of foundational public health capabilities identified by the Public Health Leadership Forum. Using pilot data from Kentucky public health settings, we estimate both current and projected costs under a range of assumptions about the resources required to fully implement the capabilities at …


Tc911 Service Coordination Program - Analysis Of Program Impacts & Sustainability, Bill J. Wright, Sarah Tran, Jennifer Matson Oct 2014

Tc911 Service Coordination Program - Analysis Of Program Impacts & Sustainability, Bill J. Wright, Sarah Tran, Jennifer Matson

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

No abstract provided.


How Can Public Health Economics Help Health Systems Focus Upstream?, Glen P. Mays Oct 2014

How Can Public Health Economics Help Health Systems Focus Upstream?, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

Research on the health and economic impact of public health strategies can help newly evolving health care delivery systems focus on upstream health determinants and make evidence-informed decisions about resource allocation across the prevention-treatment spectrum. Examples from research underway in the U.S. have particular relevance for Canada's evolving regional health authorities and their integrated approaches to medical care and public health delivery.


Ending Failures, Showing Results, Improving Population Health: Insights From Research & Reform In The U.S., Glen P. Mays Oct 2014

Ending Failures, Showing Results, Improving Population Health: Insights From Research & Reform In The U.S., Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

A growing body of empirical research supports the value of aligning the delivery systems for public health, medical care, and social services for populations with shared needs and risk factors. This presentation reviews selected studies from the field of public health services & systems research (PHSSR) in the U.S. that suggest pathways for achieving greater system alignment in the Canadian context.


Tougher Than Rocket Science, Or Just Messier? Using Research To Improve U.S. Public Health Delivery, Glen P. Mays Oct 2014

Tougher Than Rocket Science, Or Just Messier? Using Research To Improve U.S. Public Health Delivery, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

Advances in the field of public health services & systems research (PHSSR) are incorporating complexity in theory and methods to derive strong inferences about the health and economic effects attributable to public health strategies. Opportunities for comparative international research in Canada and the U.S. promise to strengthen these avenues of inquiry.


Public Health Services Research: Informing Public Health Practice & Policy, Glen P. Mays Oct 2014

Public Health Services Research: Informing Public Health Practice & Policy, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

Heterogeneity in the mechanisms used for organizing and financing public health strategies creates opportunities for comparative effectiveness research (CER) in public health that examine which organization and financing mechanisms work best, for whom, and under what circumstances. Findings from these types of studies have direct utility in shaping public health policy and practice decisions.