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Patients' Perceptions Of Provider Communication, Provider Knowledge And Provider Competence And Associations With Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries, Engels Nnamdi Obi

Open Access Dissertations

The objectives for this study were to determine prevalence and incidence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use among community-dwelling Medicare Part D beneficiaries, and to assess associations between patients' perceptions of provider communication, provider knowledge, and provider competence with PIM use. A retrospective observational analysis was conducted using data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. Individuals were included in the prevalence sample if they were aged 65 years or older in 2008, continuously enrolled in Medicare Part D from October 2007 through December 2008, and living in the community from October 2007 through December 2008. Individuals were included in the …

Decision Support For Reducing 30-Day Readmissions: General Medicine Patients In Community Hospitals, Ramez Labib Ayoub

Open Access Theses

Health expenditures in United States have experienced a gradual increase in spending with no indication of slowing down. Addressing this problem has been a major area of concern for policy makers, and as a result more consideration has been placed on decreasing health spending and increasing affordability. One major area recognized as being effective in decreasing these financial burdens has been inpatient thirty-day adult readmissions, currently costing $26 billion annually. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have determined readmissions to be an indicator of the quality and efficiency of patient care.

This research provides a prediction model for patients …