The Impact of Profitability of Hospital Admissions on Mortality
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
When hospital service line profit goes down, mortality goes up.
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Medication Adherence and Medicare Expenditure Among Beneficiaries with Heart Failure
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Hospitalization rates and Medicare costs due to cardiovascular disease have the potential to be reduced when patients practice better medication adherence.
Medicare and Medicaid Spending Variations are Strongly Linked Within Hospital Regions but Not at Overall State Level
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Proposals to move toward reducing geographic differentials in health care spending have focused on patterns of spending in Medicare.
How Medicare's Payment Cuts for Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs Changed Patterns Of Treatment
April 19, 2012 | Journal Article
New report examines the impact of the Medicare Modernization Act on access to cancer chemotherapy treatment.
Does Medication Adherence Lower Medicare Spending Among Beneficiaries with Diabetes?
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Higher medication adherence rates for two classes of drugs saved Medicare dollars over three years.
Medical Spending and the Health of the Elderly
May 24, 2011 | Journal Article
More medical spending found to modestly relate to better health outcomes.
The Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Gap
October 11, 2011 | Video
This short infographic video explains what the Medicare Part D donut hole is and how it changes under health reform.
Regional Variations in Diagnostic Practices
May 12, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines geographic variation in diagnostic practices by studying Medicare recipients who move to regions with higher or lower diagnostic intensity than the original region.
Clarifying Sources of Geographic Differences in Medicare Spending
May 12, 2010 | Journal Article
Two decades of research, driven by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, suggest that there are substantial differences in Medicare spending by region that do not correlate to the quality of health care provided.
Medicare Part D Exclusion of Benzodiazepines and Fracture Risk in Nursing Homes
April 26, 2010 | Journal Article
Medicare Part D excluded reimbursements for benzodiazepines, controversial sedatives used in many nursing homes. This study analyzed changes in the number of benzodiazepine prescriptions and falls and fractures among nursing home residents before and after Medicare Part D.