2022
Assessment of Hypothetical Out-of-Pocket Costs of Guideline-Recommended Medications for the Treatment of Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions, 2009 and 2019
Zhou T, Liu P, Dhruva SS, Shah ND, Ramachandran R, Berg KM, Ross JS. Assessment of Hypothetical Out-of-Pocket Costs of Guideline-Recommended Medications for the Treatment of Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions, 2009 and 2019. JAMA Internal Medicine 2022, 182: 185-195. PMID: 34982097, PMCID: PMC8728660, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAtrial FibrillationChronic DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Drug CostsHealth ExpendituresHeart FailureHumansHypercholesterolemiaHypertensionMedicare Part CMedicare Part DMultiple Chronic ConditionsOsteoarthritisOsteoporosisPrescription DrugsPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsCommon chronic diseasesGuideline-recommended medicationsGuideline-recommended managementPrescription drug plansCross-sectional studyChronic conditionsChronic diseasesPocket costsOlder adultsOutpatient medicationsMedicare prescription drug plansInitial treatmentMedicare Advantage plansRetrospective cross-sectional studyMultiple chronic conditionsMedicare Part D plansPart D plansSubstantial financial burdenAtrial fibrillationMAIN OUTCOMEExclusion criteriaMedicare beneficiariesAnnual outHypothetical patientsMedications
2018
Defining Multiple Chronic Conditions for Quality Measurement
Drye EE, Altaf FK, Lipska KJ, Spatz ES, Montague JA, Bao H, Parzynski CS, Ross JS, Bernheim SM, Krumholz HM, Lin Z. Defining Multiple Chronic Conditions for Quality Measurement. Medical Care 2018, 56: 193-201. PMID: 29271820, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsChronic conditionsMedicare feeService beneficiariesMedicare Chronic Conditions WarehouseMCC cohortBroad cohortChronic Conditions WarehouseRisk-standardized ratesNational quality measuresUnplanned admissionsFinal cohortTotal admissionsAdmission riskAccountable care organizationsAdmission ratesOutcome measuresAdmissionCohortCohort conditionCare organizationsPatientsStakeholder inputNarrow cohortBeneficiaries