2024
Testing the Feasibility of a Cross-Setting Measure to Address the Rising Trend in Hospital Outpatient TJA Procedures.
Wallace L, Tan Z, Barthel A, Sáenz M, Grady J, Balestracci K, Bozic K, Myers R, McDonough D, Lin Z, Suter L. Testing the Feasibility of a Cross-Setting Measure to Address the Rising Trend in Hospital Outpatient TJA Procedures. Journal Of Bone And Joint Surgery 2024 PMID: 39637009, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.23.01395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOutpatient settingEvaluate care qualityElective primary total hipMedian odds ratioMedicare administrative claimsPrognostic Level IIIHierarchical logistic regressionDescription of levels of evidenceCare qualityLevel of evidenceHospital performancePrimary total hipAssess hospitalProvider inputHospital-specificMedicaid ServicesAdministrative claimsReduce painOdds ratioRepresentative populationImprove functionLogistic regressionTotal knee arthroplastyCoding practices
2023
Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Alternative Payment Models: Current Use, Implementation Barriers, and Principles to Succeed
Gettel C, Suter L, Bagshaw K, Sheares K, Balestracci K, Lin Z, Venkatesh A. Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measures in Alternative Payment Models: Current Use, Implementation Barriers, and Principles to Succeed. Value In Health 2023, 27: 199-205. PMID: 38042334, PMCID: PMC10872237, DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2023.10.017.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Intensive In-Home Psychiatric Treatment Approaches
Balestracci KMB, Adnopoz JA, Rowland MD, Moffett SJ, Woolston JL. Intensive In-Home Psychiatric Treatment Approaches. In Lewis’ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook (5th ed), ed. A. Martin, FR Volkmar, M Lewis. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2017, Chapter 6.3.3.Chapters
2012
IICAPS: A Treatment Model for Delinquent Youths with Co-occurring Mental Health Disorders
Adnopoz J, Woolston J, Balestracci K. IICAPS: A Treatment Model for Delinquent Youths with Co-occurring Mental Health Disorders. 2012, 357-369. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0905-2_23.ChaptersMental health disordersCo-occurring mental health disordersHealth disordersFemale juvenile detaineesMental health interventionsGeneral populationPsychiatric disordersHealth interventionsConduct disorderLarge-scale studiesDisordersTreatment modelFemale detaineesPrevalence researchJuvenile detaineesCook County
2001
Foster Care Placement Improves Children's Functioning
Horwitz S, Balestracci K, Simms M. Foster Care Placement Improves Children's Functioning. JAMA Pediatrics 2001, 155: 1255-1260. PMID: 11695936, DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.155.11.1255.Peer-Reviewed Original Research