2012
Comparative Performance of Comorbidity Indices in Predicting Health Care-Related Behaviors and Outcomes among Medicaid Enrollees with Type 2 Diabetes
Ou H, Mukherjee B, Erickson S, Piette J, Bagozzi R, Balkrishnan R. Comparative Performance of Comorbidity Indices in Predicting Health Care-Related Behaviors and Outcomes among Medicaid Enrollees with Type 2 Diabetes. Population Health Management 2012, 15: 220-229. PMID: 22731766, PMCID: PMC4346539, DOI: 10.1089/pop.2011.0037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic disease scoreHealth care-related behaviorsCare-related behaviorsHealth care utilizationElixhauser indexCare utilizationType 2 diabetesHealth-related quality of life comorbidity indexMedicaid enrolleesComorbidity indexPredicting health care utilizationLow-income diabetes patientsPredictors of medication adherenceHealth care characteristicsHealth-related qualityMarketScan Medicaid DatabaseExpenditure dataCare characteristicsPhysician concordanceCare standardsMedication adherenceComorbidity measuresCharlson Comorbidity IndexDiabetes severityComorbidity indicators
2008
Variability in prescription drug expenditures explained by adjusted clinical groups (ACG) case-mix: A cross-sectional study of patient electronic records in primary care
Aguado A, Guinó E, Mukherjee B, Sicras A, Serrat J, Acedo M, Ferro J, Moreno V. Variability in prescription drug expenditures explained by adjusted clinical groups (ACG) case-mix: A cross-sectional study of patient electronic records in primary care. BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8: 53. PMID: 18318912, PMCID: PMC2292169, DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-53.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrescription quality indexPatient electronic recordsCase-mixPhysician-centeredElectronic recordsPharmacy costsPrimary care centersEpisode of careCase-mix adjustmentQuality of prescriptionsCost of prescriptionsCross-sectional studyQuality IndexIncreased prescription costsTwo-part modelDrug expendituresFamily physiciansProfile physiciansLinear mixed modelsPrescription costsProportion of variancePrescription drug expendituresPhysician expendituresLogistic regressionMultilevel structure of data