The Medicaid Value Program tested interventions to improve care for adult Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. This report presents findings from Mathematica's evaluation; estimates of program effects, produced by the programs themselves; and case studies for the 10...

To provide better value and improve patient care in the U.S. health care system, comparative effectiveness research (CER) needs to be disseminated, implemented, and interpreted. This brief, the second from Mathematica’s Center on Health Care Effectiveness, examines how to put CER into use at...

A retrospective analysis of Medicare claims data examined the relationship between outpatient visits within 14 days after hospital discharge and readmission for beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation or other chronic conditions. About half of those beneficiaries with a hospitalization had an...

Using Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) claims files for 1999 and 2001, the authors describe patterns of prescription drug use and expenditures among dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries for all Medicaid full dually eligible beneficiaries and three important subgroups: the aged,...

This article presents findings from a study to determine if medical information in patient charts could offer clinical details that would help interpret a claims-based comparative effectiveness study of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).

This paper describes a multi-method approach for evaluating 10 small interventions that participated in the Medicaid Value Program, which sought to improve quality of care for Medicaid beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. The approach relied on quantitative and qualitative methods to...

This articles examines interim impacts of a disease management demonstration for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries also enrolled in Medicaid (dual eligibles). The study randomly assigned dual eligibles with congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and/or diabetes to treatment or...