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Health Promotion Finds a Place in Local Health Departments.

McHugh, Megan; Martinez, Rose Marie; Kliman, Rebecca; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2000

This issue brief, the first in a series designed to give a quick overview of new trends in public health, highlights … the shift in public health departments’ focus--away from primary care toward community-oriented, population …-based activities emphasizing health promotion. Examines various approaches to tobacco use and injury prevention, and the promotion of …

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Provider Payment: Trends and Methods in the Massachusetts Health Care System.

Barrett, Allison; Lake, Timothy - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010

This report investigates provider payment methods in Massachusetts. Payments include fee-for-service, the predominant model; global payments, which pay providers a single fee for all or most required services during a contract period; and pay-for-performance models, which layer quality incentives...

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Consumer-Directed Care and Its Implications for State and Federal Long-Term Care Policy.

Brown, Randall - Mathematica Policy Research - 2006

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Translation and Dissemination of Health Services Research for Health Policy: A Review of Available Infrastructure and Evolving Tools

Gold, Marsha - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015

This paper examines how user interest in health services research is shaped by the following factors: the current … health care policy environment, the organizations and institutional mechanisms available to advance the movement of health … factors for health services research. It builds on earlier work defining pathways that support the translation of research …

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Advancing Geriatrics Research, Education, and Practice: Policy Challenges After the Great Recession

Zerzan, Judy T.; Rich, Eugene C. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

advance the agenda for geriatrics clinical care, health professional training, and research. …

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Patterns of Hospital Performance in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure 30-Day Mortality and Readmission.

Krumholz, Harlan M.; Merrill, Angela R.; Schone, Eric M.; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009

In 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reported hospital-level risk-standardized 30-day mortality and readmission rates after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF). The authors calculated 30-day mortality and readmission rates for all Medicare...

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