Population Health

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
Pregnancy outcomes among medically complex populations with high risk of pregnancy mortality in Virginia: a retrospective observational study This case study uses Virginia APCD data to examine how many pregnant people have severe medical conditions or complications for which abortion may be ... State: Virginia	Consumers, Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Bayesian Spatial Analysis of Trends and Disparities in Telehealth Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study This study aims to assess disparities in telehealth use across Virginia, focusing on demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic factors influencing ac... State: Virginia	Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy among individuals with and without co-occurring stimulant use disorder: A retrospective cohort study This case study uses Utah APCD data to compare treatment patterns among pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) who also had a co-occurrin... State: Utah	Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
An Examination of Trends in Low-Value Opioid Prescribing for Acute Low Back Pain in Rural vs. Non-Rural Virginia This case study uses Virginia APCD data to examine low-value opioid prescribing for acute low back pain among over 850,000 insured residents from 2019... State: Virginia	Consumers, Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
Inequitable Access to Risk-Appropriate Neonatal Care: Evidence from a Regionalized Perinatal System in Arkansas This case study analyzes a decade of birth data in Arkansas to evaluate whether newborns receive care at the appropriate level of neonatal facility. I... State: Arkansas	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
Engagement and retention in HIV care in rural Southern U.S. using an All-Payer Claims Database This case study evaluates the HIV care continuum in Arkansas, finding that HIV testing, engagement, and retention in care are all below national avera... State: Arkansas	Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
Low-Value and No-Value Care in Healthcare: A Narrative Review This narrative review summarizes the concepts of low- and no-value care (LNVC), the <br /> drivers behind them, and potential strategies for de-imple... State: Virginia	Health Reform, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicare	Cost, Quality
Predictors of telehealth use after the Minnesota Telehealth Act: analysis using the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database This research article examines telehealth use in Minnesota following the 2021 Minnesota Telehealth Act, finding that younger patients, those with depr... State: Minnesota	Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Exogenous Testosterone Is Associated with Lower Odds of Stroke in Young Men: An Exploratory Analysis of the Colorado Claims Database The abstract reports that establishing a stroke transition-of-care clinic — where patients are seen by neurology within two weeks after hospital disch... State: Colorado	Population Health	Commercial	Quality
Curbing the Growing Fragmentation of Veterans’ Health Care This study quantifies a major shift in locus of VA critical care, a likely outcome of expanded non-VA health insurance coverage that was previously ca... State: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin	Consumers, Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers	Medicaid	Utilization

Population Health

APCD Council