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The Washington State Prescription Drug Affordability Board’s selection of drugs for affordability review
This article describes how the Washington State Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) identifies high-cost prescription drugs for affordability... Learn More
Higher intensity care for patients with multiple chronic conditions after hospital-physician integration
This study found that hospital–physician integration was associated with higher-intensity healthcare use among patients with multiple chronic conditio... Learn More
The All‐Payer Claims Database After the Gobeille Supreme Court Decision: Assessing the Impact on Fatal Opioid‐Related Overdose Research
This study examined how the 2016 Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. decision affected the usefulness of state All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs)... Learn More
The Cost of Adolescent Obesity: A Longitudinal Cohort Study From Ages 15 to 30
This longitudinal study found that obesity during adolescence is associated with substantially higher healthcare spending and poorer health outcomes a... Learn More
Fragmented Financing in Emergency Department Use Among US Veterans
This study found that emergency care for U.S. veterans is often fragmented because many veterans receive emergency department services that are paid f... Learn More
Gender-Affirming Chest Masculinization and Nipple–Areolar Complex Reconstruction: An All-Payer Claims Database Analysis
This study analyzed 912 gender-affirming chest masculinization surgeries performed in Massachusetts between 2016 and 2020 and found that 70% included ... Learn More
Rural–Urban Differences in Use of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support in Arkansas, 2015–2019
This study found that adults with diabetes living in rural areas were less likely to participate in Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DS... Learn More
Poverty and Mortality Risk in Patients With Colorectal Cancer
This study found that colorectal cancer patients living in areas of persistent poverty had a significantly higher risk of death than those living in o... Learn More
Rising Health Care Costs in Wisconsin: The Case for Price Transparency
The report highlights growing financial and operational challenges facing healthcare organizations in 2026, including policy uncertainty, increasing c... Learn More
Incidence of pediatric chronic tic disorders and feasibility of using the Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database, 2012-2016
This study found that the Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database can be used to identify new cases of chronic tic disorders, such as Tourette syndrom... Learn More
Health Insurance Claim Denials
The article explains that health insurance claim denials are becoming increasingly common in the U.S., affecting everything from preventive care to ma... Learn More
Leveraging Population-Level and Multipayer Claims Data to Estimate Changes in Prostate Cancer Screening at the Small-Area Level
This case study uses the Colorado's All-Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) to measure prostate screening procedures in men ages 55-69, finding that ... Learn More
Physical therapy utilization among firearm injury survivors: an analysis of linked trauma database and medical claims data
This case study uses the Washington State All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) linked with a trauma registry to analyze the utilization of physical therap... Learn More
Corporate Moral Hazard In U.S. Health Insurance: Churn And Denial Rates
This dissertation uses the New Hampshire APCD to examine whether commercial insurers increase claim denial rates ahead of the predictable transition t... Learn More
Novel approaches in linkage of data sources to explore the associations between purchase of opioid prescriptions during pregnancy and adverse neonatal outcomes
This case study links Arkansas APCD and PDMP data to assess prescribed opioid exposure during pregnancy, demonstrating that combining both data source... Learn More
Aligning Incentives or Gaming the System? The Impact of Insurer-Physician Acquisitions
This case study uses Colorado APCD data to examine a 2017 insurer-physician acquisition, finding that integration inflated Medicare Advantage diagnosi... Learn More
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... Learn More
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... Learn More
Guideline-Concordant Care and Clinician and Clinic Characteristics for Patients With Schizophrenia
This case study finds that for patients with schizophrenia in Massachusetts, psychiatric nurse practitioners and mental health clinics delivered care ... Learn More
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... Learn More