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Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
Bayesian Spatial Analysis of Trends and Disparities in Telehealth Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Observational Study This study examined telehealth use in Virginia during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and found that telehealth adoption increased dramatically, parti... State: Virginia	Consumers, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
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... State: Washington	Health Reform, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Utilization
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... State: Virginia	Health Reform, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
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... State: Arkansas	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Utilization
Scope and characteristics of patients filling medications through specialty pharmacies by ownership type This study examined who uses specialty pharmacies and found that patients filling medications through these pharmacies tend to be older, have greater ... State: Arkansas	Consumers, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Buprenorphine Treatment Duration and Adherence Among Youth and Subsequent Health Outcomes This study examined healthcare utilization among adults enrolled in Medicaid and found that people with both diabetes and chronic kidney disease used ... State: Massachusetts	Medicaid, Population Health, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
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... State: New York	Insurance Department, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Utilization
Curbing the Growing Fragmentation of Veterans' Health Care This article discusses how healthcare for U.S. veterans is becoming increasingly fragmented as more care is delivered outside the Veterans Health Admi... State: New York	Health Reform, Population Health	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Quality, Utilization
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... State: Arkansas	Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Quality, Utilization
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... State: Massachusetts	Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization

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