Importance Poor continuity of care may contribute to high health care spending and adverse
patient outcomes in dementia. Objective To examine the association between medical …

Importance Children with medical complexity (CMC) have substantial health care needs and
frequently experience poor health care quality. Understanding the population prevalence …

Background On October 1, 2015, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
transitioned from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) to the …

The application of social network analysis to the organization of healthcare delivery is a
relatively new area of research that may not be familiar to health services statisticians and …

Background This study illustrates the use of logistic regression and machine learning
methods, specifically random forest models, in health services research by analyzing …

Background We calculated the performance of National Cancer Institute (NCI)/National
Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) cancer centers' end‐of‐life (EOL) quality metrics …

Methods| In this cross-sectional study, we used Medicare data to identify nursing home
residents 65 years or older with advanced dementia and AF who had at least moderate …

Background Urinary incontinence subtypes often differ by symptom severity and treatment
profiles; in particular, mixed urinary incontinence is generally associated with worse …

Background: Previous studies demonstrate geographic and racial/ethnic variation in
diagnosis and complications of diabetes and peripheral artery disease (PAD). However …

Introduction We examined the relationship between health care expenditures and cognition,
focusing on differences across cognitive systems defined by global cognition, executive …