Objectives To fill an empirical gap in the literature by examining changes in quality of care
measures occurring when multispecialty clinic systems were acquired by hospital‐owned, …

… Study concept and design were contributed by Carlin, Anderson, and Higuera. Data … and
Carlin, along with Anderson. The manuscript was written and revised by Higuera, Carlin, and …

Patient cost sharing for contraceptive prescriptions was eliminated for certain insurance
plans as part of the Affordable Care Act. We examined the impact of this change on women’s …

Objective To examine how the relationship between patient characteristics, patient
experience with the health care system, and overall satisfaction with care varies with illness …

OBJECTIVE Identify the improvement in diabetes performance measures and population-based
clinical outcomes resulting from changes in care management processes (CMP) in …

Multiple parties influence the choice of facility for hospital‐based inpatient and outpatient
services. The patient is the central figure, but their choice of facility is guided by their physician …

We compared new Medicaid enrollees with similar ongoing enrollees for evidence of pent-up
demand using claims data following Minnesota’s 2014 Medicaid expansion. We …

Policy Points: In order to develop effective policies on the consolidation of community health
systems, policymakers must understand both the motivations and processes for …

When a clinic system is acquired by an integrated delivery system (IDS), the ownership change
includes both vertical integration with the hospital(s), and horizontal integration with the …

This work proposes a frailty model that accounts for non‐random treatment assignment in
survival analysis. Using Monte Carlo simulation, we found that estimated treatment parameters …