Category: Health Economics and Value

Observation Status: The Consequences of a Medicare Policy

Value Institute Scholars meet regularly to discuss ongoing research projects, various investigative techniques, and current issues from a variety of fields. Our scholars include Value Institute leadership and staff members, as well as clinicians practicing across a broad range of specialties within the Christiana Care Health System. We study pressing issues identified as part of […]

Time Series Analysis of 30-Day Readmission Rates: Health Care Innovation – Bridging the Divide

Application of times series methods to 30-day readmission rates of PCI patients in the BRIDGES database. Methods include interrupted time series, cross-correlation and Granger causality. Dr. Paul Kolm, DAC-CTR Associate Director, is Director of Biostatistics at Christiana Care Health System, and Research Professor of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson Medical College. He has been and is […]

Optimizing Value through Appropriate Use of Invasive Cardiovascular Services

The perceived role of invasive cardiac services, especially percutaneous transluminal interventions (PCI), has changed significantly over the past 5-10 years. New healthcare payment models will apply new pressures to assure that only procedures of high value are performed. I will review changes in the use of, and perceptions about, invasive cardiac services over the past […]

Time Series Analysis of 30-day Readmission Rates: Program Evaluation and Causality

This seminar will present a time series analysis of 30-day readmission rates using data from the BRIDGES project. The presentation will include a description of times series analysis and how it differs from other analyses of longitudinal data, the use of interrupted times series for program evaluation, how different times series can be cross-correlated to […]

What CAN Be Done About the Cost of Care for Chronic Diseases and Conditions

The annual cost of care in the United States for people with chronic diseases accounts for more that 83 percent ($1.2 trillion) of all healthcare costs – and this cost continues to rise. Yet many chronic diseases and conditions are linked to lifestyle choices so they can be prevented. This presentation will review the current […]

Assembling and Analyzing Cohorts from Electronic Health Records: An Example from the NICU

Electronic health records (EHR) contain a wealth of information potentially useful for public health research, and can be used to assemble retrospective cohorts for epidemiological analyses. This presentation demonstrates the experience of the Neonatology Division of the Department of Pediatrics to create a research dataset from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) EHR. We then […]