Quality

Resource Category Carriers Purpose
Low-Value and No-Value Care in Healthcare: A Narrative Review
This narrative review summarizes the concepts of low- and no-value care (LNVC), the <br /> drivers behind them, and potential strategies for de-imple...
State: Virginia
Health Reform, Population Health, Researchers Commercial, Medicare Cost, Quality
Exogenous Testosterone Is Associated with Lower Odds of Stroke in Young Men: An Exploratory Analysis of the Colorado Claims Database
The abstract reports that establishing a stroke transition-of-care clinic — where patients are seen by neurology within two weeks after hospital disch...
State: Colorado
Population Health Commercial Quality
Evaluation of colorectal cancer screening practices in Rhode Island, 2011–2021
This study examined colorectal cancer screening patterns in Rhode Island from 2011–2021. It found disparities in screening use based on sex, insurance...
Population Health, Providers Commercial Quality
Delay in breast cancer surgery: evaluating patient, healthcare access, and social vulnerability predictors
This case study identified disparities in delay in breast cancer surgery persist across race, healthcare access, and community-level vulnerability. Th...
State: Arkansas
Consumers, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Quality, Utilization
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 evaluated patterns of opioid purchases by payment source among pregnant women in Arkansas and examine their associations with adverse ...
State: Arkansas
Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial Quality
Study of Telehealth Expansion and Payment Parity
This report summarizes the findings from two years of research and stakeholder engagement led by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to address t...
State: Minnesota
Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Quality, Utilization
A Snapshot of Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait in Minnesota
A dashboard that explores the prevalence and demographic distribution of sickle cell patients in Minnesota.
State: Minnesota
Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Quality, Utilization
Geographic Variation in Hypertension in Minnesota
The report provides the first estimation of hypertension prevalence by local communities in Minnesota and serves to frame a future report on adherence...
State: Minnesota
Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Quality, Utilization
Provider Workforce in Georgia
Provider availability can be difficult to measure, but some commonly used proxies are licensure data, survey data, and geolocation data. The Georgia A...
State: Georgia
Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Quality, Utilization
Georgia APCD Snapshot
The intent of this snapshot is to provide users with a succinct summary of the population of the GA APCD as well as a comparison between the GA APCD p...
State: Georgia
Population Health, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Quality, Utilization