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Building a Medical Neighborhood for the Medical Home by Fisher, Elliott S

“…Recent efforts to improve primary care in the United States have focused largely on the “medical home.” Dr. Elliott Fisher writes that unrealistic expectations…”
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Drivers of poor medical care by Saini, Vikas, Dr, Garcia-Armesto, Sandra, MD, Klemperer, David, MD, Paris, Valerie, Elshaug, Adam G, PhD, Brownlee, Shannon, MSc, Ioannidis, John P A, Fisher, Elliott S, MD

“…Summary The global ubiquity of overuse and underuse of health-care resources and the gravity of resulting harms necessitate an investigation of drivers to…”
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Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs — Lessons from Regional Variation by Fisher, Elliott S, Bynum, Julie P, Skinner, Jonathan S

“…Most observers see rising health care costs as an inexorable force. Dr. Elliott Fisher, Dr. Julie Bynum, and Jonathan Skinner write that by learning from…”
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Income and Cancer Overdiagnosis — When Too Much Care Is Harmful by Welch, H. Gilbert, Fisher, Elliott S

“…There are reasons to wonder whether people with higher incomes receive too much medical care. Cancer screening is one area where overutilization can cause…”
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Continuity of care and the risk of preventable hospitalization in older adults by Nyweide, David J, Anthony, Denise L, Bynum, Julie P W, Strawderman, Robert L, Weeks, William B, Casalino, Lawrence P, Fisher, Elliott S

“…Preventable hospitalizations are common among older adults for reasons that are not well understood. To determine whether Medicare patients with ambulatory…”
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Regional intensity of vascular care and lower extremity amputation rates by Goodney, Philip P., MD, MS, Holman, Kerianne, MD, MPH, Henke, Peter K., MD, Travis, Lori L., MS, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, Stukel, Therese A., PhD, Fisher, Elliott S., MD, MPH, Birkmeyer, John D., MD

“…Objective Because patient-level differences do not fully explain the variation in lower extremity amputation rates across the United States, we hypothesized…”
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Preferences for End-of-Life Treatment by Barnato, Amber E., Anthony, Denise L., Skinner, Jonathan, Gallagher, Patricia M., Fisher, Elliott S.

“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Studies using local samples suggest that racial minorities anticipate a greater preference for life-sustaining treatment when faced with a…”
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United States' trends and regional variations in lumbar spine surgery: 1992-2003 by WEINSTEIN, James N, LURIE, Jon D, OLSON, Patrick R, BRONNER, Kristen K, FISHER, Elliott S

“…Repeated cross-sectional analysis using national Medicare data from the Dartmouth Atlas Project. To describe recent trends and geographic variation in…”
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Physician Workforce Crisis? Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription by Goodman, David C, Fisher, Elliott S

“…The Association of American Medical Colleges has responded to the concern about a physician workforce crisis with calls for a 30% expansion of U.S. medical…”
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The implications of regional variations in Medicare spending. Part 1: The content, quality, and accessibility of care by FISHER, Elliott S, WENNBERG, David E, STUKEL, Thérèse A, GOTTLIEB, Daniel J, LUCAS, F. L, PINDER, Etoile L

“…The health implications of regional differences in Medicare spending are unknown. To determine whether regions with higher Medicare spending provide better…”
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Variation in the Use of Lower Extremity Vascular Procedures for Critical Limb Ischemia by GOODNEY, Philip P, TRAVIS, Lori L, NALLAMOTHU, Brahmajee K, HOLMAN, Kerianne, SUCKOW, Bjoern, HENKE, Peter K, LEE LUCAS, F, GOODMAN, David C, BIRKMEYER, John D, FISHER, Elliott S

“…Many believe that variation in vascular practice may affect limb salvage rates in patients with severe peripheral arterial disease. However, the extent of…”
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Geography and the debate over Medicare reform by Wennberg, John E, Fisher, Elliott S, Skinner, Jonathan S

“…Medicare spending varies more than twofold among regions, and the variations persist even after differences in health are corrected for. Higher levels of…”
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Relationship between regional spending on vascular care and amputation rate by Goodney, Philip P, Travis, Lori L, Brooke, Benjamin S, DeMartino, Randall R, Goodman, David C, Fisher, Elliott S, Birkmeyer, John D

“…Although lower extremity revascularization is effective in preventing amputation, the relationship between spending on vascular care and regional amputation…”
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Medicare’s Bundled Payment Program for Joint Replacement: Promise and Peril? by Fisher, Elliott S

“…The US is in the midst of a bold experiment. Medicare is moving rapidly away from traditional fee-for-service payment. Various alternative payment models…”
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Causes of late mortality after endovascular and open surgical repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms by Goodney, Philip P., MD, MS, Tavris, Dale, MD, MPH, Lucas, F. Lee, PhD, Gross, Thomas, MD, MPH, Fisher, Elliott S., MD, MPH, Finlayson, Samuel R.G., MD, MPH

“…Introduction Several reports suggest unexpectedly high rates of late abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture occur after endovascular AAA repair (EVAR)…”
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Roles for specialty societies and vascular surgeons in accountable care organizations by Goodney, Philip P., MD, MS, Fisher, Elliott S., MD, MPH, Cambria, Richard P., MD

“…With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, accountable care organizations (ACOs) represent a new paradigm in healthcare payment reform. Designed to limit…”
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Addressing Health Care Cost Growth — Why and How States Should Lead by Fisher, Elliott S., Colla, Carrie, Koller, Christopher F., Berube, Alena

“…U.S. states, which are better positioned than the federal government to precisely and comprehensively address the drivers of low-value health care spending,…”
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Housing, Transportation, And Food: How ACOs Seek To Improve Population Health By Addressing Nonmedical Needs Of Patients by Fraze, Taressa, Lewis, Valerie A, Rodriguez, Hector P, Fisher, Elliott S

“…Addressing nonmedical needs-such as the need for housing-is critical to advancing population health, improving the quality of care, and lowering the costs of…”
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Bereaved Family Member Perceptions of Quality of End-of-Life Care in U.S. Regions with High and Low Usage of Intensive Care Unit Care by Teno, Joan M., Mor, Vincent, Ward, Nicholas, Roy, Jason, Clarridge, Brian, Wennberg, John E., Fisher, Elliott S.

“…Objectives: To compare the quality of end‐of‐life care of persons dying in regions of differing practice intensity. Design: Mortality follow‐back survey…”
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Accountable Care Organizations: Accountable for What, to Whom, and How by Fisher, Elliott S, Shortell, Stephen M

“…Proponents hope that Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) will allow physicians, hospitals, and other clinicians and health care organizations to work more…”
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