The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the USA continues to grow.
Although progress has been made in the the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and …

There is a robust literature examining social networks and health, which draws on the
network traditions in sociology and statistics. However, the application of social network …

Background Geographic clusters in prevalence and hospitalizations for COPD have been
identified at national, state, and county levels. The study objective is to identify county-level …

Introduction Worldwide, polypharmacy and medication appropriateness-related outcomes
(MARO) are growing public health concerns associated with potentially inappropriate …

In the era of the Information Age and personalized medicine, healthcare delivery systems
need to be efficient and patient-centred. The health system must be responsive to individual …

Objective: Provider networks for mental health are narrower than for other medical
specialties. Providers' influence on access to care is potentially greater in Medicaid because …

Objective To describe how longitudinal continuity of care (COC) is measured using claims-
based data and to review its association with healthcare use and costs. Research design …

Importance Cancer treatment delay is a recognized marker of worse outcomes. Timely
treatment may be associated with physician patient-sharing network characteristics, yet this …

Background Measuring care coordination in administrative data facilitates important
research to improve care quality. Objective To compare shared patient networks constructed …

Both care continuity and care coordination are important features of the health care system.
However, little is known about the relationship between care continuity and care …