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Background Opioid use and misuse are urgent health issues. Previous studies suggest that opioid use increases healthcare resource use but severity adjustment is lacking. Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the severity-adjusted cost difference between opioid users and non-users among patients with conservatively managed degenerative joint disease of the spine within a large commercial...
ObjectiveTo develop a compositing method that demonstrates improved performance compared with commonly used tests for statistical analysis of physician cost of care data.
Data SourceCommercial preferred provider organization (PPO) claims data for internists from a large metropolitan area.
Study DesignWe created a nonparametric composite performance metric that maintains risk adjustment using the...
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