Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Organizations Flip the Script in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objectives: Program of All-Inclusive Care (PACE) organizations faced unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly given PACE participants are frail older adults who often live with multiple disabilities and chronic conditions. This study describes how PACE programs leveraged their unique program flexibilities and adapted services to manage this crisis.

Design: Mixed methods.

Health Care Experience Among Women Who Completed Group Prenatal Care (CenteringPregnancy) Compared to Individual Prenatal Care Within Military Treatment Facilities.

This study compared TRICARE, the health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System, beneficiaries in CenteringPregnancy, an enhanced prenatal care model, to women in individual prenatal care within the same military treatment facility. Maternity patient experience ratings from May 2014 to February 2016 were compiled from the TRICARE Outpatient Satisfaction Survey. Centering patients had 1.

Prevalence Of Unplanned Readmissions Among Patients Of Military Treatment Facilities.

Understanding readmissions within the Military Health System (MHS) provides important insights to better understand and improve health outcomes for military personnel and their families. We assessed all-cause seven- and thirty-day readmission rates in military treatment facilities by treatment service for patients ages 18-64 for fiscal years 2011-18 using inpatient data from the MHS and the private sector. We compared unplanned readmission rates for the obstetric, medical, and surgical product lines.

Military Hospital Spending on Environmental Services and Inpatient Satisfaction Ratings.

To assess the impact of military hospital expenditures on environmental services (EVS) on inpatient satisfaction, the authors collected Defense Health Agency TRICARE Inpatient Satisfaction Survey data from fiscal years 2011 through 2013, military hospital EVS spending and workload data, facility construction/renovation data, and military health system inpatient administrative claims data. Multivariate logistic regression for panel data was performed independently for medical/surgical and obstetric product lines and each satisfaction question. A statistically significant positive relationship was found between hospital EVS spending and patient satisfaction, with the highest expenditure levels generally exhibiting a greater association with satisfaction.

Prevalence, health care utilization, and costs of fibromyalgia, irritable bowel, and chronic fatigue syndromes in the military health system, 2006-2010.

Objective: We compared prevalence, health care utilization, and costs over time for nonelderly adults diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in relation to timing of federal approvals for FMS drugs.

Data Source: We used military health care claims from October 2006 to September 2010.

Study Design/analysis: Retrospective, multiple-year comparisons were conducted using trend analyses, and time series regression-based generalized linear models.