Publications by authors named "Vipin Gopal"
Humana, a large health care company, has set a goal of 20% improvement in health in the communities it serves by 2020. The metric chosen for the Bold Goal initiative was the HRQOL-4 version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Days survey. This paper presents the methods for measuring progress, reports results for the first year of tracking, and describes Humana's community-based interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To investigate whether self-reported unhealthy days are related to 6 chronic conditions and other health indicators by using administrative claims.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study using Healthy Days survey data linked to administrative claims.
Methods: Survey respondents 65 years or older with Medicare Advantage coverage in November or December 2014 and 12 months continuous presurvey enrollment were identified.
Introduction: Arthritis is related to poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults aged 18 years or older. We sought to determine whether this relationship persisted in an older population using claims-based arthritis diagnoses and whether people who also had arthritis and at least 1 of 5 other chronic conditions had lower HRQoL.
Methods: We identified adults aged 65 years or older with Medicare Advantage coverage in November or December 2014 who responded to an HRQoL survey (Healthy Days).
Background: Given the positive association between primary care and overall health, several health plans are offering doctors' visits without patient copay, with the intent to increase primary care use. However, the effectiveness of these offers has not been established in the literature.
Objective: To evaluate the impact of a free primary care provider (PCP) office visit offered by a health plan on primary care-seeking behaviors.