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ArticleMedical care research and review : MCRR2021

Characterizing Physician Practice in Nursing Homes Using Claims-Based Measures: Correlation With Nursing Home Administrators' Perceptions.

Kira L Ryskina, Wei Song, Vaishnavi Sharma, Yihao Yuan, Orna Intrator

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Article in Medical care research and review : MCRR, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Growth of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners Practicing Full Time in Nursing Homes.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kira L RyskinaUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3379-6394
Wei SongUniversity of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4415-5074
Vaishnavi SharmaUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9434-0142
Yihao YuanUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Orna IntratorUniversity of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
University of Pennsylvania · USCanandaigua VA Medical Center · US

Funding

UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF PHYSICIAN INTEGRATION WITHIN NURSING HOMES IN POST-ACUTE CARE OUTCOMESK08AG052572 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RYSKINA, KIRA L · 2016 to 2020
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NIA NIH HHS K08 AG052572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterogeneity in physician practice within nursing homes (NHs) may explain variations in quality. However, data on physician practice organization in NHs are hard to obtain. We characterized NH physician practice using two claims-based measures: (a) concentration of NH care among physicians (measured by Herfindahl-Hirschman index of visits); and (b) physician NH practice specialization (measured by the proportion of a physician's visits to NHs). We examined the relationship between the measures and NH administrator perceptions of physician practice reported in the Shaping Long-Term Care in America (SLTCA) Survey. All 2011 Part B claims from 13,718 physicians who treated Medicare fee-for-service patients in 2,095 NHs in the SLTCA survey were analyzed. The median Herfindahl-Hirschman index was 0.44 (interquartile range [IQR] 0.28-0.70), and the median specialization was 38.1% (IQR 19.9% to 60.9%). NHs with higher physician specialization reported more frequent physician participation in care coordination activities. Claims-based measures could inform the study of NH physician practice.

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MedicarePhysiciansAgedHomes for the AgedHumansNursing HomesPerceptionUnited Statescare qualityMedicarenursing homephysician practicepostacute careprocesses of care

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PMID32985350
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