Adverse Events Among Chronically Ill Beneficiaries: Variations by Geographic Area, Organization of Practice, and LTC Setting

Title
Adverse Events Among Chronically Ill Beneficiaries: Variations by Geographic Area, Organization of Practice, and LTC Setting
Project Officer(s)
Carol Magee
Start Date
End Date
Award
Task Order (MRAD)
Description
This task order will conduct analytic studies designed to better understand the nature of chronic disease among Medicare beneficiaries and to improve the care of these populations. This task order was extended an additional year April of 2008, and has now been extended one final year, through September 30, 2010.
Funding
$279,780.00
Principal Investigator(s)
Christine Bishop
Project Number
HHSM-500-2005-00020I/001
Status
This Project ended as scheduled on September 30, 2010. Two final papers were produced, as follows: 1. "Event Analysis of All-Cause and Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalization of Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents" can be found online at http://www.cms.gov/Reports/Downloads/Bishop_NHAdverseEventsChronIllness_Final_2010.pdf 2. "Time to Readmission among Chronically Ill Community-Resident Beneficiaries: Variations by Geographic Area and Provider Type" can be found online at http://www.cms.gov/Reports/Downloads/Perloff_CommDwellers_AdverseEventsChronIllness_2010.pdf )
Awardee Address

415 South Street, P.O. Box 9110
Waltham, MA 02254-9110
United States

Awardee Name
Brandeis University, Heller Graduate School, Institute for Health Policy