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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention/Instrument A multiclass random forest (RF) method for risk prediction was utilized. Population Studied Adult patients scheduled for in-person or telehealth visits between 01/2019-06/2023. SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) to identify the relative importance of factors.

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Insurance-Based Variation in Repeat mt-sDNA Test Adherence

Physician's Weekly

They utilized data from Exact Sciences Laboratories, LLC, for individuals who previously completed mt-sDNA test between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. Adherence rates varied by insurance type: Medicare (84.7%), Medicare Advantage (80%), commercial insurance (78.2%), managed care organization (74.6%), and Medicaid (65.9%) ( P  < .001).

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Educational intervention utilizing population health managers to reduce COPD-related healthcare utilization [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Utilization of action plans/rescue packs within our health system remains relatively limited. Study Design and Analysis: A quality improvement focused educational intervention delivered over 6 months to primary care practices. Setting: Forty-two primary care practices in a regional health system in the Southeastern US.

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Payer Mix Association with Primary Care Telehealth Service Trajectories [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Telehealth became an essential tool to assist care delivery in the outpatient primary care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies documented that the type of insurance coverage was associated with the likelihood of a patient receiving care through telehealth.

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Using a typology to understand and address primary care administrative workload in Atlantic Canada [Practice management and organization]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Administrative activities, including work related to caring for individual patients and clinic administration, may play a substantial role in understanding changes to primary care workload. Within primary care most administrative work requires both information management and clinical judgment.

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Measuring Primary Care Access: Aligning Measurement with the Expanding Domains of Access [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite the many well-established benefits of primary care (PC), the percentage of Americans with a source of usual care or with an ongoing PC relationship is declining. Measures were further categorized into 13 access domains.

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Health Care Access, Social Support, and Suicidal Ideation in a Transgender and Cisgender Population [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Primary care is a main source for behavioral or mental health care provision in adults. Data suggests primary care settings may be an important place for mental health interventions, specifically for assessing and treating suicidal ideation (SI). 033) while issues with health care cost (β =.149,