Comparison of Hospital Online Price and Telephone Price for Shoppable Services
By Merina Thomas, BS; James Flaherty, BS; Jiefei Wang, PhD; Morgan Henderson, PhD; Vivian Ho, PhD; Mark Cuban, BS; Peter…
Vivian Ho September 18, 2023
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Price Increases Versus Upcoding as Drivers of Emergency Department Spending Increases, 2012–19
Price increases are the biggest driver of rising emergency room visit costs across the U.S., according to research led by the Center for Health and Biosciences' Vivian Ho and Sasathorn Tapaneeyakul.
Vivian Ho, Sasathorn Tapaneeyakul August 7, 2023
Nonprofit Hospitals: Profits and Cash Reserves Grow, Charity Care Does Not
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Using the National Academy of State Health Policy Hospital Cost Tool, we compared changes in hospital profits…
Derek Jenkins, Vivian Ho June 5, 2023
Hemodialysis Versus Peritoneal Dialysis Drug Expenditures
By Anshul Bhatnagar, Jingbo Niu, Vivian Ho, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer and Kevin Erickson
Recent initiatives aim to improve…
Vivian Ho, Kevin Erickson May 25, 2023
Tailoring Perinatal Health Communication: Centering the Voices of Mothers at Risk for Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
A journal article explores mothers’ perceptions of the importance of health and health care during pregnancy and postpartum and their preferences for communication from a community-based service program.
McClain Sampson, Wen Xu, Sahana Prabhu December 23, 2022
A Comparison of U.S. Medicare Expenditures for Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis
Observations that peritoneal dialysis (PD) may be an effective, lower-cost alternative to hemodialysis for the treatment of ESKD have led to policies encouraging PD and subsequent increases in its use in the United States.
Vivian Ho, Kevin Erickson August 19, 2022
Financial Impacts and Operational Implications of Private Equity Acquisition of U.S. Hospitals
A study of U.S. hospitals acquired by private equity firms found improved financial performance — and that patient throughput (or the process of admitting, treating and discharging patients) increased while staffing decreased.
Vivian Ho, Anaeze C. Offodile II May 2, 2022
Association of Level I and II Trauma Center Expansion With Insurer Payments in Texas From 2011 to 2019
Analyzing insurance claims for BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, the authors found that level I and II trauma center expansion was not associated with increased prices or use of trauma activation fees in the state of Texas. Read the article in JAMA.
Vivian Ho, Marah Short March 17, 2022
COVID-19 and the Value of Safe Transport
"The COVID-19 effect is likely to reduce the demand for public transport in favor of lower density alternatives," write the authors. Their study considers links between commuters' demographic factors and incidence of disease transmission, as well as the environmental implications of decreased ridership on public transport.
Kenneth B. Medlock III, Ted Loch-Temzelides, Shih Yu (Elsie) Hung November 4, 2021
Assessment of Costs and Care Quality Associated With Major Surgical Procedures After Implementation of Maryland’s Capitated Budget Model
This study finds that Maryland's all-payer model for healthcare comparatively lowered the risk of complications from surgery, as well as reducing increases in associated costs.
Anaeze C. Offodile II, Oluseyi Aliu, Andrew W. P. Lee, Jonathan E. Efron, Robert S. D. Higgins, Charles Butler September 28, 2021