Hangsheng Liu
Biographic Data
| ID | 5545832 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hangsheng Liu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hangsheng |
| FAMILY NAME | Liu |
| SIGNATURE | LIU H |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Impact of Using Mid-level Providers in Face-to-Face Primary Care on Health Care Utilization
BACKGROUND: There has been concern that greater use of nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) in face-to-face primary care may increase utilization and spending. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a natural experiment within Kaiser Permanente in Georgia in the use of NP/PA in primary care. STUDY DESIGN: From 2006 through early 2008 (the preperiod), each NP or PA was paired with a physician to manage a patient panel. In early 2008, NPs and PAs…
Anesthesia Service Use and the Uptake of Screening Colonoscopies
BACKGROUND: The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently defined "screening colonoscopy" to include separately furnished anesthesia services. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between anesthesia service use and the uptake of screening colonoscopies. STUDY DESIGN: We correlated metropolitan statistical area (MSA) level anesthesia service use rates, derived from the 2008, 2010, and 2012 Medicare and MarketScan claims data, with the pre…
Dementia Care Management in an Underserved Community: The Comparative Effectiveness of Two Different Approaches
Dementia care quality improved regardless of how care management was delivered; large differences in effectiveness or cost offsets were not detected
Do Workplace Wellness Programs Reduce Medical Costs? Evidence from a Fortune 500 Company
The recent passage of the Affordable Care Act has heightened the importance of workplace wellness programs. This paper used administrative data from 2002 to 2007 for PepsiCo's self-insured plan members to evaluate the effect of its wellness program on medical costs and utilization. We used propensity score matching to identify a comparison group who were eligible for the program but did not participate. No significant changes were observed in inp…
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Do Workplace Wellness Programs Reduce Medical Costs? Evidence from a Fortune 500 Company
The recent passage of the Affordable Care Act has heightened the importance of workplace wellness programs. This paper used administrative data from 2002 to 2007 for PepsiCo's self-insured plan members to evaluate the effect of its wellness program on medical costs and utilization. We used propensity score matching to identify a comparison group who were eligible for the program but did not participate. No significant changes were observed in inp…
Dementia Care Management in an Underserved Community: The Comparative Effectiveness of Two Different Approaches
Dementia care quality improved regardless of how care management was delivered; large differences in effectiveness or cost offsets were not detected
The Impact of Using Mid-level Providers in Face-to-Face Primary Care on Health Care Utilization
BACKGROUND: There has been concern that greater use of nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) in face-to-face primary care may increase utilization and spending. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a natural experiment within Kaiser Permanente in Georgia in the use of NP/PA in primary care. STUDY DESIGN: From 2006 through early 2008 (the preperiod), each NP or PA was paired with a physician to manage a patient panel. In early 2008, NPs and PAs…
Anesthesia Service Use and the Uptake of Screening Colonoscopies
BACKGROUND: The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently defined "screening colonoscopy" to include separately furnished anesthesia services. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between anesthesia service use and the uptake of screening colonoscopies. STUDY DESIGN: We correlated metropolitan statistical area (MSA) level anesthesia service use rates, derived from the 2008, 2010, and 2012 Medicare and MarketScan claims data, with the pre…
Medicine (4 works) · Health care (3 works) · Emergency Medicine (2 works) · Emergency Medicine (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Medical emergency (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Business (1 works) · Cancer (1 works) · Colonoscopy (1 works)