Maryland Health Care Commission Spotlight on Maryland

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Spotlight/Specialized Health Care Studies

Spotlight on Maryland - Issue Briefs on Topics of Special Interest

Health Care Spending in Maryland's Individual and Small Group Markets (October 2011)

Diabetes Among Maryland's Privately Insured, Non-Elderly Population (January 2010)

Differences in Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Among Maryland Medicare Beneficiaries 2006 (December 2008)

Assessment of Disparities in Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations of Maryland Medicare Patients - Final Report (December 2008) pdf

Paying for Physician Care in Maryland: What are Factors Contributing to Differences Across Specialties? (August 2008)

Prescription Drug Spending in Maryland: Which Therapeutic Classes Gained Share from 2004 to 2006? (April 2008)

Maryland Health Insurance Coverage in 2005-2006 (November 2007)

Spotlight on Hospital Spending (October 2007)

Patterns of Payment and Service for Anesthesia Among the Privately Insured in Maryland (September 2007)

Asthma Could Be More Effectively Managed for Many Privately Insured Children in Maryland (September 2006); Presentation

Maryland Employment in Health Care (May 2006)

Patterns of Use and Spending for High-Cost Drug Users, 2004: Non-Elderly Maryland Residents with Private Insurance (May 2006)

Privately Insured Maryland Children with Conditions Related to being Overweight: Characteristics, Services, and Spending (April 2005) Presentation

Trends in Diabetes Prevalence and Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries In Maryland - 2002 (February 2005)

Spotlight on Maryland - Health Insurance Premiums, the Underwriting Cycle, and Carrier Surpluses (March 2005)

Rise in Prescription Drug Spending Continues But Growth Rate is Lower (July 2004)

Increases in Patient Co-pays Outpaced Overall Drug Spending in 2001 (September 2003)

Explaining the Growth of Private Health Insurance Expenditures in Maryland (April 2003)

Higher Prices and Increased Use Fuel Higher Pharmaceutical Spending (June 2002)

Hospital Outpatient Spending (April 2002)

Escalating Health Care Costs, Rising Premiums Depress HMO Enrollment (April 2002)

Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease Climbs (April 2002)

Obesity Prevalence, 1999 (May 2001)

Maryland Obesity Prevalence Graph

HMO Enrollment, 1998-1999 (January 2001)

Prescription Drug Expenditures, 1999 (December 2000)

Increases in Patient Co-pays Outpaced Overall Drug Spending in 2001 (September 2003)

Other Studies

Trends in Diabetes Prevalence and Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries In Maryland - 2002 (published January 2005)
Report Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D

Emergency Department Use in Maryland: A Profile of Users, Visits, and Ambulance Diversion (May 2003)

Feasibility of Using Maryland Hospital Data to Study Health Care Disparities (2002)

Characteristics of Maryland Residents Who Obtain Health Insurance from the Small and Large Group Markets (2001)

Maryland Year in Health, 1999 (2001)

Selected Health Statistics for Medicare Recipients and Privately Insured Maryland Residents: County-Level Estimates
from the 1998 Medical Care Database (2000)

A Profile of Clinical Preventive Services Provided to Maryland Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes (1999)

Ophthalmology Profile (1999): Patient Description ; CPT Code Analysis

Geographic Variations in Practitioner Expenditures and Utilization (1999)
[Report on Expenditures for Children's Health Care Services (1997) available by request]

Determinants of Site of Service for Ambulatory Surgery (1999)

Recommendations on the Collection of Capitated Primary Care Data (1998)