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. 2019 Jan 4;2(1):205–214. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooy053

Table 1.

Abbreviated characteristics of sources

Source author Population Predicted outcomes Relevance to
Nursing Health
Takahashi et al18 Health Plan Enrollees, Age-limited (≥18 years) Hospital Admissions, Emergency Department Visits High High
Takahashi et al19 Health Plan Enrollees, Age-Limited (adult, age not specified) Hospital Admissions High High
Hunold et al20 Entire State, Age-Limited (≥65 years) Emergency Department Visits Low High
Weinstein et al21 Health Plan Enrollees, Age not specified Costs Moderate Moderate
Xing et al22 Health Plan Enrollees, Age-Limited (18–64 years old) Costs High High
Jin et al23 Entire State, All payers, All diseases, All age groups Emergency Department Visits, Costs High High
Crane et al24 Patents in a single tertiary care facility, age-limited (≥60 years) Hospital Admissions, Emergency Department Visits Moderate High
Simpson et al25 Entire County (multiple), Age Limited (≥65 years) Hospital readmission High High
McAna et al26 Health Plan Enrollees, Entire State Hospital Admissions, occurrence of an inpatient stay in the prediction year Low High
Silverstein et al27 Age-Limited (≥65 years) Hospital readmission Low High
Gandy et al28 Employees of a large commercial insurance company, Age not specified Hospital Admissions, Emergency Department Visits Moderate Moderate
Murphy et al29 Health Plan Enrollees, Age-Limited (≥18 years) Costs Moderate Moderate
Simon et al30 Health Plan Enrollees, Age-Limited (Children) Hospital Admissions, Emergency Department Visits High High
Hong et al31 Patients in a practice-based research network, Age-Limited (adult, age not specified) Hospital Admissions, Emergency Department Visits, Cancer screening, A1c, LDL Moderate Moderate
Slocum et al32 Data from Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation, All payers, All age groups Readmission to acute care from inpatient rehabilitation facilities High High
Blumenthal et al33 Health Plan Enrollees (Medicare ACO, Commercial, Medicaid risk contract populations), Age Limited (≥18 years) Hospital Admissions, Emergency Department Visits Moderate Moderate
Drozda et al34 Health Plan Enrollees, Age not specified Hospital Admissions, Emergency Department Visits High High
Hao et al35 All patients within the Maine Health Information Exchange system, All payers, All age groups Hospital Admissions Moderate High
Bowen et al36 Employees, Age-Limited (18–64 years old) Costs Moderate Moderate
Goetzel et al37 Health Plan Enrollees, Age-Limited (18–64 years old), employees of seven companies Costs, modifiable health risk factors: depression, glucose, BP, weight, tobacco, inactivity, stress, cholesterol, nutrition and alcohol Moderate Moderate
Colombi and Craig Wood38 Health Plan Enrollees, A large Employer (multistate), Age Limited (35-74 years old) Costs, Obesity Moderate Moderate
Musich et al39 Health Plan Enrollees, Age Limited (18–63 years old) Costs Moderate Moderate
Hu et al40 Entire State, All payers, All diseases, All age groups Costs Moderate High
Hu et al41 Entire State, All payers, All diseases, All age groups Emergency Department Visits Moderate High
Schertzer42a Age-Limited (older adults, age not specified), Philips Lifeline Personal Emergency Response Service Users Emergency Department Visits, Costs High High
Schmeltz et al43 Entire Country, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample Heat-related illness—Hospital Admissions Low High
Fortinsky et al44 Health Plan Enrollees, Age Limited (≥65 years) Hospital Admissions High High
Gao et al45 All VA patients treated in 2 years, All payers, All age groups Hospital Admissions Low High
Yende et al46 Age-Limited (≥45 years); Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities and Cardiovascular Health Studies, internal validation, Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study Hospital Admissions, admission related to pneumonia High High
Nyce et al47 Health Plan Enrollees, Age Limited (18–64 years old) Costs High High
Smith et al48 Health Plan Enrollees, Age Limited (≥18 years) Hospital Admissions, specifically, heart failure hospitalization within the next year High High
Goetzel et al49 Health Plan Enrollees, Age Limited (18–64 years old) Costs High High
Hill et al50 Health Plan Enrollees, Age Limited (≥18 years) Costs High High
Bertsimas et al51 Health Plan Enrollees, Age not-specified Costs Moderate Moderate
Duncan et al52 Health Plan Enrollees, Age not-specified Costs Low Moderate
Inouye et al52 Age-Limited (≥70 years), All payers Hospital Admissions Low High
Robinson53 Health Plan Enrollees (only those with plans having pharmacy benefit), All age groups Costs Low Low
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