Purpose of request
| The main purpose of our project is to improve transparency of health care services by describing access, price, utilization, and value of services captured in the WA-APCD. Our aims for this project include: 1) Describing primary care provider and specialist access (including facilities) across the state to assess differences and gaps in utilization based on health and disease status, demographic and geographic factors, and type of heath care coverage. This work may include hypothesis generation for future projects on health outcomes and patterns in health care utilization and cost associated with access to providers and specialists. 2) Assessing drug and medical service pricing (including out-of-pocket costs) across the state to identify value and highlight differences in costs. Highlights will include identifying the most expensive and most commonly prescribed drugs and the most expensive and most common medical procedures by health and disease status, demographics, geography, and payer type. 3) Reporting pharmacy quality metrics around medication adherence, appropriate medication use, and medication safety using nationally vetted pharmacy quality metrics. Emphasis will be on examining results by health and disease status, demographics, geography, and provider taxonomy to identify areas of need. 4) Describing statewide trends and variations in health and health care before and after implementation of the Affordable Care Act and statewide initiatives and guidelines. Results will be used by a variety of stakeholders to make informed choices about health care purchasing, value, and cost to consumers. |
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| Includes Protected Health Information (PHI) or proprietary financial informationNo
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