38 research outputs found
Health care utilization among Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles: a count data analysis
BACKGROUND: Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles are the beneficiaries of both Medicare and Medicaid. Dual eligibles satisfy the eligibility conditions for Medicare benefit. Dual eligibles also qualify for Medicaid because they are aged, blind, or disabled and meet the income and asset requirements for receiving Supplement Security Income (SSI) assistance. The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between dual eligibility and health care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries. METHODS: The household component of the nationally representative Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 1996â2000 is used for the analysis. Total 8,262 Medicare beneficiaries are selected from the MEPS data. The Medicare beneficiary sample includes individuals who are covered by Medicare and do not have private health insurance during a given year. Zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) regression model is used to analyse the count data regarding health care utilization: office-based physician visits, hospital inpatient nights, agency-sponsored home health provider days, and total dental visits. RESULTS: Dual eligibility is positively correlated with the likelihood of using hospital inpatient care and agency-sponsored home health services and the frequency of agency-sponsored home health days. Frequency of dental visits is inversely associated with dual eligibility. With respect to racial differences, dually eligible Afro-Americans use more office-based physician and dental services than white duals. Asian duals use more home health services than white duals at the 5% statistical significance level. The dual eligibility programs seem particularly beneficial to Afro-American duals. CONCLUSION: Dual eligibility has varied impact on health care utilization across service types. More utilization of home healthcare among dual eligibles appears to be the result of delayed realization of their unmet healthcare needs under the traditional Medicare-only program rather than the result of overutilization in response to the expanded benefits of the dual eligibility program. The dual eligibility program is particularly beneficial to Asian and Afro-American duals in association with the provision of home healthcare and dental benefits
Measurement of B meson production cross-sections in proton-proton collisions at âs= 7 TeV
The production cross-sections of B mesons are measured in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV using data collected with the LHCb detector corresponding to a integrated luminosity of 0.36fbâ1. The B+, B0 and B0s mesons are reconstructed in the exclusive decays B+âJ/ÏK+, B0âJ/ÏKâ0 and B0sâJ/ÏÏ, with J/ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ, Kâ0âK+Ïâ and ÏâK+Kâ. The differential cross-sections are measured as functions of B meson transverse momentum pT and rapidity y, in the range 0 < pT<40GeV/c2 and 2.0<y<4.5. The integrated cross-sections in the same pT and y ranges, including charge-conjugate states, are measured to be
Ï(ppâB++X)=38.9±0.3(stat.)±2.5(syst.)±1.3(norm.)ÎŒb,
Ï(ppâB0+X)=38.1±0.6(stat.)±3.7(syst.)±4.7(norm.)ÎŒb,
Ï(ppâB0s+X)=10.5±0.2(stat.)±0.8(syst.)±1.0(norm.)ÎŒb,
where the third uncertainty arises from the pre-existing branching fraction measurements
Study of production and cold nuclear matter effects in pPb collisions at=5 TeV
Production of mesons in proton-lead collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy = 5 TeV is studied with the LHCb detector. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.6 nb(-1). The mesons of transverse momenta up to 15 GeV/c are reconstructed in the dimuon decay mode. The rapidity coverage in the centre-of-mass system is 1.5 < y < 4.0 (forward region) and -5.0 < y < -2.5 (backward region). The forward-backward production ratio and the nuclear modification factor for (1S) mesons are determined. The data are compatible with the predictions for a suppression of (1S) production with respect to proton-proton collisions in the forward region, and an enhancement in the backward region. The suppression is found to be smaller than in the case of prompt J/psi mesons
Measurement of J/Ï production in pp collisions at sâ=2.76TeV
The production of J/Ï mesons is studied with the LHCb detector using data from pp collisions at sâ=2.76 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 71 nbâ1. The differential cross-section for inclusive J/Ï production is measured as a function of its transverse momentum p T. The cross-section in the fiducial region 0â<âp Tâ <â12 GeV/c and rapidity 2.0â< y <4.5 is measured to be 5.6â±â0.1 (stat)â±â0.4 (syst) ÎŒb, with the assumption of unpolarised J/Ï production. The fraction of J/Ï production from b-hadron decays is measured to be (7.1â±â0.6 (stat)â±â0.7 (syst))%
Measurement of the Z plus b-jet cross-section in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV in the forward region
The associated production of a Z boson or an off-shell photon with
a bottom quark in the forward region is studied using proton-proton collisions
at a centre-of-mass energy of . The Z bosons
are reconstructed in the
final state from muons with a transverse momentum larger than
, while two transverse momentum thresholds are
considered for jets ( and
). Both muons and jets are reconstructed in
the pseudorapidity range . The results are based on data
corresponding to 1.0{\,\mbox{fb}^{-1}} recorded in 2011 with the LHCb
detector. The measurement of the Z+b-jet cross-section is normalized to the
Z+jet cross-section. The measured cross-sections are \begin{equation*}
\sigma(\text{+b-jet}) = 295 \pm
60~(\text{stat}) \pm 51~(\text{syst}) \pm 10~(\text{lumi}) {\,\mbox{fb}}
\end{equation*} for (jet), and
\begin{equation*} \sigma(\text{+b-jet}) =
128 \pm 36~(\text{stat}) \pm 22~(\text{syst}) \pm 5~(\text{lumi}) {\,\mbox{fb}}
\end{equation*} for (jet)
Measurement of asymmetries and polarisation fractions in decays
An angular analysis of the decay is
performed using collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of
collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy
TeV. A combined angular and mass analysis separates six helicity
amplitudes and allows the measurement of the longitudinal polarisation fraction
for the decay. A large scalar contribution from the
and resonances is found, allowing the
determination of additional asymmetries. Triple product and direct
asymmetries are determined to be compatible with the Standard Model
expectations. The branching fraction is measured to be