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Published Articles

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International Business Communications/Infoline, Negotiating and Profiting with Risk Contracts, Chicago, Illinois. October 1993. Controlling Increases in the Volume and Intensity of Medical Services.

Human Resources Administration, San Francisco, California. July 1993. Managed Care for Hospitals: Applying Continuous Quality Improvement Principles.

Human Resources Administration, San Francisco, California. July 1993. Managed Care for Hospitals: Applying Continuous Quality Improvement Principles.

International Business Communications/Infoline, Negotiating and Profiting with Risk Contracts, Chicago, Illinois. February 1994. Controlling Increases in the Volume and Intensity of Medical Services.

UniHealth America, Medical Advisory Board, Laguna Niguel, California. May 1994. Improving Performance Through Physician Profiling Systems.

California Medical Association, Quality Management in Ambulatory Care, Newport Beach, California. June 1994. Identifying What to Improve.

American Association of Health Plans, Information Management Conference Exposition, San Diego, California. November 1996. Quality and Information Management Through Claims Data Analysis.

American Association of Health Plans, Information Management and Technology Conference, Orlando, Florida. November 1998. Considerations For Building a Clinical Data Warehouse.

Key Topic Articles

Cave, Douglas G. 1995. Profiling Physician Practice Patterns Using Diagnostic Episode Clusters. Medical Care 33(5), pp. 463-486.

Cave, Douglas G. 1995. Small-Area Variations in the Treatment of Prevalent Medical Conditions: A Comparison of Three Cities in the Northeast. The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 18(3), pp. 42-57.

Cave, Douglas G. 1994. Analyzing the Content of Physicians' Medical Practices. The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 17(3), pp. 15-36.

Other Select Topic Articles

Cave, Douglas G. 1992. Evaluating Health Plan Efficiency. Compensation and Benefits Management 8(3), pp. 14-18.

Cave, Douglas G. 1993. Volume Performance Standards in the Private Sector. Medical Interface 6(6), pp. 117-118.

Cave, Douglas G. and John D. Abel. 1994. Do HMO or Indemnity Providers Treat Prevalent Medical Conditions More Cost Efficiently? Medical Interface 7(5), 135-142.

Cave, Douglas G. and Edward C. Geehr. 1994. Analyzing Patterns-of-Treatment Data to Provide Feedback to Physicians. Medical Interface 7(7), pp. 117-128.

Cave, Douglas G. 1994. Pattern-of-Treatment Differences Among Primary Care Physicians in Alternative Systems of Care. Benefits Quarterly 10(3), pp. 6-19.

Cave, Douglas G., David Hom, and John J. Mahoney. 1995. Pitney Bowes: Using Comprehensive Cost Information to Build Provider Networks. Benefits Quarterly 11(2), pp. 2-8.

Anderson, Susan C. and Douglas G. Cave. 1996. The Gatekeeper Effect on Managing Acute Medical Conditions. Medical Interface 9(9), pp. 122-129.

Cave, Douglas G. 1998. The PPS/QualityMonitor. St. Louis, Missouri. Practice Patterns Science.

Cave, Douglas G. 1999. Today's Managed Care Market: Benchmark Results for Prescription Drug Guidelines: Part 1. Compensation and Benefits Management 15(1), pp.66-72.

Cave, Douglas G. 1999. Today's Managed Care Market: Benchmark Results for Prescription Drug Guidelines: Part II. Compensation and Benefits Management 15(3), pp. 68-73.

Cave, Douglas G. 1999. The PPS/GreenBook: Prevalence Rates and Practice Patterns. St. Louis, Missouri. Practice Patterns Science.

Cave, Douglas G. 2000. Today's Managed Care Market: Benchmark Results for Medical Care Guidelines: Part I. Compensation and Benefits Management 16(1), pp. 57--62.

Cave, Douglas G. 2000. Today's Managed Care Market: Benchmark Results for Medical Care Guidelines: Part II. Compensation and Benefits Management 16(3), pp. 49-54.

Cave, Douglas G. 2000. The PPS/QualityMonitor. St. Louis, Missouri. Practice Patterns Science.

 


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