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• Research Reports

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    Refinements of the Medicare Outpatient Therapy Annual Expenditure Limit Policy

    Peter Amico, Gregory C. Pope, Poonam Pardasaney, Ben Silver, Jill A. Dever, Ann Meadow and Pamela West

    Demo Journal of Physical Therapy December 2015, 95 (12) 1638-1649; DOI: https://doi.org/10.demo/ptj.20140423
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    Are CMS G-Code Functional Limitation Severity Modifiers Responsive to Change Across an Episode of Outpatient Rehabilitation?

    Diane U. Jette, Mary Stilphen, Vinoth K. Ranganathan and Alan M. Jette

    Demo Journal of Physical Therapy December 2015, 95 (12) 1650-1659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.demo/ptj.20150003
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    Association of Rehabilitation Intensity for Stroke and Risk of Hospital Readmission

    A. Williams Andrews, Dongmei Li and Janet K. Freburger

    Demo Journal of Physical Therapy December 2015, 95 (12) 1660-1667; DOI: https://doi.org/10.demo/ptj.20140610
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    Use of Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain by Medicaid Enrollees

    Julie M. Fritz, Jaewhan Kim, Anne Thackeray and Josette Dorius

    Demo Journal of Physical Therapy December 2015, 95 (12) 1668-1679; DOI: https://doi.org/10.demo/ptj.20150037
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    Out-of-Pocket Spending for Ambulatory Physical Therapy Services From 2008 to 2012: National Panel Survey

    Julia Chevan, Daniel L. Riddle and Shelby D. Reed

    Demo Journal of Physical Therapy December 2015, 95 (12) 1680-1691; DOI: https://doi.org/10.demo/ptj.20150018
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    Risk Adjustment for Lumbar Dysfunction: Comparison of Linear Mixed Models With and Without Inclusion of Between-Clinic Variation as a Random Effect

    Sheng-Che Yen, Marie B. Corkery, Kevin K. Chui, Justin Manjourides, Ying-Chih Wang and Linda J. Resnik

    Demo Journal of Physical Therapy December 2015, 95 (12) 1692-1702; DOI: https://doi.org/10.demo/ptj.20140444

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    Role of Health Services Research in Producing High-Value Rehabilitation Care

    Sean D. Rundell, Adam P. Goode, Janna L. Friedly, Jeffrey G. Jarvik, Sean D. Sullivan and Brian W. Bresnahan

    Demo Journal of Physical Therapy December 2015, 95 (12) 1703-1711; DOI: https://doi.org/10.demo/ptj.20150033

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    Implementation of a Quality Improvement Process Aimed to Deliver Higher-Value Physical Therapy for Patients With Low Back Pain: Case Report

    Emily Karlen and Becky McCathie

    Demo Journal of Physical Therapy December 2015, 95 (12) 1712-1721; DOI: https://doi.org/10.demo/ptj.20150035