Health Services Research

AcademyHealth Update
pp. ix-x(2)

The Persistent Challenge of Avoidable Hospitalizations
pp. 953-956(4)

Patients' Preferences for Technical versus Interpersonal Quality When Selecting a Primary Care Physician
pp. 957-977(21)
Authors: Fung, Constance H.; Elliott, Marc N.; Hays, Ron D.; Kahn, Katherine L.; Kanouse, David E.; McGlynn, Elizabeth A.; Spranca, Mark D.; Shekelle, Paul G.

Assessing the Implementation of the Chronic Care Model in Quality Improvement Collaboratives
pp. 978-996(19)
Authors: Pearson, Marjorie L.; Wu, Shinyi; Schaefer, Judith; Bonomi, Amy E.; Shortell, Stephen M.; Mendel, Peter J.; Marsteller, Jill A.; Louis, Thomas A.; Rosen, Mayde; Keeler, Emmett B.

An Educational Intervention to Enhance Nurse Leaders' Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture
pp. 997-1020(24)
Authors: Ginsburg, Liane; Norton, Peter G.; Casebeer, Ann; Lewis, Steven

Increasing Health Insurance Costs and the Decline in Insurance Coverage
pp. 1021-1039(19)
Authors: Chernew, Michael; Cutler, David M.; Keenan, Patricia Seliger

Nursing Home Spending Patterns in the 1990s: The Role of Nursing Home Competition and Excess Demand
pp. 1040-1055(16)
Authors: Mukamel, Dana B.; Spector, William D.; Bajorska, Alina

The Effects of Price Competition and Reduced Subsidies for Uncompensated Care on Hospital Mortality
pp. 1056-1077(22)
Authors: Volpp, Kevin G. M.; Ketcham, Jonathan D.; Epstein, Andrew J.; Williams, Sankey V.

The Impact of an Innovative Reform to the South Carolina Dental Medicaid System
pp. 1078-1091(14)
Authors: Nietert, Paul J.; Bradford, W. David; Kaste, Linda M.

The Effect of Expanded Mental Health Benefits on Treatment Initiation and Specialist Utilization
pp. 1092-1107(16)
Authors: Lindrooth, Richard C.; Lo Sasso, Anthony T.; Lurie, Ithai Z.

Neighborhood Effects on Posthospitalization Mortality: A Population-based Cohort Study of the Elderly in Chicago
pp. 1108-1127(20)
Authors: Wen, Ming; Christakis, Nicholas A.

Dynamic Effects among Patients' Treatment Needs, Beliefs, and Utilization: A Prospective Study of Adolescents in Drug Treatment
pp. 1128-1147(20)
Authors: Schell, Terry L.; Orlando, Maria; Morral, Andrew R.

More May Be Better: Evidence of a Negative Relationship between Physician Supply and Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
pp. 1148-1166(19)
Authors: Laditka, James N.; Laditka, Sarah B.; Probst, Janice C.

Physician Visits, Hospitalizations, and Socioeconomic Status: Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in a Canadian Setting
pp. 1167-1185(19)
Authors: Roos, Leslie L.; Walld, Randy; Uhanova, Julia; Bond, Ruth

New York's Statistical Model Accurately Predicts Mortality Risk for Veterans Who Obtain Private Sector CABG
pp. 1186-1196(11)
Authors: Weeks, William B.; Bazos, Dorothy A.; Bott, David M.; Lombardo, Rosemary; Racz, Michael J.; Hannan, Edward L.; Fisher, Elliott S.

The Quality of the Quality Indicator of Pain Derived from the Minimum Data Set
pp. 1197-1216(20)
Authors: Wu, Ning; Miller, Susan C.; Lapane, Kate; Roy, Jason; Mor, Vincent

A Matter of Classes: Stratifying Health Care Populations to Produce Better Estimates of Inpatient Costs
pp. 1217-1233(17)
Author: Rein, David B.

Predicting Mortality and Healthcare Utilization with a Single Question
pp. 1234-1246(13)
Authors: DeSalvo, Karen B.; Fan, Vincent S.; McDonell, Mary B.; Fihn, Stephan D.

Institutional Variability in a Minimal Risk, Population-Based Study: Recognizing Policy Barriers to Health Services Research
pp. 1247-1258(12)
Authors: Newgard, Craig D.; Joshua Hui, Sai-Hung; Stamps-White, Patrick; Lewis, Roger J.