Health Services Research

ACADEMYHEALTH WEBCASTS
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AHRQs National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports: Resources for Health Services Researchers
pp. xiii-xx(8)
Author: Clancy, Carolyn M.

Increasing the Global Exchange of Evidence-Based Research
pp. 303-306(4)

Quality Improvement Implementation and Hospital Performance on Quality Indicators
pp. 307-334(28)
Authors: Weiner, Bryan J.; Alexander, Jeffrey A.; Shortell, Stephen M.; Baker, Laurence C.; Becker, Mark; Geppert, Jeffrey J.

Predicting Nursing Facility Residents' Quality of Life Using External Indicators
pp. 335-356(22)
Authors: Degenholtz, Howard B.; Kane, Rosalie A.; Kane, Robert L.; Bershadsky, Boris; Kling, Kristen C.

Do Physicians Always Flee from HMOs? New Results Using Dynamic Panel Estimation Methods
pp. 357-373(17)
Authors: Brown, Timothy T.; Coffman, Janet M.; Quinn, Brian C.; Scheffler, Richard M.; Schwalm, Douglas D.

Variation in Hospital Length of Stay: Do Physicians Adapt Their Length of Stay Decisions to What Is Usual in the Hospital Where They Work?
pp. 374-394(21)
Authors: Jong, Judith D.; Westert, Gert P.; Lagoe, Ronald; Groenewegen, Peter P.

Religious Involvement and the Use of Mental Health Care
pp. 395-410(16)
Authors: Harris, Katherine M.; Edlund, Mark J.; Larson, Sharon L.

Prescription Drug Expenditures and Population Demographics
pp. 411-428(18)
Author: Morgan, Steven G.

Health Insurance and Health at Age 65: Implications for Medical Care Spending on New Medicare Beneficiaries
pp. 429-451(23)
Authors: Hadley, Jack; Waidmann, Timothy

Commentary—Sophisticated Methods but Implausible Results: How Much Does Health Insurance Improve Health?
pp. 452-460(9)
Author: Kronick, Richard

Commentary—Response to Richard Kronick
pp. 461-466(6)
Authors: Hadley, Jack; Waidmann, Timothy

The Effect of Rural Hospital Closures on Community Economic Health
pp. 467-485(19)
Authors: Holmes, George M.; Slifkin, Rebecca T.; Randolph, Randy K.; Poley, Stephanie

How Did Welfare Reform Affect the Health Insurance Coverage of Women and Children?
pp. 486-506(21)
Authors: Cawley, John; Schroeder, Mathis; Simon, Kosali I.

Disparities in Primary Care for Vulnerable Children: The Influence of Multiple Risk Factors
pp. 507-531(25)
Authors: Stevens, Gregory D.; Seid, Michael; Mistry, Ritesh; Halfon, Neal

Disparities in the Reporting and Treatment of Health Conditions in Children: An Analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
pp. 532-549(18)
Authors: Guevara, James P.; Mandell, David S.; Rostain, Anthony L.; Zhao, Huaqing; Hadley, Trevor R.

Application of Regression-Discontinuity Analysis in Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
pp. 550-563(14)
Authors: Zuckerman, Ilene H.; Lee, Euni; Wutoh, Anthony K.; Xue, Zhenyi; Stuart, Bruce

Failure of ICD-9-CM Codes to Identify Patients with Comorbid Chronic Kidney Disease in Diabetes
pp. 564-580(17)
Authors: Kern, Elizabeth F. O.; Maney, Miriam; Miller, Donald R.; Tseng, Chin-Lin; Tiwari, Anjali; Rajan, Mangala; Aron, David; Pogach, Leonard

Should Episode-Based Economic Profiles Be Risk Adjusted to Account for Differences in Patients' Health Risks?
pp. 581-598(18)
Author: Thomas, J. William

Patient Turnover and Nursing Staff Adequacy
pp. 599-612(14)
Authors: Unruh, Lynn Y.; Fottler, Myron D.

Erratum
pp. 613-613(1)