Health Services Research

AcademyHealth Update
pp. ix-x(1)

Reflections on Improving Hospital Performance
pp. 1457-1463(7)
Authors: Flood, Ann Barry; Rosenberg, Marie-Claire

Does Hospital Performance on Process Measures Directly Measure High Quality Care or Is It a Marker of Unmeasured Care?
pp. 1464-1484(21)
Authors: Werner, Rachel M.; Bradlow, Eric T.; Asch, David A.

A Comparative Study of Quality Outcomes in Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Hospital-Based Outpatient Departments: 1997-2004
pp. 1485-1504(20)
Authors: Chukmaitov, Askar S.; Menachemi, Nir; Brown, L. Steven; Saunders, Charles; Brooks, Robert G.

Does Doctor-Patient Communication Affect Patient Satisfaction with Hospital Care? Results of an Analysis with a Novel Instrumental Variable
pp. 1505-1519(15)
Authors: Clever, Sarah L.; Jin, Lei; Levinson, Wendy; Meltzer, David O.

Do Bonding, Bridging, and Linking Social Capital Affect Preventable Hospitalizations?
pp. 1520-1541(22)
Author: Derose, Kathryn Pitkin

Effects of a Consumer Driven Health Plan on Pharmaceutical Spending and Utilization
pp. 1542-1556(15)
Authors: Parente, Stephen T.; Feldman, Roger; Chen, Song

Potential Savings from an Evidence-Based Consumer-Oriented Public Education Campaign on Prescription Drugs
pp. 1557-1575(19)
Authors: Donohue, Julie M.; Fischer, Michael A.; Huskamp, Haiden A.; Weissman, Joel S.

Effect of Prescription Drug Coverage on Health of the Elderly
pp. 1576-1597(22)
Authors: Khan, Nasreen; Kaestner, Robert; Lin, Swu-Jane

Selection Bias and Utilization of the Dual Eligibles in Medicare and Medicaid HMOs
pp. 1598-1618(21)
Authors: Zhang, Hui; Kane, Robert L.; Dowd, Bryan; Feldman, Roger

The Impact of Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage on Immunization Status for Young Children
pp. 1619-1636(18)
Authors: Blewett, Lynn A.; Davidson, Gestur; Bramlett, Matthew D.; Rodin, Holly; Messonnier, Mark L.

Targeting Primary Care Referrals to Smoking Cessation Clinics Does Not Improve Quit Rates: Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions into Practice
pp. 1637-1661(25)
Authors: Yano, Elizabeth M.; Rubenstein, Lisa V.; Farmer, Melissa M.; Chernof, Bruce A.; Mittman, Brian S.; Lanto, Andrew B.; Simon, Barbara F.; Lee, Martin L.; Sherman, Scott E.

Decision-Analytic Modeling to Assist Decision Making in Organizational Innovation: The Case of Shared Care in Hearing Aid Provision
pp. 1662-1673(12)
Authors: Grutters, Janneke P. C.; Joore, Manuela A.; van der Horst, Frans; Stokroos, Robert J.; Anteunis, Lucien J. C.

How Many Nurses per Patient? Measurements of Nurse Staffing in Health Services Research
pp. 1674-1692(19)
Authors: Spetz, Joanne; Donaldson, Nancy; Aydin, Carolyn; Brown, Diane S.

Experimental Health Insurance Estimates for Low-Income and Demographic Groups by State
pp. 1693-1707(15)
Author: O'Hara, Brett

Comparison of Web-Based versus Paper-and-Pencil Self-Administered Questionnaire: Effects on Health Indicators in Dutch Adolescents
pp. 1708-1721(14)
Authors: van de Looij-Jansen, Petra M.; de Wilde, Erik Jan

A New Method for Estimating Race/Ethnicity and Associated Disparities Where Administrative Records Lack Self-Reported Race/Ethnicity
pp. 1722-1736(15)
Authors: Elliott, Marc N.; Fremont, Allen; Morrison, Peter A.; Pantoja, Philip; Lurie, Nicole

Rural Veterans and Access to High-Quality Care for High-Risk Surgeries
pp. 1737-1751(15)
Authors: West, Alan N.; Weeks, William B.; Wallace, Amy E.

Early Stage Breast Cancer Treatments for Younger Medicare Beneficiaries with Different Disabilities
pp. 1752-1767(16)
Authors: Iezzoni, Lisa I.; Ngo, Long H.; Li, Donglin; Roetzheim, Richard G.; Drews, Reed E.; McCarthy, Ellen P.

Cancer Incidence in Elderly Medicare and Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
pp. 1768-1779(12)
Authors: Bradley, Cathy J.; Luo, Zhehui; Given, Charles W.