Volume 38 | Number 6p1 | December 2003
Quality
Was Breast Conserving Surgery Underutilized for Early Stage Breast Cancer? Instrumental Variables Evidence for Stage II Patients from Iowa
John M. Brooks Ph.D., Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, Shane D. Scott, Shari S. Chen‐Hardee
Competition, Payers, and Hospital Quality
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Robert J. Town Ph.D.
Does Aggressive Care Following Acute Myocardial Infarction Reduce Mortality? Analysis with Instrumental Variables to Compare Effectiveness in Canadian and United States Patient Populations
Christine A. Beck, John Penrod, Theresa W. Gyorkos, Stan Shapiro, Louise Pilote
Mental Health Services Use among School‐Aged Children with Disabilities: The Role of Sociodemographics, Functional Limitations, Family Burdens, and Care Coordination
Whitney P. Witt Ph.D., M.P.H., Judith D. Kasper, Anne W. Riley
The Impact of the Prospective Payment System for Skilled Nursing Facilities on Therapy Service Provision: A Transaction Cost Approach
Jacqueline S. Zinn, Vincent Mor Ph.D., Orna Intrator Ph.D., Zhanlian Feng Ph.D., Joseph Angelelli, Jullet A. Davis
Methods
Measuring Hospital Quality: Can Medicare Data Substitute for All‐Payer Data?
Jack Needleman, Peter I. Buerhaus, Soeren Mattke, Maureen Stewart, Katya Zelevinsky
Psychometric Properties of the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study (CAHPS) 2.0 Adult Core Survey
J. Lee Hargraves, Ron D. Hays, Paul D. Cleary Ph.D.
Managing Chronic Illness in Managed Care Settings
Measuring the Quality of Diabetes Care Using Administrative Data: Is There Bias?
Nancy L. Keating M.D., M.P.H., Mary Beth Landrum Ph.D., Bruce E. Landon M.D., M.B.A., M.S., John Z. Ayanian, Catherine Borbas, Edward Guadagnoli
How Robust Are Health Plan Quality Indicators to Data Loss? A Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Pediatric Asthma Treatment
Bruce Stuart Ph.D., Puneet K. Singhal, Laurence S. Magder, Ilene H. Zuckerman
Variability in Asthma Care and Services for Low‐Income Populations among Practice Sites in Managed Medicaid Systems
Paula Lozano, Lou C. Grothaus, Jonathan A. Finkelstein, Julia Hecht, Harold J. Farber, Tracy A. Lieu M.D., M.P.H.
Methodological Challenges Associated with Patient Responses to Follow‐up Longitudinal Surveys Regarding Quality of Care
Katherine L. Kahn M.D., Honghu Liu, John L. Adams Ph.D., M.S., Wen‐Pin Chen, Diana M. Tisnado, David M. Carlisle, Ron D. Hays, Carol M. Mangione, Cheryl L. Damberg Ph.D.
Managed Care Organizational Characteristics and Health Care Use among Children with Special Health Care Needs
Elizabeth Shenkman, Samuel S. Wu, John Nackashi, James Sherman
Sampling Patients within Physician Practices and Health Plans: Multistage Cluster Samples in Health Services Research
John L. Adams Ph.D., M.S., Steven L. Wickstrom, Margaret J. Burgess, Paul P. Lee, José J. Escarce