Volume 39 | Number 1 | February 2004
Patient Assessments
The Impact of Visit Frequency on the Relationship between Service Quality and Outpatient Satisfaction: A South Korean Study
Woo Hyun Cho, Hanjoon Lee, Chankon Kim, Sunhee Lee, Kui‐Son Choi
Older Persons' Evaluations of Health Care: The Effects of Medical Skepticism and Worry about Health
Tyrone F. Borders, James E. Rohrer, K. Tom Xu, David R. Smith
Child Health
Identifying Children with Special Health Care Needs in the National Health Interview Survey: A New Resource for Policy Analysis
Amy J. Davidoff Ph.D.
Profile of Medical Charges for Children by Health Status Group and Severity Level in a Washington State Health Plan
John M. Neff, Virginia L. Sharp, John Muldoon, Jeff Graham, Kristin Myers
Policy
Do Drug‐Free Workplace Programs Prevent Occupational Injuries? Evidence from Washington State
Thomas M. Wickizer, Branko Kopjar, Gary Franklin, Jutta Joesch
The Costs of Decedents in the Medicare Program: Implications for Payments to Medicare+Choice Plans
Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Alan M. Garber, Mark Mcclellan, Joseph P. Newhouse Ph.D.
Managed Care
Impact of Managed Care on the Treatment, Costs, and Outcomes of Fee‐for‐Service Medicare Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
M. Kate Bundorf, Kevin A. Schulman M.D., Judith A. Stafford, Darrell Gaskin, James G. Jollis, José J. Escarce
Are Gatekeeper Requirements Associated with Cancer Screening Utilization?
Kathryn A. Phillips, Jennifer S. Haas, Su‐Ying Liang, Laurence C. Baker, Sherilyn Tye, Karla Kerlikowske, Julie Sakowski, Joanne Spetz Ph.D.
Methods
Moving beyond the Typologies of Managed Care: The Example of Health Plan Predictors of Screening Mammography
Sherilyn Tye, Kathryn A. Phillips, Su‐Ying Liang, Jennifer S. Haas
Reexamining Organizational Configurations: An Update, Validation, and Expansion of the Taxonomy of Health Networks and Systems
Nicole L. Dubbs, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Stephen M. Shortell Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Peter D. Kralovec