Volume 39 | Number 6p1 | December 2004
Living with Chronic Illness
Physical and Sensory Functioning over Time and Satisfaction with Care: The Implications of Getting Better or Getting Worse
Lisa I. Iezzoni, Roger B. Davis, Jane Soukup, Bonnie O'Day
The Impact of Diabetes on Workforce Participation: Results from a National Household Sample
Sandeep Vijan, Rodney A. Hayward, Kenneth M. Langa
Elevated Depressive Symptoms among Caregiving Grandparents
Jan Blustein M.D.,Ph.D., Sewin Chan, Frederico C Guanais
Effective HIV Treatment and the Employment of HIV+ Adults
Dana P. Goldman Ph.D., Yuhua Bao
Quality of Care
Predicting Lawsuits against Nursing Homes in the United States, 1997–2001
Christopher E. Johnson, Aram Dobalian, Janet Burkhard, Deborah K. Hedgecock, Jeffrey Harman
An Algorithm for the Use of Medicare Claims Data to Identify Women with Incident Breast Cancer
Ann B. Nattinger, Purushottam W. Laud, Ruta Bajorunaite, Rodney A. Sparapani, Jean L. Freeman
The Effect of Area HMO Market Share on Cancer Screening
Laurence C. Baker, Kathryn A. Phillips, Jennifer S. Haas, Su‐Ying Liang, Dean Sonneborn
Care following Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Veterans Administration Medical Centers: A Comparison with Medicare
Mary Beth Landrum Ph.D., Edward Guadagnoli, Rose Zummo, David Chin, Barbara J. McNeil
Understanding Employee Awareness of Health Care Quality Information: How Can Employers Benefit?
Jean Abraham, Roger Feldman Ph.D., Caroline Carlin
Risk Selection and Payment
The Magnitude and Nature of Risk Selection in Employer‐Sponsored Health Plans
Sean Nicholson, Kate Bundorf, Rebecca M. Stein, Daniel Polsky
Specificity and Sensitivity of Claims‐Based Algorithms for Identifying Members of Medicare+Choice Health Plans That Have Chronic Medical Conditions
Thomas S. Rector, Steven L. Wickstrom, Mona Shah, N. Thomas Greeenlee, Paula Rheault, Jeannette Rogowski, Vicki Freedman, John Adams, José J. Escarce
Identifying and Accommodating Statistical Outliers When Setting Prospective Payment Rates for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
Susan M. Paddock Ph.D., Barbara O. Wynn M.A., Grace M. Carter, Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin
Vulnerable Populations
America's Health Centers: Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Perinatal Care and Birth Outcomes
Leiyu Shi, Gregory D. Stevens, John T. Wulu, Robert M. Politzer, Jiahong Xu
Hospital Choice of Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: Patient, Hospital Attributes, and the Patient–Physician Relationship
Wan‐Tzu Connie Tai, Frank W. Porell, E. Kathleen Adams Ph.D.