Volume 41 | Number 4p1 | August 2006
Organization and Payment
The Influence of Health Policy and Market Factors on the Hospital Safety Net
Gloria J. Bazzoli, Richard C. Lindrooth, Ray Kang, Romana Hasnain‐Wynia
The Impact of Health Plan Delivery System Organization on Clinical Quality and Patient Satisfaction
Robin R. Gillies, Kate Eresian Chenok, Stephen M. Shortell Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Gregory Pawlson, Julian J. Wimbush
Effects of Compensation Methods and Physician Group Structure on Physicians' Perceived Incentives to Alter Services to Patients
James D. Reschovsky Ph.D., Jack Hadley, Bruce E. Landon M.D., M.B.A., M.S.
Are Physician Reimbursement Strategies Associated with Processes of Care and Patient Satisfaction for Patients with Diabetes in Managed Care?
Susan L. Ettner Ph.D., Theodore J. Thompson, Mark R. Stevens, Carol M. Mangione, Catherine Kim, W. Neil Steers, Jennifer Goewey, Arleen F. Brown, Richard S. Chung, K. M. Venkat Narayan,
Navigating Health Care Systems
Drug Treatment Service Utilization and Outcomes for Hispanic and White Methamphetamine Abusers
Noosha Niv, Yih‐Ing Hser
Rural Residents with Disabilities Confront Substantial Barriers to Obtaining Primary Care
Lisa I. Iezzoni, Mary B. Killeen, Bonnie L. O'Day
Referrals to High‐Quality Cardiac Surgeons: Patients' Race and Characteristics of Their Physicians
Dana B. Mukamel Ph.D., David L. Weimer Ph.D., Alvin I. Mushlin
State Regulation and the Delivery of Physical Therapy Services
Linda Resnik, Zhanlian Feng Ph.D., Dennis L. Hart
Effects of Payment Strategies
The Effect of State Medicaid Case‐Mix Payment on Nursing Home Resident Acuity
Zhanlian Feng Ph.D., David C. Grabowski Ph.D., Orna Intrator Ph.D., Vincent Mor Ph.D.
Changes in the Use of Postacute Care during the Initial Medicare Payment Reforms
Wen‐Chieh Lin, Robert L. Kane, David R. Mehr, Richard W. Madsen, Gregory F. Petroski
A Cost Analysis of the Iowa Medicaid Primary Care Case Management Program
Elizabeth T. Momany, Stephen D. Flach, Forrest D. Nelson, Peter C. Damiano Ph.D.
Informing Decision Makers
Stage of Change for Making an Informed Decision about Medicare Health Plans
Deborah A. Levesque, Carol O. Cummins, Janice M. Prochaska, James O. Prochaska
Development of an Easy‐to‐Use Spanish Health Literacy Test
Shoou‐Yih D. Lee Ph.D., Deborah E. Bender, Rafael E. Ruiz, Young Ik Cho
Accuracy of Hospital Report Cards Based on Administrative Data
Laurent G. Glance, Andrew W. Dick Ph.D., Turner M. Osler, Dana B. Mukamel Ph.D.
Special Section
Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Using Federal Data to Support Local Programs to Eliminate Disparities
Thomas D. Sequist M.D., M.P.H., Eric C. Schneider M.D., M.Sc.
Using a Spanish Surname Match to Improve Identification of Hispanic Women in Medicare Administrative Data
Iris I. Wei, Beth A. Virnig Ph.D.,, Dolly A. John, Robert O. Morgan
Use of Geocoding and Surname Analysis to Estimate Race and Ethnicity
Kevin Fiscella, Allen M. Fremont
Obtaining Data on Patient Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Language in Health Care Organizations: Current Challenges and Proposed Solutions
Romana Hasnain‐Wynia, David W. Baker M.D., M.P.H.
Looking Forward: Cross‐cutting Issues in the Collection and Use of Racial/Ethnic Data
Nicole Lurie, Allen Fremont M.D.