Volume 42 | Number 1p1 | February 2007
Quality and Outcomes
Beyond Our Walls: Impact of Patient and Provider Coordination across the Continuum on Outcomes for Surgical Patients
Dana Beth Weinberg, Jody Hoffer Gittell, R. William Lusenhop, Cori M. Kautz, John Wright
Impact of the Medicare Short Stay Transfer Policy on Patients undergoing Major Orthopedic Surgery
John D. FitzGerald, W. John Boscardin, Bevra H. Hahn, Susan L. Ettner Ph.D.
Assigning Ambulatory Patients and Their Physicians to Hospitals: A Method for Obtaining Population‐Based Provider Performance Measurements
Julie P. W. Bynum, Enrique Bernal‐Delgado M.D., Ph.D., Daniel Gottlieb, Elliott Fisher
Does Ambulatory Process of Care Predict Health‐Related Quality of Life Outcomes for Patients with Chronic Disease?
Katherine L. Kahn M.D., Diana M. Tisnado, John L. Adams Ph.D., M.S., Honghu Liu, Wen‐Pin Chen, Fang Ashlee Hu, Carol M. Mangione, Ronald D. Hays, Cheryl L. Damberg Ph.D.
Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation Strategy Patterns in Veterans Affairs Primary Care Clinics
Sylvia J. Hysong, Richard G. Best, Jacqueline A. Pugh
Access and Disparities
Does Type of Gatekeeping Model Affect Access to Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services?
Dominic Hodgkin, Elizabeth L. Merrick, Constance M. Horgan, Deborah W. Garnick, Thomas J. McLaughlin
Analyzing Multiple Informant Data from an Evaluation of the Health Disparities Collaboratives
A. James O'Malley, Bruce E. Landon M.D., M.B.A., M.S., Edward Guadagnoli
Treatment and Costs
Treatment for ADHD: Is More Complex Treatment Cost‐Effective for More Complex Cases?
E. Michael Foster, Peter S. Jensen, Michael Schlander, William E. Pelham, Lily Hechtman, L. Eugene Arnold, James M. Swanson, Timothy Wigal
Use of Aggressive Medical Treatments Near the End of Life: Differences between Patients with and without Dementia
Samuel S. Richardson, Greer Sullivan, Ariel Hill, Wei Yu
The Boomers Are Coming: A Total Cost of Care Model of the Impact of Population Aging on Health Care Costs in the United States by Major Practice Category
E. Mary Martini, Nancy Garrett, Tammie Lindquist, George J. Isham
Health Care Markets
Revisiting the Relationship between Managed Care and Hospital Consolidation
Robert J. Town Ph.D., Douglas Wholey, Roger Feldman Ph.D., Lawton R. Burns
Health Care Markets, the Safety Net, and Utilization of Care among the Uninsured
Carole Roan Gresenz, Jeannette Rogowski, José J. Escarce
Health Insurance
Identifying Affordable Sources of Medical Care among Uninsured Persons
Peter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley, Genevieve Kenney, Amy J. Davidoff Ph.D.
Immigrants and Employer‐Sponsored Health Insurance
Thomas C. Buchmueller, Anthony T. Lo Sasso, Ithai Lurie, Sarah Dolfin
Special Articles: Capacity Building for Health Services Research
Preparing and Presenting Effective Research Posters
Jane E. Miller Ph.D.
Defining Interdisciplinary Research: Conclusions from a Critical Review of the Literature
Sally W. Aboelela, Elaine Larson Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Suzanne Bakken, Olveen Carrasquillo, Allan Formicola, Sherry A. Glied, Janet Haas, Kristine M. Gebbie