Volume 42 | Number 3p1 | June 2007
Utilization and Access
Estimating the Effects of Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries
Dennis G. Shea, Joseph V. Terza Ph.D., Bruce C. Stuart, Becky Briesacher
Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Discussion of Cancer Screening: “Between‐” versus “Within‐” Physician Differences
Yuhua Bao, Sarah A. Fox, José J. Escarce
Utilization of Infertility Services: How Much Does Money Matter?
J. Farley Ordovensky Staniec, Natalie J. Webb
Laws Requiring Health Plans to Provide Direct Access to Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and Use of Cancer Screening by Women
Laurence C. Baker, Jia Chan
Inequalities in Use of Health Services among Jews and Arabs in Israel
Orna Baron‐Epel, Noga Garty, Manfred S. Green
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
The Effects of Health Sector Market Factors and Vulnerable Group Membership on Access to Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Care
Susan E. Stockdale, Lingqi Tang, Lily Zhang, Thomas R. Belin, Kenneth B. Wells
Veterans Affairs Health System and Mental Health Treatment Retention among Patients with Serious Mental Illness: Evaluating Accessibility and Availability Barriers
John F. McCarthy, Frederic C. Blow, Marcia Valenstein M.D., Ellen P. Fischer, Richard R. Owen, Kristen L. Barry, Teresa J. Hudson, Rosalinda V. Ignacio
Do State Parity Laws Reduce the Financial Burden on Families of Children with Mental Health Care Needs?
Colleen L. Barry, Susan H. Busch
Organization and Staffing
Nurse Working Conditions, Organizational Climate, and Intent to Leave in ICUs: An Instrumental Variable Approach
Patricia W. Stone Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Cathy Mooney‐Kane, Elaine L. Larson, Diane K. Pastor, Jack Zwanziger, Andrew W. Dick Ph.D.
Nurse Staffing Levels and Medicaid Reimbursement Rates in Nursing Facilities
Charlene Harrington, James H. Swan, Helen Carrillo
Primary Care Practice Organization Influences Colorectal Cancer Screening Performance
Elizabeth M. Yano, Lynn M. Soban, Patricia H. Parkerton, David A. Etzioni
Organizational Culture and Physician Satisfaction with Dimensions of Group Practice
James L. Zazzali, Jeffrey A. Alexander Ph.D., Stephen M. Shortell Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Lawton R. Burns
Nursing Home Performance
Improving Quality Assessment through Multilevel Modeling: The Case of Nursing Home Compare
Greg Arling, Teresa Lewis, Robert L. Kane, Christine Mueller, Shannon Flood
Doing Better to Do Good: The Impact of Strategic Adaptation on Nursing Home Performance
Jacqueline S. Zinn, Vincent Mor Ph.D., Zhanlian Feng Ph.D., Orna Intrator Ph.D.
Methods
Mixing Web and Mail Methods in a Survey of Physicians
Timothy J. Beebe, G. Richard Locke, Sunni A. Barnes, Michael E. Davern, Kari J. Anderson
Interpersonal Processes of Care Survey: Patient‐Reported Measures for Diverse Groups
Anita L. Stewart, Anna M. Nápoles‐Springer, Steven E. Gregorich, Jasmine Santoyo‐Olsson
Measuring Organizational Attributes of Primary Care Practices: Development of a New Instrument
Pamela A. Ohman‐Strickland, A. John Orzano, Paul A. Nutting M.D., M.S.P.H., W. Perry Dickinson, Jill Scott‐Cawiezell, Karissa Hahn, Michelle Gibel, Benjamin F. Crabtree Ph.D.