Volume 43 | Number 1p1 | February 2008
Medical and Information Technology
Intelligent Information: A National System for Monitoring Clinical Performance
Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin
Just What the Doctor Ordered. Review of the Evidence of the Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry System on Medication Errors
Tatyana A. Shamliyan, Sue Duval, Jing Du, Robert L. Kane
Use of Health Services
Women's Preconceptional Health and Use of Health Services: Implications for Preconception Care
Marianne M. Hillemeier Ph.D., M.P.H., Carol S. Weisman, Gary A. Chase, Anne‐Marie Dyer, Michele L. Shaffer
Associations between Outpatient and Inpatient Service Use among Persons with HIV Infection: A Positive or Negative Relationship?
John A. Fleishman, Richard D. Moore, Richard Conviser, Perrin B. Lawrence, P. Todd Korthuis, Kelly A. Gebo
Impact of Families
Spousal Concordance in Health Behavior Change
Tracy A. Falba, Jody L. Sindelar
Reexamining the Effects of Family Structure on Children's Access to Care: The Single‐Father Family
Lindsey Jeanne Leininger Ph.D., Kathleen M. Ziol‐Guest
Organizational Factors
Hospice Effect on Government Expenditures among Nursing Home Residents
Pedro L. Gozalo Ph.D., Susan C. Miller, Orna Intrator Ph.D., Janet P. Barber, Vincent Mor Ph.D.
Nurse Staffing Levels: Impact of Organizational Characteristics and Registered Nurse Supply
Mary A. Blegen, Thomas Vaughn, Carol P. Vojir
Health Care Outcomes
The CABG Surgery Volume–Outcome Relationship: Temporal Trends and Selection Effects in California, 1998–2004
James P. Marcin M.D., M.P.H., Zhongmin Li, Richard L. Kravitz M.D., M.S.P.H., Jian J. Dai, David M. Rocke, Patrick S. Romano M.D., M.P.H.
Long‐Term Effects of Cancer Survivorship on the Employment of Older Workers
Pamela Farley Short, Joseph J. Vasey, John R. Moran
Six‐ and Twelve‐Month Outcomes among Homeless Youth Accessing Therapy and Case Management Services through an Urban Drop‐in Center
Natasha Slesnick, Min Ju Kang, Amy E. Bonomi, Jillian L. Prestopnik
Methods
Telephone and Web: Mixed‐Mode Challenge
Jessica Greene Ph.D., Howard Speizer, Wyndy Wiitala
Rare Adverse Medical Events in VA Inpatient Care: Reliability Limits to Using Patient Safety Indicators as Performance Measures
Alan N. West, William B. Weeks, James P. Bagian
The Impact of Private Insurance Coverage on Veterans' Use of VA Care: Insurance and Selection Effects
Yujing Shen, Ann Hendricks, Fenghua Wang, John Gardner, Lewis E. Kazis Sc.D
Research Briefs
Parental Beliefs and Children's Receipt of Preventive Care: Another Piece of the Puzzle?
Suzanne C. Hughes, Deborah L. Wingard
Are High‐Quality Cardiac Surgeons Less Likely to Operate on High‐Risk Patients Compared to Low‐Quality Surgeons? Evidence from New York State
Laurent G. Glance, Andrew Dick, Dana B. Mukamel Ph.D., Yue Li Ph.D., Turner M. Osler
Identification of Dementia: Agreement among National Survey Data, Medicare Claims, and Death Certificates
Truls Østbye, Donald H. Taylor Jr., Elizabeth C. Clipp, Lynn Van Scoyoc, Brenda L. Plassman
Addressing Ceiling Effects in Health Status Measures: A Comparison of Techniques Applied to Measures for People with HIV Disease
I‐Chan Huang, Constantine Frangakis, Mark J. Atkinson, Richard J. Willke, Walter L. Leite, W. Bruce Vogel Ph.D., Albert W. Wu