Volume 43 | Number 5p1 | October 2008
Healthcare Organizational Performance Measures
Does Hospital Performance on Process Measures Directly Measure High Quality Care or Is It a Marker of Unmeasured Care?
Rachel M. Werner M.D., Ph.D., Eric T. Bradlow, David A. Asch
A Comparative Study of Quality Outcomes in Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Hospital‐Based Outpatient Departments: 1997–2004
Askar S. Chukmaitov, Nir Menachemi Ph.D., M.P.H., L. Steven Brown, Charles Saunders, Robert G. Brooks
Does Doctor–Patient Communication Affect Patient Satisfaction with Hospital Care? Results of an Analysis with a Novel Instrumental Variable
Sarah L. Clever, Lei Jin, Wendy Levinson, David O. Meltzer
Consumer Issues in Healthcare
Do Bonding, Bridging, and Linking Social Capital Affect Preventable Hospitalizations?
Kathryn Pitkin Derose
Effects of a Consumer Driven Health Plan on Pharmaceutical Spending and Utilization
Stephen T. Parente Ph.D., Roger Feldman Ph.D., Song Chen
Potential Savings from an Evidence‐Based Consumer‐Oriented Public Education Campaign on Prescription Drugs
Julie M. Donohue Ph.D., Michael A. Fischer, Haiden A. Huskamp Ph.D., Joel S. Weissman
Insurance Coverage and Healthcare
Effect of Prescription Drug Coverage on Health of the Elderly
Nasreen Khan, Robert Kaestner, Swu‐Jane Lin
Selection Bias and Utilization of the Dual Eligibles in Medicare and Medicaid HMOs
Hui Zhang, Robert L. Kane, Bryan Dowd Ph.D., M.S., Roger Feldman Ph.D.
The Impact of Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage on Immunization Status for Young Children
Lynn A. Blewett, Gestur Davidson, Matthew D. Bramlett, Holly Rodin, Mark L. Messonnier
Changing Practices: Models and Evidence
Targeting Primary Care Referrals to Smoking Cessation Clinics Does Not Improve Quit Rates: Implementing Evidence‐Based Interventions into Practice
Elizabeth M. Yano, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Melissa M. Farmer, Bruce A. Chernof, Brian S. Mittman, Andrew B. Lanto, Barbara F. Simon, Martin L. Lee, Scott E. Sherman
Decision‐Analytic Modeling to Assist Decision Making in Organizational Innovation: The Case of Shared Care in Hearing Aid Provision
Janneke P. C. Grutters, Manuela A. Joore, Frans Van Der Horst, Robert J. Stokroos, Lucien J. C. Anteunis
Methods
How Many Nurses per Patient? Measurements of Nurse Staffing in Health Services Research
Joanne Spetz Ph.D., Nancy Donaldson Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Carolyn Aydin Ph.D., Diane S. Brown
Experimental Health Insurance Estimates for Low‐Income and Demographic Groups by State
Brett O'Hara Ph.D.
Comparison of Web‐Based versus Paper‐and‐Pencil Self‐Administered Questionnaire: Effects on Health Indicators in Dutch Adolescents
Petra M. Van De Looij‐Jansen, Erik Jan De Wilde
A New Method for Estimating Race/Ethnicity and Associated Disparities Where Administrative Records Lack Self‐Reported Race/Ethnicity
Marc N. Elliott, Allen Fremont M.D., Peter A. Morrison, Philip Pantoja, Nicole Lurie
Research Briefs
Rural Veterans and Access to High‐Quality Care for High‐Risk Surgeries
Alan N. West, William B. Weeks, Amy E. Wallace
Early Stage Breast Cancer Treatments for Younger Medicare Beneficiaries with Different Disabilities
Lisa I. Iezzoni, Long H. Ngo, Donglin Li, Richard G. Roetzheim, Reed E. Drews, Ellen P. McCarthy
Cancer Incidence in Elderly Medicare and Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
Cathy J. Bradley, Zhehui Luo, Charles W. Given