Volume 47 | Number 1pt1 | February 2012
Medical Homes and Medical Practice
An Assessment of Patient‐Based and Practice Infrastructure–Based Measures of the Patient‐Centered Medical Home: Do We Need to Ask the Patient?
Bradley Michael Gray, Weifeng Weng Ph.D., Eric S. Holmboe
Using Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fs/) to Explore the Relationship between Medical “Homeness” and Quality
Nels Marcus Thygeson, Leif I. Solberg, Stephen E. Asche, Patricia Fontaine, Leonard Gregory Pawlson, Sarah Hudson Scholle M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Primary Care and Health Outcomes among Older Patients with Diabetes
Julia C. Prentice, B. Graeme Fincke, Donald R. Miller, Steven D. Pizer Ph.D.
Differences in Well‐being between , Medical Specialists, and Private Physicians: The Role of Psychosocial Factors
Hannamaria Kuusio, Tarja Heponiemi, Anna‐Mari Aalto, Timo Sinervo, Marko Elovainio
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Nursing Home Price and Quality Responses to Publicly Reported Quality Information
Jan P. Clement, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Mei Zhao
Nurse Staffing and Deficiencies in the Largest For‐Profit Nursing Home Chains and Chains Owned by Private Equity Companies
Charlene Harrington, Brian Olney, Helen Carrillo, Taewoon Kang
The Effects of Safety Net Hospital Closures and Conversions on Patient Travel Distance to Hospital Services
Gloria J. Bazzoli, Woolton Lee, Hui‐Min Hsieh Ph.D., Lee Rivers Mobley
Information Systems and Access to Care
Who Values Information from a Health Plan Internet‐Based Decision Tool and Why: A Demographic and Utilization Analysis
Song Chen, Pinar Karaca‐Mandic Ph.D., Regina Levin
Behind‐the‐Counter Statins: A Silver Bullet for Reducing Costs and Increasing Access?
Neeraj Sood Ph.D, Eric Sun, Xiaohui Zhuo
Does Decreased Access to Emergency Departments Affect Patient Outcomes? Analysis of Acute Myocardial Infarction Population 1996–2005
Yu‐Chu Shen Ph.D., Renee Y. Hsia M.D., M.Sc.
Research and Methods Briefs
Personal Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine () by Health Care Workers
Pamela Jo Johnson Ph.D., M.P.H., Andrew Ward, Lori Knutson, Sue Sendelbach
Accuracy of Data Entry of Patient Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry and Preferred Spoken Language in an Ambulatory Care Setting
Kristen M.J. Azar, Maria R. Moreno, Eric C. Wong, Jessica J. Shin, Christy Soto, Latha P. Palaniappan
Ethnic/Race Differences in the Attrition of Older American Survey Respondents: Implications for Health‐Related Research
Natalia A. Zhivan Ph.D., Alfonso Ang Ph.D., Hortensia Amaro Ph.D., William A. Vega Ph.D., Kyriakos S. Markides Ph.D.
Methods Corner
Interaction Terms in Nonlinear Models
Pinar Karaca‐Mandic Ph.D., Edward C. Norton Ph.D., Bryan Dowd Ph.D., M.S.
Special Section: Global Health Services Research
International Comparability of Patient Safety Indicators in 15 OECD Member Countries: A Methodological Approach of Adjustment by Secondary Diagnoses
Saskia E. Drösler, Patrick S. Romano M.D., M.P.H., Daniel J. Tancredi Ph.D., Niek S. Klazinga
Pharmaceutical Price Controls and Minimum Efficacy Regulation: Evidence from the nited tates and taly
Vincenzo Atella, Jay Bhattacharya M.D., Ph.D., Lorenzo Carbonari
European Long‐Term Care Programs: Lessons for Community Living Assistance Services and Supports?
Pamela Nadash, Pamela Doty, Kevin J. Mahoney, Matthias Schwanenflugel