Volume 47 | Number 4 | August 2012
Quality, Performance and Outcomes
The Effect of Phase 2 of the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration on Incentive Payments to Hospitals Caring for Disadvantaged Patients
Andrew M. Ryan Ph.D., M.A., Jan Blustein M.D.,Ph.D., Tim Doran, Marilyn D. Michelow, Lawrence P. Casalino M.D., Ph.D.
Identifying the Latent Failures Underpinning Medication Administration Errors: An Exploratory Study
Rebecca Lawton, Sam Carruthers Ph.D., Peter Gardner Ph.D, John Wright, Rosie R. C. McEachan Ph.D.
A Configurational Approach to the Relationship between High‐Performance Work Practices and Frontline Health Care Worker Outcomes
Emmeline Chuang Ph.D., Janette Dill Ph.D., Jennifer Craft Morgan Ph.D., Thomas R. Konrad
Gender Differences in Patients' Perceptions of Inpatient Care
Marc N. Elliott, William G. Lehrman Ph.D., Megan K. Beckett Ph.D., Elizabeth Goldstein, Katrin Hambarsoomian M.S., Laura A. Giordano R.N., M.B.A.
Hospital Volume and Mortality of Very Low‐Birthweight Infants in outh merica
George L. Wehby Ph.D., Jorge Lopez‐Camelo, Eduardo E. Castilla
Outpatient Care
The Effectiveness of Implementing an Electronic Health Record on Diabetes Care and Outcomes
Jeph Herrin Ph.D., Briget Graca J.D., M.S., David Nicewander M.S., Cliff Fullerton M.D., Phil Aponte M.D., Greg Stanek M.S., Terianne Cowling B.A., Ashley Collinsworth M.P.H., Neil S. Fleming, David J. Ballard
Organizational Characteristics of High‐ and Low‐Performing Anticoagulation Clinics in the Veterans Health Administration
Adam J. Rose M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.P., Beth Ann Petrakis, Patricia Callahan, Scott Mambourg, Dimple Patel, Elaine M. Hylek, Barbara G. Bokhour
Impact of Deductibles on Initiation and Continuation of Psychotherapy for Treatment of Depression
Paul A. Fishman, Victoria Ding, Rebecca Hubbard, Evette J. Ludman, Chester Pabiniak, Christine Stewart, Leo Morales, Gregory E. Simon
Smoking Cessation and Body Weight: Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey
Panagiotis Kasteridis, Steven T. Yen Ph.D.
Public Programs
Did Copayment Changes Reduce Health Service Utilization among Enrollees? Evidence from labama
Bisakha Sen Ph.D., Justin Blackburn Ph.D., Michael A. Morrisey Ph.D., Meredith L. Kilgore Ph.D., David J. Becker Ph.D., Cathy Caldwell M.P.H., Nir Menachemi Ph.D., M.P.H.
Medicaid, Hospital Financial Stress, and the Incidence of Adverse Medical Events for Children
Richard B. Smith, Linda Dynan, Gerry Fairbrother, Glen Chabi, Lisa Simpson
The Relationship between Formal and Informal Care among Adult Medicaid Personal Care Services Recipients
Darcy K. McMaughan Moudouni, Robert L. Ohsfeldt, Thomas R. Miller, Charles D. Phillips
Cost of Illness
A Longitudinal Analysis of the Lifetime Cost of Dementia
Zhou Yang, Kun Zhang M.A., Pei‐Jung Lin Ph.D., Carolyn Clevenger C.N.P., G.N.P.-B.C., Adam Atherly Ph.D.
Methods
The Role of Matched Controls in Building an Evidence Base for Hospital‐Avoidance Schemes: A Retrospective Evaluation
Adam Steventon M.A., Martin Bardsley Ph.D., F.F.P.H., John Billings, Theo Georghiou M.Sc., Geraint Hywel Lewis F.R.C.P., F.F.P.H.
What Is the Best Way to Estimate Hospital Quality Outcomes? A Simulation Approach
Andrew Ryan, James Burgess, Robert Strawderman, Justin Dimick
Development of Peer‐Group‐Classification Criteria for the Comparison of Cost Efficiency among General Hospitals under the Korean Program
Hee‐Chung Kang, Jae‐Seok Hong, Heon‐Jin Park
Deployment of a Mixed‐Mode Data Collection Strategy Does Not Reduce Nonresponse Bias in a General Population Health Survey
Timothy J. Beebe, Donna D. McAlpine, Jeanette Y. Ziegenfuss, Sarah Jenkins M.S., Lindsey Haas B.A., Michael E. Davern
Briefs
Ambulatory Subspecialty Visits in a Large Pediatric Primary Care Network
Louis Vernacchio, Jennifer M. Muto, Gregory Young, Wanessa Risko