Volume 48 | Number 2pt1 | April 2013
Quality of Care
Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record Systems and Process Quality of Care: Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis of U.S. Acute‐Care Hospitals
Ajit Appari Ph.D., M. Eric Johnson Ph.D., Denise L. Anthony Ph.D.
Use of Care Management Practices in Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Physician Groups: Do Public Reporting of Physician Quality and Financial Incentives Matter?
Jeffrey A. Alexander Ph.D., Daniel Maeng Ph.D.,, Lawrence P. Casalino M.D., Ph.D., Diane Rittenhouse M.D., M.P.H.,
Why Do Some Primary Care Practices Engage in Practice Improvement Efforts Whereas Others Do Not?
Debora Goetz Goldberg Ph.D., M.H.A., M.B.A., Stephen S. Mick, Anton J. Kuzel M.D., M.H.P.E., Lisa Bo Feng M.P.H., Linda E. Love L.C.S.W., M.A.
Reporting and Data by Race/Ethnicity for Medicare Beneficiaries
Steven C. Martino Ph.D., Robin M. Weinick Ph.D.,, David E. Kanouse, Julie A. Brown, Amelia M. Haviland Ph.D., Elizabeth Goldstein, John L. Adams Ph.D., M.S., Katrin Hambarsoomian M.S., David J. Klein M.S., Marc N. Elliott
Hospital Resources and Patient Outcomes
California's Minimum Nurse Staffing Legislation: Results from a Natural Experiment
Barbara A. Mark, David W. Harless, Joanne Spetz Ph.D., Kristin L. Reiter Ph.D., George H. Pink Ph.D.
The Impact of Obstetric Unit Closures on Maternal and Infant Pregnancy Outcomes
Scott A. Lorch M.D., M.S.C.E., Sindhu K. Srinivas M.D., M.S.C.E., Corinne Ahlberg M.S., Dylan S. Small
Teaching Hospital Financial Status and Patient Outcomes Following Duty Hour Reform
Amol S. Navathe M.D., Ph.D., Jeffrey H. Silber M.D., Ph.D., Dylan S. Small, Amy K. Rosen Ph.D., Patrick S. Romano M.D., M.P.H., Orit Even‐Shoshan M.S., Yanli Wang, Jingsan Zhu, Michael J. Halenar, Kevin G. Volpp
The Impact of Hospital‐Based Skilled Nursing Facility Closures on Rehospitalizations
Momotazur Rahman Ph.D., Jacqueline S. Zinn, Vincent Mor Ph.D.
Access and Utilization
Which States Enroll Their Medicaid‐ Eligible, Citizen Children with Immigrant Parents?
Eric E. Seiber Ph.D.
Measures of Social Deprivation That Predict Health Care Access and Need within a Rational Area of Primary Care Service Delivery
Danielle C. Butler M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Stephen Petterson Ph.D., Robert L. Phillips M.D., M.S.P.H., Andrew W. Bazemore M.D., M.P.H.
Comparison of Health Care Utilization: United States versus Canada
Yuriy Pylypchuk Ph.D., Eric M. Sarpong Ph.D.
Population Health and Obesity Prevention
A Method for Estimating Cost Savings for Population Health Management Programs
Shannon M.E. Murphy M.A., John McGready Ph.D.,, Michael E. Griswold Ph.D.,, Martha L. Sylvia Ph.D., M.B.A., R.N.,
Obesity Prevention: The Impact of Local Health Departments
Zhuo (Adam) Chen Ph.D., M.S., M.Mgt., Kakoli Roy, Carol A. Gotway Crawford Ph.D., M.S.
Duration of Breastfeeding and Childhood Obesity: A Generalized Propensity Score Approach
Miao Jiang, E. Michael Foster
Research and Methods Briefs
Comparing Errors in edicaid Reporting across Surveys: Evidence to Date
Kathleen T. Call, Michael E. Davern, Jacob A. Klerman M.A., Victoria Lynch M.S.
Editors and Researchers Beware: Calculating Response Rates in Random Digit Dial Health Surveys
Grant R. Martsolf Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., Robert E. Schofield, David R. Johnson Ph.D., Dennis P. Scanlon Ph.D.