Volume 49 | Number 4 | August 2014
Health System Variation and Disparities
Hospital, Patient, and Local Health System Characteristics Associated with the Prevalence and Duration of Observation Care
Brad Wright Ph.D., Hye‐Young Jung Ph.D., Zhanlian Feng Ph.D., Vincent Mor Ph.D.
Variation in Surgical Quality Measure Adherence within Hospital Referral Regions: Do Publicly Reported Surgical Quality Measures Distinguish among Hospitals That Patients Are Likely to Compare?
Kyan C. Safavi M.D., M.B.A, Feng Dai Ph.D., Todd A. Gilbertsen B.S., Robert B. Schonberger M.D., M.A.
Disparities in Quality of Care among Publicly Insured Adults with Schizophrenia in Four Large U.S. States, 2002–2008
Marcela Horvitz‐Lennon M.D., M.P.H., Rita Volya M.S., Julie M. Donohue Ph.D., Judith R. Lave Ph.D., Bradley D. Stein M.D., Ph.D., Sharon‐Lise T. Normand Ph.D.
Hospital and Geographic Variability in Thirty‐Day All‐Cause Mortality Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery
Mario Schootman, Min Lian, Sandi L. Pruitt, Anjali D. Deshpande, Samantha Hendren, Matthew Mutch, Donna B. Jeffe, Nicholas Davidson
Quality of Care and Outcomes
Surgical Quality Is More Than Volume: The Association between Changing Urologists and Complications for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer
Eva H. DuGoff Ph.D., M.P.P., Justin E. Bekelman M.D., Elizabeth A. Stuart Ph.D., Katrina Armstrong M.D., Craig Evan Pollack M.D., M.H.S.
Regionalization and Local Hospital Closure in Norwegian Maternity Care—The Effect on Neonatal and Infant Mortality
Jostein Grytten Ph.D., Lars Monkerud Ph.D., Irene Skau Cand.polit, Rune Sørensen Ph.D.
Concurrent and Lagged Effects of Registered Nurse Turnover and Staffing on Unit‐Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Shin Hye Park Ph.D., R.N., Diane K. Boyle Ph.D., R.N., Sandra Bergquist‐Beringer Ph.D., R.N., C.W.C.N., Vincent S. Staggs Ph.D., Nancy E. Dunton Ph.D., F.A.A.N.
Using Computer‐Extracted Data from Electronic Health Records to Measure the Quality of Adolescent Well‐Care
William Gardner Ph.D., Suzanne Morton M.P.H., M.B.A., Sepheen C. Byron M.H.S., Aldo Tinoco M.D., Ph.D., Benjamin D. Canan M.P.H., Karen Leonhart B.S., Vivian Kong M.P.H., Sarah Hudson Scholle M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Access and Barriers to Access
Health Literacy, Cognitive Ability, and Functional Health Status among Older Adults
Marina Serper, Rachel E. Patzer Ph.D., M.P.H., Laura M. Curtis M.S., Samuel G. Smith B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Rachel O'Conor M.P.H., David W. Baker M.D., M.P.H., Michael S. Wolf Ph.D., M.P.H.
The Effects of Express Lane Eligibility on Medicaid and Enrollment among Children
Fredric Blavin Ph.D., M.S., Genevieve M. Kenney Ph.D., Michael Huntress M.S.
The Burden of Inappropriate Emergency Department Pediatric Visits: Why Italy Needs an Urgent Reform
Alessio Vedovetto, Nicola Soriani, Emanuela Merlo, Dario Gregori
Medicaid Primary Care Physician Fees and the Use of Preventive Services among Medicaid Enrollees
Adam Atherly Ph.D., Karoline Mortensen Ph.D.
Medical Care Organization
The Medical Home Transformation in the Veterans Health Administration: An Evaluation of Early Changes in Primary Care Delivery
Rachel M. Werner M.D., Ph.D., Anne Canamucio M.S., Judy A. Shea Ph.D, Gala True Ph.D.
The Impact of Tiered Physician Networks on Patient Choices
Anna D. Sinaiko Ph.D., M.P.P., Meredith B. Rosenthal Ph.D.
Methods Articles
Incident User Cohorts for Assessing Medication Cost‐Offsets
Bruce Stuart Ph.D., F. Ellen Loh M.B.A., B.S.Pharm., Pamela Roberto M.P.P., Laura Miller Ph.D.
The Effect of Response Scale, Administration Mode, and Format on Responses to the CAHPS Clinician and Group Survey
Keith M. Drake Ph.D., J. Lee Hargraves Ph.D., Stephanie Lloyd M.A., Patricia M. Gallagher Ph.D., Paul D. Cleary Ph.D.