Volume 49 | Number 6 | December 2014
Best of the 2014 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Factors Related to Clinical Quality Improvement for Small Practices Using an
Jason J. Wang Ph.D., Jisung Cha Ph.D., Kimberly M. Sebek M.P.H., Colleen M. McCullough M.P.A., Amanda S. Parsons M.D., M.B.A., Jesse Singer D.O., Sarah C. Shih M.P.H.
Facing the Recession: How Did Safety‐Net Hospitals Fare Financially Compared with Their Peers?
Kristin L. Reiter Ph.D., H. Joanna Jiang Ph.D., Jia Wang M.P.H.
Nurse Value‐Added and Patient Outcomes in Acute Care
Olga Yakusheva Ph.D., Richard Lindrooth Ph.D., Marianne Weiss D.N.Sc., R.N.
The Impact of Continuous Medicaid Enrollment on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survival in Six Surgical Cancers
Aaron J. Dawes M.D., Rachel Louie M.S., David K. Nguyen M.D., Melinda Maggard‐Gibbons M.D., M.S.H.S., Punam Parikh M.P.H., Susan L. Ettner Ph.D., Clifford Y. Ko M.D., M.S., M.S.H.S., David S. Zingmond M.D., Ph.D.
Payment Rates for Personal Care Assistants and the Use of Long‐Term Services and Supports among Those Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
Michelle Ko M.D., Ph.D., Robert Newcomer Ph.D., Taewoon Kang, Denis Hulett M.S., Philip Chu M.S., Andrew B. Bindman M.D.
Population‐Level Cost‐Effectiveness of Implementing Evidence‐Based Practices into Routine Care
John C. Fortney Ph.D., Jeffrey M. Pyne M.D., James F. Burgess Ph.D.
Development of a Novel, Objective Measure of Health Care–Related Financial Burden for U.S. Families with Children
Lauren E. Wisk Ph.D., Ronald Gangnon Ph.D., David J. Vanness Ph.D., Alison A. Galbraith M.D., M.P.H., John Mullahy Ph.D., Whitney P. Witt Ph.D., M.P.H.
Accountable Care Organizations
A Taxonomy of Accountable Care Organizations for Policy and Practice
Stephen M. Shortell Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Frances M. Wu Ph.D., Valerie A. Lewis Ph.D., Carrie H. Colla Ph.D., Elliott S. Fisher M.D.
Pricing and Payment Policies
The Great Recession and Health Spending among Uninsured U.S. Immigrants: Implications for the Affordable Care Act Implementation
Arturo Vargas Bustamante Ph.D., M.P.P., Jie Chen Ph.D.
Reforming Medicare's Dialysis Payment Policies: Implications for Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Charu Gupta M.S., Glenn M. Chertow M.D., M.P.H., Mark T. Linthicum M.P.P., Karen Van Nuys Ph.D., Vasily Belozeroff Ph.D., Darryl Quarles M.D., Darius N. Lakdawalla Ph.D.
Variation in Inpatient Hospital Prices and Outpatient Service Quantities Drive Geographic Differences in Private Spending in Texas
Luisa Franzini Ph.D., Chapin White Ph.D., Suthira Taychakhoonavudh Ph.D., Rohan Parikh, Mark Zezza Ph.D., Osama Mikhail Ph.D.
The Impact of Prior Authorization on Buprenorphine Dose, Relapse Rates, and Cost for Massachusetts Medicaid Beneficiaries with Opioid Dependence
Robin E. Clark Ph.D., Jeffrey D. Baxter M.D., Bruce A. Barton Ph.D., Gideon Aweh M.S., Elizabeth O'Connell M.S., William H. Fisher Ph.D.
Health Care Outcomes
Disparities in Health Care Access and Receipt of Preventive Services by Disability Type: Analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Willi Horner‐Johnson Ph.D., Konrad Dobbertin M.P.H., Jae Chul Lee Ph.D., Elena M. Andresen Ph.D.,
“Phenotyping” Hospital Value of Care for Patients with Heart Failure
Xiao Xu Ph.D., Shu‐Xia Li Ph.D., Haiqun Lin M.D., Ph.D., Sharon‐Lise T. Normand Ph.D., Nancy Kim M.D., Lesli S. Ott M.A., Tara Lagu M.D., M.P.H., Michael Duan M.S., Eugene A. Kroch Ph.D., Harlan M. Krumholz M.D., S.M.
An Evaluation of the Effects of a Breastfeeding Support Program on Health Outcomes
Steven J. Haider Ph.D., Lenisa V. Chang Ph.D., Tracie A. Bolton M.S., R.D., I.B.C.L.C., Jonathan G. Gold M.D., Beth H. Olson Ph.D.