Volume 51 | Number 1 | February 2016
Policy Brief
Translating Health Services Research into Practice in the Safety Net
Susan L. Moore Ph.D., M.S.P.H., Ilana Fischer B.A., Edward P. Havranek M.D.
Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology Adoption in the Emergency Department
Frederic W. Selck Ph.D., Sandra L. Decker Ph.D.
Barriers and Facilitators for Sustainability of Tele‐Homecare Programs: A Systematic Review
Kavita Radhakrishnan Ph.D., R.N., M.S.E.E., Bo Xie Ph.D., Amy Berkley M.S.N., R.N., Miyong Kim Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Quality of Care and Outcomes
Community‐Level Quality Improvement and the Patient Experience for Chronic Illness Care
Megan McHugh Ph.D., Jillian B. Harvey M.P.H., Ph.D., Raymond Kang M.A., Yunfeng Shi, Dennis P. Scanlon Ph.D.
Assessing Community Quality of Health Care
Jeph Herrin Ph.D., Kevin Kenward, Maulik S. Joshi Dr.P.H., Anne‐Marie J. Audet M.D., M.Sc., Stephen J. Hines Ph.D.
Insurance, Access and Cost
Medicaid Expansions and Crowd‐Out: Evidence from Premium Assistance Programs
Adam Atherly Ph.D., Kathleen Call Ph.D., Robert Coulam Ph.D., Bryan Dowd Ph.D., M.S.
Sorting Out the Health Risk in California's State‐Based Marketplace
Andrew B. Bindman M.D., Denis Hulett M.S., Todd P. Gilmer Ph.D., John Bertko B.S.
Initial Impacts of the Patient Care Networks of Alabama Initiative
Janet M. Bronstein Ph.D., Michael A. Morrisey Ph.D., Bisakha Sen Ph.D., Sally Engler B.A., Wilson K. Smith M.S.
The Role of Patient Factors, Cancer Characteristics, and Treatment Patterns in the Cost of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Breast Cancer
Xiao Xu Ph.D., Jeph Herrin Ph.D., Pamela R. Soulos M.P.H., Avantika Saraf M.P.H., Kenneth B. Roberts M.D., Brigid K. Killelea M.D., Shi‐Yi Wang M.D., Ph.D., Jessica B. Long M.P.H, Rong Wang Ph.D., Xiaomei Ma Ph.D., Cary P. Gross M.D.
The Association between High‐Deductible Health Plan Transition and Contraception and Birth Rates
Amy J. Graves S.M., M.P.H., Katy B. Kozhimannil Ph.D., M.P.A., Ken P. Kleinman Sc.D., J. Frank Wharam M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., M.P.H.
Methods Articles
Estimating True Resource Costs of Outpatient Care for Medicare Beneficiaries: Standardized Costs versus Medicare Payments and Charges
John T. Schousboe M.D., Ph.D.,, Misti L. Paudel Ph.D., M.P.H.,, Brent C. Taylor Ph.D., M.P.H.,, Allyson M. Kats M.S.,, Beth A. Virnig Ph.D.,, Kristine E. Ensrud M.D., M.P.H.,, Bryan E. Dowd Ph.D.,
Observing versus Predicting: Initial Patterns of Filling Predict Long‐Term Adherence More Accurately Than High‐Dimensional Modeling Techniques
Jessica M. Franklin Ph.D., William H. Shrank M.D., Joyce Lii M.S., Alexis K. Krumme M.S., Olga S. Matlin Ph.D., Troyen A. Brennan M.D., J.D., Niteesh K. Choudhry M.D., Ph.D.
Sources and Uses of Data
Understanding the New Current Population Survey Health Insurance Questions
Joanne Pascale M.A., Michel Boudreaux Ph.D., Ryan King M.S.
Predicting Disability among Community‐Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries Using Claims‐Based Indicators
Yonatan Ben‐Shalom Ph.D., David C. Stapleton Ph.D.
Accuracy of Self‐Reported Health Care Use in a Population‐Based Sample of Homeless Adults
Stephen W. Hwang M.D., M.P.H., Catharine Chambers M.Sc., Marko Katic B.A.
Research Briefs
The Role of Outcome Forecasts in Patients' Treatment Decisions—Evidence from a Survey Experiment on Knee Replacement Surgery
Iris Kesternich, Francis G. Caro Ph.D., Alison S. Gottlieb Ph.D., Susanne Hoffmann, Joachim K. Winter
Does the Relationship of the Proxy to the Target Person Affect the Concordance between Survey Reports and Medicare Claims Measures of Health Services Use?
George L. Wehby Ph.D., Michael P. Jones Ph.D., Fred Ullrich M.S., Yiyue Lou M.S., Fredric D. Wolinsky Ph.D.