Volume 51 | Number 6 | December 2016
Best of the 2016 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Physician Adoption and Potentially Preventable Hospital Admissions among Medicare Beneficiaries: Panel Data Evidence, 2010–2013
Eric J. Lammers Ph.D., M.P.P., Catherine G. McLaughlin Ph.D., Michael Barna M.A.
Personalizing Nursing Home Compare and the Discharge from Hospitals to Nursing Homes
Dana B. Mukamel Ph.D., Alpesh Amin M.D., David L. Weimer Ph.D., Heather Ladd M.S., Joseph Sharit Ph.D., Ran Schwarzkopf M.D., M.Sc., Dara H. Sorkin Ph.D.
Reliability of 30‐Day Readmission Measures Used in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program
Michael P. Thompson Ph.D., Cameron M. Kaplan Ph.D., Yu Cao M.S., Gloria J. Bazzoli, Teresa M. Waters Ph.D.
Testing the Replicability of a Successful Care Management Program: Results from a Randomized Trial and Likely Explanations for Why Impacts Did Not Replicate
G. Greg Peterson Ph.D., M.P.A., Jelena Zurovac Ph.D., M.S., Randall S. Brown Ph.D., Kenneth D. Coburn M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., Patricia A. Markovich Ph.D., M.P.P., Sherry A. Marcantonio M.S.W., A.C.S.W., William D. Clark M.S., Anne Mutti M.P.A., Cara Stepanczuk M.P.A.
Using Harm‐Based Weights for the Patient Safety for Selected Indicators Composite (‐90): Does It Affect Assessment of Hospital Performance and Financial Penalties in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals?
Qi Chen M.D., Ph.D., Amy K. Rosen Ph.D., Ann Borzecki M.D., M.P.H., Michael Shwartz Ph.D.
Is a Skilled Nursing Facility's Rehospitalization Rate a Valid Quality Measure?
Momotazur Rahman Ph.D., David C. Grabowski Ph.D., Vincent Mor Ph.D., Edward C. Norton Ph.D.
Are Two Heads Better Than One or Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth? The Trade‐Off between Physician Division of Labor and Patient Continuity of Care for Older Adults with Complex Chronic Conditions
Kenton J. Johnston Ph.D., Jason M. Hockenberry Ph.D.
Quality and Outcomes of Care
The Method for Performance Measurement Matters: Diabetes Care Quality as Measured by Administrative Claims and Institutional Registry
Rozalina G. McCoy M.D., M.S., Sidna M. Tulledge‐Scheitel M.D., M.P.H., James M. Naessens Sc.D., Amy E. Glasgow M.H.A., Robert J. Stroebel M.D., Sarah J. Crane M.D., Kari S. Bunkers M.D., Nilay D. Shah Ph.D.
An Examination of Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Experience with Care: Differences between Cross‐Sectional and Longitudinal Estimates
Grant R. Martsolf Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., Teresa B. Gibson Ph.D., Richele Benevent M.S., H. Joanna Jiang Ph.D., Carol Stocks Ph.D., R.N., Emily D. Ehrlich M.P.H., Ryan Kandrack B.S., David I. Auerbach Ph.D.
Preventive Dental Care and Long‐Term Dental Outcomes among Kids Enrollees
Bisakha Sen Ph.D., Justin Blackburn Ph.D., Meredith L. Kilgore Ph.D., Michael A. Morrisey Ph.D., David J. Becker Ph.D., Cathy Caldwell M.P.H., Nir Menachemi Ph.D., M.P.H.
Predictors of Gaps in Patient Safety and Quality in U.S. Hospitals
Lynn Unruh Ph.D., R.N., L.H.R.M., Richard Hofler Ph.D.
Payment Incentives and Organization of Care
An Evaluation of Performance Thresholds in Nursing Home Pay‐for‐Performance
Rachel M. Werner M.D., Ph.D., Meghan Skira Ph.D., R. Tamara Konetzka Ph.D.
Profiling the U.S. Sick Leave Landscape: Presenteeism among Females
Philip Susser, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
Assessing Differences between Early and Later Adopters of Accountable Care Organizations Using Taxonomic Analysis
Frances M. Wu Ph.D., Stephen M. Shortell Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Valerie A. Lewis Ph.D., Carrie H. Colla Ph.D., Elliott S. Fisher M.D.
Methods Articles
Indirect Standardization Matching: Assessing Specific Advantage and Risk Synergy
Jeffrey H. Silber M.D., Ph.D., Paul R. Rosenbaum Ph.D., Richard N. Ross M.S., Justin M. Ludwig M.A., Wei Wang Ph.D., Bijan A. Niknam B.S., Alexander S. Hill B.S., Orit Even‐Shoshan M.S., Rachel R. Kelz M.D., Lee A. Fleisher M.D.
A Machine Learning Framework for Plan Payment Risk Adjustment
Sherri Rose Ph.D.
Treatment Effect Estimation Using Nonlinear Two‐Stage Instrumental Variable Estimators: Another Cautionary Note
Cole G. Chapman Ph.D., John M. Brooks Ph.D.