Volume 52 | Number 1 | February 2017
Using Instrumental Variables in Comparative Effectiveness Research
Follow Your Heart: Survival Chances and Costs after Heart Attacks—An Instrumental Variable Approach
Alice Sanwald Ph.D., Thomas Schober Ph.D.
Impacts of Geographic Distance on Peritoneal Dialysis Utilization: Refining Models of Treatment Selection
Virginia Wang Ph.D., Matthew L. Maciejewski Ph.D., Cynthia J. Coffman Ph.D., Linda L. Sanders M.P.H, Shoou‐Yih Daniel Lee Ph.D., Richard Hirth Ph.D, Joseph Messana M.D.
Provider Experience and the Comparative Safety of Laparoscopic and Open Colectomy
Kyle H. Sheetz M.D., M.S., Edward C. Norton Ph.D., John D. Birkmeyer M.D., Justin B. Dimick M.D., M.P.H.
Cost and Resource Use
Estimating Surgical Procedure Times Using Anesthesia Billing Data and Operating Room Records
Lane F. Burgette Ph.D., Andrew W. Mulcahy Ph.D., Ateev Mehrotra M.D.,M.P.H., Teague Ruder M.A., Barbara O. Wynn M.A.
Cost Variation in Diabetes Care across Dutch Care Groups?
Sigrid M. Mohnen Ph.D., Claudia C. Molema M.Sc., Wouter Steenbeek Ph.D., Michael J. Berg Ph.D., Simone R. Bruin Ph.D., Caroline A. Baan Ph.D., Jeroen N. Struijs Ph.D.
Identifying Older Adults with Serious Illness: A Critical Step toward Improving the Value of Health Care
Amy S. Kelley M.D., M.S.H.S., Kenneth E. Covinsky M.D., M.P.H., Rebecca J. Gorges M.A., Karen McKendrick M.A., Evan Bollens‐Lund M.A., R. Sean Morrison M.D., Christine S. Ritchie M.D., M.S.P.H.
Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations among People at Different Activity of Daily Living Limitation Stages
Sophia Miryam Schüssler‐Fiorenza Rose M.D., Ph.D., Margaret G. Stineman M.D., Qiang Pan M.A., Hillary Bogner M.D., Jibby E. Kurichi M.P.H., Joel E. Streim M.D., Dawei Xie Ph.D.
Policies to Promote Prevention
Effects of State Cervical Cancer Insurance Mandates on Pap Test Rates
Marianne P. Bitler Ph.D., Christopher S. Carpenter Ph.D.
Impact of State Public Health Spending on Disease Incidence in the United States from 1980 to 2009
Reetu Verma M.P.H., Samantha Clark M.H.S., Jonathon Leider Ph.D., David Bishai Ph.D.
Screening Mammography for Free: Impact of Eliminating Cost Sharing on Cancer Screening Rates
Anupam B. Jena M.D., Ph.D., Jie Huang Ph.D., Bruce Fireman M.A., Vicki Fung Ph.D., Scott Gazelle M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., Mary Beth Landrum Ph.D., Michael Chernew Ph.D., Joseph P. Newhouse Ph.D., John Hsu M.D., M.B.A.
Advice to Quit Smoking and Ratings of Health Care among Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65+
Eleanor Winpenny Ph.D., Marc N. Elliott, Ann Haas M.S.,M.P.H, Amelia M. Haviland Ph.D., Nate Orr M.A., William G. Shadel Ph.D., Sai Ma Ph.D., Mark W. Friedberg M.D.,M.P.P., Paul D. Cleary Ph.D.
Access and Disparities
Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Postsurgical Complications Occurring in U.S. Hospitals
Whitney P. Witt Ph.D., M.P.H., Rosanna M. Coffey Ph.D., Lorena Lopez‐Gonzalez Ph.D., Marguerite L. Barrett M.S., Brian J. Moore Ph.D., Roxanne M. Andrews Ph.D., Raynard E. Washington Ph.D., M.P.H.
Physician and Practice‐Level Drivers and Disparities around Meaningful Use Progress
Dawn Heisey‐Grove M.P.H., Jennifer A. King Ph.D.
Care Coordination and Teamwork
Has Interprofessional Education Changed Learning Preferences? A National Perspective
T. Michael Kashner Ph.D., J.D., Debbie L. Hettler O.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.O., Robert A. Zeiss Ph.D. (retired), David C. Aron M.D., M.S., David S. Bernett B.A., Judy L. Brannen M.D., M.B.A., John M. Byrne D.O., Grant W. Cannon M.D., Barbara K. Chang M.D., M.A. (retired), Mary B. Dougherty Ph.D., M.B.A., Stuart C. Gilman M.D., M.P.H., Gloria J. Holland Ph.D. (retired), Catherine P. Kaminetzky M.D., M.P.H., Annie B. Wicker B.S., Sheri A. Keitz M.D., Ph.D.
Physician Engagement Strategies in Care Coordination: Findings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Health Care Innovation Awards Program
Megan Skillman M.P.A., Caitlin Cross‐Barnet Ph.D., Rachel Friedman Singer Ph.D., M.P.H., M.P.A., Sarah Ruiz Ph.D., Christina Rotondo B.A., Roy Ahn Sc.D., Lynne Page Snyder Ph.D., M.P.H., Erin M. Colligan Ph.D., Katherine Giuriceo Ph.D., Adil Moiduddin M.P.P.
Clarifying the Predictive Value of Family‐Centered Care and Shared Decision Making for Pediatric Healthcare Outcomes Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Olivia J. Lindly M.P.H., Katharine E. Zuckerman M.D., M.P.H., Kamila B. Mistry Ph.D., M.P.H.