Volume 52 | Number 3 | June 2017

Quality and Outcomes

Martin Emmert Ph.D., Mark Schlesinger Ph.D.

Torsten Oliver Salge Ph.D., Antonio Vera Ph.D., David Antons Ph.D., Jeannie P. Cimiotti Ph.D.

Leiyu Shi, De‐Chih Lee Ph.D., Michelle Chung M.C.S.E. B.I., M.C.I.T.P., M.C.P.D., Hailun Liang Dr.P.H., Diana Lock M.S.S.W., Alek Sripipatana Ph.D., M.P.H.

Kojiro Morita R.N., M.P.H., Hiroki Matsui M.P.H., Kiyohide Fushimi M.D., Ph.D., Hideo Yasunaga M.D., Ph.D.

James E. Graham Ph.D., D.C., Janet Prvu Bettger Sc.D., Steve R. Fisher Ph.D., P.T., Amol M. Karmarkar Ph.D., M.P.H., Amit Kumar P.T., Ph.D., M.P.H., Kenneth J. Ottenbacher Ph.D., O.T.R.

Hrishikesh Chakraborty Ph.D., Robert Neal Axon M.D., M.S.C.R., Jordan Brittingham M.S.P.H., Genevieve Ray Lyons M.S.P.H., Laura Cole R.N., M.S.N., Christine B. Turley M.D.

Grant R. Martsolf Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., Adam C. Carle Ph.D., Dennis P. Scanlon Ph.D.

Hangsheng Liu Ph.D., Carolyn T. A. Herzig Ph.D., M.S., Andrew W. Dick Ph.D., E. Yoko Furuya M.D., M.S., Elaine Larson Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Julie Reagan Ph.D., J.D., M.P.H., Monika Pogorzelska‐Maziarz Ph.D., M.P.H., Patricia W. Stone Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

Insurance and Payment Reform

Jens‐Oliver Bock Ph.D., André Hajek Ph.D., Hermann Brenner M.D., M.P.H., Kai‐Uwe Saum Ph.D., Herbert Matschinger Ph.D., Walter Emil Haefeli M.D., Ben Schöttker Ph.D., Renate Quinzler Ph.D., Dirk Heider Ph.D., Hans‐Helmut König M.D., M.P.H.

Laura F. Garabedian M.P.H., Ph.D., Dennis Ross‐Degnan Sc.D., Stephen B. Soumerai Sc.D., Niteesh K. Choudhry M.D., Ph.D., Jeffrey S. Brown Ph.D.

Laura A. Petersen M.D., M.P.H., Kate Simpson Ramos M.P.H., Kenneth Pietz Ph.D., LeChauncy D. Woodard M.D., M.P.H.

Access and Utilization

Wafa W. Tarazi Ph.D., Tiffany L. Green Ph.D., Lindsay M. Sabik Ph.D.

Nicolas Sirven Ph.D., Thomas Rapp Ph.D.

Bruce Stuart Ph.D., Franklin B. Hendrick Ph.D., Jing Xu M.A., J. Samantha Dougherty Ph.D.

Methods Corner

Adam J. Rose M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.P., Megan B. McCullough Ph.D.

Research Briefs

Michel Boudreaux Ph.D., Lynn A. Blewett, Brett Fried M.S., Katherine Hempstead Ph.D., Pinar Karaca‐Mandic Ph.D.

Pamela Roberto M.P.P., Nicole Brandt Pharm.D., Eberechukwu Onukwugha Ph.D., M.S., Bruce Stuart Ph.D.

Volume 52 | Number 3 | June 2017

Quality and Outcomes

Hospital Quality Reporting in the United States: Does Report Card Design and Incorporation of Patient Narrative Comments Affect Hospital Choice?

Hospital Quality Reporting in the United States: Does Report Card Design and Incorporation of Patient Narrative Comments Affect Hospital Choice?

Fighting Infections in Hospital Care: How Organizational Factors Matter

Fighting Infections in Hospital Care: How Organizational Factors Matter

Patient‐Centered Medical Home Recognition and Clinical Performance in U.S. Community Health Centers

Patient‐Centered Medical Home Recognition and Clinical Performance in U.S. Community Health Centers

Association between Nurse Staffing and In‐Hospital Bone Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Association between Nurse Staffing and In‐Hospital Bone Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Duration to Admission and Hospital Transfers Affect Facility Rankings from the Postacute 30‐Day Rehospitalization Quality Measure

Duration to Admission and Hospital Transfers Affect Facility Rankings from the Postacute 30‐Day Rehospitalization Quality Measure

Differences in Hospital Readmission Risk across All Payer Groups in South Carolina

Differences in Hospital Readmission Risk across All Payer Groups in South Carolina

Creating Unidimensional Global Measures of Physician Practice Quality Based on Health Insurance Claims Data

Creating Unidimensional Global Measures of Physician Practice Quality Based on Health Insurance Claims Data

Impact of State Reporting Laws on Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates in U.S. Adult Intensive Care Units

Impact of State Reporting Laws on Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates in U.S. Adult Intensive Care Units

Insurance and Payment Reform

A Longitudinal Investigation of Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance in Germany

A Longitudinal Investigation of Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance in Germany

Impact of Massachusetts Health Reform on Enrollment Length and Health Care Utilization in the Unsubsidized Individual Market

Impact of Massachusetts Health Reform on Enrollment Length and Health Care Utilization in the Unsubsidized Individual Market

Impact of a Pay‐for‐Performance Program on Care for Black Patients with Hypertension: Important Answers in the Era of the Affordable Care Act

Impact of a Pay‐for‐Performance Program on Care for Black Patients with Hypertension: Important Answers in the Era of the Affordable Care Act

Access and Utilization

Medicaid Disenrollment and Disparities in Access to Care: Evidence from Tennessee

Medicaid Disenrollment and Disparities in Access to Care: Evidence from Tennessee

The Dynamics of Hospital Use among Older People Evidence for Europe Using Data

The Dynamics of Hospital Use among Older People Evidence for Europe Using Data

How Low‐Income Subsidy Recipients Respond to Medicare Part D Cost Sharing

How Low‐Income Subsidy Recipients Respond to Medicare Part D Cost Sharing

Methods Corner

A Practical Guide to Using the Positive Deviance Method in Health Services Research

A Practical Guide to Using the Positive Deviance Method in Health Services Research

Research Briefs

Community Characteristics and Qualified Health Plan Selection during the First Open Enrollment Period

Community Characteristics and Qualified Health Plan Selection during the First Open Enrollment Period

Redaction of Substance Abuse Claims in Medicare Research Files Affects Spending Outcomes for Nearly One in Five Beneficiaries with Serious Mental Illness

Redaction of Substance Abuse Claims in Medicare Research Files Affects Spending Outcomes for Nearly One in Five Beneficiaries with Serious Mental Illness