Volume 52 | Number 4 | August 2017
Improving Methods in Health Services Research
A “Patch” to the Emergency Department Visit Algorithm
Kenton J. Johnston Ph.D., Lindsay Allen M.A., Taylor A. Melanson B.A., Stephen R. Pitts M.D., M.P.H.
Misclassification Risk of Tier‐Based Physician Quality Performance Systems
John L. Adams Ph.D., M.S., Susan M. Paddock Ph.D.
Improving Population Health Management Strategies: Identifying Patients Who Are More Likely to Be Users of Avoidable Costly Care and Those More Likely to Develop a New Chronic Disease
Judith H. Hibbard, Jessica Greene Ph.D., Rebecca M. Sacks M.P.H., Valerie Overton D.N.P, Carmen Parrotta M.P.H
Implications of Variation in the Relationships between Beneficiary Characteristics and Medicare Advantage Measures
Laura A. Hatfield Ph.D., Alan M. Zaslavsky Ph.D.
Electronic Health Records
An Ethnographic Study of Health Information Technology Use in Three Intensive Care Units
Myles Leslie Ph.D., Elise Paradis Ph.D., Michael A. Gropper M.D., Ph.D., Simon Kitto Ph.D., Scott Reeves Ph.D., Peter Pronovost
Meaningful Use of the Indian Health Service Electronic Health Record
Gina R. Kruse M.D., M.P.H., Howard Hays M.D., M.S.P.H., E. John Orav Ph.D., Martha Palan M.S., Thomas D. Sequist M.D., M.P.H.
Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records and Medicare Expenditures: Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis of U.S. Health Care Markets, 2010–2013
Eric J. Lammers Ph.D., M.P.P., Catherine G. McLaughlin Ph.D.
Pay‐for‐Performance and Provider Payment
The Impact of Nursing Home Pay‐for‐Performance on Quality and Medicare Spending: Results from the Nursing Home Value‐Based Purchasing Demonstration
David C. Grabowski Ph.D., David G. Stevenson Ph.D., Daryl J. Caudry S.M., A. James O'Malley Ph.D., Lisa H. Green Ph.D., Julia A. Doherty M.H.S.A., Richard G. Frank Ph.D.
Trends in Medicare Service Volume for Cataract Surgery and the Impact of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Dan Gong M.D., Lin Jun M.D., Ph.D., James C. Tsai M.D., M.B.A.
The Differential Impact of User‐Fee Exemption Compared to Conditional Cash Transfers on Safe Deliveries in Nepal
Elina Pradhan S.M., Victoria Y. Fan Sc.D.
Care Transitions and Readmissions
Reducing Readmissions among Heart Failure Patients Discharged to Home Health Care: Effectiveness of Early and Intensive Nursing Services and Early Physician Follow‐Up
Christopher M. Murtaugh Ph.D., Partha Deb Ph.D., Carolyn Zhu Ph.D., Timothy R. Peng Ph.D., Yolanda Barrón M.S., Shivani Shah M.P.H., Stanley M. Moore B.S., Kathryn H. Bowles Ph.D., Jill Kalman M.D., Penny H. Feldman Ph.D., Albert L. Siu M.D., M.S.P.H.
Rural–Urban Differences in the Effect of Follow‐Up Care on Postdischarge Outcomes
Matthew Toth M.S.W., Ph.D., Mark Holmes Ph.D., Courtney Van Houtven Ph.D., Mark Toles R.N., Ph.D., Morris Weinberger, Pam Silberman J.D., Dr.Ph.
Improving Care Transitions Management: Examining the Role of Accountable Care Organization Participation and Expanded Electronic Health Record Functionality
Thomas P. Huber MS, ECS, Stephen M. Shortell Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Hector P. Rodriguez Ph.D., M.P.H.
Medication Use and Adherence
Medication Nonadherence: The Role of Cost, Community, and Individual Factors
Ibrahim Abbass Ph.D., Lee Revere Ph.D., Jordan Mitchell Ph.D., Ajit Appari Ph.D.
Determinants of Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use among Community‐Dwelling Older Adults
G. Edward Miller Ph.D., Eric M. Sarpong Ph.D., Amy J. Davidoff Ph.D., Eunice Y. Yang M.A., Nicole J. Brandt Pharm.D., M.B.A., C.G.P., B.C.P.P., F.A.S.C.P., Donna M. Fick Ph.D., R.N., F.G.S.A., F.A.A.N.
Does Increased Medication Use among Seniors Increase Risk of Hospitalization and Emergency Department Visits?
Sara Allin Ph.D., David Rudoler Ph.D., Audrey Laporte Ph.D.
Provider Report Cards
Is Anyone Paying Attention to Physician Report Cards? The Impact of Increased Availability on Consumers’ Awareness and Use of Physician Quality Information
Yunfeng Shi, Dennis P. Scanlon Ph.D., Neeraj Bhandari Ph.D., Jon B. Christianson Ph.D.
Hospital Advertising, Competition, and : Does It Pay to Advertise?
John W. Huppertz Ph.D., R. Alan Bowman Ph.D., George Y. Bizer Ph.D., Mandeep S. Sidhu M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A, Colleen McVeigh M.B.A.