Volume 54 | Number 4 | August 2019
COMMENTARY
Individual market health plan affordability after cost‐sharing reduction subsidy cuts
Coleman Drake PhD, Jean M. Abraham
HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION AND COST
Changes in hospital service demand, cost, and patient illness severity following health reform
Gary Pickens Ph.D., Zeynal Karaca Ph.D., Teresa B. Gibson Ph.D., Eli Cutler Ph.D., Michael Dworsky Ph.D., Brian Moore Ph.D., Herbert S. Wong Ph.D.
Decomposing changes in the growth of U.S. prescription drug use and expenditures, 1999‐2016
Thomas M. Selden, Salam Abdus PhD, G. Edward Miller Ph.D.
Will converting naloxone to over‐the‐counter status increase pharmacy sales?
Sean M. Murphy PhD, Jake R. Morgan M.S., Philip J. Jeng MS, Bruce R. Schackman PhD
Medicare expenditures attributable to dementia
Lindsay White PhD, MPH, Paul Fishman, Anirban Basu Ph.D., Paul K. Crane, Eric B. Larson, Norma B. Coe PhD
The incremental cost of infections associated with multidrug‐resistant organisms in the inpatient hospital setting—A national estimate
Kenton J. Johnston Ph.D., Kenneth E. Thorpe, Jesse T. Jacob MD, David J. Murphy MD, PhD
PATIENT CARE EXPERIENCE AND PREFERENCES
Association of Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative with patient‐reported outcomes
Matthew J. Trombley Ph.D., Sean R. McClellan Ph.D., Daver C. Kahvecioglu PhD, Qian Gu Ph.D., Andrea Hassol M.P.H., Alisha H. Creel PhD, Susan M. Joy MPH, MA, Brian W. Waldersen MD, MPH, Christine Ogbue Dr.PH, MPH
Do health insurance and hospital market concentration influence hospital patients’ experience of care?
Caroline Hanson PhD, Bradley Herring, Erin Trish PhD
Exploring the association of care fragmentation and patient ratings of care quality: A mediation analysis of women Veterans’ experience with VA care
Catherine Chanfreau‐Coffinier PhD, Donna L. Washington MD, MPH, Emmeline Chuang Ph.D., Julian Brunner PhD, Jill E. Darling MSHS, Ismelda Canelo MPA, Elizabeth M. Yano
Patients’ preferences over care settings for minor illnesses and injuries
Dana B. Mukamel Ph.D., Heather Ladd M.S., Alpesh Amin M.D., Dara H. Sorkin Ph.D.
HEALTH POLICY AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Changes in screening colonoscopy following Medicare reimbursement and cost‐sharing changes
Lina D. Song MA, Joseph P. Newhouse Ph.D., Xabier Garcia‐De‐Albeniz MD, PhD, John Hsu M.D., M.B.A.
The impact of tort reform on defensive medicine, quality of care, and physician supply: A systematic review
Rajender Agarwal MD, MPH, MBA, Ashutosh Gupta MD, Shweta Gupta MD, MBA, FACP
Change in geographic access to community health centers after Health Center Program expansion
Leigh Evans PhD, Martin P. Charns M.B.A., D.B.A., Howard J. Cabral PhD, M. Patricia Fabian ScD
Ambulance diversions following public hospital emergency department closures
Charleen Hsuan JD, PhD, Renee Y. Hsia M.D., M.Sc., Jill R. Horwitz, Ninez A. Ponce Ph.D., M.P.P., Thomas Rice, Jack Needleman
VOLUME–OUTCOMES RELATIONSHIP
Physician network position and patient outcomes following implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy
Erika L. Moen PhD, MS, Julie P. Bynum MD, MPH, Jonathan S. Skinner, Alistair J. O'Malley PhD, MS
Impact of pediatric cardiac surgery regionalization on health care utilization and mortality
Rie Sakai‐Bizmark MD, MPH, PhD, Laurie A. Mena MS, Hiraku Kumamaru M.D., ScD., Ichiro Kawachi M.D., Ph.D., Emily H. Marr PhD, Eliza J. Webber MPH, Hyun H. Seo BA, Scott I. M. Friedlander MPH, Ruey‐Kang R. Chang MD, MPH
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND DISPARITIES
The effect of Medicaid waivers on ameliorating racial/ethnic disparities among children with autism
Michelle LaClair MPH, David S. Mandell, Andrew W. Dick Ph.D., Khaled Iskandarani MPH, Bradley D. Stein M.D., Ph.D., Douglas L. Leslie PhD
METHODS CORNER
Effects of improvements in the on the estimated prevalence of medical financial burdens
Steven C. Hill Ph.D., Keisha T. Solomon MA, PhD Student, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Michael F. Pesko Ph.D.
Psychometric evaluation of the Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plan disenrollment reasons survey
Steven C. Martino Ph.D., Marc N. Elliott, Alan M. Zaslavsky Ph.D., Nate Orr M.A., Andy Bogart M.S., Feifei Ye PhD, Cheryl L. Damberg Ph.D.
Survey mode effects and insurance coverage estimates in the redesigned Gallup well‐being index
Benjamin D. Sommers M.D., Ph.D., Anna L. Goldman MD, MPH, Dennis Lee BA, Arnold M. Epstein MD, MA
Using contingent valuation to develop consumer‐based weights for health quality report cards
David L. Weimer Ph.D., Debra Saliba M.D., M.P.H., Heather Ladd M.S., Yuxi Shi MS, Dana B. Mukamel Ph.D.
Imputing race and ethnic information in administrative health data
Yishu Xue PhD, Ofer Harel PhD, Robert H. Aseltine PhD