Volume 55 | Number 5 | October 2020
PREVENTION
Reducing the prevalence of low‐back pain by reducing the prevalence of psychological distress: Evidence from a natural experiment and implications for health care providers
Timothy T. Brown Ph.D., Christie Ahn MPH, Haoyue Huang MTM, Zaidat Ibrahim MPH
Association between Medicaid expansion, dental coverage policies for adults, and children's receipt of preventive dental services
Tumader Khouja BDS, MPH, PhD, Jacqueline M. Burgette DMD, PhD, Julie M. Donohue Ph.D., Eric T. Roberts Ph.D.
QUALITY AND OUTCOMES
Receipt of opioids and patient care experiences among nonsurgical hospitalized adults
Olena Mazurenko MD, PhD, Justin Blackburn Ph.D., Matthew J. Bair MD, MS, Areeba Y. Kara MD, Christopher A. Harle PhD
Development and psychometric assessment of a survey to measure specialty care coordination as experienced by primary care providers
Varsha G. Vimalananda MD, MPH, Mark Meterko, Shirley Qian MS, Jolie B. Wormwood PhD, Amanda Solch MSW, Benjamin Graeme Fincke MD
Ambulatory quality, special health care needs, and emergency department or hospital use for US children
Ryan J. Coller M.D., M.P.H., Michelle M. Kelly MD, Daniel J. Sklansky M.D., Kristin A. Shadman MD, Mary L Ehlenbach MD, Christina B. Barreda MD, Paul J. Chung M.D., M.S., Qianqian Zhao MS, Marshall Bruce Edmonson MD, MPH
Discharge against medical advice among neurological patients: Characteristics and outcomes
Aishwarya Raja BS, Parth D. Trivedi BS, Mandip S. Dhamoon MD, DrPH
Comparing cataract surgery complication rates in veterans receiving VA and community care
Amy K. Rosen Ph.D., Megan E. Vanneman Ph.D., M.P.H., William J. O'Brien M.S., Suzann Pershing MD, MS, Todd H. Wagner Ph.D., Erin Beilstein‐Wedel MA, Jeanie Lo M.P.H., Qi Chen M.D., Ph.D., Glenn C. Cockerham MD, Michael Shwartz Ph.D.
PRICING AND PAYMENT POLICIES
New evidence of state variation in Medicaid payment policies for dual Medicare‐Medicaid enrollees
Eric T. Roberts Ph.D., Alok Nimgaonkar BA, Joshua Aarons BA, Heather Tomko BA, Adele Shartzer PhD, Stephen B. Zuckerman PhD, A. Everette James JD, MBA
Comprehensive support of family caregivers: Are there health system cost offsets?
Courtney Harold Van Houtven PhD, MSc, Valerie A. Smith Dr.P.H., Karen M. Stechuchak M.S., Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz MS, Katherine E. M. Miller MSPH, Megan Shepherd‐Banigan PhD, MPH, Margaret Kabat LCSW‐C, CCM, Jennifer Henius LCSW
Association between specialist compensation and Accountable Care Organization performance
Ishani Ganguli MD, MPH, Claire Lupo BBA, Alexander J. Mainor J.D., M.P.H. , Endel John Orav PhD, Bonnie B. Blanchfield CPA, ScD, Valerie A. Lewis Ph.D., Carrie H. Colla Ph.D.
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Cesarean birth and maternal morbidity among Black women and White women after implementation of a blended payment policy
Jonathan M. Snowden Ph.D., Sarah S. Osmundson MD, MS, Menolly Kaufman MPH, Cori Blauer Peterson MPH, Katy Backes Kozhimannil PhD, MPA
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of patient race/ethnicity, socioeconomics, and quality for adult type 2 diabetes
Woolton Lee, Jennifer T. Lloyd Ph.D., Katherine Giuriceo Ph.D., Timothy Day MA, William Shrank MD, MS, Rahul Rajkumar MD, JD