Volume 56 | Number 2 | April 2021
MEDICARE
The effects of coding intensity in Medicare Advantage on plan benefits and finances
Paul D. Jacobs Ph.D., Richard Kronick
Identifying outlier patterns of inconsistent ambulance billing in Medicare
Prachi Sanghavi PhD, Anupam B. Jena M.D., Ph.D., Joseph P. Newhouse Ph.D., Alan M. Zaslavsky Ph.D.
The effect of direct cognitive assessment in the Medicare annual wellness visit on dementia diagnosis rates
Kimberly E. Lind PhD, MPH, Kerry Hildreth MD, Richard Lindrooth Ph.D., Elaine Morrato DrPH, Lori A. Crane PhD, MPH, Marcelo Coca Perraillon PhD
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Variability in cesarean delivery rates among individual labor and delivery nurses compared to physicians at three attribution time points
Joyce K. Edmonds PhD, MPH, RN, Amber Weiseth DNP, MSN, RN‐OB, Brandon J. Neal MPH, Samuel R. Woodbury BA, Kate Miller PhD, MPH, Vivenne Souter MD, Neel T. Shah MD, MPP
Accounting for uncertainty in policy decision making: Improving access to pediatric dental care
Stewart Curry PhD, Nicoleta Serban Ph.D.
Measuring complications of serious pediatric emergencies using ICD‐10
Kenneth A. Michelson MD, MPH, Arianna H. Dart BS, Richard G. Bachur MD, Prashant Mahajan MD, MPH, MBA, Jonathan A. Finkelstein
COVERAGE
Changes in health insurance coverage, access to care, and health services utilization by sexual minority status in the United States, 2013‐2018
Gilbert Gonzales M.H.A., Carrie Henning‐Smith PhD, MPH, MSW, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld MD, MPH
Health insurance coverage and self‐employment
Seth A. Berkowitz M.D., M.P.H., Rachel Gold, Marisa Elena Domino Ph.D., Sanjay Basu M.D., Ph.D.
Insurance expansions and adolescent use of substance use disorder treatment
Sarah Hamersma PhD, Johanna Catherine Maclean
OPIOIDS
The importance of data source in prescription drug monitoring program research
Jill R. Horwitz, Corey Davis JD, MSPH, Lynn McClelland JD, MPH, Rebecca Fordon JD, MLIS, Ellen Meara
The association between the supply of select nonpharmacologic providers for pain and use of nonpharmacologic pain management services and initial opioid prescribing patterns for Medicare beneficiaries with persistent musculoskeletal pain
Ruchir N. Karmali PhD, Asheley C. Skinner PhD, Justin G. Trogdon, Morris Weinberger, Steven Z. George PT, PhD, FAPTA, Kristen Hassmiller Lich PhD
Opioid use in older adults and Medicare Part D
Adrienne H. Sabety PhD, Tisamarie B. Sherry MD, PhD, Nicole Maestas MPP, PhD
The associations of medical marijuana policies with opioid‐related health care utilization
Jayani Jayawardhana PhD, Jose M. Fernandez PhD
The complex relationships among race/ethnicity, social determinants, and opioid utilization
Asako S. Moriya PhD, Lanlan Xu PhD
METHODS CORNER
The impact of sampling patients on measuring physician patient‐sharing networks using Medicare data
A. James O'Malley Ph.D., Jukka‐Pekka Onnela PhD, Nancy L. Keating M.D., M.P.H., Bruce E. Landon M.D., M.B.A., M.S.
Measuring physician practice site characteristics: A comparison of data from SK&A and a practice site survey
Kristin A. Maurer MPH, Laura Blue PhD, Sean Orzol M.P.H., Ph.D., Nikkilyn Morrison Hensleigh MA, Deborah Peikes PhD