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Volume 43 | Issue 4 | August 2008

Health Care and Outcomes

Are Family Physicians Good for You? Endogenous Doctor Supply and Individual Health
Hugh Gravelle,Stephen Morris, and Matt Sutton

Hospital Nurse Practice Environments and Outcomes for Surgical Oncology Patients
Christopher R. Friese, Eileen T. Lake, Linda H. Aiken, Jeffrey H. Silber, and Julie Sochalski

Use of VA and Medicare Services By Dually Eligible Veterans with Psychiatric Problems
Kathleen Carey, Maria E. Montez-Rath, Amy K. Rosen, Cindy L. Christiansen, Susan Loveland, and Susan L. Ettner

Structure and Performance

Ownership Conversions and Nursing Home Performance
David C. Grabowski and David G. Stevenson

Evaluating Health Care Programs by Combining Cost with Quality of Life Measures: A Case Study Comparing Capitation and Fee for Service
Richard Grieve, Jasjeet S. Sekhon, Teh-wei Hu, and Joan R. Bloom

An Empirical Taxonomy of Hospital Governing Board Roles
Shoou-Yih D. Lee, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Virginia Wang, Frances S. Margolin, and John R. Combes

Quality and Safety

Publication of Quality Report Cards and Trends in Reported Quality Measures in Nursing Homes
Dana B. Mukamel, David L. Weimer, William D. Spector, Heather Ladd, and Jacqueline S. Zinn

An Overview of Patient Safety Climate in the VA
Christine W. Hartmann, Amy K. Rosen, Mark Meterko, Priti Shokeen, Shibei Zhao, Sara Singer, Alyson Falwell, and David M. Gaba

Impact of Policy

The Impact of Medicare Coverage Policies on Health Care Utilization
Susan Bartlett Foote, Beth A. Virnig, Robert J. Town, and Lacey Hartman

Commentary: The Impact of Medicare Coverage Policies on Health Care Utilization
Alan M. Garber

Does Reimportation Reduce Price Differences for Prescription Drugs? Lessons from the European Union
Margaret K. Kyle, Jennifer S. Allsbrook, and Kevin A. Schulman

Multimethod Evaluation of Health Policy Change: An Application to Medicaid Managed Care in a Rural State
Howard Waitzkin, Michael Schillaci, and Cathleen E. Willging

Effect of Eliminating Behavioral Health Benefits for Selected Medicaid Enrollees
K. John McConnell, Neal T. Wallace, Charles A. Gallia, and Jeanene A. Smith

Disparities

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Knowledge about Risks and Benefits of Breast Cancer Treatment: Does It Matter Where You Go?
Sarah T. Hawley, Angela Fagerlin, Nancy K. Janz, and Steven J. Katz

Short- and Long-Term Mortality after an Acute Illness for Elderly Whites and Blacks
Daniel Polsky, Ashish K. Jha, Judith Lave, Mark V. Pauly, Liyi Cen, Heather Klusaritz, Zhen Chen, and Kevin G. Volpp

Predicting Changes in Staff Morale and Burnout at Community Health Centers Participating in the Health Disparities Collaboratives
Jessica E. Graber, Elbert S. Huang, Melinda L. Drum, Marshall H. Chin, Amy E. Walters, Loretta Heuer, Hui Tang, Cynthia T. Schaefer, and Michael T. Quinn

Methods Article

Assessing Validity of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 Administrative Data in Recording Clinical Conditions in a Unique Dually Coded Database
Hude Quan, Bing Li, L. Duncan Saunders, Gerry A. Parsons, Carolyn I. Nilsson, Arif Alibhai, and William A. Ghali

Research Brief

Use of Econometric Models to Estimate Expenditure Shares
Justin G. Trogdon, Eric A. Finkelstein, and Thomas J. Hoerger