Volume 40 | Number 1 | February 2005
Medicaid
The Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Andrew B. Bindman M.D., Arpita Chattopadhyay, Dennis H. Osmond, William Huen, Peter Bacchetti Ph.D.
How Well Does Medicaid Work in Improving Access to Care?
Sharon K. Long Ph.D. (economics), Teresa Coughlin, Jennifer King
From Medicaid to Uninsured: Drop‐Out among Children in Public Insurance Programs
Benjamin D. Sommers
Medication Use
The “Minimizing Antibiotic Resistance in Colorado” Project: Impact of Patient Education in Improving Antibiotic Use in Private Office Practices
Ralph Gonzales, Kitty K. Corbett, Bonnie A. Leeman‐Castillo, Judith Glazner, Kathleen Erbacher, Carol A. Darr, Shale Wong, Judith H. Maselli, Angela Sauaia, Karen Kafadar
Self‐Medication of Mental Health Problems: New Evidence from a National Survey
Katherine M. Harris, Mark J. Edlund
Special Populations, Special Services
The Effects of Geography and Spatial Behavior on Health Care Utilization among the Residents of a Rural Region
Thomas A. Arcury, Wilbert M. Gesler, John S. Preisser, Jill Sherman, John Spencer, Jamie Perin
The Administrative Control System of Substance Abuse Managed Care
Michael R. Sosin
Initial Home Health Outcomes under Prospective Payment
Robert E. Schlenker, Martha C. Powell, Glenn K. Goodrich
The Determinants of Private Medical Insurance Prevalence in England, 1997–2000
Derek King, Elias Mossialos
Methods
Response Rates and Response Bias for 50 Surveys of Pediatricians
William L. Cull, Karen G. O'Connor, Sanford Sharp, Suk‐fong S. Tang
Testing for Statistical Discrimination in Health Care
Ana I. Balsa, Thomas G. McGuire Ph.D., Lisa S. Meredith
Application of a Propensity Score Approach for Risk Adjustment in Profiling Multiple Physician Groups on Asthma Care
I‐Chan Huang, Constantine Frangakis, Francesca Dominici, Gregory B. Diette, Albert W. Wu
IRBs and Multisite Studies
Variations among Institutional Review Board Reviews in a Multisite Health Services Research Study
Kathleen Dziak, Roger Anderson, Mary Ann Sevick, Carol S. Weisman, Douglas W. Levine, Sarah Hudson Scholle M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Institutional Review Boards and Multisite Studies in Health Services Research: Is There a Better Way?
Jennifer L. Gold, Carolyn S. Dewa