Volume 40 | Number 4 | August 2005
Quality of Care
Patients' Preferences for Technical versus Interpersonal Quality When Selecting a Primary Care Physician
Constance H. Fung, Marc N. Elliott, Ron D. Hays, Katherine L. Kahn M.D., David E. Kanouse, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Mark D. Spranca, Paul G. Shekelle
Assessing the Implementation of the Chronic Care Model in Quality Improvement Collaboratives
Marjorie L. Pearson, Shinyi Wu, Judith Schaefer, Amy E. Bonomi, Stephen M. Shortell Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Peter J. Mendel, Jill A. Marsteller, Thomas A. Louis, Mayde Rosen, Emmett B. Keeler
An Educational Intervention to Enhance Nurse Leaders' Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture
Liane Ginsburg, Peter G. Norton, Ann Casebeer, Steven Lewis
Competition, Markets, and Insurance
Increasing Health Insurance Costs and the Decline in Insurance Coverage
Michael Chernew Ph.D., David M. Cutler, Patricia Seliger Keenan
Nursing Home Spending Patterns in the 1990s: The Role of Nursing Home Competition and Excess Demand
Dana B. Mukamel Ph.D., William D. Spector, Alina Bajorska
The Effects of Price Competition and Reduced Subsidies for Uncompensated Care on Hospital Mortality
Kevin G. M. Volpp, Jonathan D. Ketcham, Andrew J. Epstein, Sankey V. Williams
The Impact of an Innovative Reform to the South Carolina Dental Medicaid System
Paul J. Nietert, W. David Bradford Ph.D., Linda M. Kaste
The Effect of Expanded Mental Health Benefits on Treatment Initiation and Specialist Utilization
Richard C. Lindrooth, Anthony T. Lo Sasso, Ithai Z. Lurie
Correlates of Ambulatory Care
Neighborhood Effects on Posthospitalization Mortality: A Population‐based Cohort Study of the Elderly in Chicago
Ming Wen, Nicholas A. Christakis
Dynamic Effects among Patients' Treatment Needs, Beliefs, and Utilization: A Prospective Study of Adolescents in Drug Treatment
Terry L. Schell, Maria Orlando, Andrew R. Morral
More May Be Better: Evidence of a Negative Relationship between Physician Supply and Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
James N. Laditka, Sarah B. Laditka, Janice C. Probst
Physician Visits, Hospitalizations, and Socioeconomic Status: Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in a Canadian Setting
Leslie L. Roos, Randy Walld, Julia Uhanova, Ruth Bond
Methods
New York's Statistical Model Accurately Predicts Mortality Risk for Veterans Who Obtain Private Sector CABG
William B. Weeks, Dorothy A. Bazos, David M. Bott, Rosemary Lombardo, Michael J. Racz, Edward L. Hannan, Elliott S. Fisher M.D.
The Quality of the Quality Indicator of Pain Derived from the Minimum Data Set
Ning Wu, Susan C. Miller, Kate Lapane, Jason Roy, Vincent Mor Ph.D.
A Matter of Classes: Stratifying Health Care Populations to Produce Better Estimates of Inpatient Costs
David B. Rein
Predicting Mortality and Healthcare Utilization with a Single Question
Karen B. DeSalvo, Vincent S. Fan, Mary B. McDonell, Stephan D. Fihn
Institutional Variability in a Minimal Risk, Population‐Based Study: Recognizing Policy Barriers to Health Services Research
Craig D. Newgard, Sai‐Hung Joshua Hui, Patrick Stamps‐White, Roger J. Lewis