Volume 43 | Number 5p2 | October 2008
Theme Issue Research Articles
Examining Quality Improvement Programs: The Case of Minnesota Hospitals
John R. Olson, James A. Belohlav, Lori S. Cook, Julie M. Hays
Front‐Line Staff Perspectives on Opportunities for Improving the Safety and Efficiency of Hospital Work Systems
Anita L. Tucker, Sara J. Singer M.B.A, Ph.D., Jennifer E. Hayes, Alyson Falwell
Hospital Quality, Efficiency, and Input Slack Differentials
Vivian G. Valdmanis, Michael D. Rosko, Ryan L. Mutter
Steering Patients to Safer Hospitals? The Effect of a Tiered Hospital Network on Hospital Admissions
Dennis P. Scanlon Ph.D., Richard C. Lindrooth, Jon B. Christianson Ph.D.
Specialty and Full‐Service Hospitals: A Comparative Cost Analysis
Kathleen Carey, James F. Burgess Ph.D., Gary J. Young J.D., Ph.D.
Access Intervention in an Integrated, Prepaid Group Practice: Effects on Primary Care Physician Productivity
Douglas Conrad, Paul Fishman, David Grembowski, James Ralston, Robert Reid, Diane Martin, Eric Larson, Melissa Anderson
Impact of Physician Assistant Care on Office Visit Resource Use in the United States
Perri A. Morgan, Nilay D. Shah Ph.D., Jay S. Kaufman, Mark A. Albanese