Volume 44 | Number 5p1 | October 2009
Costs, Use and Outcomes
Employer‐Sponsored Insurance, Health Care Cost Growth, and the Economic Performance of U.S. Industries
Neeraj Sood Ph.D, Arkadipta Ghosh, José J. Escarce
Impact of Financial Incentives for Prenatal Care on Birth Outcomes and Spending
Meredith B. Rosenthal Ph.D., Zhonghe Li, Audra D. Robertson, Arnold Milstein
From Pubs to Scrubs: Alcohol Misuse and Health Care Use
Ana I. Balsa, Michael T. French, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Edward C. Norton Ph.D.
Insurance and Access
Differential Effect of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Expansions by Children's Age
Ithai Zvi Lurie
Medicaid Managed Care and Health Care Access for Adult Beneficiaries with Disabilities
Marguerite E. Burns Ph.D.
Community Demographics and Access to Health Care among U.S. Hispanics
Carole Roan Gresenz, Jeannette Rogowski, José J. Escarce
Quality and Safety
Comparing Safety Climate between Two Populations of Hospitals in the United States
Sara J. Singer M.B.A, Ph.D., Christine W. Hartmann, Amresh Hanchate Ph.D., Shibei Zhao, Mark Meterko, Priti Shokeen, Shoutzu Lin, David M. Gaba, Amy K. Rosen Ph.D.
Provider Monitoring and Pay‐for‐Performance When Multiple Providers Affect Outcomes: An Application to Renal Dialysis
Richard A. Hirth, Marc N. Turenne, John R.C. Wheeler, Qing Pan, Yu Ma, Joseph M. Messana
Disparities
Measuring Racial/Ethnic Disparities across the Distribution of Health Care Expenditures
Benjamin Lê Cook, Willard G. Manning
Improving Disparity Estimates for Rare Racial/Ethnic Groups with Trend Estimation and Kalman Filtering: An Application to the National Health Interview Survey
Marc N. Elliott, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Brian K. Finch, David J. Klein M.S., Nate Orr M.A., Megan K. Beckett Ph.D., Nicole Lurie
Methods Articles
New Prescription Medication Gaps: A Comprehensive Measure of Adherence to New Prescriptions
Andrew J. Karter Ph.D., Melissa M. Parker M.S., Howard H. Moffet M.P.H., Ameena T. Ahmed, Julie A. Schmittdiel Ph.D., Joe V. Selby
Social and Economic Costs of Food Allergies in Europe: Development of a Questionnaire to Measure Costs and Health Utility
Margaret Fox, Jantine Voordouw, Miranda Mugford, Judith Cornelisse, Gerrit Antonides, Lynn Frewer
Validating Household Reports of Health Care Use in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Samuel H. Zuvekas Ph.D., Gary L. Olin
Development and Validation of a Risk‐Adjustment Tool in Acute Asthma
Chu‐Lin Tsai, Sunday Clark, Ashley F. Sullivan, Carlos A. Camargo, Jr
Research and Methods Briefs
Health Care Expenditures for Urban and Rural Veterans in Veterans Health Administration Care
Alan N. West, William B. Weeks
Outpatient Satisfaction: The Role of Nominal versus Perceived Communication
Megan K. Beckett Ph.D., Marc N. Elliott, Andrea Richardson, Rita Mangione‐Smith
Collecting Patient Race/Ethnicity and Primary Language Data in Ambulatory Care Settings: A Case Study in Methodology
Latha P. Palaniappan, Eric C. Wong, Jessica J. Shin, Maria R. Moreno, Regina Otero‐Sabogal
Methods Brief
Implications of the Growing Use of Wireless Telephones for Health Care Opinion Polls
Joel C. Cantor, Susan Brownlee, Cliff Zukin, John M. Boyle