Volume 46 | Number 1p1 | February 2011
Outcomes and Quality
Provider‐Hospital “Fit” and Patient Outcomes: Evidence from Massachusetts Cardiac Surgeons, 2002–2004
Marco D. Huesch
Does Higher Quality of Diabetes Management in Family Practice Reduce Unplanned Hospital Admissions?
Mark Dusheiko Ph.D., Tim Doran, Hugh Gravelle Ph.D., Catherine Fullwood, Martin Roland
The Unintended Consequence of Diabetes Mellitus Pay‐for‐Performance (P4P) Program in Taiwan: Are Patients with More Comorbidities or More Severe Conditions Likely to Be Excluded from the P4P Program?
Tsung‐Tai Chen, Kuo‐Piao Chung, I‐Chin Lin, Mei‐Shu Lai
Do Hospitals Alter Patient Care Effort Allocations under Pay‐for‐Performance?
Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Justin B. Dimick M.D., M.P.H., Theodore J. Iwashyna
Nursing Homes
Predictors of Nursing Home Residents' Time to Hospitalization
A. James O'Malley Ph.D., Daryl J. Caudry S.M., David C. Grabowski Ph.D.
Incremental Cost of Postacute Care in Nursing Homes
William D. Spector, Maria Rhona Limcangco, Heather Ladd M.S., Dana Mukamel
The Residential History File: Studying Nursing Home Residents' Long‐Term Care Histories
Orna Intrator Ph.D., Jeffrey Hiris, Katherine Berg, Susan C. Miller, Vince Mor
High‐Ductible Health Plans
Employee Choice of a High‐Deductible Health Plan across Multiple Employers
Judith R. Lave Ph.D., Aiju Men, Brian T. Day, Wei Wang Ph.D., Yuting Zhang Ph.D.
Impact of High‐Deductible Health Plans on Health Care Utilization and Costs
Teresa M. Waters Ph.D., Cyril F. Chang, William T. Cecil, Panagiotis Kasteridis, David Mirvis
Insurance Coverage
Coverage and Preventive Screening
Daniella Meeker, Geoffrey F. Joyce, Jesse Malkin, Steven M. Teutsch, Anne C. Haddix, Dana P. Goldman Ph.D.
The Impact of Medicare Part D on Medication Treatment of Hypertension
Yuting Zhang Ph.D., Julie M. Donohue Ph.D., Judith R. Lave Ph.D., Walid F. Gellad
Research and Methods Briefs: Survey Data
Twenty Years of Coverage: An Enhanced Current Population Survey—1989–2008
Jeanette Y. Ziegenfuss, Michael E. Davern
Counting Uninsurance and Means‐Tested Coverage in the American Community Survey: A Comparison to the Current Population Survey
Michel Boudreaux Ph.D., Jeanette Y. Ziegenfuss, Peter Graven M.S., Michael Davern, Lynn A. Blewett
Getting Physicians to Respond: The Impact of Incentive Type and Timing on Physician Survey Response Rates
Katherine M. James, Jeanette Y. Ziegenfuss, Jon C. Tilburt, Ann M. Harris, Timothy J. Beebe