Volume 46 | Number 4 | August 2011
Medicare and Medicaid
Following the Money: Factors Associated with the Cost of Treating High‐Cost Medicare Beneficiaries
James D. Reschovsky Ph.D., Jack Hadley, Cynthia B. Saiontz‐Martinez Sc.M., Ellyn R. Boukus
The Impact of Medicare Part D on Hospitalization Rates
Christopher C. Afendulis, Yulei He Ph.D., Alan M. Zaslavsky Ph.D., Michael E. Chernew Ph.D.
How Do the Experiences of Medicare Beneficiary Subgroups Differ between Managed Care and Original Medicare?
Marc N. Elliott, Amelia M. Haviland Ph.D., Nate Orr M.A., Katrin Hambarsoomian M.S., Paul D. Cleary Ph.D.
Effect of Usual Source of Care on Depression among Medicare Beneficiaries: An Application of a Simultaneous‐Equations Model
Chunyu Li, Andrew W. Dick Ph.D., Kevin Fiscella, Yeates Conwell, Bruce Friedman Ph.D., M.P.H.
Improving Perinatal Regionalization for Preterm Deliveries in a Medicaid Covered Population: Initial Impact of the Arkansas ANGELS Intervention
Janet M. Bronstein Ph.D., Songthip Ounpraseuth, Jeffrey Jonkman, Curtis L. Lowery, David Fletcher, Richard R. Nugent, Richard W. Hall
The Impact of Medicare Part D on Out‐of‐Pocket Costs for Prescription Drugs, Medication Utilization, Health Resource Utilization, and Preference‐Based Health Utility
Frank Xiaoqing Liu, G. Caleb Alexander, Stephanie Y. Crawford, A. Simon Pickard, Donald Hedeker, Surrey M. Walton
Cost, Quality and Chronic Disease
Cost Implications of Improving Blood Pressure Management among U.S. Adults
Teryl K. Nuckols, Julia E. Aledort, John Adams, Julie Lai, Myong‐Hyun Go, Joan Keesey, Elizabeth McGlynn
Cost Implications to Health Care Payers of Improving Glucose Management among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Teryl K. Nuckols, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, John Adams, Julie Lai, Myong‐Hyun Go, Joan Keesey, Julia E. Aledort
Does Medication Adherence Lower Medicare Spending among Beneficiaries with Diabetes?
Bruce Stuart Ph.D., Amy Davidoff, Ruth Lopert, Thomas Shaffer, J. Samantha Shoemaker, Jennifer Lloyd
Translating Medical Evidence to Promote Informed Health Care Decisions
Lauren McCormack, Katherine Treiman, Carla Bann, Pamela Williams‐Piehota, David Driscoll, Jon Poehlman, Cindy Soloe, Kathleen Lohr, Stacey Sheridan, Carol Golin, Samuel Cykert, Russell Harris
Access to Care
Health‐Related Unmet Needs of Supplemental Security Income Youth after the Age‐18 Redetermination
Jeffrey Hemmeter
Is Direct Access to Obstetricians/Gynecologists Effective at Improving Maternal Health Behaviors?
Christine Piette Durrance Ph.D., Scott Hankins
Disparities
Crowd‐out and Exposure Effects of Physical Comorbidities on Mental Health Care Use: Implications for Racial–Ethnic Disparities in Access
Benjamin Lê Cook, Thomas G. McGuire Ph.D., Margarita Alegria, Sharon‐Lise Normand
Reducing Health Disparities: Strategy Planning and Implementation in Israel's Largest Health Care Organization
Ran D. Balicer M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Efrat Shadmi Ph.D., Nicky Lieberman M.D., Sari Greenberg‐Dotan, Margalit Goldfracht, Liora Jana, Arnon D. Cohen, Sigal Regev‐Rosenberg, Orit Jacobson Ph.D.
Workforce
The Impact of Out‐Migration on the Nursing Workforce in Kenya
Jessica M. Gross, Martha F. Rogers, Ilya Teplinskiy, Elizabeth Oywer, David Wambua, Andrew Kamenju, John Arudo, Patricia L. Riley, Melinda Higgins, Chris Rakuom, Rose Kiriinya, Agnes Waudo
Variation in Emergency Medical Technician Partner Familiarity
P. Daniel Patterson, Robert M. Arnold, Kaleab Abebe, Judith R. Lave Ph.D., David Krackhardt, Matthew Carr, Matthew D. Weaver, Donald M. Yealy