Volume 48 | Number 5 | October 2013
Impact of Payment Reform and Regulation
Medicare Payment Reform and Provider Entry and Exit in the Post‐Acute Care Market
Peter J. Huckfeldt Ph.D., Neeraj Sood Ph.D, John A. Romley Ph.D., Alessandro Malchiodi M.Phil, M.Sc., José J. Escarce
The Disparate Impact of the ‐Dependent Expansion across Population Subgroups
Brett O'Hara Ph.D., Matthew W. Brault
Do Changes in Hospital Outpatient Payments Affect the Setting of Care?
Daifeng He Ph.D., Jennifer M. Mellor Ph.D.
Medicaid Bed‐Hold Policies and Hospitalization of Long‐Stay Nursing Home Residents
Mark Aaron Unruh Ph.D., David C. Grabowski Ph.D., Amal N. Trivedi M.D., M.P.H., Vincent Mor Ph.D.
The Effect of Parity on Expenditures for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness
K. John McConnell Ph.D.
Access to Health Care
Responses to Medicare Drug Costs among Near‐Poor versus Subsidized Beneficiaries
Vicki Fung Ph.D., Mary Reed, Mary Price, Richard Brand, William H. Dow Ph.D., Joseph P. Newhouse Ph.D., John Hsu M.D., M.B.A.
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Receipt of Timely Adjuvant Therapy for Older Women with Breast Cancer: Are Delays Influenced by the Hospitals Where Patients Obtain Surgical Care?
Rachel A. Freedman M.D., M.P.H., Yulei He Ph.D., Eric P. Winer, Nancy L. Keating M.D., M.P.H.
Trends in Racial Disparities for Injured Patients Admitted to Trauma Centers
Laurent G. Glance, Turner M. Osler, Dana B. Mukamel Ph.D., J. Wayne Meredith, Yue Li Ph.D., Feng Qian, Andrew W. Dick Ph.D.
Patient Experiences with Involuntary Out‐of‐Network Charges
Kelly A. Kyanko M.D., M.H.S., Denise D. Pong, Kathleen Bahan, Leslie A. Curry
Effectiveness and Consumer Preferences
The Influence of Visiting Consultant Clinics on Measures of Access to Cancer Care: Evidence from the State of Iowa
Roger Tracy, Inwoo Nam, Thomas S. Gruca
Telephone Care Management's Effectiveness in Coordinating Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries in Managed Care: A Randomized Controlled Study
Sue E. Kim, Charles Michalopoulos Ph.D, Richard M. Kwong A.B., S.M., Anne Warren M.P.P, Michelle S. Manno M.S.
Midwifery Care at a Freestanding Birth Center: A Safe and Effective Alternative to Conventional Maternity Care
Sarah Benatar, A. Bowen Garrett, Embry Howell, Ashley Palmer
Methods
Beta‐Binomial Regression and Bimodal Utilization
Chuan‐Fen Liu M.P.H., Ph.D., James F. Burgess Ph.D., Willard G. Manning, Matthew L. Maciejewski Ph.D.
Estimating Inpatient Hospital Prices from State Administrative Data and Hospital Financial Reports
Katharine R. Levit, Bernard Friedman, Herbert S. Wong Ph.D.
An Empirical Comparison of Tree‐Based Methods for Propensity Score Estimation
Stephanie Watkins, Michele Jonsson‐Funk, M. Alan Brookhart Ph.D., Steven A. Rosenberg, T. Michael O'Shea, Julie Daniels