Volume 49 | Number 5 | October 2014
Quality of Care
Characterization of Adverse Events Detected in a Large Health Care Delivery System Using an Enhanced Global Trigger Tool over a Five‐Year Interval
Donald A. Kennerly M.D., Ph.D., Rustam Kudyakov M.D.,M.P.H., Briget Graca J.D., M.S., Margaret Saldaña R.H.I.A., M.P.H., Jan Compton R.N., B.S.N., M.S.H.A., C.P.H.Q., David Nicewander M.S., Richard Gilder M.S., R.N.‐B.C.
Using Estimated True Safety Event Rates versus Flagged Safety Event Rates: Does It Change Hospital Profiling and Payment?
Amy K. Rosen Ph.D., Qi Chen M.D., Ph.D., Ann M. Borzecki M.D., M.P.H., Marlena Shin J.D., M.P.H., Kamal M. F. Itani M.D., Michael Shwartz Ph.D.
Template Matching for Auditing Hospital Cost and Quality
Jeffrey H. Silber M.D., Ph.D., Paul R. Rosenbaum Ph.D., Richard N. Ross M.S., Justin M. Ludwig M.A., Wei Wang Ph.D., Bijan A. Niknam B.S., Nabanita Mukherjee Ph.D., Philip A. Saynisch A.B., Orit Even‐Shoshan M.S., Rachel R. Kelz M.D., Lee A. Fleisher M.D.
A Hospital‐Specific Template for Benchmarking its Cost and Quality
Jeffrey H. Silber M.D., Ph.D., Paul R. Rosenbaum Ph.D., Richard N. Ross M.S., Justin M. Ludwig M.A., Wei Wang Ph.D., Bijan A. Niknam B.S., Philip A. Saynisch A.B., Orit Even‐Shoshan M.S., Rachel R. Kelz M.D., Lee A. Fleisher M.D.
Health Care Utilization and Receipt of Preventive Care for Patients Seen at Federally Funded Health Centers Compared to Other Sites of Primary Care
Neda Laiteerapong M.D., M.S., James Kirby Ph.D., Yue Gao M.P.H., Tzy‐Chyi Yu M.H.A., Ph.D., Ravi Sharma Ph.D., Robert Nocon M.H.S., Sang Mee Lee Ph.D., Marshall H. Chin M.D., M.P.H., Aviva G. Nathan M.P.H., Quyen Ngo‐Metzger M.D., M.P.H., Elbert S. Huang M.D., M.P.H.
Health Reform and Innovation
Physician Practice Participation in Accountable Care Organizations: The Emergence of the Unicorn
Stephen M. Shortell Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Sean R. McClellan Ph.D., Patricia P. Ramsay M.P.H., Lawrence P. Casalino M.D., Ph.D., Andrew M. Ryan Ph.D., M.A., Kennon R. Copeland Ph.D., M.S.
A Randomized, Controlled Pragmatic Trial of Telephonic Medication Therapy Management to Reduce Hospitalization in Home Health Patients
Alan J. Zillich Pharm.D., Margie E. Snyder Pharm.D., Caitlin K. Frail Pharm.D., M.S., Julie L. Lewis M.B.A., Donny Deshotels B.S., Patrick Dunham B.S., Heather A. Jaynes R.N., M.S.N., Jason M. Sutherland Ph.D.
An Assessment of Patient Navigator Activities in Breast Cancer Patient Navigation Programs Using a Nine‐Principle Framework
Christine M. Gunn M.A., Jack A. Clark Ph.D., Tracy A. Battaglia M.D., M.P.H., Karen M. Freund M.D., M.P.H., Victoria A. Parker D.B.A.
Cost and Efficiency in Health Services
Cutting Medicare Hospital Prices Leads to a Spillover Reduction in Hospital Discharges for the Nonelderly
Chapin White Ph.D.
Long‐Term Impact of Medicare Payment Reductions on Patient Outcomes
Vivian Y. Wu Ph.D., M.S., Yu‐Chu Shen Ph.D.
Examining the Association between Utilization Management and Downstream Cardiovascular Imaging
Abiy Agiro Ph.D., Gosia Sylwestrzak M.A., Christiane Shah, Thomas Power M.D., Andrea DeVries Ph.D.
Impact of States' Nurse Work Hour Regulations on Overtime Practices and Work Hours among Registered Nurses
Sung‐Heui Bae Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., Jangho Yoon Ph.D.
Research Briefs
Temporal Changes in Survival after Cardiac Surgery Are Associated with the Thirty‐Day Mortality Benchmark
Bryan G. Maxwell M.D., M.P.H., Jim K. Wong M.D., M.S., D. Craig Miller M.D., Robert L. Lobato M.D., M.S.
Compassion Practices and : Does Rewarding and Supporting Workplace Compassion Influence Patient Perceptions?
Laura E. McClelland Ph.D., Timothy J. Vogus Ph.D.
Methods Articles
Methods for Assessing Patient–Clinician Communication about Depression in Primary Care: What You See Depends on How You Look
Stephen G. Henry M.D., Bo Feng Ph.D., Peter Franks M.D., Robert A. Bell Ph.D., Daniel J. Tancredi Ph.D., Dustin Gottfeld B.S., Richard L. Kravitz M.D., M.S.P.H.
Methods for Constructing and Assessing Propensity Scores
Melissa M. Garrido Ph.D., Amy S. Kelley M.D., M.S.H.S., Julia Paris B.A., Katherine Roza B.A., Diane E. Meier, R. Sean Morrison M.D., Melissa D. Aldridge Ph.D., M.B.A.