Volume 52 | Number 6 | December 2017
Best of the 2017 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
State Prescription Contraception Insurance Mandates: Effects on Unintended Births
Emily M. Johnston Ph.D., E. Kathleen Adams Ph.D.
Effects of Guideline and Formulary Changes on Statin Prescribing in the Veterans Affairs
Adam A. Markovitz B.S., Rob G. Holleman M.P.H., Timothy P. Hofer M.D., M.S., Eve A. Kerr M.D., M.P.H., Mandi L. Klamerus M.P.H., Jeremy B. Sussman M.D., M.S.
The Impact of State Medical Malpractice Reform on Individual‐Level Health Care Expenditures
Hao Yu Ph.D., Michael Greenberg Ph.D., J.D., Amelia Haviland Ph.D.
Medicare Advantage and Fee‐for‐Service Performance on Clinical Quality and Patient Experience Measures: Comparisons from Three Large States
Justin W. Timbie Ph.D., Andy Bogart M.S., Cheryl L. Damberg Ph.D., Marc N. Elliott, Ann Haas M.S.,M.P.H, Sarah J. Gaillot Ph.D., Elizabeth H. Goldstein Ph.D., Susan M. Paddock Ph.D.
Long‐Term Impact of a Postdischarge Community Health Worker Intervention on Health Care Costs in a Safety‐Net System
Alison A. Galbraith M.D., M.P.H., David J. Meyers M.P.H., Dennis Ross‐Degnan Sc.D., Marguerite E. Burns Ph.D., Catherine E. Vialle‐Valentin M.D., M.H.C.M., Marc R. Larochelle M.D., M.P.H., Sharon Touw M.P.H., Fang Zhang Ph.D., Meredith Rosenthal Ph.D., Richard B. Balaban M.D.
Utilization of Health Care Services
Hospital Postacute Care Referral Networks: Is Referral Concentration Associated with Medicare‐Style Bundled Payments?
Ramandeep Kaur Ph.D., Jennifer N. Perloff Ph.D., Christopher Tompkins Ph.D., Christine E. Bishop Ph.D.
Postponing a General Practitioner Visit: Describing Social Differences in Thirty‐One European Countries
Jens Detollenaere M.Sc., Amelie Van Pottelberge M.Sc., Lise Hanssens M.Sc., Lieven Pauwels M.Sc., Ph.D., Tessa Loenen M.Sc., Ph.D., Sara Willems M.Sc., Ph.D.
Longitudinal Patterns of Emergency Department Visits: A Multistate Analysis of Medicaid Beneficiaries
Parul Agarwal Ph.D., Thomas K. Bias Ph.D., Usha Sambamoorthi Ph.D.
Organizational Factors Affect Safety‐Net Hospitals’ Breast Cancer Treatment Rates
Nina A. Bickell M.D., M.P.H., Alexandra DeNardis Moss B.A., Maria Castaldi M.D., Ajay Shah M.D., Alan Sickles M.D., Peter Pappas M.D., Theophilus Lewis M.D., Margaret Kemeny M.D., Shalini Arora M.D., Lori Schleicher M.D., Kezhen Fei M.S., Rebeca Franco M.P.H., Ann Scheck McAlearney Sc.D., M.S.
Out‐of‐Network Emergency Department Use among Managed Medicaid Beneficiaries
Maria C. Raven M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., David Guzman M.S., Alice H. Chen M.D., John Kornak Ph.D., Margot Kushel M.D.
Policy and Regulation
Lactation Support Services and Breastfeeding Initiation: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act
Kandice A. Kapinos Ph.D., Lindsey Bullinger M.P.A., Ph.D. candidate, Tami Gurley‐Calvez Ph.D.
Supplemental Insurance and Racial Health Disparities under Medicare Part B
Christopher S. Brunt Ph.D.
Access to Care for Medicare‐Medicaid Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: The Role of State Medicaid Payment Policies
Nan Tracy Zheng Ph.D., Susan Haber Sc.D., Sonja Hoover M.P.P., Zhanlian Feng Ph.D.
Methods Article
Transfer Frequency as a Measure of Hospital Capability and Regionalization
Urbano L. França Ph.D., Michael L. McManus M.D., M.P.H.
Research Brief
Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion on Dental Care Use
Kamyar Nasseh Ph.D., Marko Vujicic Ph.D.