Volume 53 | Number 1 | February 2018
Competition and Provider Behavior
The Volume–Outcome Relationship Revisited: Practice Indeed Makes Perfect
Corinna Hentschker M.Sc., Roman Mennicken Ph.D.
The Probability of Hospitalizations for Mild‐to‐Moderate Injuries by Trauma Center Ownership Type
Etienne E. Pracht Ph.D., Barbara Langland‐Orban Ph.D., Jessica L. Ryan B.A.
The Effect of Certificate of Need Laws on All‐Cause Mortality
James Bailey Ph.D.
Impact of Health System Affiliation on Hospital Resource Use Intensity and Quality of Care
Rachel Mosher Henke Ph.D., Zeynal Karaca Ph.D., Brian Moore Ph.D., Eli Cutler Ph.D., Hangsheng Liu Ph.D., William D. Marder Ph.D., Herbert S. Wong Ph.D.
Understanding and Improving Value
Low‐Value Service Use in Provider Organizations
Aaron L. Schwartz Ph.D., Alan M. Zaslavsky Ph.D., Bruce E. Landon M.D., M.B.A., M.S., Michael E. Chernew Ph.D., J. Michael McWilliams M.D., Ph.D.
Factors That Distinguish High‐Performing Accountable Care Organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
Thomas D'Aunno Ph.D., Lauren Broffman M.A., Michael Sparer Ph.D., J.D., Sumit R. Kumar M.D., M.P.A.
Modeling Health Care Spending Growth of Older Adults
Laura A. Hatfield Ph.D., Melissa M. Favreault Ph.D., Thomas G. McGuire Ph.D., Michael E. Chernew Ph.D.
Impact of Copayment Changes on Children's Albuterol Inhaler Use and Costs after the Clean Air Act Chlorofluorocarbon Ban
Alison A. Galbraith M.D., M.P.H., Vicki Fung Ph.D., Lingling Li Ph.D., Melissa G. Butler Pharm.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., B.C.P.S., James D. Nordin M.D., M.P.H., John Hsu M.D., M.B.A., David Smith Ph.D., R.Ph., William M. Vollmer Ph.D., Tracy A. Lieu M.D., M.P.H., Stephen B. Soumerai Sc.D., Ann Chen Wu M.D.,M.P.H.
Innovative Methods in HSR
Adjusting Health Expenditures for Inflation: A Review of Measures for Health Services Research in the United States
Abe Dunn Ph.D., Scott D. Grosse Ph.D., Samuel H. Zuvekas Ph.D.
The Potential of High‐Dimensional Propensity Scores in Health Services Research: An Exemplary Study on the Quality of Care for Elective Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Dirk Enders Dipl.‐Math., Christoph Ohlmeier Dr. PH, Edeltraut Garbe Dr. Med.
Space–Time Cluster Analysis to Detect Innovative Clinical Practices: A Case Study of Aripiprazole in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Robert B. Penfold Ph.D., James F. Burgess Ph.D., Austin F. Lee Ph.D., Mingfei Li Ph.D., Christopher J. Miller Ph.D., Marjorie Nealon Seibert M.B.A., Todd P. Semla Pharm.D., David C. Mohr Ph.D., Lewis E. Kazis Sc.D, Mark S. Bauer M.D.
Automated Delineation of Hospital Service Areas and Hospital Referral Regions by Modularity Optimization
Yujie Hu Ph.D., Fahui Wang Ph.D., Imam M. Xierali Ph.D.
Sampling for Patient Exit Interviews: Assessment of Methods Using Mathematical Derivation and Computer Simulations
Pascal Geldsetzer M.B.Ch.B., Günther Fink Ph.D., Maria Vaikath M.Sc., Till Bärnighausen M.D., Sc.D.
Covariate Balancing through Naturally Occurring Strata
Farrokh Alemi Ph.D., Amr ElRafey, Ivan Avramovic
Medicaid and Marketplace Policies
Mandatory Statewide Medicaid Managed Care in Florida and Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Tianyan Hu Ph.D., Karoline Mortensen Ph.D.
Impact of Wisconsin Medicaid Policy Change on Dental Sealant Utilization
Christopher Okunseri B.D.S., M.Sc., D.D.P.H.R.C.S.E., F.F.D.R.C.S.I., Elaye Okunseri M.B.A., M.S.H.R., Raul I. Garcia D.M.D., M.M.Sc., Cesar Gonzalez D.D.S., M.S., Alexis Visotcky M.S., Aniko Szabo Ph.D.
Comparison of Medicaid Payments Relative to Medicare Using Inpatient Acute Care Claims from the Medicaid Program: Fiscal Year 2010–Fiscal Year 2011
Devin A. Stone M.A., Bridget A. Dickensheets M.A., John A. Poisal M.B.A.
Impact of Enroll America on the Number of Individuals Covered through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace
Sean Orzol M.P.H., Ph.D., Lauren Hula M.P.P.
Mental Health and Substance Use
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Evaluation Study: Impact on Mental Health Financial Requirements among Commercial “Carve‐In” Plans
Sarah A. Friedman M.S.P.H., Amber G. Thalmayer Ph.D., Francisca Azocar Ph.D., Haiyong Xu Ph.D., Jessica M. Harwood M.S., Michael K. Ong M.D., Ph.D., Laura Lambert Johnson B.S., Susan L. Ettner Ph.D.
Geographic Disparities in Availability of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Medicaid Enrollees
Amanda J. Abraham Ph.D., Christina M. Andrews Ph.D., Marissa E. Yingling Ph.D., Jerry Shannon Ph.D.
Patient, Physician, and Health‐System Factors Influencing the Quality of Antidepressant and Sedative Prescribing for Older, Community‐Dwelling Adults
Rian Marie Extavour Ph.D., Matthew Perri Ph.D.
Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management
Identifying Primary Care Pathways from Quality of Care to Outcomes and Satisfaction Using Structural Equation Modeling
Ignacio Ricci‐Cabello Ph.D., Sarah Stevens M.Sc., Andrew R. H. Dalton Ph.D., Robert I. Griffiths M.S., Sc.D., John L. Campbell Ph.D., Jose M. Valderas Ph.D.
Stratifying Patients with Diabetes into Clinically Relevant Groups by Combination of Chronic Conditions to Identify Gaps in Quality of Care
Elizabeth M. Magnan M.D., Ph.D., Daniel M. Bolt Ph.D., Robert T. Greenlee Ph.D., M.P.H., Jennifer Fink Ph.D., Maureen A. Smith M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Patient Experience of Chronic Illness Care and Medical Home Transformation in Safety Net Clinics
Elizabeth L. Tung M.D., Yue Gao M.P.H., Monica E. Peek M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., Robert S. Nocon M.H.S., Kathryn E. Gunter M.P.H., M.S.W., Sang Mee Lee Ph.D., Marshall H. Chin M.D., M.P.H.
Does Spatial Access to Primary Care Affect Emergency Department Utilization for Nonemergent Conditions?
Jamie Fishman M.S., Sara McLafferty Ph.D., William Galanter M.S., M.D., Ph.D.
Disparities in Diabetes Care Quality by English Language Preference in Community Health Centers
Lucinda B. Leung M.D., Arturo Vargas‐Bustamante Ph.D., Ana E. Martinez M.P.H., Xiao Chen Ph.D., Hector P. Rodriguez Ph.D., M.P.H.
Telemedical Care and Monitoring for Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Has a Positive Effect on Survival
Robert Herold B.Sc. Math, Neeltje Berg, Marcus Dörr, Wolfgang Hoffmann M.P.H.
Health Services Utilization in Older Adults with Dementia Receiving Care Coordination: The MIND at Home Trial
Halima Amjad M.D., M.P.H., Stephanie K. Wong B.S., David L. Roth Ph.D., Jin Huang M.S., Amber Willink Ph.D., Betty S. Black Ph.D., Deirdre Johnston M.B., B.Ch., Peter V. Rabins M.D., M.P.H., Laura N. Gitlin Ph.D., Constantine G. Lyketsos M.D., M.H.S., Quincy M. Samus Ph.D.
Relationships as Medicine: Quality of the Physician–Patient Relationship Determines Physician Influence on Treatment Recommendation Adherence
Heather Orom Ph.D., Willie Underwood M.D., M.S., M.P.H., Zinan Cheng B.A., D. Lynn Homish B.S., I'Yanna Scott