Health Services Research articles from April 1997

Health Services Research archives from April 1997

Health services research: core values.(Editorial)
April 1, 1997... In our first editorial, we introduced the Journal's vision and mission statements along with the seven core values that will guide our editorial policies and practices. I want to introduce this issue by briefly commenting on each value. We...

A little statistical compassion linked to an intense and creative look at healthcare evidence: the genius of Kerr White.
April 1, 1997... In this issue of Health Services Research, there are three contributions (Brook 1997, Williamson 1997, and White 1997) that were prepared to commemorate the founding of the Kerr L. White Institute for Health Services Research, a 501(c)(3) public...

The ecology of medical care: origins and implications for population-based healthcare research.
April 1, 1997... During the early 1950s the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill expanded from a two-year to a four-year medical school (the first new school after World War II) and created a new school of public health. Bernard Greenberg, Frank Williams,...

A personal tribute to Kerr L. White, M.D., my career mentor, colleague, and friend.
April 1, 1997... It is an honor to provide a brief commentary on Kerr White's 1995 essay, "The Ecology of Medical Care: Origins and Implications for Population-Based Healthcare Research" (White 1995), giving emphasis to the impact Dr. White has had on my personal...

Having a foot in both camps: the impact of Kerr White's vision.
April 1, 1997... It is a pleasure, as one of Dr. White's former students, to provide a brief commentary on his article (White 1995). He spoke eloquently in that paper of the classic work he performed on the ecology of medical care and the implication of that work...

Genetic and environmental contributions to healthcare need and utilization: a twin analysis.
April 1, 1997... Sociological, economic, and social-psychological perspectives defining help-seeking and illness behavior as socially and culturally determined processes are silent on the relationship between genetic factors and seeking care, delay in seeking...

Defining the practice population in fee-for-service practice.
April 1, 1997... The task of determining the practice population in fee-for-service practice has challenged health services researchers for the better part of two decades. Kilpatrick (1984a) has defined a practice population as "those individuals in the community...

Redistributional consequences of community rating.
April 1, 1997... Health insurers often charge higher premiums to individuals or small groups whom they expect will have higher expenditures (Health Insurance Association of America 1994). This practice, known as medical underwriting, leads to higher premiums for...

The impact of increasing patient prescription drug cost sharing on therapeutic classes of drugs received and on the health status of elderly HMO members. (health maintenance organizations)
April 1, 1997... BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE Drug treatment is a necessary component of maintaining the health and functioning of elderly persons. These individuals form the population segment much more likely than the younger adult segment to have multiple...

Reply to Hornbrook on doing policy-relevant evaluation research. (response to M. Hornbrook, Health Services Research, vol. 4, p. 509, 1996)
April 1, 1997... Policymakers under pressure to cut public program costs rarely commission outside evaluations to document the impact of their cost savings initiatives. Nor do their decisions about disseminating such initiatives generally await the findings of...