Health Services Research articles from February 2005

Health Services Research archives from February 2005

Academy health update.(Calendar)
February 1, 2005... 2005 Annual Research Meeting Hynes Convention Center, Boston, June 26-28 Join colleagues at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, June 26-28, to examine emerging research issues critical to the organization, financing, and management...

How does race matter, anyway?(racial discrimination)(Editorial)
February 1, 2005... In two articles published since 2001, Balsa and McGuire (2001, 2003) have used the language and tools of economic theory to examine several phenomena that can influence doctors' decision making during clinical encounters that patients and...

Reverse translation in health policy and management: from bedside to bench and beyond.(Editorial)
February 1, 2005... If there has been one enduring theme in the 21 research meetings of Academy Health and its predecessor organizations, it is the importance of translating new knowledge into practice--the practice of policy makers, of managers, and of the...

The impact of Medicaid managed care on hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions.(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... Medicaid originated in the mid-1960s as a jointly financed federal and state health insurance program for low-income, disabled, and elderly Americans. Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, is the largest state Medicaid program in the...

How well does Medicaid work in improving access to care?(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... Medicaid is the nation's largest health insurance program. More than 51 million people--about one in seven Americans--were enrolled in Medicaid at some time during 2002 (Holahan and Bruen 2003). Medicaid also plays a vital role in funding the...

From Medicaid to uninsured: drop-out among children in public insurance programs.(Children's Health Insurance Program)(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... This paper examines the enrollee retention of Medicaid and the Children's Health insurance Program (CHIP) in an attempt to determine the extent to which drop-out is a problem for the programs, and what demographic and policy factors make...

Incentives in a Medicaid carve-out: impact on children with special health care needs.(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... Most state Medicaid agencies are turning to capitated prepayment to contain costs, to improve access to care, and to increase efficiency in the provision of services. However, there are concerns that the financial incentives accompanying...

The "minimizing antibiotic resistance in Colorado" project: impact of patient education in improving antibiotic use in private office practices.(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... Multiple organizations have called for decreases in excess antibiotic use in ambulatory practice as an important component of strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance in the United States (Jernigan, Cetron, and Breiman 1996). This public...

Self-medication of mental health problems: new evidence from a national survey.( )(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... The high rate at which mental and substance-use disorders occur together has been well documented in epidemiological and clinical studies (Regier and Farmer 1990; Kessler, Nelson et al. 1996). For example, in the National Comorbidity Study, 51...

The effects of geography and spatial behavior on health care utilization among the residents of a rural region.(Special Populations, Special Services)(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... The goal of this analysis is to determine the importance of geographic and spatial behavior factors in the health care utilization of the residents of rural communities. These geographic factors are part of a general conceptual framework of...

The administrative control system of substance abuse managed care.(Special Populations, Special Services)(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... In substance abuse managed care, authorities use rules, standards, procedures, and financial incentives to control the nature and length of treatment (Mechanic, Schlesinger, and McAlpine 1995). Presently, slightly under 30 percent of provider...

Initial home health outcomes under prospective payment.(Special Populations, Special Services)(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... The Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Medicare home health services was implemented in October 2000. The PPS replaced the Interim Payment System (IPS), which was implemented in 1997 as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA). The IPS...

The determinants of private medical insurance prevalence in England, 1997-2000.(Special Populations, Special Services)(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... The aim of this paper is to examine possible determinants of the prevalence of private medical insurance (PMI) in England. The entire British public has access to free care in the National Health Service (NHS) financed by general taxation and...

Response rates and response bias for 50 surveys of pediatricians.(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... A survey's response rate is a conventional proxy for the amount of response bias contained in that study. While there are more theoretical opportunities for bias when response rates are low rather than high, there is no necessary relationship...

Testing for statistical discrimination in health care.(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... In the U.S. context, a "disparity" refers to the unfair treatment of patients on the basis of race or ethnicity. In its recent report, "Unequal Treatment," the Institute of Medicine (2002) defines a racial disparity as a difference in treatment...

Application of a propensity score approach for risk adjustment in profiling multiple physician groups on asthma care.(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... Provider profiles are used increasingly to compare performance, increase provider accountability, help health care managers to monitor quality of care, and help consumers to choose providers or health plans (Enthoven 1993; Bodenheimer 1999)....

Variations among Institutional Review Board reviews in a multisite health services research study.(IRBs and Multisite Studies)(Institutional Review Boards)(Author Abstract)
February 1, 2005... Obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for health services research (HSR) is increasingly challenging. The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA 1996) called for the development of Standards for...

Institutional Review Boards and multisite studies in health services research: is there a better way?(IRBs and Multisite Studies)(common research protocol)(ethics approval)(services of local institutional review boards)(studies of ethics review)
February 1, 2005... Research is changing. Recent years have seen a shift away from studies performed at single academic centers to larger, multisite projects involving numerous institutions in disparate geographic locations. The number of citations on PubMed for...

Correction to: assessing the efficiency of HIV prevention around the world.(Erratum)(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2005... In the article "Assessing the Efficiency of HIV Prevention around the World: Methods of the PANCEA Project" (Marseille, Dandona, Saba, McConnel, Rollins, Gaist, Lundberg, Over, Bertozzi, and Kahn, Health Services Research 39 (6, part II):...