2003

Embry Howell, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
The Impact of Mandatory HMO Enrollment on Prenatal Care, Smoking, and Birth Outcomes in Ohio Medicaid
Access & Programs for Low-Income Populations

Richard Lindrooth, Ph.D.
The Effects of Selective Contracting and Expanded Mental Health Benefits on Treatment Initiation
Behavioral Health

Janet Bronstein, Ph.D.
Implementation of Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) and the Use of Services by Medicaid Children: A Tale of Two States
Child Health

Jeanne Madden, Ph.D.
Lengths of Stay at Birth, Early Follow-up Care, and Ascertainment of Health Problems in Newborns
Child Health

Ethan Halm, M.D., M.P.H.
Effects of Participatory Decision-Making on Self-Regulation Beliefs, Behaviors, and Outcomes Among Inner City Asthmatics
Chronic Care

John Hsu, M.D., M.B.A., M.S.C.E.
Drug Adherence and Clinical Outcomes in CHF Patients
Chronic Care

Paul Shelton, Ed.D.
Controlling Costs in a Medicare Risk Plan: Evaluation of a Geriatric Collaborative Model of Care
Chronic Care

Thomas Hoerger, Ph.D.
Competitive Bidding for Medicare Services
Cost Containment

Richard Lindrooth, Ph.D.
The Effect of Changes in Hospital Reimbursement on Operational Decisions at Safety Net Hospitals
Cost Containment

Glenn Flores, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Errors of Medical Interpretation and Their Clinical Consequences: A Comparison of Hospital Interpreters, Ad Hoc Interpreters, and Having No Interpreter
Disparities

Allen Fremont, M.D., Ph.D.
Does Differential Diffusion of Technologies Help Explain Racial and SES Disparities in Cardiac Care?
Disparities

Norma Gavin, Ph.D.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Pregnancy Related Medical Care Among Medicaid Women
Disparities

Kevin Heslin, Ph.D.
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Physicians with HIV-Related Expertise: Findings from a Nationally Representative Study
Disparities

Somnath Saha, M.D., M.P.H.
Influence of Physician Race vs. Patient-Physician Interactions on the Experience of Health Care
Disparities

Natasha Sriraman, M.D., M.P.H.
Insurance Status and Source of Healthcare Among Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Children In the U.S.
Disparities

Yuhua Bao, M.A.
Effective HIV Treatment and the Labor Market Outcomes of the HIV+ population
Evaluating New Technologies

Huw Davies, Ph.D., M.A., M.Sc.
The Quality of Hospital-Physician Relationships in the US and the UK
International

Paul Lamarche, Ph.D.
Primary Health Care: Organisational Models and Their Associated Impacts
International

Huw Davies, Ph.D., M.A., M.Sc.
Does Hospital Organisational Culture Influence Hospital Performance? Lessons from the UK
Management, Organization & Information

Walter Linde-Zwirble
A Budget Neutral Method for Modeling Changes in the Inpatient Medicare Prospective Payment System
Medicare & Long Term Care

Joel Weissman, Ph.D.
Physicians Report on Healthcare Effects of Direct-to-Consumer-Advertising (DTCA)
Pharmaceuticals

Anthony Lo Sasso, Ph.D.
The Effect of State Policies on the Market for Private Non-Group Health Insurance
Private Insurance Markets

Nathaniel Hupert, M.D., M.P.H.
Modeling Efficient Mass Smallpox Vaccination Campaigns
Public Health

Susan Zahner, Dr.P.H., R.N.
Local Public Health System Partnerships
Public Health

Jeanne Black, M.B.A.
Hospital-Level Characteristics and 30-Day Risk-Adjusted Mortality of Patients Admitted with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Quality

Donna Woods, Ph.D. ('03), Ed.M., M.A.
Pediatric Patient Safety Risks: A Critical Incident Analysis
Quality

Barbara Yawn, M.D., M.Sc.
The Identification of Risk Factors and Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease in Women Prior to Their First Acute Myocardial Infarction
Women's Health

Alan White, Ph.D.
Nurse Aide Turnover and Staff Retention in California Nursing Homes
Workforce

2002

Michael French, Ph.D.
Estimating the Client Costs of Addiction Treatment: First Findings from the Client DATCAP
Behavioral Health

Tami Mark, Ph.D.
What is Driving the Trends in Private Health Insurance Expenditures on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment?
Behavioral Health

Peter Damiano, D.D.S., M.P.H.
The Effect of the Iowa S-SCHIP Program HAWK-I on Access to Care, Health Status and the Family Environment
Child Health

Matthew Davis, M.D., MAPP
State-Level Demographic, Economic, and Political Factors Associated with Children's Vaccination Rates
Child Health

John Cai, Ph.D.
Do Medicaid Patients Use More Hospital Inpatient Resources?
Coverage/Insurance

Deborah Chollet, Ph.D.
Leaving the Game: Insurer Withdrawals from Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets
Coverage/Insurance

Richard Lindrooth, Ph.D.
The Effect of SCHIP on Uncompensated Care and Financial Status at Federally Qualified Health Centers
Coverage/Insurance

Donna McAlpine, Ph.D.
Race and Ethnic Differences in Patients' Trust of Physicians
Disparities in Health & Health Care

Barbara Rothenberg, Ph.D.
Disparities in Access to High Quality Cardiac Surgeons: Race, Income, and Hospital Effects
Disparities in Health & Health Care

Panos Kanavos, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc.
Pharmaceutical Coverage and Resource Allocation: Lessons for the US from Pharmaceutical Policies in the UK, France and Germany
International

James Macinko
The Impact of Primary Care System Organization on Health Outcomes in OECD Countries, 1970-1998
International

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, M.P.A.
Back to the Drawing Board: Recent Changes in Health Plans' Care Management Strategies
Managed Care & Markets

Sourav Chatterjee, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate
Consolidations and Pricing in the Hospital Industry
Management/Organization

Douglas Roblin, Ph.D.
Collaborative Clinical Culture and Primary Care Outcomes
Management/Organization

Jullet Davis, Ph.D.
The Organizational and Contextual Determinants of Trends in Nursing Home Segregation
Post Acute & Long Term Care

David Grabowski, Ph.D.
Medicaid Payment and Risk-Adjusted Nursing Home Quality
Post Acute & Long Term Care

Jeannette Rogowski, Ph.D.
Improving Provider Profiles for Assessing Quality of Care
Quality

Donna Woods, Ed.M., M.A.
Frequency, Types and Severity of Preventable Adverse Events In Children
Quality

Chloe Bird, Ph.D.
Gender Differences in Performance in Managed Care Settings: Variation in HEDIS Measures Related to Cardiovascular Care
Women's Health

Jennifer Kates, M.A., M.P.A.
Medicaid and HIV/AIDS: A Gender Analysis of the Experiences of HIV-Infected Medicaid Beneficiaries in Four States
Women's Health

Kyusuk Chung, Ph.D.
The Effect of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants on Primary Care Physicians Referral Practices
Workers & Workplaces

Patricia McGovern, Ph.D., M.P.H.
The Magnitude and Consequences of Work-Related Violence: The Minnesota Nurses Study
Workers & Workplaces

2001

Jayasree Basu, Ph.D.
Racial Disparity, Primary Care, and Specialty Referral
Access/Disparities

Stephanie Crawford, Ph.D.
Sociodemographic Influences on Access to Commonly Prescribed Opioids in Metropolitan Chicago: Examining the Disparities
Access/Disparities

Carol Korenbrot, Ph.D.
Disparities in Medicaid Service Utilization and Expenditures Between American Indians and Non-Indians
Access/Disparities

Margarita Alegria, Ph.D.
Managed Care and Sytems Cost- Effectiveness: Treatment for Depression
Behavorial Health

Susan Ettner, Ph.D.
The Impact of Medical and Behavioral Health Conditions on Work Outcomes: Panel Data Evidence from the California Work and Health Survey
Behavioral Health

Andy Allison, Ph.D., M.A.
Children's Enrollment in Kansas Public Health Insurance Programs After Implementing SCHIP
Child Health

Christina Bethell, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
Quality Measurement for Children with Special Health Care Needs in Managed Care
Child Health

Amy Davidoff, Ph.D.
New Estimates of Demand for Insurance and Implications for a Medicare Buy-in for Near Elderly Americans
Coverage

Bowen Garrett, Ph.D.
What Explains the Decline in Medicaid Enrollment During the Early Period of Welfare Reform?
Coverage

Azeem Majeed, M.D.
Specialist Referral Rates Among Primary Care Physicians in the United Kingdom: Association with Patient Characteristics and Comparison with Referral Rates Among Primary Care Physicians in the U.S.A.
International

Richard Hirth, Ph.D.
A Hazard Model of Nursing Home to Nursing Home Transfers: Does Quality Matter?
Long Term Care

Dana B. Mukamel, Ph.D.
End of Life Care in Managed Care: Place of Death in the PACE Program
Long Term Care

Laurence Baker, Ph.D.
Managed Care, Technology Adoption, and Health Outcomes: The Case of Neonatal Intensive Care
Managed Care

Peter Kemper, Ph. D.
Insurance Product Designs and Consumer Trade-Offs
Managed Care

Kathleen Carey, Ph.D.
Hospital Cost Efficiency and System Membership
Management/Organization

Adam Atherly, Ph.D.
The Effect of Benefits, Premiums and Health Risk on Health Plan Choice in the Medicare Program
Medicare

Gerri Lamb, Ph.D.
Home Health and Hospital Use in the Community Nursing Organization Medicare Demonstration
Medicare

Peter Groeneveld, M.D.
The Cost-Effectiveness of Automated External Defibrillators on Commercial Aircraft
Pharmaceuticals/Emerging Technology

Bharati Manda, M.S.
The Risk of Esophageal Obstruction Associated with the Use of an Anti-Allergy Medication (Claritin-D® 24 Hour)
Pharmaceuticals/Emerging Technology

David Baker, M.D., M.P.H.
Mortality Trends for Medicare Patients Hospitalized with Six Medical Conditions During a Program to Publicly Report Hospital Performance
Quality

Stephen Luther, Ph.D.
Physician Volume and Alternative Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer in Florida
Quality

Peter Margolis, M.D., Ph.D.
Improving Delivery Systems for Prevention in Primary Care Practices: A Randomized Trial
Quality

Jack Needleman, Ph.D.
Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care in Acute Care Hospitals
Workforce