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Evaluation of Extending Dependent Coverage to Young Adults (2008)
Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Joel Cantor, ScD, Rutgers University Since 2003, more than 20 states have enacted dependent coverage expansions. This study will develop a detailed description of the dependent coverage policies, conduct descriptive analyses and fit models predicting the...Read MoreAchieving Universal Coverage through Comprehensive Health Reform: The Vermont Experience (2008)
Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Ronald Deprez, PhD, MPH, University of New England The investigators will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Vermont health reform initiative to provide universal access to comprehensive, affordable health insurance coverage and, ultimately, access to quality...Read MoreEffects of Medicaid Reform on Access to Care, Program Sustainability, and Administrative Efficiency in Kentucky and Idaho (2008)
Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Genevieve Kenney, PhD, Urban Institute This study will evaluate Medicaid reform initiatives in Kentucky and Idaho that offer different benefit plans to different beneficiary populations and impose cost sharing requirements. Both programs have a goal of reducing program...Read MoreHow Affordable are State Coverage Plans? (2008)
Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Kilbreth, PhD, University of Southern Maine Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont have all enacted strategies to expand health insurance to people who would otherwise be uninsured. This study will use program enrollment and utilization to assess the effects of...Read MoreEvaluation of Three States' Reforms to Cover All Children (2008)
Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Jose Escarce, MD, PhD, UCLA Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington have recently enacted reforms that provide access to health insurance coverage to all, or nearly all, children through a combination of SCHIP eligibility expansions and voluntary “buy-in” provisions....Read MoreJournal Article: Access to Health Care and Voting Behavior in the United States
Oct. 17, 2008: Ziegenfuss, J., M. Davern, and L. A. Blewett. 2008. “Access to Health Care and Voting Behavior in the United States,” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 19 (3): 731-742. This study examines the relationship between difficulties accessing health care and voting behavior, in order...Read MoreJournal Article: Addressing Confounding Errors When Using Non-Experimental, Observational Data to Make Causal Claims
Oct. 17, 2008: Ward, A. C. & P. J. Johnson. 2008. “Addressing Confounding Errors When Using Non-Experimental, Observational Data to Make Causal Claims.” Synthese 163(3): 419-432. In their recent book, Is Inequality Bad for Our Health?, Daniels, Kennedy, and Kawachi claim that to “act justly in health...Read MoreJournal Article: Neighborhood Poverty and American Indian Infant Death: Are the Effects Identifiable?
Oct. 17, 2008: Johnson, P. J., J. M. Oakes, and D. L. Anderton. 2008. “Neighborhood Poverty and American Indian Infant Death: Are the Effects Identifiable?” Annals of Epidemiology 18(7): 552-559. PURPOSE: Poor living conditions are posited as an underlying cause of American Indian (AI) infant mortality, which is...Read MoreEvaluation of Risk Selection in Market-Based State Programs (2008)
Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Deborah Chollet, PhD, Mathematica Policy Research Maine, Massachusetts, and New York each have sponsored voluntary health insurance programs that offer private coverage to small businesses, self-employed workers and other individuals with limited access to affordable...Read MoreJournal Article: Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison between Self-Reported Coverage and Admin Data Records
Oct. 17, 2008: Davern, M., K. T. Call, J. Ziegenfuss, G. Davidson, T. Beebe, and L. A. Blewett. 2008. "Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison between Self-Reported Coverage and Administrative Data Records." Public Opinion Quarterly 72(2): 241-259. We administered a health insurance...Read MoreJournal Article: Health Disparities among America's Health Care Providers: Evidence from the Integrated Health Interview Series, 1982-2004
Oct. 17, 2008: Chou, C. and P. J. Johnson. 2008. “Health Disparities among America's Health Care Providers: Evidence from the Integrated Health Interview Series, 1982-2004.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 50(6): 696-704. Objective: To examine whether health status and obesity prevalence...Read MoreJournal Article: The Medicaid Undercount and Bias to Estimates of Uninsurance: New Estimates and Existing Evidence
Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T., G. Davidson, M. Davern, L. A. Blewett, and R. Nyman. 2008. “The Medicaid Undercount and Bias to Estimates of Uninsurance: New Estimates and Existing Evidence.” Health Services Research 43(3): 901-14. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether known Medicaid enrollees misreport their health...Read MoreJournal Article: When a Usual Source of Care and Usual Provider Matter: Adult Prevention and Screening Services
Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A., P. J. Johnson, B. Lee, and P. Scal. 2008. “When a Usual Source of Care and Usual Provider Matter: Adult Prevention and Screening Services.” Journal of General Internal Medicine. 23(9):1354-1360. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the usual source of preventive care, (having a usual...Read MoreJournal Article: Local Access to Care Programs: New Developments in the Access to Care for the Uninsured
Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A., J. Ziegenfuss and M. Davern. 2008. “Access to ‘Local Access to Care Programs’: New Developments in the Access to Care for the Uninsured.” Milbank Quarterly 86(3): 459-479. CONTEXT: New, locally based health care access programs are emerging in response to the growing number of...Read MoreJournal Article: The Effects of Survey Mode and Asking about Future Intentions on Self-reports of Colorectal Cancer Screening
Oct. 17, 2008: Beebe, T. J., S. M. Jenkins, K. J. Anderson, M. E. Davern, and T. Rockwood. 2008. “The Effects of Survey Mode and Asking about Future Intentions on Self-reports of Colorectal Cancer Screening.” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 17(4):785-90. Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates...Read MoreJournal Article: The Impact of Smoking-Cessation Intervention by Multiple Health Professionals
Oct. 17, 2008: An, L.C., S.S. Foldes, N. L. Alesci, P. Bland, M.E. Davern, B.A. Schillo, J.S. Ahluwalia, and M.W. Manley. 2008. “The Impact of Smoking-Cessation Intervention by Multiple Health Professionals.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 34(1): 54-60. BACKGROUND: Smokers have contact with many...Read MoreJournal Article: Persistent Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage: Hispanic/Latino Children, 1996 to 2005
Oct. 17, 2008: Van Wie, A., J. Ziegenfuss, M. Davern, and L. A. Blewett. 2008. “Persistent Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage: Hispanic/Latino Children, 1996 to 2005.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 19(4): 1181-1191. Objective. To identify how health insurance coverage trends changed...Read MoreJournal Article: Transition to Adulthood: Delays and Unmet Needs among Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Conditions
Oct. 17, 2008: Scal, P., M. Davern, K. Park, and M. Ireland. 2008. “Transition to Adulthood: Delays and Unmet Needs among Adolescents and Young Adults with Asthma.” Journal of Pediatrics 52(4):471-475. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of the transition to adulthood on financial and non-financial barriers to...Read MoreJournal Article: Four Decades of Population Health Data: The Integrated Health Interview Series
Oct. 17, 2008: Johnson, P. J., L. A. Blewett, S. Ruggles, M. Davern, and M. L. King. 2008. “Four Decades of Population Health Data: The Integrated Health Interview Series.” Epidemiology 19(6):872-875. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a primary source of information on the changing health of the US...Read MoreJournal Article: The Effect of Racial Residential Segregation on Black Infant Mortality
Oct. 17, 2008: Hearst, M., J. M. Oakes, and P. J. Johnson. 2008. “The Effect of Racial Residential Segregation on Black Infant Mortality.” American Journal of Epidemiology 168(11): 1247-1254.Read MorePages
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