Oct. 17, 2008:Beebe, T. J., J.A. McRae, P. A. Harrison, M. Davern, & K. A. Quinlan. 2005. “Mail Surveys Result in More Reports of Substance Abuse.” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 58(4):421-424.
Objective. To determine to what extent the substance-use information obtained in surveys is affected by method...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Welch, W. P., B. Rudolph, L. A. Blewett, S. Parente, C. Brach, D. Love, and R. Harmon. 2006. “Management Tools in Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program SCHIP.” Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 29(4): 272-282.
Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program need...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Krizek, K. J. & P. J. Johnson. 2006. “Proximity to Trails and Retail: Effects on Urban Cycling and Walking.” Journal of the American Planning Association 72(1): 33-42.
This study used multivariate modeling techniques to estimate the effect of household proximity to retail and bicycle...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Kincheloe, J., E. R. Brown, J. Frates, K. T. Call, W. Yen, and J. Watkins. 2006. “Can We Trust Population Surveys to Count Medicaid Enrollees and the Uninsured?” Health Affairs 25(4): 1163-1167.
Health foundations, such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), make multimillion-dollar...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Davern, M. and D. S. Hachen. 2006. “The Role of Information and Influence in Social Networks: Examining the Association between Social Network Structure and Job Mobility.” American Journal of Economics and Sociology 65(2)269-293.
This article examines two mechanisms through which social networks...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Call, K. T., D. McAlpine, P. J. Johnson, T. J. Beebe, J.A. McRae, and Y. Song. 2006. "Barriers to Care Among American Indians in Public Health Care Programs." Medical Care 44(6): 595- 600.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the extent to which reported barriers to health care services differ between...Read More
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Blewett, L. A., A. Ward, and T. J. Beebe. 2006. “How Much Health Insurance is Enough? Revisiting the Concept of Underinsurance.” Medical Care Research and Review 63(6): 663-700.
There is little consensus on what constitutes adequate health insurance coverage. The concept of a...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Blewett, L. A. and M. Davern. 2006. “Meeting the Need for State Level Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: What Has Been Done and How it Can Be Improved” Health Services Research 41(3): 946-75.
OBJECTIVE: Critically review estimates of health insurance coverage available from different sources...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Spencer, D. L., S. Richardson, and M. McCormick. 2007. "Inpatient Hospital Utilization among the Uninsured Near Elderly: Data and Policy Implications for West Virginia." Health Services Research 42(6, part II): 2442-2457.
OBJECTIVE: To inform state policy discussions about the insurance coverage...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:McAlpine, D., Beebe, T. J., Davern, M. E., & Call, K. T. 2007. “Agreement between Self-Reported and Administrative Race and Ethnicity Data among Medicaid Enrollees in Minnesota.” Health Services Research 42(6, part II): 2373-2388.
OBJECTIVE: This paper measures agreement between survey and...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Davern, M., H. Rodin, K. T. Call, and L. A. Blewett. 2007. “Are the CPS Uninsurance Estimates Too High? An Examination of Imputation.” Health Services Research 42(5): 2038-2055.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the imputation procedure used to replace missing data by the U.S. Census...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Davern, M., D. McAlpine, J. Ziegenfuss, and T. J. Beebe. 2007. “Are Surname Telephone Oversamples an Efficient Way to Better Understand the Health and Healthcare of Minority Group Members?” Medical Care 45(11): 1098-1104.
OBJECTIVES: Surname oversamples are commonly used in health research to...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Davern, M., A. Jones, J. Lepkowski, G. Davidson, and L. A. Blewett. 2007. “Estimating Regression Standard Errors Using the Current Population Survey’s Public Use File.” Inquiry 44(2): 211-224.
This study examines whether reasonable standard errors for multivariate models can be calculated using...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Call, K. T., M. Davern, and L. A. Blewett. 2007. "Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: Comparing State Surveys to the Current Population Survey." Health Affairs 26(1):269-78.
The Census Bureau produces annual state-level estimates of health insurance coverage using the Current Population...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Call, K. T., and J. Ziegenfuss. 2007. “Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among Rural and Urban Minnesotans.” Rural Minnesota Journal 2(1):11-36.Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Blewett, L. A. and M. Davern. 2007. “Distributing State Children’s Health Insurance Funds: A Critical Review of the Design and Implementation of the Funding Formula. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3):415-55.
The development of formulas to distribute federal funds to states based on...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Beebe, T. J., M. E. Davern, D. McAlpine, and J. Ziegenfuss. 2007. “Comparison of Two Within-Household Selection Methods in a Telephone Survey of Substance Abuse and Dependence.” Annals of Epidemiology 17(6):458-63.
PURPOSE: Random-digit dial telephone surveys often rely on the random selection...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Beebe, T. J., G. R. Locke, S. A. Barnes, M. Davern, and K.J. Anderson. 2007. “Mixing Web and Mail Methods in a Survey of Physicians.” Health Services Research 42(3 pt1):1219-34.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of two different mixed-mode (mail and web survey) combinations on response rates,...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Baines, A., M. Partin, M. Davern and T. Rockwood. 2007. “Response Bias and Non-Response Adjustments: Evidence from a Smoking Cessation Survey Regarding the Utility of Respondent Disposition Information for Post-Stratification Adjustments.” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 60(12):1246-55....Read More
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 More