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Journal Article: State Health Expenditure Accounts

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A., B. C. Gustafson, J. Sonier, and S. D. Leitz. 1999. “State Health Expenditure Accounts.” Health Care Financing Review 21 (2): 65-83. Minnesota's approach to the development and use of State health expenditure accounts (SHEAs) was developed to assist State policymakers with decisions...Read More

Report/Brief: Improving Health Care Access for Minnesota’s Growing Latino Community

Oct. 17, 2008: Davidoff, M. J. , E. Ulrich, P. Carrizales, and L. A. Blewett. “Improving Health Care Access for Minnesota’s Growing Latino Community” in Just in Time Research: Resilient Communities. Report # BU-7565. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and...Read More

Journal Article: Rural Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions: Does Prevalence Pose a Risk to Medicare Managed Care

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T., M. Casey, and T. Radcliff. 2000. “Rural Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions: Does Prevalence Pose a Risk to Medicare Managed Care.” Managed Care Quarterly 8(3): 47-56. One of several possible barriers to the growth of Medicare managed care in rural areas is the fear of adverse...Read More

Journal Article: New Roles for States in Financing Graduate Medical Education: Minnesota’s Trust Fund

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A. and V. Weslowski. 2000. “New Roles for States in Financing Graduate Medical Education: Minnesota’s Trust Fund.” Health Affairs 19 (1): 248-252.   How one state is using tobacco-settlement funds to bolster training of health professionals.Read More

The Use of Monetary Incentives in a Community Survey: Impact on Response Rates, Data quality, and Cost

Oct. 17, 2008: Shaw, M. J., T. J. Beebe, H. Jensen, and S.A. Adlis. 2001. “The Use of Monetary Incentives in a Community Survey: Impact on Response Rates, Data quality, and Cost.” Health Services Research 35(6):1339-1346. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect of incentive size on response rates, data quality, and...Read More

Journal Article: Do Employees use Report Cards to Access Health Care Provider Systems?

Oct. 17, 2008: Schultz, J., K. T. Call, R. Feldman, and J. Christianson. 2001. “Do Employees use Report Cards to Access Health Care Provider Systems?” Health Services Research 36 (3): 509-530. OBJECTIVE: To investigate consumers' use of report cards that provide information on service quality and satisfaction at...Read More

Journal Article: Estimating the Prevalence of Substance Abuse with Social Indicators

Oct. 17, 2008: McRae, J. A., T. J. Beebe, P. A. Harrison. 2001. “Estimating the Prevalence of Substance Abuse with Social Indicators.” Journal of Drug Issues 31 (4): 977-988. Governments are increasingly interested in estimating the prevalence of substance abuse with social indicators, largely because of the...Read More

Journal Article: Comparing Mortality Rates and Days of Survival for HMO Enrollees Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries

Oct. 17, 2008: Maciejewski, M., K. T. Call, B. Dowd, and R. Feldman. 2001. “Comparing Mortality Rates and Days of Survival for HMO Enrollees Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries.” Health Services Research 35 (6):1245-1265. OBJECTIVE: To compare adjusted mortality rates of TEFRA-risk HMO enrollees and disenrollees with...Read More

The Adolescent Health Review: A Brief, Multidimensional Screening Instrument

Oct. 17, 2008: Harrison, P. A., T. J. Beebe, and E. Park. 2001. “The Adolescent Health Review: A Brief, Multidimensional Screening Instrument.” Journal of Adolescent Health 29(2):131-139. PURPOSE: To develop a brief, multidimensional screening instrument for adolescents that addresses psychosocial domains...Read More

Journal Article: Global and Economic Self-Efficacy in the Attainment Process

Oct. 17, 2008: Grabowski, L. S., K. T. Call, J. T. Mortimer, K. Nash, and C. Lee. 2001. “Global and Economic Self-Efficacy in the Attainment Process.” Social Psychology Quarterly 64(2):164-179. Despite psychological and sociological evidence that self-efficacy beliefs predict goal striving and a variety of...Read More

Journal Article: Are Rural Residents Less Likely to Obtain Recommended Preventive Healthcare Services?

Oct. 17, 2008: Casey, M., K. T. Call, and J. Klingner. “Are Rural Residents Less Likely to Obtain Recommended Preventive Healthcare Services?” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 21 (3):182-188, 2001. BACKGROUND: This study examined rural-urban differences in utilization of preventive healthcare services and...Read More

Journal Article: Arenas of Comfort in Adolescence: A Study of Adjustment in Context

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. Thiede, and J. T. Mortimer. Arenas of Comfort in Adolescence: A Study of Adjustment in Context. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.Read More

Journal Article: Uncovering the Missing Medicaid Cases and Assessing Their Bias for Estimates of the Uninsured

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T., G. Davidson, A. S. Sommers, R. Feldman, P. Farseth, and T. Rockwood. 2001. “Uncovering the Missing Medicaid Cases and Assessing Their Bias for Estimates of the Uninsured.” Inquiry 38 (4): 396-408. General population surveys of health insurance coverage are thought to undercount...Read More

Journal Article: Disenrollment from Medicare HMOs

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T., B. Dowd, R. Feldman, N. Lurie, M. McBean, and M. Maciejewski. 2001. “Disenrollment from Medicare HMOs.” American Journal of Managed Care 7 (1): 37-52. BACKGROUND: Since the program's inception, there has been great interest in determining whether beneficiaries who enter and...Read More

Journal Article: Measuring the Direct Costs of Graduate Medical Education Training in Minnesota

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A., M, A. Smith and T. G. Caldis. 2001. “Measuring the Direct Costs of Graduate Medical Education Training in Minnesota.” Academic Medicine 76(5): 446-52. PURPOSE: To demonstrate the usefulness of self-reported cost-accounting data from the sponsors of training programs for estimating...Read More

Public Health: Latino Health

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A., and P. Carrizales. 2001. “Public Health: Latino Health.” Minnesota Physician 14 (3): 30-32.Read More

Journal Article: The Community Readiness Survey: Development and Initial Validation

Oct. 17, 2008: Beebe, T.J., P. Harrison, A. Sharma, and S.A. Hedger. 2001. “The Community Readiness Survey: Development and Initial Validation.” Evaluation Review 25(1):55-71. This article reports on the development and evaluation of a mail survey measuring population attitudes toward substance use of...Read More

Journal Article: Children with Complex Chronic Medical Conditions and Special Needs Privately Insured through an HMO

Oct. 17, 2008: Kelly, A., K. T. Call, B. Staub, B. Donald, C. L. Wisner, A. F. Nelson, and R. W. Blum. 2002. “Children with Complex Chronic Medical Conditions and Special Needs Privately Insured through an HMO.” Families, Systems, and Health 20 (3): 279-289. Examines the managed care services provided to...Read More

Journal Article: Geographic Variation in the Use of Post-Acute Care

Oct. 17, 2008: Kane, R. L., W. Lin and L. A. Blewett. 2002. “Geographic Variation in the Use of Post-Acute Care.” Health Services Research 37 (3): 667-682. OBJECTIVE: To assess the extent and consistency of geographic differences in the use of post-acute care (PAC), and the stability of this pattern of...Read More

Journal Article: Adolescent Health and Well-Being in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. Th., A. A. Riedel, K. Hein, V. McLoyd, A. Petersen, and M. Kipke. 2002. "Adolescent Health and Well-being in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective." Journal of Research on Adolescence 12(1):69-98. Adolescence is a critical developmental period with long-term implications for the health...Read More

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