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State Health Expenditure Accounts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Estimating the Prevalence of Substance Abuse with Social Indicators

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

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

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

Global and Economic Self-Efficacy in the Attainment Process

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Disenrollment from Medicare HMOs

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

Measuring the Direct Costs of Graduate Medical Education Training in Minnesota

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

The Community Readiness Survey: Development and Initial Validation

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 potential… Read More

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

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

Geographic Variation in the Use of Post-Acute Care

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 variation… Read More

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

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

Small Town Health Care Safety Nets' Report on a Pilot Study

Taylor, P., L. A. Blewett, M. Brasure, E. Larson, J. Gale, A. Hagopian, G. Hart, D. Hartley, P. House, M. K. James, and T. Ricketts. 2003. “Small Town Health Care Safety Nets' Report on a Pilot Study.” Journal of Rural Health 19 (2): 125-134. CONTEXT: Very little is known about the health care… Read More

The Adolescent Health Review: A test of a Brief Computerized Screening Instrument in School-Based Clinics

Harrison, P. A., T. J. Beebe, E. Park and J. Rancone. 2003. “The Adolescent Health Review: A Test of a Brief Computerized Screening Instrument in School-Based Clinics.” Journal of School Health 73(1):15-20. This study tested the viability of a stand-alone screening process in school-based health… Read More

Prepaid Monetary Incentives and Data Quality in Face-to-Face Interviews: Data from the 1996 SIPP

Davern, M., T. Rockwood, R. Sherrod, and S. Campbell. 2003. “Prepaid Monetary Incentives and Data Quality in Face-to-Face Interviews: Data from the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation Incentive Experiment.” Public Opinion Quarterly 67 (1): 139-47. This article investigates whether the… Read More

Recent Changes to the CPS: Sample Expansion, Health Insurance Verification, and State Health Insurance Coverate Estimates

Davern, M., T.J. Beebe, L. A. Blewett, and K.T. Call. 2003. “Recent Changes to the Current Population Survey: Sample Expansion, Health Insurance Verification, and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates.” Public Opinion Quarterly 67 (4): 603-626. Read More