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Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T., N. Lurie, Y. Jonk, R. Feldman and M. D. Finch. 1997. “Who is Still Uninsured in Minnesota: Lessons from State Reform Efforts.” Journal of the American Medical Association 278 (14): 1191-1195. OBJECTIVE: To describe Minnesota's health care system reform efforts and their implications… Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A. and S. K. Hofrenning. 1997. “Minnesota: The Land of Nonprofit HMOs.” Minnesota Medicine 80 (4): 21-24. Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A. 1997. “A Firm Foundation: Funding Medical Education and Research in a Competitive Environment.” Minnesota Physician 11(5). Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Kane, R. L., Q. Chen, L. A. Blewett, R. Burns and M. Moscowitz. “Functional Outcomes of Post-Hospital Care for stroke and Hip Fracture Patients under Medicare.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 46(12) December 1998: 1525-1533. Researchers conducted a study to analyze the outcomes of… Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Reinardy, J., R. A. Kane, S. Huck, K. T. Call, and C. Shen. 1999. “Beyond Burden: Two Ways of Looking at Caregiving Burden.” Research on Aging 21 (1): 106-127. This analysis compares the results of an open-ended study on the effects of informal caregiving with data obtained from a separate… Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T., M. D. Finch, S. Huck, and R. A. Kane. 1999. “Caregiver Burden from a Social Exchange Perspective: Caring for Older People Following Hospital Discharge.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 61: 688-699. Using data from a sample of Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers (n = 829… Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T., B. Dowd, R. Feldman, and M. Maciejewski. “Selection Experiences in Medicare HMOs: Pre-enrollment Expenditures.” Health Care Financing Review 20 (4): 197-210, 1999. Using 1993 and 1994 data, the authors examine whether beneficiaries who enroll in a Medicare health maintenance… Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T. and J. Nonnemaker. 1999. “Socioeconomic Disparities in Adolescent Health: Contributing Factors.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 896: 352-355. Read More

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

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

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

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

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 cost… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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