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Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Cynthia Boddie-Willis, MD, MPH, New Mexico Human Service Department  This study will examine the New Mexico State Coverage Insurance (SCI) program that targets working age adults through a public/private partnership program. The principal objective of the study is to… Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Stan Dorn, JD, Urban Institute This study will focus on Massachusetts’ use of Uncompensated Care Pool data to auto enroll people into CommCare. The study will use CPS data, encounter data and a supplement to the Massachusetts Health Reform Survey (MHRS) to assess take-up… Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Thomas Oliver, PhD, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute  This study will evaluate the program simplification initiatives that were part of BadgerCare Plus and how they affect enrollment, including overall coverage rates and target efficiency, churning,… Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Vincent Mor, PhD, Brown University This study will evaluate the adoption, implementation, and outcomes of the HEALTHpact plan in Rhode Island, a small group plan with two levels of coverage based on several healthy living pledges. The study will use key informant interviews… Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Lisa Dubay, PhD, ScM, Johns Hopkins University This study will evaluate reform efforts in the following five states where incremental progress in expanding health coverage to adults via Section 1115 demonstration waiver authority has been the primary strategy: Illinois,… Read More

Oct. 17, 2008: Principal Investigator: Sharon Long, PhD, Urban Institute This study will examine the effects of reform efforts in Illinois, Massachusetts and New York. In particular, it will assess impacts on coverage, access to and use of care, and out-of-pocket (OOP) health costs using National Health Interview… Read More

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 More

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 health… Read More

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 costs… Read More

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 premium… Read More

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. The… 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 to… Read More

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 policy… Read More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 differ… Read More

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 More

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 More

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 More