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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

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

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

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

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

Oct. 17, 2008: 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

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

Oct. 17, 2008: 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

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

Oct. 17, 2008: 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

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

Oct. 17, 2008: 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

Journal Article: State Variation in SCHIP Allocations: How Much Is There, What Are Its Sources, and Can It Be Reduced?

Oct. 17, 2008: Davern, M., L. A. Blewett, B. Bershadsky, K. T. Call, and T. Rockwood. 2003. “State Variation in SCHIP Allocations: How Much Is There, What Are Its Sources, and Can It Be Reduced?” Inquiry 40 (2): 184-187. Allocations for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)...Read More

Journal Article: Health Care Needs of the Growing Latino Population in Rural America: Focus Group Findings in One Midwestern State

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A., S. Smaida, C. Fuentes, and E. Ulrich. 2003. “Health Care Needs of the Growing Latino Population in Rural America: Focus Group Findings in One Midwestern State.” Journal of Rural Health 19 (1): 33-41. Latinos represent nearly 13% of the U.S. population, surpassing African-Americans...Read More

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