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Journal Article: Management Tools in Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program SCHIP

Oct. 17, 2008: Welch, W. P., B. Rudolph, L. A. Blewett, S. Parente, C. Brach, D. Love, and R. Harmon. 2006. “Management Tools in Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program SCHIP.” Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 29(4): 272-282. Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program need...Read More

Journal Article: Proximity to Trails and Retail: Effects on Urban Cycling and Walking

Oct. 17, 2008: Krizek, K. J. & P. J. Johnson. 2006. “Proximity to Trails and Retail: Effects on Urban Cycling and Walking.” Journal of the American Planning Association 72(1): 33-42. This study used multivariate modeling techniques to estimate the effect of household proximity to retail and bicycle...Read More

Journal Article: Can We Trust Population Surveys to Count Medicaid Enrollees and the Uninsured?

Oct. 17, 2008: Kincheloe, J., E. R. Brown, J. Frates, K. T. Call, W. Yen, and J. Watkins. 2006. “Can We Trust Population Surveys to Count Medicaid Enrollees and the Uninsured?” Health Affairs 25(4): 1163-1167. Health foundations, such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), make multimillion-dollar...Read More

Journal Article: The Role of Information and Influence in Social Networks: Examining the Assn between Social Network Structure and Job Mobility

Oct. 17, 2008: Davern, M. and D. S. Hachen. 2006. “The Role of Information and Influence in Social Networks: Examining the Association between Social Network Structure and Job Mobility.” American Journal of Economics and Sociology 65(2)269-293. This article examines two mechanisms through which social networks...Read More

Journal Article: Barriers to Care Among American Indians in Public Health Care Programs

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T., D. McAlpine, P. J. Johnson, T. J. Beebe, J.A. McRae, and Y. Song. 2006. "Barriers to Care Among American Indians in Public Health Care Programs." Medical Care 44(6): 595- 600. OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the extent to which reported barriers to health care services differ between...Read More

Journal Article: How Much Health Insurance is Enough? Revisiting the Concept of Underinsurance

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A., A. Ward, and T. J. Beebe. 2006. “How Much Health Insurance is Enough? Revisiting the Concept of Underinsurance.” Medical Care Research and Review 63(6): 663-700. There is little consensus on what constitutes adequate health insurance coverage. The concept of a...Read More

Journal Article: Meeting the Need for State Level Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: What Has Been Done and How it Can Be Improved

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A. and M. Davern. 2006. “Meeting the Need for State Level Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: What Has Been Done and How it Can Be Improved” Health Services Research 41(3): 946-75. OBJECTIVE: Critically review estimates of health insurance coverage available from different sources...Read More

Journal Article: Inpatient Hospital Utilization among the Uninsured Near Elderly: Data and Policy Implications for West Virginia

Oct. 17, 2008: Spencer, D. L., S. Richardson, and M. McCormick. 2007. "Inpatient Hospital Utilization among the Uninsured Near Elderly: Data and Policy Implications for West Virginia." Health Services Research 42(6, part II): 2442-2457. OBJECTIVE: To inform state policy discussions about the insurance coverage...Read More

Journal Article: Agreement between Self-Reported and Administrative Race and Ethnicity Data among Medicaid Enrollees in Minnesota

Oct. 17, 2008: McAlpine, D., Beebe, T. J., Davern, M. E., & Call, K. T. 2007. “Agreement between Self-Reported and Administrative Race and Ethnicity Data among Medicaid Enrollees in Minnesota.” Health Services Research 42(6, part II): 2373-2388. OBJECTIVE: This paper measures agreement between survey and...Read More

Journal Article: Are the CPS Uninsurance Estimates Too High? An Examination of Imputation

Oct. 17, 2008: Davern, M., H. Rodin, K. T. Call, and L. A. Blewett. 2007. “Are the CPS Uninsurance Estimates Too High? An Examination of Imputation.” Health Services Research 42(5): 2038-2055. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the imputation procedure used to replace missing data by the U.S. Census...Read More

Journal Article: Are Surname Telephone Oversamples an Efficient Way to Better Understand the Health and Healthcare of Minority Group Members?

Oct. 17, 2008: Davern, M., D. McAlpine, J. Ziegenfuss, and T. J. Beebe. 2007. “Are Surname Telephone Oversamples an Efficient Way to Better Understand the Health and Healthcare of Minority Group Members?” Medical Care 45(11): 1098-1104. OBJECTIVES: Surname oversamples are commonly used in health research to...Read More

Journal Article: Estimating Regression Standard Errors Using the Current Population Survey’s Public Use File

Oct. 17, 2008: Davern, M., A. Jones, J. Lepkowski, G. Davidson, and L. A. Blewett. 2007. “Estimating Regression Standard Errors Using the Current Population Survey’s Public Use File.” Inquiry 44(2): 211-224. This study examines whether reasonable standard errors for multivariate models can be calculated using...Read More

Journal Article: Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: Comparing State Surveys to the Current Population Survey

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T., M. Davern, and L. A. Blewett. 2007. "Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: Comparing State Surveys to the Current Population Survey." Health Affairs 26(1):269-78. The Census Bureau produces annual state-level estimates of health insurance coverage using the Current Population...Read More

Journal Article: Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among Rural and Urban Minnesotans

Oct. 17, 2008: Call, K. T., and J. Ziegenfuss. 2007. “Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among Rural and Urban Minnesotans.” Rural Minnesota Journal 2(1):11-36.Read More

Journal Article: Distributing State Children’s Health Insurance Funds: A Critical Review of the Design and Implementation of the Funding Formula

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A. and M. Davern. 2007. “Distributing State Children’s Health Insurance Funds: A Critical Review of the Design and Implementation of the Funding Formula. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3):415-55. The development of formulas to distribute federal funds to states based on...Read More

Journal Article: Comparison of Two Within-Household Selection Methods in a Telephone Survey of Substance Abuse and Dependence

Oct. 17, 2008: Beebe, T. J., M. E. Davern, D. McAlpine, and J. Ziegenfuss. 2007. “Comparison of Two Within-Household Selection Methods in a Telephone Survey of Substance Abuse and Dependence.” Annals of Epidemiology 17(6):458-63. PURPOSE: Random-digit dial telephone surveys often rely on the random selection...Read More

Journal Article: Mixing Web and Mail Methods in a Survey of Physicians

Oct. 17, 2008: Beebe, T. J., G. R. Locke, S. A. Barnes, M. Davern, and K.J. Anderson. 2007. “Mixing Web and Mail Methods in a Survey of Physicians.” Health Services Research 42(3 pt1):1219-34. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of two different mixed-mode (mail and web survey) combinations on response rates,...Read More

Journal Article: Response Bias and Non-Response Adjustments: Evidence from a Smoking Cessation Survey Regarding the Utility of Resp Disp

Oct. 17, 2008: Baines, A., M. Partin, M. Davern and T. Rockwood. 2007. “Response Bias and Non-Response Adjustments: Evidence from a Smoking Cessation Survey Regarding the Utility of Respondent Disposition Information for Post-Stratification Adjustments.” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 60(12):1246-55....Read More

Journal Article: Access to Health Care and Voting Behavior in the United States

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...Read More

Journal Article: Addressing Confounding Errors When Using Non-Experimental, Observational Data to Make Causal Claims

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...Read More

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