AGENDA
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cademyHealth is the professional home for health services researchers, policy analysts,
and practitioners, and a leading, non-partisan resource for the best in health research and
policy. Serving as a catalyst for collaboration across the health services research, policy,
and practice arenas, AcademyHealth brings together a broad spectrum of players to share information, showcase important research, strengthen working relationships, and advance the collective
capacity to improve health and health care in the United States.
One of AcademyHealth’s greatest strengths is to put relevant information into the hands of public
and private health care leaders. Through its national conferences, interest groups, educational programs, and topical forums, AcademyHealth disseminates vital information on critical health issues
to health care decision makers. Our skilled and substantive staff guide a range of programs and
functions that include: policy analysis, knowledge transfer, technical assistance, educational
programs and workshops, strategic planning and facilitation, health services research methods
training, and grants management.
AcademyHealth is the home for foundation and federal government programs designed to improve
health care in the United States and abroad. AcademyHealth serves as the national program office
for two initiatives of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Changes in Health Care Financing and
Organization (HCFO) and State Coverage Initiatives (SCI). In 2005, AcademyHealth also became a
home of The Commonwealth Fund’s Commission on a High Performance Health System and the
Program on Medicare’s Future. Additionally, AcademyHealth manages multi-year contracts for several government agencies, including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Health
Resources and Services Administration, and the National Library of Medicine.
The Coalition for Health Services Research, the advocacy arm of AcademyHealth, advocates for
enhanced funding for agencies that support health services research and works to ensure federal
agencies supporting health services research continue to receive congressional reauthorization. The
Coalition involves AcademyHealth members in the federal legislative process and works in partnership with other organizations that support the Coalition’s goals.
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Dear Colleague:
Welcome to AcademyHealth’s 2005 Annual Research Meeting (ARM). This year
marks the 22nd anniversary of health services researchers, policymakers, and
practitioners coming together at this meeting to address the serious challenges
confronting our health care delivery system. By bringing together researchers and
decision makers, this meeting creates unique opportunities for research to inform
health policymaking and practice.
We encourage you to take advantage of all the ARM has to offer. This year’s meeting features a thoughtprovoking keynote address by Dr. Atul Gawande, who will discuss the essential role of health services
research in guiding the future capability of medical care; more than 130 sessions covering 17 themes;
800 poster presentations; nearly 100 exhibitors; a Career Center; and many opportunities to meet with
old and new friends.
Dedicated to improving health and health care, many of you have taken a leadership role in planning
this ARM, ensuring it continues to provide high-quality research results and address timely health policy challenges. We extend thanks and appreciation to the members of the ARM planning committee,
review committees, and conference faculty for their time and energy in shaping the program.
Thank you for being a part of our 2005 Annual Research Meeting. We hope you enjoy the meeting and
your stay in Boston.
Sincerely,
Thomas Rundall, Ph.D.
Chair, Annual Research Meeting
Henry J. Kaiser Professor of Organized
Health Systems
Health Policy and Management
University of California, Berkeley
Private
Sponsors
Division of Health Care
Policy & Research
Mayo Clinic
ihps
Institute for Health Policy Studies
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Federal
Sponsors
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
National Center for Health Statistics
Annual Research Meeting Themes
Below is a key depicting this year’s Annual Research Meeting themes. Several sessions listed throughout the
agenda have theme bullets next to the title to help guide you through the sessions. This guide may prove helpful
as you determine the sessions you would like to attend.
Themes
B
Behavioral Health
L
Long-Term Care
C
Child Health
O
Management, Organization & Financing
R
Chronic Care
S
Medicaid & SCHIP
A
Coverage & Access
M
Medicare & Medicare Prescription Drugs
D
Disparities
P
Public Health Systems
G
Gender & Health
Q
T
Health Information Technology
Health Insurance Markets & Managed Care
E
H
Translating Research Into Policy & Practice
I
International
W
Workforce
Quality, Patient Safety & Paying
For Performance
Table of Contents
Conference Agenda
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Adjunct Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Session Information
Types of Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Sessions by Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Most Outstanding Abstracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Poster Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Exhibit Program
Exhibitor Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Exhibitors by Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Exhibit Hall Floor Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Conference Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Continuing Education
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Awards
Distinguished Investigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Alice S. Hersh New Investigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Article-of-the-Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Dissertation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Student Poster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Committees
Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Annual Research Meeting Planning Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Abstract Reviewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Boards of Directors
AcademyHealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Coalition for Health Services Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
AcademyHealth Membership
Individual Member Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Organizational Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Interest Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Student Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
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Annual Research Meeting (ARM) breakout sessions will be held
on levels two and three of the Hynes Convention Center. The following ARM events will be held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel,
adjacent to the Convention Center: First-Timers Mixer (Saturday
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.), Reception (Sunday 7:15 – 8:45 p.m.), and
Meet-the-Experts Student Breakfast (Tuesday 7:15 – 8:15 a.m.).
Registration
7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
International Breakfast Briefing
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Room 312 – Third Level
Update on Pharmaceutical Policy in Australia,
the U.K. & Five European Countries
Chair: Robin Osborn, The Commonwealth Fund
Panelists: Elizabeth Roughead, University of South Australia;
Panos Kanavos, London School of Economics
As prescription drugs continue to consume a greater proportion
of health care systems’ budgets, governments and other
purchasers are pursuing innovative avenues for controlling
drug costs. The panel will review recent policy developments
in pharmaceutical pricing and regulation in several countries,
the use of cost-effectiveness analysis, and further efforts to
encourage more evidence-based pharmaceutical policy.
Sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund
Concurrent Sessions
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
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Shaping Medicare’s Future: An Evidence-Based Approach
Room 200 – Second Level
Chair: Erin Fries Taylor, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Panelists:
Michael Furukawa, Arizona State University
“Medicare Drug Coverage and Declining Disability Among the
Elderly: Is There a Link?”
Ronald Ozminkowski, Medstat
“Predictors of Preventive Screening among Medicare Beneficiaries”
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P
Rural Public Health Preparedness
Room 309 – Third Level
Chair: Hugh Tilson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Panelists: Paul Campbell, Harvard University; Paul Kuehnert,
Maine Bureau of Health; Michael Meit, University of Pittsburgh;
John Shutske, University of Minnesota
Invited Papers: This panel will explore the state of rural public
health systems research including issues and needs related to
preparedness for natural and man-made disasters. The panelists
will present and critique a new state-level survey of the state of preparedness, report on the work of an ad hoc national action group,
assess the threats and research needs related to agroterrorism and
food system defense as a unique rural issue, and invite input into
the proposed research agenda for these issues.
Web Resources for HSR & Public Health
Room 202 – Second Level
Chair: Marjorie Cahn, National Library of Medicine
Panelists: Vivian Auld and Catherine Selden, both
from the National Library of Medicine
Research Update: NLM staff will provide an update on new and
improved products and services, freely available on the Web from
NLM and its partners, geared toward health services researchers
and public health services researchers. Come learn about these
Web resources including collaborative projects, databases, subject
access projects, outreach and training, research and informatics,
and standards and vocabulary initiatives.
Medicaid, SCHIP & Access to Care: National,
State & Local Perspectives
C
Room 203 – Second Level
Chair: Paul Wise, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Panelists:
Tatiana Andreyeva, RAND Corporation
“Changes in Children’s Mental Health Care, 1997–2002”
Keith Elder, University of South Carolina
“Insurance Trends: Rural, Minority Children Lag Over 20 Years”
Alison Galbraith, Harvard Medical School
“Out-of-Pocket Financial Burden for Low Income Families With
Children: Socioeconomic Disparities and Effects of Insurance”
James Reschovsky, Center for Studying Health System Change
“Factors Affecting Physicians’ Medicare Service Volume”
Jennifer Kincheloe, University of California, Los Angeles
“The Effect of County Characteristics on Children’s Participation
in California’s Medicaid and SCHIP Programs”
Edwin Huff, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services/
Boston Regional Office
“Quality of Care for Medicare Recipients: Lessons from the Second
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report”
Hao Yu, RAND Corporation
“Uninsurance among Children Who Are Eligible for SCHIP:
Results from a Nationally Representative Survey”
Barriers & Facilitators to Health Information
Adoption & Use
Organizational Innovation for Quality Long-Term Care:
The Evidence Base
Room 311 – Third Level
Room 210 – Second Level
Chair: Robert Miller, University of California, San Francisco
Panelists:
Michael Harrison, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
“Managing the Implementation of Health Information Technology:
Implications for Practice from Qualitative Research”
Chair: Robyn Stone, American Association of Homes and
Services for the Aging
Panelists: Christine Bishop, Brandeis University; Lois Cutler, University
of Minnesota; Penny Hollander Feldman, Visiting Nurse Service of New
York; Lauren Harris-Kojetin, Institute for the Future of Aging Services;
Terry Lum, University of Minnesota; Mary Jane Koren, The
Commonwealth Fund
T
Eri Kuno, University of Pennsylvania
“Computerized Prescription Systems in Public Mental Health
Agencies: Costs and Implementation Issues”
L
Michael Furukawa, Arizona State University
“Managed Care and Physician Use of Information Technology
for Patient Care”
Invited Papers: There is a growing consensus among long-term
care providers, consumers, and policymakers that the structure
and processes of the organization have a major influence on the
quality of care delivered and the quality of life of residents/clients
across the spectrum on long-term care settings. While much of
the interest is based on anecdote and small descriptive studies,
there is a growing body of scientific evidence to support these relationships. The panelists will review key findings from their studies
of organizational innovation in nursing homes and home care.
They will also underscore the need for additional applied research
to better understand which elements of organizational innovation
are most strongly related to positive outcomes and how specific
interventions directly and/or indirectly affect quality of care/life.
Consumer Direction in Personal Care:
Lessons from the Cash & Counseling Demonstration
Increasing Non Visit-Based Communication Between
Patients & Physicians: The Promise & the Problems
Ann Scheck McAlearney, Ohio State University
“Facilitating Physician Use of Information Technologies
in Clinical Practice”
Donna Sickler, National Association of Public Hospitals
and Health Systems
“Keeping Pace with Technology: Information Technology
Use in Public Hospitals and Health Systems”
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R
Room 302 – Third Level
Chair: Randall Brown, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Panelists:
Randall Brown, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
“Cash & Counseling’s Effects on Medicaid Costs”
Chair: Robert Berenson, The Urban Institute
Panelists: Jinnet Fowles, Park Nicollet Institute;
Steven Katz, University of Michigan Health System
Barbara Carlson, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
“Cash & Counseling’s Effects on the Amount and Quality
of Care Received”
Leslie Foster, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
“The Experience of Paid and Unpaid Caregivers Under Cash & Counseling”
Kevin Mahoney, University of Maryland
“Lessons for Consumer Directed Programs from the
Cash & Counseling Experience”
Q Leaders & Outliers: How Should We Measure
Quality & Safety?
Room 208 – Second Level
Chair: Carol Haraden, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Panelists:
Susan Abend, Qualidigm
“Development of the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System”
Anne Elixhauser, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
“Comparative Rankings of Hospital Quality—Does the Data
Source Matter?”
Mary Beth Landrum, Harvard Medical School
“The Role of Information in Medical Markets: An Analysis
of Publicly Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery”
Paul Nietert, Medical University of South Carolina
“The Summary Quality Index (SQuId): A Summary Measure
for Multiple Quality Indicators in Primary Care”
Dennis Tsilimingras, Bedford VAMC
“Validating AHRQ PSIs with NSQIP Postoperative Adverse Events”
Invited Papers: Many patients are seeking to communicate
with their physicians and other health professionals outside of
face-to-face office visits, both online and on the phone. Yet, there are
numerous issues in promoting these alternatives, particularly with
relation to Internet-based e-mail communication, including quality
of care, information security, operational feasibility, and reimbursement. This session will explore these issues in detail and provide a
case study from one organization currently implementing a secure
Internet-based service that fosters such communication.
Sunday
Room 207 – Second Level
Instrumental Variable Estimation
Room 304 – Third Level
Chair: John Brooks, University of Iowa
Methods Workshop: As treatment rates expand with new insurance mechanisms, treated patients will less resemble patients in
control trials and the consequences of treatment for these patients
will be uncertain. Policymakers need to evaluate the treatment
consequences for these patients to assess whether treatments are
over- or underutilized in practice. Observational health care databases contain substantial treatment variation that can be used to
assess treatment consequences in practice, but treatment selection issues limit the inferences that can be made from these data
using analysis methods that control for observed differences
among patients. Instrumental variable estimation can possibly
overcome the treatment selection biases innate in observational
data and yield estimates that are appropriate to assess questions
of over- or underutilization in practice. Using several applied
examples, this session will: 1) define treatment selection bias and
describe how instrumental variable estimation can overcome this
problem, and 2) provide the appropriate interpretation of estimated instrumental variable treatment effects. It will emphasize the
assumptions underlying instrumental variable estimation and
approaches (statistical and theoretical) for finding instrumental
variables that satisfy these assumptions.
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The Perfect Storm: Challenges on the Horizon for Funding
& Regulatory Controls in Research
Room 306 – Third Level
Chair: Mary Durham, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Panelists: Steven Cole, The Permanente Federation
(Kaiser Permanente); Andrew Nelson, HealthPartners Research
Foundation; Carol Stocks, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Special Session: The appetite of the public, health care providers,
and policymakers for health services research has never been
greater. Yet, the regulatory environment for research (e.g., HIPAA,
state and federal laws) has made conducting that work more and
more difficult. Panelists will discuss the likely impact of Bush
administration political agendas, the complex web of federal and
state regulations, and funding cuts on health services researchers
over the next four years. This will include the release of the first
phase of a study called “Impact of the HIPAA Privacy Rule on
Health Services Research,” recently completed by AHRQ.
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Health Workforce Studies—A Profession-Specific Perspective
Room 313 – Third Level
Chair: Jean Moore, State University of New York, Albany
Panelists:
Ann Boulis, University of Pennsylvania
“Physician Gender, Physician Marriage and the Supply and
Distribution of Medical Services”
Sat Ananda Hayden, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
“Applying a Public Policy Approach to Issues of Global Nurse Migration”
Christian Meghea, American College of Radiology
“Who’s Overworked and Who’s Underworked among Radiologists?”
Joanne Spetz, University of California, San Francisco
“The Supply of LPNs and RNs” and “Can Wage Increases End
Nursing Shortages? A Re-examination of the Supply Curve of
Registered Nurses”
Exhibits Open
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Exhibit Hall C – Second Level
New! Enjoy a seated massage at the Relaxation Station
located in the rear of the Exhibit Hall.
Sponsored by The Lewin Group, Inc.
Concurrent Sessions
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Crowded House: Crowding, Staffing & Patient Safety
Christopher Gorton, Pennsylvania Health Care Cost
Containment Council
“Variation in Volume-Outcome Relationships for Hospitals and
Surgeons Performing CABG Surgery”
Peter Sprivulis, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
“Hospital Overcrowding is Associated with Increased Seven Day
Emergency Admission Mortality: A New Imperative for Patient Safety”
Joel Weissman, Massachusetts General Hospital
“The Relation of Crowded Working Conditions to Patient
Safety in Hospitals”
Mei Zhao, University of North Florida
“Hospital Financial Performance, Nurse Staffing and the
Outcomes of Patient Care”
P
Public Health Services Research, Moving to the
Mainstream: Recent Experience with Performance Measures,
Quality Improvement, Accreditation & Certification
Room 309 – Third Level
Chair: F. Douglas Scutchfield, University of Kentucky
Panelists: Arthur Davidson, Denver Public Health;
Paul Halverson, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences;
Evelyn Knight, University of Kentucky; Glen Mays, University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Harrison Spencer, Association
of Schools of Public Health
Invited Papers: This session attempts to provide the audience with
illustrations of quality assurance and quality control’s arrival in the
public health sector of the health care system. Recently, we have
seen the advent of quality tools, comparable to those used in
acute health care settings, which are being incorporated into public health. These include performance measurement, accreditation
of public health units, certification of public health workers, and
paying for performance. This panel will discuss the state-of-the-art
issues and research in these areas.
O Inside the Black Box: How Management Characteristics
Influence the Delivery of Patient Care
Room 311 – Third Level
Chair: Thomas Rundall, University of California, Berkeley
Panelists:
Todd Gilmer, University of California, San Diego
“Clinic Characteristics Related to the Efficient Production of Health
for Adults with Diabetes”
Tricia Johnson, Rush University
“How Do Physicians in Managed Care Networks Respond to an
Increase in Clinical Autonomy?”
Room 200 – Second Level
Mark Meterko, VA Boston Healthcare System
“Civility among Healthcare Employees: The Impact on Patients”
Chair: Marie Bismark, Harvard School of Public Health
Panelists:
Jack Chen, University of New South Wales
“A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of the Medical
Emergency Team System”
Amy Smalarz, Brandeis University
“The Effect of Physician Group Culture and Structure on Patients’
Utilization and Quality of Care Outcomes”
Carol Van Deusen Lukas, HSR&D Management Decision
and Research Center
“The Role of Management Support in Implementing Innovative
Clinical Practices”
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The Impact of SCHIP & Medicaid Expansion
on Children
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Room 203 – Second Level
Chair: Cindy Brach, Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality
Panelists:
Laura Shone, University of Rochester
“Deterring Crowd-out in State Children’s Health Insurance
(SCHIP) Programs: How Would Waiting Periods Affect
Children in New York?”
Anna Sommers, The Urban Institute
“Substitution of SCHIP for Private Coverage:
Findings from Ten States”
Susan Haber, RTI International
“Dynamics of Children’s Enrollment in Public Health Insurance:
A Three-State Comparison”
Benjamin Sommers, Harvard University
“Does a Patchwork Approach to Health Insurance Expansion
Exacerbate Public Insurance Drop-out?”
CSAT Program Update
Room 202 – Second Level
Chairs: Mady Chalk and Julie Harkins, both from the
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Research Update: This session will provide an overview of
the SAMHSA/CSAT Matrix priority areas, including
Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity. The session will focus
on Access to Recovery (ATR); Screening, Brief Intervention,
Referral and Treatment (SBIRT); Program Evaluation
Activities; and the Network for Improvement of Addiction
Treatment (NiaTx).
C Organizational & Community Factors in Quality
& Safety of Care for Children
Room 312 – Third Level
Chair: David Bergman, Stanford University
Panelists:
Samantha Jones, University of Sheffield
“Outcomes at 6 Months Post-Admission to Pediatric Intensive
Care: Report of a National Study of Pediatric Intensive Care
Units in the United Kingdom”
Mina Lai, California Department of Health Services
“The Impact of Chronic Care Coordination on Young People
(age 0–5) with Asthma: A Statewide Evaluation of the
California Community Asthma Intervention”
Sandra Magnetti, University HealthSystem Consortium
“Patient Safety for Infants and Children in Academic Medical
Center Hospitals: Organizational and Human Factors Related
to Harmful Medical Event Outcomes—Evidence Using
Electronic Medical Error-Event Reporting Systems”
Barbara Mark, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Nurse Staffing and Pediatric Quality of Care”
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Topics in Medicare Risk Adjustment
Room 207 – Second Level
Chair: Melvin Ingber, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Panelists: Eric Olmsted and John Kautter, both from RTI
International; John Robst, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services
Invited Papers: Presentations will be made on: the development of the risk adjustment method for the new Medicare
drug benefit; the enhanced risk adjustment model for HMOs
and other capitated plans; and the development of concurrent
models, one of which is being applied to the CMS Physician
Group Practice (PGP) demonstration. The PGP demonstration
applies risk adjustment to a pay-for-performance system
design in a fee-for-service environment.
Findings in Health Care Disparities on the
Road Less Traveled
D
Room 208 – Second Level
Chair: Vanessa Sheppard, Georgetown University Medical Center
Panelists:
Rebecca Gelber, Harvard Medical School
“Disparities in the Management of Early Breast Cancer among
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders”
Dolly John, Houston VA Medical Center
“Medicare+Choice Enrollment and Plan Benefits among
Black, Hispanic and White Medicare Enrolled VA: Using
Veterans in CY2000”
Sunday
Genevieve Kenney, The Urban Institute
“The Impacts of the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP) on Access to Care and Use of Services:
Findings from Ten States”
Sally Turbyville, National Committee for Quality Assurance
“Follow-up Care for Children Prescribed Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity (ADHD) Medication”
Andrea Kronman, Boston University Medical Center
“Racial Disparities in Primary Care and Utilization of Health
Services at the End of Life”
Mihail Samnaliev, University of Massachusetts Medical School
“Racial Disparities among Medicaid Beneficiaries with
Mental Disorders”
Junling Wang, University of Maryland
“Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to New Prescription Drugs”
Equity in Health: The Contribution of Research
Room 210 – Second Level
Chair: Barbara Starfield, Johns Hopkins University
Panelists: James Macinko, New York University;
Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine; Jennifer Ruger, Yale University
Methods Workshop: This session considers methodological
issues in research on equity in health. Moving from the
stage of describing inequities (“social determinants
research”), we deal with the relationship between the current
state of knowledge about the impact of health services to
consider what needs to be done to move policy toward
a better distribution of health across populations and
subpopulations.
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Leveraging Private Dollars to Expand Health Care
Room 302 – Third Level
Chair: Deborah Chollet, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Panelists: Elizabeth Kilbreth, University of Southern Maine;
Ellen Schneiter, State of Maine; Vondie Woodbury, Muskegon
Community Health Project
Invited Papers: The erosion of employer-based coverage is among
the largest problems confronting states and communities in the
U.S. The erosion of private coverage, most acute among low-wage
workers, has coincided with rising enrollment in Medicaid and
SCHIP. This session will discuss three initiatives that leverage
employer contributions to expand private coverage. They are
based, respectively, in the large-employer sector, state government,
and the community. Panelists will describe each program, the kernel of opportunity that was the basis for the program, the experience of the program, and prospects for the future.
Understanding Approaches to Account for Clustering
of Observations in HSR
Room 304 – Third Level
Chair: A. Russell Localio, University of Pennsylvania
Methods Workshop: This workshop will focus on alternative
approaches to analyzing clustered data from randomized and
observational studies, with special emphasis on binary outcome
data. The presentation will discuss options such as mixed
effects models, generalized estimating equations, survey
methods, and Bayesian methods in the context of their
underlying assumptions and software requirements. It will
also cover less well-known analytic challenges, such as
distinguishing within and among cluster effects as well
as confounding by cluster. Finally, there will be an overview
of options for reporting multicenter binary outcome data on
additive as well as relative scales. The session will include
copies of slides and an extensive bibliography.
Room 313 – Third Level
Chair: Deborah Rogal, AcademyHealth
Panelists: Bonnie Austin, AcademyHealth; Jack Hoadley,
Georgetown University
Special Session: AcademyHealth serves as the national program
office for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s HCFO program, a multifaceted initiative seeking to bridge the policy and
research communities. The program funds grants on significant
health care policy and market developments, convenes meetings, and disseminates results to public and private stakeholders in a number of ways. Learn the ins and outs of getting a
HCFO grant and working with program staff from the idea stage
to the grant phase to getting your findings in the right hands.
The panel features program staff and a current grantee.
Opening Luncheon Plenary
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Ballrooms A/B/C – Third Level
Welcoming Remarks
Tom Rundall, Conference Chair
University of California, Berkeley
“The Imperfection of Medicine”
Atul Gawande, Harvard University
Awardee: Katrina Armstrong, University of Pennsylvania
Presenter: Mark Pauly, University of Pennsylvania
Sponsored in part by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Poster Session A & Dessert
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Room 306 – Third Level
Exhibit Hall D – Second Level
Chair: Howard Goldman, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Panelists:
Audrey Burnam, RAND Child Policy Project
“Does Quality of Behavioral Health Care Change with Parity
Benefit Expansion?”
Features:
Richard Frank, Harvard Medical School
“The Impact of Parity Mental Health and Substance Abuse Benefits
on Spending and Utilization in the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program”
M. Susan Ridgely, RAND
“How Did Health Plans Implement Parity for Federal Employees?”
Chapin White, Congressional Budget Office
Atul Gawande
Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award Presentation
Evaluating the Impact of Parity Mental Health &
Substance Abuse Benefits in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program
B
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The Health Care Financing & Organization (HCFO)
Program: Grants for Policy Relevant Research (& More!)
Behavioral Health
Child Health
Chronic Care
Health Insurance Markets & Managed Care
International
Long-Term Care
Management, Organization & Financing
Medicare & Medicare Prescription Drugs
Public Health Systems
Workforce
Student Posters
Sponsored in part by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Panel I
Innovations in Health Information Technology
Around the World
Room 200 – Second Level
Chair: Don Detmer, American Medical Informatics Association
Panelists: William Ho, Hong Kong Hospital Authority;
David Ingram, Whittington Hospital, U.K.; Arne Kverneland,
Department of Health Informatics, Denmark; Ilias Iakovidis,
European Union
International guests will provide a critical update on HIT in
the U.K., discuss standards for electronic health records in
the European Union, and describe the experience of gaining
physician support for HIT in Hong Kong.
Sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund and Kaiser Permanente
Survey, the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (NHANES), the National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS), and the National Survey of Children’s Health.
Examples of how different surveys complement one another
in assessing quality will also be provided.
Help With Publishing Instead of Perishing:
Meet the Editors
Room 202 – Second Level
Chair: Bradford Gray, Milbank Quarterly
Panelists: Jeffrey Alexander, Medical Care Research and Review;
Parmeeth Atwal, Health Affairs; Ann Barry Flood, Health
Services Research; Colleen McHorney, Medical Care; Mark
Schlesinger, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Skill and Career Development: In this session, editors from
leading health services research and policy journals will
briefly describe their journals’ niches and comment on factors that affect the likelihood those will find their way into
print. There will be time for comments and questions from
the audience.
State Variations in Health Services & Performance
for Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs
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Disease Management in Germany: Lessons for the U.S.
Room 200 – Second Level
Chair: Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University
Panelists: Stuart Guterman, The Commonwealth Fund;
Karl Lauterbach, Institute of Health Economics and
Clinical Epidemiology of the University of Cologne;
Mary Naylor, University of Pennsylvania; Sophia Schlette,
Bertelsmann Foundation
This panel will report on recent developments in the area of disease management in Germany and their relevance to the U.S.
Sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund and The Bertelsmann Foundation
Concurrent Sessions
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Room 203 – Second Level
Chair: Christina Bethell, Oregon Health and Science University
Panelists: Stephen Blumberg, National Center for Health
Statistics; Sally Fogerty, State of Massachusetts Center for
Community Health; Jeffrey Lobas, University of Iowa; Virginia
Sharp, Seattle Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center;
Nora Wells, Federation For Children With Special Needs
Sunday
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Panel II
Invited Papers: New national data from the National Survey on
Children with Special Health Care Needs shows substantial
variation across states in both access to and quality of health
care services and the health and family impact experienced by
children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN)
and their families. The panelists will characterize the nature
and magnitude of variations observed across 15 indicators of
access, impact, and quality of care; present case studies from
four states; and discuss implications for state policies and programs, families, and health care providers. Medicaid, Title V,
and family perspectives will be represented.
Enhancements to Primary Care in the Treatment
of Chronic Disease
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Measuring Health Care Quality: Data from the
National Center for Health Statistics
Room 309 – Third Level
Chair: Diane Makuc, National Center for Health Statistics
Panelists: Catharine Burt, Rosemarie Hirsch, Julia Holmes,
and Kathleen O’Connor, all from the National Center for
Health Statistics
Research Update: Measurement of health care quality benefits from the use of multiple perspectives on health care.
Establishment-based surveys sample providers and collect
information about the provider, health care encounter, and
patient. Population-based surveys collect information about
individuals health outcomes and health-related events,
regardless of whether the individual has seen a health care
provider. This session will describe quality of care measures
that may be obtained from publicly available data files of
both types of surveys including the National Health Care
Room 311 – Third Level
Chair: Morris Weinberger, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
Panelists:
Gretchen Alkema, University of Southern California
“The Impact of Telephone-Based Care Management on
Mortality Risk of Frail Older Adults”
Dawn Clancy, Medical University of South Carolina
“Group Visits Improve Compliance with Preventive and
Treatment Guidelines in Uninsured or Inadequately Insured
Patients with Type 2 Diabetes”
Amer Kaissi, Trinity University
“Assessment of Chronic Illness Care for Diabetes in
Primary Care Clinics”
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Cheryl Schraeder, Carle Foundation
“Care Management for Elders with Chronic Conditions in a
Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration”
such as adjusting for “health status” in observational studies, the
role of geography and geographical adjustments, and the need for
randomization. Presentations are methodological and empirical.
Shin-Yi Wu, RAND Corporation
“CCM Implementation and Patient Perceived Self-Management
Support for their Chronic Illness”
Q Structuring Priorities for Quality Improvement:
Are We Using the Right Criteria?
Room 210 – Second Level
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The Market for Health Insurance
Room 312 – Third Level
Chair: Jon Christianson, University of Minnesota
Panelists:
Didem Bernard, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
“What Happens When Workers Fail to Take Up EmploymentRelated Health Insurance? Evidence from 1996 and 2001”
M. Kate Bundorf, Stanford University
“Employer Offers of Health Insurance and Worker Enrollment
Decisions: The Role of Health Risk”
Peter Groeneveld, University of Pennsylvania
“Hospital Market Effects on Uptake and Utilization of Innovative
Healthcare Technologies: 1983–2001”
James Reschovsky, Center for Studying Health System Change
“Why Employer Coverage Changed? 1997–2003”
Jessica Vistnes, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
“Health Insurance Enrollment Decisions: Understanding the Role of
Preferences for Coverage”
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Organizational Studies of Primary Care Practice
Room 207 – Second Level
Chair: Benjamin Crabtree, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Panelists: Reuben McDaniel, University of Texas at Austin;
William Miller, Lehigh Valley Hospital; Leif Solberg, Health
Partners Research Foundation; Kurt Stange, Case Western
Reserve University
Invited Papers: Primary care practices have ongoing access to the
majority of the U.S. population; however, due to their broad focus
and multiple competing demands, the translation of evidencebased recommendations in these settings is less than optimal.
Innovative change models are needed that acknowledge the competing demands of a busy practice and that lead to sustainable
enhancements in quality of care. Panelists will highlight characteristics of primary care practices as complex systems, present real
world examples of practice change strategies, and offer new models for thinking about organizational change.
D Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement,
Methodology & Data Needs
Room 208 – Second Level
Chair: Thomas McGuire, Harvard Medical School
Panelists: Amitabh Chandra and Ben Le Cook, both from Harvard
University; Carol Link, New England Research Institutes
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Invited Papers: In spite of the large number of papers documenting
health care disputes, identification of the magnitudes and mechanics of disputes suffer due to methodological and data shortcomings. These papers contend with central methodological questions,
Chair: Lisa Simpson, University of South Florida
Panelists: Robert Blendon, Harvard University;
George Isham, HealthPartners; Jonathan Lomas, Canadian Health
Services Research Foundation; Elizabeth McGlynn, RAND
Roundtable: This dynamic session will examine the promises
and pitfalls of various strategies for setting priorities in quality
improvement, both nationally and internationally, and the extent
to which these strategies are responsive to diverse stakeholder
needs, result in progress, exclude certain issues or populations,
and have unintended consequences.
Sponsored in part by the Division of Health Care Policy &
Research, Mayo Clinic
Transitioning from Medicare Drug Discount
Card to Benefit
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Room 302 – Third Level
Chair: Brigid Goody, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Panelists: Teresa Doksum and Marian Wrobel, both from Abt
Associates, Inc.; Kelly Dougherty, Harvard University; Daniel
Waldo and Sunyna Williams, both from the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services
Invited Papers: The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 created a drug discount card and transitional assistance program
available in 2004 and a new Part D drug benefit available in
2006. Both new programs: 1) invite the private sector to deliver
a public benefit, 2) involve choice on the part of beneficiaries in
terms of both whether to enroll and which plan to choose, and
3) engage similar organizations (health plans, insurers, PBMs,
pharmacies, manufacturers, and the states). Because of these
similarities, CMS has conducted analyses of drug shopping
behaviors of Medicare beneficiaries and of information reported
by drug card sponsors as well as sponsored two independent
evaluations of the impacts on the drug card program on beneficiaries and other stakeholders. This session will present findings from the analysis of sponsor-submitted data as well as
information gathered from beneficiary focus groups and key
informant interviews with representatives of card sponsors, the
pharmacy sector, manufacturers, State Health Insurance
Program counselors, and other stakeholders. The presentations
will focus on a critical discussion of the implications of these
findings for the Part D drug benefit.
Recent Advances in the Analysis of HSR Data
Room 304 – Third Level
Chair: Sharon-Lise Normand, Harvard Medical School
Panelists: Joseph Hogan, Brown University; Tom TenHave,
University of Pennsylvania
Methods Workshop: Health services researchers are often faced
with “incomplete” data. Examples include missing outcome
information in a cohort study or missing an important con-
founder in an observational study. Consequently, many assumptions are made that cannot be checked empirically. These relate
to the “missing at random” assumption for incomplete data,
the “no unmeasured confounder” for assessing causal effects of
treatments or of mediators, and the “exclusion restriction”
assumption in the use of instrumental variables. This session
will introduce new strategies for representing and assessing
assumptions in interpretable ways. New methods for assessing
the effect of “mediating” variables will be discussed and
demonstrated. Methods will be illustrated using a number of
real studies, including an assessment of how antidepressant
medication mediates an intention-to-treat effect in a randomized encouragement study.
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Health Workforce Studies—An Organizational Perspective
Room 306 – Third Level
Chair: Bob Konrad, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Panelists:
Kimberly Gregory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
“Clinical Staffing on Labor and Delivery Units in California”
Atul Grover, The Lewin Group, Inc.
“The Impact of Organizational Changes on Supply and Demand
for Intensivist Services”
David Mohr, VA Boston Health Care System
“The Influence of Organizational Culture on Physician
and Nurse Resignation Rates”
Holly Rodin, University of Minnesota
“Increasing the Supply of Certified Nursing Assistants”
B Behavioral Health Care Through the Life Cycle:
Different Needs, Different Services
Room 313 – Third Level
Chair: Constance Horgan, Brandeis University
Panelists:
Jeffrey Harman, University of Florida
“Physician Office Visits for Depression by Older Americans:
Who Do They See and What Type of Care is Provided?”
Brooke Harrow, University of Massachusetts, Boston
“Does Motivation Influence Alcohol and Other Drug Use (AOD)
Treatment Outcomes for Adolescents?”
Dean Krahn, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
“Depression and At-Risk Alcohol Use Outcomes for Older Primary
Care Patients in Integrated Care and Enhanced Specialty Referral”
Jennifer Yu, University of California, San Francisco
“The Impact of Childhood Learning Disabilities on Adult Functioning
and the Influence of Elementary Special Education Services” and
“The Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs on
Adolescents with Learning Disabilities”
Data & Measurement for Reducing Health
& Health Care Disparities
Room 309 – Third Level
Chair: Robin Weinick, Massachusetts General Hospital
Panelists: David Baker, Northwestern University;
Joseph Betancourt, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Alan Zaslavsky, Harvard Medical School
Methods Workshop: An understanding of data and measurement issues is crucial to assessing progress toward eliminating
racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. This
workshop will emphasize data collection and related measurement issues for efforts by the Department of Health and
Human Services, states, and the private sector. Discussions will
include the recent National Research Council Report,
“Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement and Data
Needs,” development and testing of instruments to collect selfreported race and ethnicity, and collection data on race and ethnicity in hospitals.
O Management Practices that Result in Higher
Quality of Care
Room 311 – Third Level
Chair: Martin Charns, VA HSR&D Center for Organization,
Leadership & Management Research
Panelists: James Conway, Harvard University; Sue Dyrenforth,
VHA National Center for Organization Development;
Patricia Gabow, Denver Health and Hospital; Carol Lukas,
VA Medical Center
Sunday
Gary Hart, University of Washington
“Staffing Patterns and Vacancy Rates of the Nation’s Federally
Funded Rural Health Centers”
Concurrent Sessions
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Invited Papers: The need to improve quality of care and patient
safety is well-documented and the goal of dramatically
improved care is highly sought after. Yet, there is a substantial
gap in our knowledge regarding what to change and how to
implement those changes to achieve the goal of dramatically
improved quality of care. Recent research has shown that more
is needed than traditional quality improvement projects. In this
panel discussion, two examples of successful organizational
transformation—those of Denver Health and Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute—will be presented and discussed.
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Medicaid Cost, Growth & Program Design Issues
Room 203 – Second Level
Chair: Genevieve Kenney, The Urban Institute
Panelists:
Joanna Campbell, University of Texas Medical Branch
“The Effect of Public Subsidies for Community-Based Services on
Eldercare Decisions”
Peter Cunningham, Center for Studying Health System Change
“Medicaid Cost Containment and Access to Prescription Drugs”
Amy Davidoff, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
“What Explains the Recent Dramatic Growth in Adult Medicaid
Enrollment?”
Allyson Hall, University of Florida
“Lapses in Medicaid Coverage: Impact on Cost and Utilization
among Diabetics Enrolled in Medicaid”
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Neal Wallace, Portland State University
“Effects of Medicaid Benefit Changes on Expenditures for
Persons with Chronic Conditions”
uninsured Latino children than traditional Medicaid/SCHIP
outreach and enrollment.
A
ASPE Research Update
Room 202 – Second Level
Chair: Don Cox, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Planning and Evaluation
Panelists: Barbara Greenberg, Ruth Katz, and Meredith
Kelsey, all from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation
Research Update: This session will provide an update of
ongoing research activities of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and present
ASPE’s FY 2005 research agenda. The focus will be on health
policy and long-term care research, human services policy,
and departmental data needs.
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Financing & Quality of Care
Room 312 – Third Level
Chair: Paul Shekelle, RAND
Panelists:
Laurence Baker, Stanford University
“Hospital Financial Performance and Patient Safety”
Stephen Grossbart, Catholic Healthcare Partners
“What’s the Return? Assessing the Effect of ‘Pay-forPerformance’ Initiatives on the Quality of Care Delivery”
H. Joanna Jiang, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
“Achieving High Quality-Low Cost Hospital Performance: The
Effects of Market and Organizational Characteristics”
Joan Penrod, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
“The Effect of Palliative Care on Hospital Costs of Terminal
Hospitalization”
Linda Resnik, Brown University
“Delegation of Care to Support Personnel in Outpatient Physical
Therapy: Implications for Quality and Efficiency”
D Reducing & Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in
Children’s Health & Health Care: What We Know,
What We Need to Know & What We Can Do
Room 207 – Second Level
Chairs: Anne Beal, The Commonwealth Fund; Glenn Flores,
Medical College of Wisconsin
Panelists: Kelly Moore, DHHS Indian Health Service;
Stella Yu, Health Resources and Services Administration
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Invited Papers: Although multiple studies have documented
racial/ethnic disparities in the health and health care of
adults, not enough attention has been paid to such disparities among children. This session will focus on urgent priorities, unanswered questions, and evidence-based solutions
regarding the reduction and elimination of racial/ethnic disparities in children. Panelists will address health status and
use of services among Asian/Pacific Islander children, community approaches to the prevention of overweight and diabetes in American Indian/Alaska Native children, policy initiatives to address disparities among African-American children, and a randomized controlled trial demonstrating that
community case management is more effective in insuring
Coverage Expansions & the Uninsured
Room 208 – Second Level
Chair: Catherine McLaughlin, University of Michigan
Panelists:
Susan Busch, Yale University
“Who Benefits When States Expand Medicaid Coverage
to Parents?”
Michael Davern, University of Minnesota
“Does Imputation Bias Lead to Finding Significantly More
Uninsured in the Current Population Survey’s Estimates of
Health Insurance Coverage?”
Julia Prentice, Bedford VAMC
“How Long Do People Remain Medically Uninsured?”
Joseph Ross, Yale University
“Use of Preventive Services by the High-Income Uninsured”
Stephen Zuckerman, The Urban Institute
“Are Adults Benefiting from State Coverage Expansions?”
W Physician Workforce for the 21st Century: Supply,
Demand, Equity & Outcome Considerations
Room 210 – Second Level
Chair: Atul Grover, The Lewin Group, Inc.
Panelists: David Goodman, Dartmouth Medical School;
Fitzhugh Mullan, Project HOPE; Edward Salsberg,
Association of American Medical Colleges
Roundtable: Will the nation be facing a surplus or a shortage
of physicians in the coming years? Should the nation
increase or decrease medical school capacity? Should the
nation continue to rely on a quarter of our physicians being
educated in foreign countries, many from less developed
nations? Should we consider need or demand in our physician workforce policies? How can we best assure that
Americans will have a sufficient supply of physicians to
assure access to quality care in future decades?
Medicare & Medicaid at 40: Successes & Challenges
Room 302 – Third Level
Chairs: Karen Davis, The Commonwealth Fund; Diane Rowland,
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Panelists: James Mongan, Partners Healthcare System, Inc.;
Dorothy Rice, University of California, San Francisco;
Sara Rosenbaum, George Washington University
Special Session: The 40th anniversary of the enactment of
Medicare and Medicaid provides the opportunity to reflect
on the origins and goals of the programs, their evolution and
achievements, and the challenges for the future. This special
session draws on the extensive research base that documents the role these programs play in our health system for
the poor, the elderly, and people with disabilities. During the
session, a video will be shown that documents the history of
the programs through the eyes of some of the key participants in Medicare and Medicaid’s enactment and evolution.
Sponsored in part by The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Quality Improvement Research Methods:
Controversies in Evaluating Quality Improvement
Collaboratives
Room 304 – Third Level
Chair: Haya Rubin, University of Hawaii
Panelists: Denise Dougherty, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality; Emmett Keeler, RAND; Bruce Landon,
Harvard Medical School; Lloyd Provost, Institute for
Healthcare Improvement
Methods Workshop: Haya Rubin will provide an overview of
issues and questions relevant to evaluating quality improvement interventions. Bruce Landon and Emmett Keeler will
present results from contrasting evaluations of Institute for
Healthcare Improvement (IHI) breakthrough collaboratives.
Each presenter will critique the other’s study and suggest why
the studies may have had different results. Lloyd Provost will
provide a reaction assessing what IHI has learned and should
learn about breakthrough collaboratives from these contrasting
studies. Denise Dougherty will address what funding agencies
and researchers should learn from these studies about evaluation of quality improvement intervention.
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Health Insurance Markets & Managed Care
Room 306 – Third Level
Room 313 – Third Level
Chair: Margarita Alegria, Cambridge Health Alliance and
Harvard Medical School
Panelists:
Gail Daumit, Johns Hopkins University
“Adverse Events During Medical and Surgical Hospitalizations
for Persons with Schizophrenia”
Susan Eisen, EN Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital
“Reliability and Validity of the BASIS-R Mental Health Survey
for Euro-Americans, African Americans and Latinos”
Laura Eselius, Brown University School of Medicine
“Using Consumer Reports and Ratings to Compare Managed
Behavioral Health Plans”
John Fortney, VA HSR&D Center for Mental Healthcare
and Outcomes Research
“Telemedicine Intervention to Improve Depression Care
for Rural CBOCs”
Richard Kravitz, University of California, Davis
“Influence of Patients’ Requests for Directly Advertised
Prescription Drugs on Physicians’ Treatment of Depression:
A Randomized Controlled Trial”
Reception
7:15 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Grand Ballroom – Second Floor
Sheraton Boston Hotel
Jieling Chen, Merck Research Laboratories
“Prescription Drug Demand for Psychotropics: The Impact of
Out-of-Pocket Payment”
Teresa Gibson, Medstat
“Prescription Drug Co-Payments, Mail Order Substitution and
Stockpiling of Maintenance Medications for Early Retirees with
Chronic Conditions”
Mary Reed, Kaiser Permanente
“Prescription Drug Benefit Caps and Drug Adherence: Quitting
When the Money Runs Out”
Matthew Solomon, RAND
“The Effect of Pharmacy Benefits on Initiation of
Antihypertensive Therapy”
Sunday
Chair: Timothy McBride, Saint Louis University
Panelists:
William Cecil, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
“The Relationship Between Prescription Drug Benefits and
Use and Physician Office Benefits and Use”
Innovative Behavioral Health Care Studies
Leading the Field
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Poster Program
The AcademyHealth poster program, which has grown in size
and recognition over the years, is
an integral and popular feature of
the meeting and an effective
mechanism for research dissemination and networking. Visit informally with the presenters to learn about their state-ofthe-art research.
Poster Session A
Sunday 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. (dessert)
Poster Session B
Monday 6:15 – 7:30 p.m. (reception)
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Registration
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Boylston Street Foyer – Second Level
Meeting of AcademyHealth Members
7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Room 200 – Second Level
AcademyHealth Board officers will report on the
state of AcademyHealth, including membership
and financial reports as well as announcements
of upcoming programs. This is also the first
opportunity to hear the slate of nominees for membership election to the Board of Directors.
Concurrent Sessions
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Providers Under Pressure: Effects of Competition,
Payment & Ownership
O
Room 309 – Third Level
Chair: Gary Young, Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston
University School of Public Health
Panelists:
Tae-Hyun Kim, Virginia Commonwealth University
“An Evaluation of Hospital Capital Investment After BBA”
Donald Klepser, University of Nebraska Medical Center
“Does Physician Quality Affect Bargaining Power Over Price in
Third Party Contracts?”
Yu-Chu Shen, Naval Postgraduate School
“Hospital Ownership and Performance: An Integrative Research Review”
Julie Sochalski, University of Pennsylvania
“Does Hospital Price Competition Influence Nurse Staffing
and Quality of Care?”
David Song, University of Pennsylvania
“Differences in For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospital Behavior: An
Examination of Failure-to-Rescue in the Aftermath of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997”
Lessons Learned from VA Implementation Research
Room 202 – Second Level
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Chair: Joseph Francis, Department of Veterans Affairs
Panelists: Brian Mittman, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System;
Sarah Krein, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; Sherri LaVela,
Department of Veterans Affairs; Jeffrey Smith, Central Arkansas
Veterans Healthcare System
Research Update: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers
a unique laboratory for understanding the factors that foster effective implementation of evidence into routine clinical practice.
Since 1998, VAs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative has created partnerships between health services researchers and policymakers to inform and accelerate system-wide performance
improvement. The objective of this session is to share specific
lessons learned while overcoming barriers to spreading and sustaining evidence-based practice.
I Pay for Performance: Lessons from Health Care
Systems around the Globe
Room 203 – Second Level
Chair: Andrew Bindman, University of California, San Francisco
Panelists: R. Adams Dudley, University of California, San Francisco;
Martin Roland, University of Manchester; Igor Sheiman, Moscow
High School of Economics, Russia
Invited Papers: Pay for performance is the emerging approach for
moving the health care agenda from cost savings to value by linking financial incentives to high quality processes and outcomes of
care. This session will describe the rationale for and the experience with pay for performance schemes emerging in the United
States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Presenters will describe
pay for performance in hospital-based and primary care practice.
C Childhood Obesity, New Data & Findings for Children
with Special Health Care Needs
Room 311 – Third Level
Chair: Jonathan Klein, University of Rochester
Panelists:
Christina Bethell, Oregon Health and Science University
“Comparing and Interpreting Findings on the Prevalence and Health
and Health Care Service Need Characteristics of Children and Youth
with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Across Three New
National Data Sets”
Debra Lotstein, University of California, Los Angeles
“Access to Care for Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs”
Chad Meyerhoefer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
“Physical Education and the Incidence of Overweight among Adolescents”
Joseph Thompson, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
“Arkansas’s Response to Childhood Obesity: Year Two Assessment”
Nora Wells, Federation For Children With Special Needs
“User-Friendly Strategies to Expand the Use of New National Data
Sets on Children’s Health by Policymakers and Consumer and Health
Care System Leaders”
Diversity in the Health Care Workforce: Current
Issues & Controversies
W
Room 312 – Third Level
Chair: Joseph Betancourt, Massachusetts General Hospital
Panelists: Peter Bach, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center;
John Rich, Boston Public Health Commission;
Somnath Saha, Oregon Health and Science University
Roundtable: The issue of diversity in the health care workforce has attracted great attention over the last few years,
particularly with the release of the IOM report “In the
Nation’s Compelling Interest” and the Sullivan Commission
report. Despite this, there remain many questions about the
path needed to achieve its goals, and more importantly, will
achieving the goals actually lead to improved quality of care
and the elimination of disparities? Panelists in this roundtable will discuss the IOM report and the Sullivan
Commission report, as well as provide some of the current
controversies about the goal and process of achieving diversity in the health care workforce.
New Approaches to Translating Research Into
Policy & Practice
E
Room 207 – Second Level
Grace Warner, Dalhousie University
“Applying Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Strategies to
Promote Integrated Stroke Care”
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Strategies to Cover the Uninsured
Room 210 – Second Level
Chair: Nicole Lurie, RAND
Panelists: Janice Blanchard and Carrie Hoverman, both from
RAND; JoAnn Lamphere, The Lewin Group, Inc.; Erin Fries
Taylor, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Roundtable: Presenters will report data evaluating federal
and state initiatives to expand coverage to the uninsured and
present outcome data from a local initiative.
Sponsored in part by RAND Health
M Translating “Legislative Sausage” into
Understandable Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries
Room 302 – Third Level
Chair: Marsha Gold, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Panelists: Diane Archer, Medicare Rights Center;
Linda Fishman, Hogan & Hartson, LLP; Tricia Neuman,
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Kieran Walshe, University of Manchester
“Realist Synthesis: An Approach to Synthesizing Research
Evidence on Complex Social Interventions for Policymakers
and Managers”
Invited Papers: Legislation is the art of compromise, but
what happens when those compromises alter the choices
offered 41 million Americans on Medicare in ways that affect
each of them, often in very different and complex ways? In
this session, analysts close to the MMA’s legislative process
will describe how the actual details in the structure of private
plan choices emerged. We will hear what beneficiaries think
of those choices or go about making any choice at all. We
also will hear what consumer advocates are doing on the
ground to help beneficiaries deal with them and what they
are hearing. Finally, panelists will speculate on the tensions
between legislative intent and operational reality—are conflicts inevitable and how can they be minimized?
How Should Evidence Inform Payment in
Mental Health?
Room 304 – Third Level
John Lavis, McMaster University
“Towards Systematic Reviews that Inform Healthcare
Management and Policymaking”
Brian Mittman, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
“Synthesizing Quality Improvement Research: Methodological
and Empirical Challenges and Solutions”
B
Room 208 – Second Level
Chair: Kenneth Wells, University of California, Los Angeles
Panelists: Francisca Azocar, United Behavioral Health;
Benjamin Druss, Emory University; Lisa Meredith and
Michael Schoenbaum, both from RAND; Mark Trail, Georgia
Department of Medical Assistance
Invited Papers: These papers will provide an overview of current issues in financing of mental health services in relationship to evidence of services delivery effectiveness. The
papers will combine research and policy/market perspectives
on the program in three areas: Medicare funding and care
management for depression and other chronic conditions;
Medicaid funding and treatment of severe mental illness and
comorbidity with physical illnesses, highlighting issues
Monday
Chair: Linda Bilheimer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Panelists:
Jacqueline Tetroe, Ottawa Health Research Institute
“A Review of Knowledge Transfer Models, Frameworks and Theories”
across specialty and primary care sectors; and private-sector,
mental health carve-outs, particularly provider incentives for
providing quality mental health care. The papers will highlight issues and findings that are around the problem of
incentive appropriate care even when evidence currently
exists for effectiveness and/or cost-effectiveness, as well as
illustrate new approaches to determine how systems and/or
providers or consumers can move forward with improved
care or coverage.
Measuring Organizational Characteristics
Chair: Paul Cleary, Harvard Medical School
Panelists: Elizabeth Bradley, Yale University; Jill Marsteller,
Johns Hopkins University; Patrick O’Connor, HealthPartners;
Elizabeth Yano, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Methods Workshop: Numerous studies have found that
many aspects of medical care, such as costs, quality, and
access vary a great deal across organizations, such as hospitals, health plans, medical groups, and even practice sites.
Given such variability, it is important to understand more
about what characteristics of organizations predict how they
will perform with respect to the cost, quality, and equity of
care provided. Presenters will discuss challenges and solutions to assessing such characteristics.
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L Payors, Recipients & Providers Respond: Behind the
Trends in Long-Term Care Utilization
Room 306 – Third Level
Chair: Vincent Mor, Brown University
Panelists:
Christine Bishop, Brandeis University
“Impact of LTC Insurance on Setting and Use of Formal and
Informal Care”
David Grabowski, Harvard Medical School
“Moral Hazard in Nursing Home Use”
Wen-Chieh Lin, University of Missouri, Columbia
“The Effect of Hospitals’ Post-Acute Care Ownership on Medicare
Post-Acute Care Use”
Lawrence Nitz, University of Hawaii at Manoa
“Effect of a State Social Insurance Plan on State Medicaid and
Family Support Obligations”
Louise Russell, Rutgers University
“Prevention Guidelines and the Risk of Nursing Home Admission”
Can Quality Improvement Programs Reduce Health
Disparities?
D
Concurrent Sessions
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
R Patient Preferences & Participation in Health Care
Decision Making
Room 200 – Second Level
Chair: Maureen Smith, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Panelists:
Betty Chewning, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Patient Preferences for Shared Medical Decisions”
Elizabeth Cox, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Factors Associated with Children’s Participation in Shared
Decision Making”
Kathryn Flynn, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Older Patients’ Preferences for Participation in Decision Making”
Room 310 – Third Level
Maureen Smith, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Continuity of Care and Trust Among Individuals with Chronic Conditions”
Chair: Kaytura Felix-Aaron, Bureau of Primary Health Care
Panelists:
Andrew Epstein, Yale University
“Racial and Ethnic Differences in Use of High Volume Hospitals
and Surgeons”
David Vanness, University of Wisconsin Medical School
“My Own Benevolent Dictator: Merging Rank Dependent Utility
with Social Welfare Functions to Improve Health Policy and
Individual Treatment Choice”
Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Health Research and Educational Trust
“Disparities in Inpatient Quality of Care Measures by Race and Ethnicity”
Sarah Hudson Scholle, National Committee for Quality Assurance
“Solving Racial Disparities in Quality of Medicare Managed Care:
Geography Reconsidered” and “Racial Disparities Remain as Quality
Improves in Medicare Managed Care”
Thomas Sequist, Harvard Medical School
“The Effect of Quality Improvement on Racial Disparities in Diabetes Care”
Go Behind the AHRQ/NIH Study Section Door:
A Mock Review
Room 313 – Third Level
Chair: Ming Tai-Seale, Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center
Panelists: Francis Chesley, Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality; Willard Manning, University of Chicago; Barbara Yawn,
Olmsted Medical Center
Skill and Career Development: The federal grant review process
could appear mysterious or rather daunting to fledgling grant
applicants. This panel brings together AHRQ’s Acting Director for
Extramural Research, Training, and Vulnerable Populations and
three study section members of AHRQ and NIH—representing
health services research, economics, and medicine—to give participants an opportunity to understand the process of federal
grant proposal review through a mock review. The variation in
roles played by panelists in the review process and reviewers’
own grant-making experience will provide participants a wide
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range of perspectives and rich grounds for interaction. Discussion
topics include 1) communicating your research plan to reviewers
who may not speak your technical language, 2) using the
Summary Statement to help you revise and resubmit a proposal,
and 3) working with federal project officers.
P
Toward a Better Understanding of Public Health
Room 309 – Third Level
Chair: Kristine Gebbie, Columbia University
Panelists:
Roy Grant, Children’s Health Fund
“How Americans Feel About Terrorism Security: Three Years
After September 11”
Kristine Lykens, University of North Texas
“Evaluating Tuberculosis Surveillance and Action in an Urban
and Rural Setting”
Ying-Ying Meng, University of California, Los Angeles
“Environmental Public Health Tracking: Linking Health,
Environmental Hazard and Exposure Data”
Mitesh Patel, University of Michigan
“Increasing Influenza Vaccination and Reducing Mortality among
the Elderly Through Direct-to-Consumer Advertising”
Tina Smith, Georgia Health Policy Center
“From Theory to Practice: What Drives the Core Business
of Public Health?”
T
Effects of HIT on Financial & Quality Performance
Room 202 – Second Level
Chair: John Hsu, Kaiser Permanente
Panelists:
Brendon Colaco, Pennsylvania State University
“Effects of Telehealth on the Self Management of Heart Failure”
Nir Menachemi, Florida State University
“Effect of Hospital IT Capabilities on Financial Performance”
Room 207 – Second Level
Robert Miller, University of California, San Francisco
“The Value of Electronic Health Records in Solo/Small Groups”
Chair: William Saunders, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services
Alan White, Abt Associates, Inc.
“Utilizing the Electronic Medical Record to Reduce
Inappropriate Medication Use”
Research Update: This session will describe the analytic priorities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) and how they fit into its mission to identify, design,
develop, test, and implement improvements to the
Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance
Programs, for which CMS is responsible at the federal level.
The presentation will focus on the research and demonstration projects that are being conducted or developed under
CMS’s eight research themes. The session will particularly
highlight activities related to the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and
other current CMS initiatives.
Alexander Young, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
“Implementing Routine Outcome Assessment to Improve
Care for Mental Illness”
National Standards for Culturally & Linguistically
Appropriate Behavioral Health Services: Are We
Kidding Ourselves?
B
Room 203 – Second Level
Chair: Michael Grodin, Boston University
Panelists: Donna Bonaparte, Cambridge Health Alliance;
Peter Guarnaccia, Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey; Eric Hardt, Boston University
I Lessons from Abroad: The Value of International
Comparisons
Room 311 – Third Level
Chair: Nick Black, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Panelists:
Farasat Bokhari, Florida State University
“Government Health Expenditures and Health Outcomes”
Haejoo Chung, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg
School of Public Health
“Welfare State Matters: A Multilevel Approach”
Sat Ananda Hayden, University of North Carolina
at Charlotte
“Picking Out the Pieces: Ethics and Morality in Global
Nurse Migration Policy”
Ellen Nolte, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
“Chronic Diseases as Tracer Conditions in International
Benchmarking of Health Systems: The Example of Diabetes”
Suzanne Wait, Cambridge University
“Public Involvement in Health Care: Examples from Europe”
The Costs & Consequences of Unstable Health
Insurance Coverage
H
Room 312 – Third Level
Chair: Jennifer Edwards, The Commonwealth Fund
Panelists:
Gerry Fairbrother, University of Cincinnati
“Extent of Churning for Children in Medicaid Managed Care
and Its Attendant Costs”
Sherry Glied, Columbia University
“Transitions in Health Insurance Coverage 1998–2000”
Vicki Grant, Southern Institute on Children and Families
“Eligibility Process Improvement: Change at the Operational Level”
Monday
Invited Papers: Cultural competence has been allegedly
embraced by health care organizations as the way to effectively respond to the cultural and linguistic needs of a
diverse patient population. However, the adoption and
enforcement of the National Standards for Culturally and
Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health care has
presented challenges. The panelists will present their experiences and reflect on needed strategies for overcoming these
challenges. Discussion will include who should pay for cultural competence, which organizational incentives might
promote adoption, and whether cultural competence can be
turned into a higher priority for administrators.
CMS Research Update
Laura Summer, Georgetown University
“Instability of Public Health Insurance Coverage for
Children and Their Families”
C
Quality Improvements in Child Health
Room 208 – Second Level
Chair: Charles Homer, National Initiative for Children’s
Healthcare Quality
Panelists: Christina Bethell, Oregon Health and Science
University; Judith Shaw, University of Vermont; Lisa
Simpson, University of South Florida; Alan Weil, National
Academy for State Health Policy
Invited Papers: This panel will present Improvement
Partnerships, an innovative regional approach to improving
child health care at all levels of the health care system. This
process of coordination simultaneously supports quality
improvement initiatives in the clinical settings where care
takes place, applies measurement to inform improvement
and promotes efforts to make policy changes to support
these improvements in care. This panel will discuss innovation at the state level to improve the quality of children’s
health care, including practice-based improvement, child
health measures, and policy implication. Real examples will
be shared and the audience will be engaged in a discussion
of local improvement efforts that generate new channels for
collaboration and new and improved ways to meet the health
needs of today’s children.
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Communicating Your Research to the Media
Room 210 – Second Level
Chair: Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University
Panelists: Timothy Johnson, ABC News; Richard Knox, National
Public Radio (NPR); Lizbeth Kowalczyk, Boston Globe
Skill and Career Development: In this session, prominent journalists focused on health care and policy will explain to health
services researchers what kind of research is of interest to the
media and how researchers can couch their findings in ways that
make a story interesting to a journalist.
enable health services research and policy analysis focusing on
hospital, ambulatory surgery, and emergency department encounters. This session will provide an introduction to HCUP data and
will introduce participants to several HCUP software tools, including HCUPnet—the free, online query system that provides instant
access to HCUP data. Course participants will receive a CD containing valuable resources that expand on topics covered in the
session—data file descriptions, research examples that use HCUP
data, information on how to access documentation, and instructions on how to obtain HCUP data and tools.
D
Producing & Adapting Research Syntheses for Use by
Health-System Managers & Public Policymakers
Disparities in Cardiac Care—New Lessons
Room 310 – Third Level
E
Room 302 – Third Level
Chair: Carolyn Clancy, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Panelists: Linda Bilheimer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation;
Diane Gagnon, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation;
Mark Helfand, Oregon Health and Science University
Roundtable: Growing demand for evidence-based information to
inform policy and management decisions has inspired new
methods for synthesizing relevant information and strategies to
enhance its accessibility at the point of decision-making. This
session will provide a rationale for the science of synthesizing
useful knowledge including leading edge initiatives from Canada
(CHSRF) and the United States (RWJF). In addition, an example
of syntheses now used to inform states’ efforts to enhance decisions about pharmaceutical purchasing and use will be included.
Sponsored in part by the Center for Health Research, University of
California, Berkeley
Using Predictive Modeling to Manage Health Care
& Health Insurance
Dana Mukamel, University of California, Irvine
“Do Physicians Discriminate Among Patients of Different Race
When Referring to High Quality Cardiac Surgeons?” and
“Surgeons’ Experience with a New Cardiac Surgery Technique
and Patient Race”
Thomas Sequist, Harvard Medical School
“Regional Patterns of Cardiac Procedure Use Following Acute
Myocardial Infarction among American Indians”
Amal Trivedi, Harvard Medical School
“Impact of Hospital Volume on Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular
Procedure Mortality”
The Part D Benefit: Going Boldly Where Medicare
Has Not Gone Before
M
Room 304 – Third Level
Room 313 – Third Level
Chair: Arlene Ash, Boston University Medical Center
Panelists: Robert Bachler, American Re HealthCare;
Anju Joglekar, DxCG, Inc.
Chair: Helene Lipton, University of California, San Francisco
Panelists:
January Angeles, American Institutes for Research (AIR)
“Improving Medicare Coverage: An Evaluation of the Doughnut
Hole Gap”
Methods Workshop: Sophisticated “risk adjustment” models that
use diagnoses extracted from administrative data to construct person-level illness-burden profiles and predict future health costs, utilization, or morbidity have been available for more than a decade.
Such models are now being used in combination with other electronically available data (including inpatient, outpatient, and pharmacy utilization patterns and costs) for a variety of real-world purposes. Our panelists will show how they use predictive models and
other information to find patients likely to have an un-coded chronic disease, to benefit from disease management, or to exceed
extremely high cost thresholds next year.
Accessing Nationwide & State Administrative Data
Through the Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP)
Room 306 – Third Level
Chairs: Anne Elixhauser, Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality; Chaya Merrill, Thomson Medstat
Research Update: HCUP is a unique and powerful data resource
that captures information on 90 percent of all hospital stays in the
U.S. It is a family of databases, software tools, and products that
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Chair: David Nerenz, Henry Ford Health System
Panelists:
Rachel Kreier, Hofstra University
“Information and Quality Sorting by Ability to Pay in the
Market for Heart Surgeons”
Jalpa Doshi, University of Pennsylvania
“Generosity of Retiree Drug Benefits and Essential Medication Use
among Aged Medicare Beneficiaries with Employer-Sponsored
Health Insurance”
Cheryl Fahlman, Health Research and Educational Trust
“Prescription Drug Expenditures for Medicare Managed Care
Beneficiaries in the Last Year of Life”
Frank Porell, University of Massachusetts, Boston
“Prescription Drug Coverage and Mortality Risks among Aged
Medicare Beneficiaries”
Baoping Shang, RAND
“Prescription Drug Coverage and Elderly Medicare Spending”
Luncheon Plenary
12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Ballrooms A/B/C – Third Level
Presentation of AcademyHealth Awards
Distinguished Investigator
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The Non-Group Health Insurance Marketplace
Room 202 – Second Level
Chair: Sherry Glied, Columbia University
Panelists:
Melinda Beeukwes-Buntin, RAND
“How Much Risk Pooling is there in the Individual Insurance Market?”
Awardee: Linda Aiken, University of Pennsylvania
Presenter: Donald Steinwachs, Johns Hopkins
University
M. Kate Bundorf, Stanford University
“Health Risk and the Purchase of Private Health Insurance”
Article-of-the-Year
Bradley Herring, Emory University
“Risk Segmentation in the Individual Health Insurance Market”
Awardee: Anthony Lo Sasso, University
of Illinois at Chicago
Presenter: Thomas Rice, University of California,
Los Angeles
Dissertation
Awardee: Rachel Werner and Presenter: David Asch,
both from the University of Pennsylvania and
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Student Poster
Awardee: TBA
Presenter: Jane Nelson Bolin, Texas A&M University
Exhibit Hall C – Second Level
Concurrent Sessions
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Foundations’ Research & Policy
Room 200 – Second Level
Chair: Lauren LeRoy, Grantmakers In Health
Panelists: James Knickman, The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation; Alina Salganicoff, The Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation; Stephen Schoenbaum, The Commonwealth Fund;
Albert Yee, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Research Update: Join representatives from some of the nation’s
major foundations that fund health services and
policy research. Learn about their current priorities, key
resources they have available to enhance and support
your work, and how to most effectively approach them
with ideas for needed research or analysis and feedback
on funding possibilities.
CDC Public Health Research Update
Room 309 – Third Level
Chair: Linda McKibben, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Panelists: Dennis Lenaway, Robert Spengler, and Raymond Strikas, all
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Research Update: In last year’s session, CDC announced a new
public health extramural research program and the initiation of
agency goals for improving the public’s health. CDC’s update by
Drs. Robert Spengler, Dennis Lenaway, and Raymond Strikas
describes: 1) the development of the first CDC-wide research agenda and integration with the new CDC goals management processes,
2) 14 priority areas for public health systems research, and 3) health
services research priorities for improving vaccination of adults
against influenza, one of four major health protection objectives.
G Advancing Patient-Centered Care Through
Gender Analysis
Room 203 – Second Level
Chair: Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality
Panelists: Cindy Brach, Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality; Ruth Zambrana, University of Maryland;
Anne Beal, The Commonwealth Fund; Marsha Lillie-Blanton,
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Invited Papers: Patient-centered care encompasses qualities of compassion, empathy, and responsiveness to the needs, values, and
patients’ preferences. Research has shown that the way in which
patients and health care providers communicate with each other can
have an impact on patient satisfaction, quality of care, and patient outcomes. Good communication is essential to achieving patientcentered care and is better achieved through health care providers who
are culturally competent and patients with certain level of health literacy. This session will address health literacy, cultural competence, and
how they affect health outcomes and the relationship between health
care professionals and patients. Presentations will focus on gender differences across racial and ethnic groups and strategies to overcome
barriers toward improvement of cultural competence/health literacy.
Monday
Exhibits Open
2:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Alan Monheit, University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey
“Community Rating and Sustainable Individual Coverage in New Jersey:
Assessing Policy Options for the Non-Group Insurance Market”
Crossing the Cultural Chasm to Improve Quality of
Care & Reduce Health Disparities
D
Room 311 – Third Level
Chair: Lisa Cooper, Johns Hopkins University
Panelists:
Debra Perez, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
“Understanding Barriers to Healthcare Among Latinos:
The Effects of Ethnicity, Culture Change and Discrimination”
Ninez Ponce, University of California, Los Angeles
“Cultural Concordance Between Patient and Primary Care Provider
and Cervical Cancer Screening”
Dana Gelb Safran, Tufts-New England Medical Center
“Treatment Nihilism: Exploring Attitudinal Factors that May
Contribute to Disparities in Health Care”
Jaeun Shin, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
“Disparities in Access to Care and Health Care Utilization: Does ProviderPatient Race/Ethnicity Mix Matter? Evidence from MEPS 2002”
Joel Weissman, Massachusetts General Hospital
“Are Resident Physicians Prepared to Deliver Quality Care to
Diverse Populations?”
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A
Public & Private Health Insurance
Room 312 – Third Level
Chair: Jose Escarce, University of California, Los Angeles
Panelists:
David Baker, Northwestern University
“Changes in Health for the Uninsured after Reaching
Age-Eligibility for Medicare”
Matthew Carlson, Portland State University
“The Impact of Increased Cost Sharing on Adults Enrolled in
Medicaid: Early Results from a Prospective Cohort Study”
Michael Chernew, University of Michigan
“Charity Care, Risk Pooling and the Decline in
Private Health Insurance”
Kathleen Kerwin Fuda, Boston University
“A Statewide Study of Frequent Users of Emergency Departments
in Massachusetts”
Ithai Zvi Lurie, Northwestern University
“The Effects of Welfare Reform on Health Insurance on Immigrants
and their Children—Differences by Immigration Status”
Excellence in Qualitative Health Services Research
Room 207 – Second Level
Chair: Kelly Devers, Virginia Commonwealth University
Panelists: Charles Bosk, University of Pennsylvania;
Susan Flocke, Case Western Reserve University;
Richard Frankel, Indiana University School of Medicine
Methods Workshop: Over the past five years, funders and
researchers in health services research have articulated standards for good qualitative research and developed checklists
that can be used to assess proposals, manuscripts, and published work. While these standards and checklists have been
helpful in many ways, they alone will not help us identify outstanding qualitative research nor produce it. This panel will
explore three questions: what distinguishes excellent qualitative research from good qualitative research; what are some
of the challenges to conducting such research (e.g., theoretically, practically, and ethically); and how can we foster more
excellent qualitative health services research.
The Business Case for Implementing
Evidence-Based Practice
O
Room 208 – Second Level
Chairs: Steven Asch, VA Medical Center; Elizabeth Yano, VA
Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Panelists: Emmett Keeler, RAND; Catarina Kiefe, University of
Alabama at Birmingham; Patricia Vandenberg, Department of
Veterans Affairs; William Weeks, Veterans Health
Administration
Invited Papers: Health services researchers and providers face
distinct challenges in convincing health care managers of the
value of investing in interventions needed to implement evidence-based practice. In the VA health care system, implementation research studies have deepened understanding of
some of the fundamental factors that foster or hinder effective bridging of research into the domain of managers, whose
language, expectations, and needs often differ in profound
ways from those of researchers. These differences can present
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formidable obstacles to implementing evidence-based practice and to sustaining underlying research-clinical partnerships. Our objective for this session is to provide a forum for
discussing the principles and methods for conceptualizing
and applying the business case for quality improvement.
Informing the Debate: Health Services Research’s
Role in Federal Policymaking
Room 210 – Second Level
Chairs: Carolyn Clancy, Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality; Michael O’Grady, Office of Assistant Secretary
for Planning and Evaluation
Panelists: Elizabeth Fowler, Senate Finance Committee;
Mark Miller, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission;
William Scanlon, Georgetown University
Special Session: Providing high quality, unbiased research
within a complex, often partisan, policy environment poses
both significant challenges and rewards. Researchers who
have worked in a particular policy area for years often have
strongly held views on those issues and the roles of analyst
versus advocate can become disturbingly blurred. This session will explore these issues and related issues of balance,
rigor, designing your research to be policy-relevant and gaining access to the process.
How Are Medicaid & SCHIP Weathering
the Fiscal Storm?
S
Room 302 – Third Level
Chair: Alan Weil, National Academy for State Health Policy
Panelists: Teresa Coughlin, The Urban Institute;
Deborah Florio, State of Rhode Island; Jeanene Smith,
State of Oregon
Roundtable: States recently went through a period of rising
Medicaid costs and declining revenue, creating pressure to
cut the program that remains to this day. The panel will present a variety of perspectives on recent events, including a
national overview of how Medicaid and SCHIP fared relative
to other state priorities, one state’s experience with significant
cuts and the research questions that arise from those cuts,
and another state’s use of research and evidence to avert the
type of cuts other states experienced.
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Pay-for-Performance: Getting the Evidence We Need
Room 304 – Third Level
Chair: Irene Fraser, Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality
Panelists: R. Adams Dudley, University of California,
San Francisco; Stuart Guterman, The Commonwealth Fund;
Jeffrey Hanson, Verizon Communications; Meredith
Rosenthal, Harvard University; Gary Young, Department of
Veterans Affairs and Boston University School
of Public Health
Roundtable: In recent years, public and private purchasers
have designed a number of initiatives to improve health care
quality through the explicit use of financial and non-financial
incentives. This proliferation of “natural experiments” provides an opportunity for research to learn from current payfor-performance efforts and inform future ones. This policy
roundtable provides a dialogue between large purchasers and
some of the leading researchers in this field. Panelists will discuss pay-for-performance projects under way, findings from
past research that can inform these efforts, compelling questions for the future, and ways to work together in the future.
Sponsored in part by Abt Associates, Inc.
M
Evaluating Prospects for PPOs Under Medicare
Room 306 – Third Level
Chair: Leslie Greenwald, RTI International
Panelists:
Shulamit Bernard, RTI International
“Beneficiary Perspectives on Medicare PPOs”
Leslie Greenwald, RTI International
“From Demonstration to the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program:
Factors That Will Influence the Future of Medicare PPOs”
Gregory Pope, RTI International
“Medicare Preferred Provider Organization Demonstration:
Plan Offerings and Beneficiary Enrollment”
Student Poster Panel
Room 313 – Third Level
Mark Patterson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Effect of Influenza Vaccination on Acute Myocardial Infarction or
Death in Diabetic Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries”
France Priez, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Decreasing Gap in Life Expectancy Between Males and Females:
Effect on Long-Term Care Use Near Death”
Karen Schneider, Brown University
“Beyond Access: Considering the Role of Health Behaviors
in Non-Adherence to Mammography Guidelines”
I International Comparisons of Primary Care:
An Opportunity for Learning from Patients’ Experiences
& Country Approaches to Health Care Delivery
Room 310 – Third Level
Chair: Robin Osborn, The Commonwealth Fund
Panelists:
Christopher Forrest, Johns Hopkins University
“Cross-National Comparison of Primary Care Practice in
Australia, New Zealand and the United States”
Richard Grol, Centre for Quality of Care Research
“Comparison of Primary Care Delivery and Patients’
Experiences in Nine European Countries” and “International
Comparison of Primary Care: Patients’ Experiences and
Health Care Delivery Models”
Robin Osborn, The Commonwealth Fund
“Primary Care and Health System Performance:
Adults’ Experiences in Five Countries”
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Paying for New Health IT: How Much, Who Pays & How?
Room 200 – Second Level
Chair: David Hopkins, Pacific Business Group on Health
Panelists: Peter Basch, MedStar Health; John Fallon, Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Massachusetts; Jeffrey Hanson, Verizon
Communications; Charles Kennedy, WellPoint Health Networks,
Inc.; Scott Young, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Roundtable: By now, it is widely accepted that achieving breakthrough improvements in the quality and efficiency of the U.S.
health care delivery system will require building out the ambulatory care IT infrastructure. Much has been written recently
about the potential costs and benefits that will result there
from, and some pioneer physicians and physician organizations have taken the step to implement electronic health
records on their own. For the most part, though, our complex
payment system introduces significant uncertainty into the
equation for providers. Because of these uncertainties, most
providers have been reluctant to make the investment. This
session will engage a panel of high-level experts representing
the key stakeholder groups––purchasers, plans, physicians,
and the federal government––in a lively debate on the topic,
resulting in a clarification of areas of agreement and disagreement, as well as suggestions for additional research.
Opportunities in Cancer Health Services & Outcomes
Research: Examples from NCI-Sponsored Investigators
Room 309 – Third Level
Monday
Chair: Jane Nelson Bolin, Texas A&M University
Panelists:
Melissa Morley, Brandeis University
“The Role of Drug Characteristics in the Diffusion
of Prescription Drugs”
Concurrent Sessions
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Chair: Steven Clauser, National Cancer Institute
Panelists: Terry Field, Myers Primary Care Institute;
Mark Hornbrook, Kaiser Permanente; Katherine Kahn, RAND
Research Update: The National Cancer Institute funds a broad
range of health services and outcomes research in cancer control
and population sciences. This session will provide examples of
NCI-funded HSR research, as described by investigators who participate in NCI’s major health services research consortia and
who have successfully competed for grant support in their own
right. Presentations will be made from investigators participating
in the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium, the Cancer HMO
Research Network, and the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and
Surveillance Consortium. Specific health services research funding opportunities also will be highlighted.
Issues in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Room 202 – Second Level
Chair: Michael Chernew, University of Michigan
Panelists: Daniel Eisenberg, University of Michigan;
David Meltzer, University of Chicago; Daniel Polsky,
University of Pennsylvania
Methods Workshop: This session will present research examining new and controversial methodological issues related to
cost-effectiveness analysis. Topics covered will include: generation of confidence interval around C-E ratios, inclusion of
future costs, measurement of productivity costs, and the
impact of self-selection on C-E analysis. All topics will be presented with specific examples.
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Local Efforts to Expand Access to Care for the
Uninsured: A Tale of Different Capacities
Strategies to Control Prescription Drug Expenditures:
Implications for Costs & Health Outcomes
Room 311 – Third Level
Room 208 – Second Level
Chair: Beth Stevens, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Panelists:
Catherine McLaughlin, University of Michigan
“Health Care Market Preconditions for Successful Enrollment in
a Community-Based Initiative: The Effect on Enrollment and
Utilization Change”
Chair: Jennifer Haas, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Panelists:
Walid Gellad, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
“Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs Before and After the Medicare
Modernization Act: Are There Differences in How People Fare?”
Paula Song, University of Michigan
“Financial Preconditions for Successful Medical Community
Initiatives for the Uninsured”
Haiden Huskamp, Harvard Medical School
“The Effect of Three-Tier Formulary Adoption on Medication
Continuation and Spending Among Elderly Retirees”
Beth Stevens, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
“Political and Organizational Preconditions for Successful
Community-Based Initiatives for the Uninsured”
Geoffrey Joyce, RAND
“Understanding How High Cost Patients Respond to Pharmacy
Benefit Changes”
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Improving the Quality of Adolescent Treatment
for Substance Abuse
B
Room 203 – Second Level
Chair: Mady Chalk, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Panelists: Rod Funk and Lora Passetti, both from Chestnut
Health Systems; Randolph Muck, Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment
Invited Papers: This session will be devoted to the most recent
research and evolving practices related to the quality of adolescent treatment for substance use disorders. The importance of
system redesign so that treatment systems can address traumatic stress, early identification, and the involvement of parents and peers in recovery will be discussed.
Using Performance Indicators to Assess & Improve
Cancer Care in Three Nations
I
Room 312 – Third Level
Chair: Eric Schneider, Harvard University
Panelists:
Jennifer Malin, RAND
“The National Initiative on Cancer Care Quality (NICCQ):
Assessing Cancer Care in the United States”
Terrence Sullivan, Cancer Care Ontario
“Development and Reporting of System-Level Cancer Service
Performance Indicators in Ontario (Canada)”
Lindsay Wilkinson, Department of Health U.K.
“The United Kingdom’s National Health Service Cancer Plan”
Using Mixed Qualitative & Quantitative Methods
in Health Services & Policy Research
Room 207 – Second Level
Chair: Shoshanna Sofaer, Baruch College
Panelists: Shulamit Bernard, RTI International; Karla Eisen
and Cynthia Robins, both from Westat
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Methods Workshop: An increasing number of research efforts
in our fields require a mix of qualitative and quantitative
methods. This panel will discuss the use of those methods,
both generally and as exemplified by studies conducted by
panelists. Discussions will address the range of contexts in
which mixed methods are appropriate; the benefits of these
methods, including how qualitative methods can inform both
the development of surveys and the interpretation of survey
data; and the challenges involved in using these methods.
M
Kathryn Phillips, University of California, San Francisco
“Prescription Drug Dispensing Limits”
Disease Management & the Chronic Care Model:
Do the Data Support Their Use?
R
Room 210 – Second Level
Chair: Lawrence Casalino, University of Chicago
Panelists: Gerard Anderson, Johns Hopkins University;
Emmett Keeler, RAND; Joe Selby, Kaiser Permanente
Invited Papers: The disease management and chronic care
models are somewhat different, and potentially competing,
approaches to improving the health care of patients with
chronic illnesses. Both are becoming better known. Disease
management is about to receive a major boost from a CMSsponsored randomized controlled trial of the model, involving over 200,000 patients in the traditional Medicare program, which will begin in 2005. The panelists will describe
similarities and differences between the two models and will
discuss research inquiring into their effectiveness.
Cost-Shifting to Consumers: What Do We
Know About Its Impact on Quality & How Can
We Minimize Adverse Effects?
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Room 302 – Third Level
Chair: Thomas Lee, Partners Healthcare System, Inc.
Panelists: Tina Brown-Stevenson, Aetna, Inc.;
Francois de Brantes, General Electric Company;
Kinga Zapert, Harris Interactive
Roundtable: A major goal of new insurance products is to
engage patients as active consumers by providing them with
information on quality and efficiency, and by shifting some of
the costs of care to them. Much of the potential success of
these products in engaging plan members may depend on
the specific benefit designs they include. In theory, the right
design might lead to improvements in quality and efficiency
by encouraging patients to seek care from providers who are
more reliable and efficient. A less optimistic possibility is that
consumers may be confused, or choose lower quality care to
minimize their personal expense. Experts from the purchaser,
insurer, provider, and public survey communities will discuss
what is currently known about the impact of cost-shifting on
quality, and what tactics might optimize the benefit-to-risk
ratio as this strategy is implemented.
The Impact of Market Competition on Delivery
System Quality & Efficiency
H
Room 304 – Third Level
Tetine Sentell, University of California, San Francisco
“Reducing Disparities in Mental Health Care by Targeting
Language and Insurance Barriers”
Chair: Laura Tollen, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy
Panelists: Paul Ginsburg, Center for Studying Health
System Change; Christopher Ham, University of Birmingham,
U.K.; Gregory Pawlson, National Committee for Quality
Assurance; Stephen Shortell, University of California, Berkeley
Helen Wu, The National Quality Forum
“Improving Patient Safety Through Informed Consent in
Populations with Limited Health Literacy”
Roundtable: As demonstrated so compellingly by the Institute of
Medicine, RAND Health, the Dartmouth Atlas Project, and others
in recent years, quality and efficiency in health care are far from
what they should or could be. Starting from the premise that current market structures have not led to widespread delivery system
improvements, this panel will ask “what next?” Can market competition be the answer to achieving the IOM’s vision of a 21st
century health system? If so, what type of competition is most
likely to produce the desired results: competition at the level of
services and providers—as advocated by the proponents of health
care “consumerism”—or at the level of health systems, insurers,
or aggregate purchasers? How can market competition be harnessed both to encourage superior performance and to minimize
harm to the delivery system?
Room 313 – Third Level
Room 306 – Third Level
Chair: Brenda Spillman, The Urban Institute
Panelists: Eileen Crimmins, University of Southern California;
Peter Kemper, Pennsylvania State University; Christopher
Murtaugh, Visiting Nurse Service of New York; William Scanlon,
Georgetown University; Douglas Wolf, Syracuse University
Invited Papers: The causes and implications of recent declines
in the rate of old age disability are not yet well understood. The
four presentations in this session will contribute to our understanding by exploring underlying physiological trends in the
pre-retirement population that may affect both future trends
and the distribution of disability by socioeconomic characteristics; a framework for identifying and evaluating future impacts
of interventions to promote continued disability declines; the
risks and expected duration of disability and long-term care
among those now reaching retirement age; and the public and
private costs of long-term care for this population.
Contemporary Public Health Challenges
Chair: Leslie Beitsch, Florida State University College of Medicine
Panelists:
Curtis Florence, Emory University
“The Changing Impact of Smoking, Overweight and Obesity
on Health Care Costs and Worker Absenteeism”
Eric Keuffel, University of Pennsylvania
“Effects of Physical Activity on Medical Expenditures of
U.S. Adults”
Donna McAlpine, University of Minnesota
“The Obesity Epidemic: Are Physicians Responding?”
Louise Russell, Rutgers University
“Estimating Prevention Effectiveness: A Simulation Model
Based on NHANES I and III”
Kevin Ryan, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
“Arkansas’s Response to Childhood Obesity: Update on
Statewide Policy Implementation”
Poster Session B & Reception
6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall D – Second Level
Monday
L Elder Disability Trends: Causes, Implications
& Consequences
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Features:
Coverage & Access
Disparities
Gender & Health
Health Information Technology
Medicaid & SCHIP
Quality, Patient Safety & Paying for Performance
Translating Research Into Policy & Practice
General Posters
Sponsored in part by Merck and Company, Inc. and
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Communication & Care: The Role of Language
& Health Literacy
D
Room 310 – Third Level
Chair: Anne Beal, The Commonwealth Fund
Panelists:
Chandrika Divi, Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
“Understanding Adverse Events in Patients with Limited
English Proficiency”
Glenn Flores, Medical College of Wisconsin
“Is What We Have Here a Failure to Communicate? A
Statewide Evaluation of the Adequacy of Hospital Interpreter
Services for Patients with Limited English Proficiency”
Ninez Ponce, University of California, Los Angeles
“Pap Test use among English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin,
Korean, Vietnamese and Khmer Speaking Women: Is There a
Language Divide?”
Exhibit Program
The popular exhibit program includes university-based and
other health services and policy research programs, professional/trade associations and research affiliates, research
consulting firms, federal agencies, foundations, publishers,
and computer/software companies, and other commercial
vendors. The Career Center is also located in the Exhibit
Hall and is available during Exhibit Hall hours.
Each year, nearly 95 percent of conference participants visit
the Exhibit Hall during the meeting. Dedicated exhibit
hours feature poster sessions and meal functions. Take
advantage of the many opportunities in the Exhibit Hall.
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Registration
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Student Breakfast: Meet-the-Experts
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Back Bay C – Second Floor – Sheraton Boston Hotel
Experts: Lawrence Casalino, University of Chicago; Karen Davis, The
Commonwealth Fund; Richard Frank, Harvard Medical School;
Paul Ginsburg, Center for Studying Health System Change; Sherry
Glied, Columbia University; Beth McGlynn, RAND; Joan Reede,
Harvard Medical School; Diane Rowland, The Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation; Thomas Rundall, University of California, Berkeley;
Stephen Shortell, University of California, Berkeley
Concurrent Sessions
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
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Application of Predictive Modeling for Care Management
Room 200 – Second Level
Chair: Soyal Momin, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
Panelists:
Avery Ashby, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
“Predictive Modeling of Diabetic Inpatient Hospitalizations for
the Tennessee Diabetic Medicaid Population”
Soyal Momin, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
“Application of Predictive Modeling to Identify, Stratify and Triage
Members in Care Management Programs: A Health Plan Case Study”
All students are invited to attend this breakfast to meet informally
with leading health services researchers and policymakers.
Terry Whitlock, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
“Using Predictive Modeling to Evaluate Disease Management
Financial Impact”
International Breakfast Briefing
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Room 202 – Second Level
Room 312 – Third Level
Health Policy Update from Canada & the U.K.: Pay for
Performance, Waiting Lists, Patient Safety, Primary Care
Reform & Public Engagement
Chair: Robin Osborn, The Commonwealth Fund
Panelists: John Lavis, McMaster University; Kieran Walshe,
University of Manchester
In both Canada and the United Kingdom innovations in policy and
practice are underway to improve health care quality and access.
This panel will provide an update on an ambitious agenda of
reforms and key initiatives ranging from the use of financial incentives for quality improvement, new models for primary care, a rethinking of professional regulation to improve patient safety,
national efforts to engage the public in the health care policy
debate, and strategies to reduce waiting lists and improve appropriateness of care. Speakers will discuss these and other current
issues in health policy in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund
Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Building Your Career in HSR
Chair: Joan Reede, Harvard Medical School
Panelists: Anne Beal, The Commonwealth Fund; Francis Chesley,
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Bruce Siegel,
George Washington University; Kima Taylor, Office of Senator
Paul Sarbanes
Skill and Career Development: In this roundtable the panel will
explore career trajectories and opportunities for support of career
pathways related to health policy, health policy research, health
services research and minority health policy. The discussion will
include perspectives from the federal to the local level, as well as
careers in academe, the private sector, and philanthropy.
B Addressing Challenges in Behavioral Health Care
Through Benefit Design & Management Mechanisms
Room 309 – Second Level
Chair: Thomas Croghan, RAND
Panelists:
Kara Bambauer, Harvard Medical School
“Impact of an Antidepressant Adherence Improvement Program
in a Managed Care Organization”
Melissa Farmer, Center for the Study of Healthcare
Provider Behavior
“Demonstration of a Process-Outcome Link for Smoking Cessation”
Exhibit Hall C – Second Level
Constance Horgan, Brandeis University
“Health Plan Performance on Antidepressant Medication
Management: Relationship with Organizational Characteristics”
Exhibits Open
7:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Douglas Leslie, Yale School of Medicine
“Changes in Antipsychotic Pharmacotherapy and Healthcare
Costs Following a New Diagnosis of Diabetes among Patients
with Schizophrenia”
Exhibit Hall C – Second Level
Anthony Lo Sasso, University of Illinois at Chicago
“Expanded Mental Health Benefits and Outpatient
Treatment Intensity”
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CMS Databases
Room 203 – Second Level
Chair: William Saunders, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
Panelists: David Baugh, Gerald Riley, and Daniel Waldo, all
from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Research Update: This session will include descriptions of
three sets of data activities being conducted by the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Medicare Current
Beneficiary Survey collects information on Medicare beneficiaries, their health care utilization and spending patterns, sources
of health insurance coverage, and other data describing their
circumstances. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End
Results (SEER) Medicare Database merges information from
the National Cancer Institute’s SEER files and Medicare claims
data. The Medicaid Analytic Extract contains person-level and
claims data on Medicaid enrollees for nearly all states. The discussion will focus on the contents of these databases and their
applications to health services research.
Medicare as a Leader in Reducing Racial & Ethnic
Health Disparities
D
Room 208 – Second Level
Chair: Renee Landers, Suffolk University Law School
Panelists:
Lawrence Casalino, University of Chicago
“An Organized Process Approach to Reduce Clinical Disparities
in Medicare”
Timothy Stolfus Jost, Washington and Lee University
“Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicare: What HHS
and CMS Can and Should Do”
Marshall McBean, University of Minnesota
“Medicare Race and Ethnicity Data”
Ellen O’Brien, Georgetown University
“CMS’ Programs and Initiatives to Reduce Racial and Ethnic
Disparities”
Improving Nursing Home Outcomes:
Measurement & Policy
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Organizational Factors & Tools for Improving Practice
Room 311 – Third Level
Margaret Love, University of Kentucky
“Asthma Patients and the Patient-Clinician Relationship:
A Qualitative Study of Continuity of Care”
Douglas Roblin, Kaiser Permanente Georgia
“The Influence of Primary Care Practice Climate on Medical
Services Costs and Quality of Care”
Margaret Wang, University of California, Los Angeles/RAND
“A Tale of Two Ownership Types: Implications for Organizational
Resources, External Incentives and the Implementation of the
Chronic Care Model”
Anne Wilkinson, RAND
“Factors Associated with Family Caregivers’ Experience of
End-of-Life Care”
Informatics Systems Supporting Collaborative
Care of Chronic Illness
R
Room 207 – Second Level
Chair: Alexander Young, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
Panelists:
Edmund Chaney, VA and the University of Washington
“Optimizing informatics Support for Collaborative Care:
Examples from Veterans Administration Smoking and Depression
Treatment Programs”
Amy Cohen, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center
“Evaluating an Intervention to Improve the Quality of Care
for Schizophrenia”
David Dorr, Oregon Health and Science University
Mary Goldstein, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
“Clinician Interactions with an Automated Clinical Decision Support
System for Managing Hypertension in Primary Care Clinics”
Room 210 – Second Level
Chair: Christine Bishop, Brandeis University
Panelists:
David Grabowski, Harvard Medical School
“Nursing Home Quality as a Public Good”
Jiexin Liu, West Virginia University
“Staffing Levels and Quality of Life Outcomes in
Nursing Facilities”
Dana Mukamel, University of California, Irvine
“How Have Nursing Homes Responded to the Publication
of the CMS ‘Nursing Home Compare’ Quality Report Cards?”
Tuesday
Chair: Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
Panelists:
Laurie Hurowitz, University of Vermont
“Relationship Between the Chronic Care Model and
Diabetes Outcome”
Charlene Quinn, University of Maryland, Baltimore
“Diabetes Quality of Care among Nursing Home New
Admission Cohort”
Sally Stearns, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Using Propensity Stratification to Compare Patient Outcomes
in Hospital-Based vs. Freestanding Skilled Nursing Facilities”
M Medicare Modernization Act: The Impact of State
Implementation Decisions
Room 302 – Third Level
Chair: Richard Frank, Harvard Medical School
Panelists: Kimberley Fox, Rutgers Center for State Health
Policy; Daniel Gilden, JEN Associates; Haiden Huskamp,
Harvard Medical School
Invited Papers: States have historically provided assistance
with the purchasing of drugs to the elderly and disabled. They
have done this in a number of ways including state pharmacy
assistance programs and Medicaid. In this session we
explore some likely policy responses by states to the implementation of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA). The
session will focus on design issues related to state pharmacy
assistance programs and potential consequences for dually
eligible Medicare/Medicaid recipients that will have their
drug coverage paid for under the terms set by the MMA.
Data from several states will be presented to highlight key
design issues and a discussion from the state policy perspective will be offered.
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H Consumer Driven Health Plans: Working Toward
Healthy Choices or Only Working for the Healthy?
Room 304 – Third Level
Chair: Judith Hibbard, University of Oregon
Panelists: Jessica Greene, University of Oregon; Stephen
Parente, University of Minnesota; Meredith Rosenthal, Harvard
University; Shoshanna Sofaer, Baruch College
Invited Papers: The panel will begin with an examination of
trends in consumer driven health plans, including who is offering
them, what variations exist, and the uptake by consumers. The
success of consumer driven health plans are built on a number
of largely unexamined assumptions about who will enroll and
how enrollees will behave once enrolled. The plans are also
based on the assumption that the information tools necessary to
make informed choices is available and are used by consumers.
Panel members will explore the validity of some of these implicit
assumptions about consumer behavior and the adequacy of the
information tools provided to them.
Sponsored in part by the Institute for Health Policy Studies,
University of California, San Francisco
Can the Appropriate Consumption of Health Care
Reduce Disparities?
D
Room 306 – Third Level
Chair: Marsha Lillie-Blanton, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Panelists:
Yuhua Bao, University of California, Los Angeles
“Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Behavioral Counseling:
The Case of Hispanic/White Difference in the Receipt of
Smoking Cessation Advice”
Arthur Bonito, Research Triangle Institute
“Identifying Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Ambulatory Care
Sensitive Conditions among Medicare Beneficiaries”
Lisa Gary, Yale University
“To Voice or to Exit: Racial Differences in Consumer Responses
to Problematic Health Care Experiences”
Sarah Laditka, University of South Carolina
“Mediators of Race Effects on Risk of Potentially Avoidable
Maternity Complications among Medicaid-Insured Mothers”
Jacqueline Wiltshire, University of Wisconsin Medical School
“Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Use of Health Information to
Self-Advocate During the Medical Encounter: Is Having Health
Information Enough?”
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Culture Change, System Change & Quality Improvement
Room 310 – Third Level
Chair: Susan Edgman-Levitan, Massachusetts General Hospital
Panelists:
Laurence Baker, Stanford University
“Adverse Event Reporting Laws and Medical Errors”
Elizabeth Bradley, Yale University
“Improving Complex Systems: Top Performing Hospitals in Doorto-Balloon Times for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction”
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Ateev Mehrotra, Harvard Medical School
“Are Differences in Quality Between Physician Groups
Explained by Organizational Characteristics or Use of Quality
Improvement Strategies?”
Claire Snyder, Johns Hopkins University
“Do Quality Improvement Organizations Improve the Quality
of Hospital Care for Medicare Beneficiaries?”
James Zazzali, RAND
“Organizing for Quality: Journeys of Improvement at Leading
Healthcare Organizations in the U.S. and U.K.”
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Assessing & Improving Quality of Care by Gender
Room 313 – Third Level
Chair: Amal Khoury, University of Florida
Panelists:
Arlene Bierman, St. Michael’s Hospital
“Are Older Women More Likely to Get Inappropriate Drugs?”
Kathleen Irwin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
“Cervical Cancer Screening Practices in the U.S. since the Release of
National Guidelines on Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Testing: Results from a Recent National Clinician Survey”
Andrea Kutinova, University of New Hampshire
“The Forgotten Beneficiary of the Medicaid Expansions”
Patrick Roohan, New York State Department of Health
“The Relationship of Surgeon and Hospital Volume with
Long-Term Survival for Women with Breast Cancer”
Lok Wong, National Committee for Quality Assurance
“Gender Differences in Prescribing Drugs Potentially Harmful
to Elderly Managed Care Enrollees”
Concurrent Sessions
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
M The Impact of Drug Coverage & Benefit Design on the
Use & Cost of Prescription Medications among the Elderly
Room 200 – Second Level
Chair: Bruce Stuart, University of Maryland at Baltimore
Panelists:
Jalpa Doshi, University of Pennsylvania
“Generosity of Retiree Drug Benefits and Essential Medication
Use among Aged Medicare Beneficiaries with EmployerSponsored Health Insurance”
Boyd Gilman, RTI International
“The Impact of Tiered Copayments on the Use and Cost of
Prescription Drugs among the Elderly in Employer-Sponsored
Health Plans”
Dennis Shea, Pennsylvania State University
“Estimating the Moral Hazard Effect of Prescription Drug
Coverage”
Linda Simoni-Wastila, University of Maryland, Baltimore
“Gaps in Drug Benefits: The Impact on Utilization and Spending
for Drugs Used by Medicare Beneficiaries with Mental Illness”
H Effects of Hospital Competition & Managed
Care Penetration on Outcomes, Inputs &
Alternative Sites of Care
Room 309 – Third Level
Chair: R. Tamara Konetzka, University of Chicago
Panelists:
Laurence Baker, Stanford University
“Market Forces, Adoption of Cardiac Care Technology and Outcomes”
John Bian, University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Hospital Competition, HMO Penetration and Growth
of Free-Standing Ambulatory Surgery Centers”
Julie Sochalski, University of Pennsylvania
“Does Increasing Hospital Price Competition Influence
Nursing Staffing and Quality of Care for AMI Patients?”
Kevin Volpp, Philadelphia Veterans Hospital and
University of Pennsylvania
“Effects of Financial Stress from Price Competition
on Hospital Quality of Care”
MEPS: A National Information Resource to
Support Health Care Research & Inform Health
Care Policy & Practice
Dean Krahn, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
“Depression and At-Risk Alcohol Use Outcomes for Older
Primary Care Patients in Integrated Care and Enhanced
Specialty Referral”
Sue Levkoff, Harvard Medical School
“Overview of the PRISM-E Study: Methodology and Access to Care”
Elizabeth McDonel Herr, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
“PRISM-E Findings and the Evolution of Federal Behavioral
Health Policy”
Cynthia Zubritsky, University of Pennsylvania
“Stakeholder Perspectives on Integrated Mental Health
Services in Primary Care Settings”
Room 202 – Second Level
Chair: Steven Cohen, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Panelists: Karen Beauregard and Joel Cohen, both from the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Q Quality & Safety for All: Caring for Vulnerable
Populations
Room 203 – Second Level
The Health Care Safety Net
Room 312 – Third Level
Chair: Michael Chernew, University of Michigan
Panelists:
Janet Bronstein, University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Which Safety Net Services Make a Difference in
Health Care Use?”
Peter Cunningham, Center for Studying Health System Change
“Awareness of Safety Net Providers by Uninsured Persons”
Carole Roan Gresenz, RAND
“Healthcare Markets, the Safety Net and Access to
Care among the Uninsured”
Mary Price, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
“Copayments and Emergency Departments: Effective
Incentives or Effects Unintended?”
Chair: Stephen Schoenbaum, The Commonwealth Fund
Panelists:
Connie Mah, Harvard Medical School and
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
“Racial Differences in Impact of HMO Coverage of Diabetes
Blood Glucose Monitors on Initiation of Self-Monitoring”
Benjamin Vanlandingham, Johns Hopkins University
“The Shortage of On-Call Specialist Physician Coverage
in U.S. Hospitals”
Laura Morlock, Johns Hopkins University
“Is JCAHO Accreditation Associated with Better Patient
Outcomes in Rural Hospitals?”
Room 207 – Second Level
Do Physicians Appropriately Intensify Care for
Patients with Chronic Illnesses?
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Hoangmai Pham, Center for Studying Health System Change
“The Usual Source of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and
Whether They Receive Preventive Services”
Chair: R. Adams Dudley, University of California, San Francisco
Panelists:
Ayse Akincigil, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
“Refill Persistence with Beta-Blocker and ACE Inhibitor
Therapy After Acute Myocardial Infarction”
Karen Shore, American Institutes for Research (AIR)
“Perceptions of Specific Clinician Behaviors Linked to
Health Care Quality”
Didem Bernard, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
“National Spending on Bariatric Surgery and Bariatric Medications”
Lok Wong, National Committee for Quality Assurance
“Prescribing Rates of Drugs to be Avoided in the Elderly in
Managed Care”
Niteesh Choudhry, Harvard Medical School
“The Impact of Adverse Events on Warfarin Prescribing in
Atrial Fibrillation: A Matched-Pair Analysis”
A Comparison of Integrated vs. Enhanced Referral
Models of Care for Serving Older Adult Consumers
with Mental Health or Substance Use Problems
Neale Chumbler, VA HSR&D/RR&D RORC and University of Florida
“Evaluation of a Patient-Centered Care Coordination/
Home-Telehealth Disease Management Program for
Veterans with Diabetes”
B
Room 311 – Third Level
Chair: James Maxwell, JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc.
Panelists:
Marisa Elena Domino, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“The Influence of Integration on the Expenditures and Costs of Mental
Health and Substance Use Care: Results from the PRISM-E Study”
Tuesday
Research Update: AHRQ’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
(MEPS) collects data on the specific health services that
Americans use, how frequently they use them, the cost of these
services and how they are paid, as well as data on the cost, scope,
and breadth of private health insurance held by and available to
the U.S. population. An update will be provided on the ability of
MEPS to support large state and metro area estimates, longitudinal analyses, analyses of prescription drug use and expenditures
by therapeutic classes, and other recent enhancements to the survey to inform health care policy and practice.
A
Monika Safford, Birmingham VA Medical Center
“Progress in Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes: Is It Enough?”
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Funders’ & Researchers’ Efforts to Translate
Research Into Policy & Practice
Using Administrative Data for Quality Measurement
& Improvement: Payment & Public Reporting
Room 208 – Second Level
Room 306 – Third Level
Chair: John Lavis, McMaster University
Panelists:
Marsha Gold, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
“Translating Research to Practice: Insights from Experience
with AHRQ’s IDSRN Initiative”
Chair: Lucy Savitz, RTI International
Panelists: Shulamit Bernard, RTI International; Nancy Foster,
American Hospital Association; Patrick Romano, University
of California, Davis; Shoshanna Sofaer, Baruch College
E
Jeremy Grimshaw, Ottawa Health Research Institute
“How and to Whom are Canadian Health Researchers
Promoting the Uptake of their Findings? Part 1: The
Quantitative Piece” and “How and to Whom are Canadian
Health Researchers Promoting the Uptake of their Findings? Part 2:
The Qualitative Piece”
Jacqueline Tetroe, Ottawa Health Research Institute
“An International Study of Health Research Funding Agencies’
Support and Promotion of Knowledge Translation.
Part 1: The Study” and “An International Study of Health
Research Funding Agencies’ Support and Promotion of
Knowledge Translation. Part 2: The Workshop”
Methods Workshop: A series of four distinguished speakers
will address key aspects related to the selection and implementation of quality indicators given the multiple applications and stakeholders involved. We set the stage by considering the politics of selecting and implementing quality indicators. This is followed by a discussion of: 1) issues around
the creation/evidence-base for quality indicators; 2) operationalization of quality indicators (how do you use them and
respond to such feedback); and 3) unintended consequences
encountered in using quality indicators for quality improvement, payment, and public reporting.
D
Reducing Health Disparities: Programs That Work
Room 304 – Third Level
W
Developing a Stable Frontline LTC Workforce
Room 210 – Second Level
Chair: Nancy Fishman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Panelists:
Diane Brannon, Pennsylvania State University
“Caregiver Job Quality and Turnover Intentions in Long-Term
Care Organizations”
Candace Howes, Connecticut College
“Flexible Work with Benefits as a Strategy for Increasing
the LTC Workforce”
Peter Kemper, Pennsylvania State University
“Improving Jobs of Frontline Workers in Long-Term Care: What
Do Workers in the Better Jobs Better Care Demonstration Say?”
Chair: Darrell Gaskin, Johns Hopkins University
Panelists: Joseph Betancourt, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Francis Chesley, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality;
Lisa Cooper, Johns Hopkins University; Dwight McNeill,
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Invited Papers: Eliminating disparities in health and health
care utilization has reached the top of the nation’s health policy agenda. The session will focus on efforts by federal and
state health policymakers, health plans, health care providers,
patients and researchers to address this health care problem.
Specific attention will be devoted to discussing successful
programs and newly developed strategies for reducing health
disparities. Panelists will discuss system-level, provider-level
and patient-level interventions.
Best Abstracts & Article-of-the-Year
Room 302 – Third Level
Chair: Patricia Parkerton, University of California, Los Angeles
Panelists:
Richard Kravitz, University of California, Davis
“Influence of Patients’ Requests for Directly Advertised
Prescription Drugs on Physician’s Treatment of Depression:
A Randomized Controlled Trial”
Mark Meterko, VA Boston Healthcare System
“Civility Among Healthcare Employees: The Impact on Patients”
Dana Gelb Safran, Tufts-New England Medical Center
“Comparing Four-Year Health Outcomes of Elderly Adults
Enrolled in Traditional Medicare (FFS) vs. Medicare HMOs”
Anthony Lo Sasso, University of Illinois at Chicago
“The Effect of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program
on Health Insurance Coverage” (Article-of-the-Year)
Luncheon Plenary
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Ballrooms A/B/C – Third Level
AcademyHealth
Chair Address
“The Great Society at 40”
Sara Rosenbaum
George Washington University
AcademyHealth gratefully acknowledges the
following for general conference support:
California Health Care Foundation
Eli Lilly and Company, Inc. (Cyber Center)
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2005 Adjunct
Meetings
Friday, June 24
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
2004-2005 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy
Final Reporting Seminar
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Republic B (second floor)
Invitation only
Saturday, June 25
7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
11th Annual NRSA Trainees Research Conference
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Constitution B (second floor)
Invitation only
7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Annual BCBS Health Services Research Strategy Meeting
Boston Marriott Copley Place – Suffolk (third floor)
Invitation only
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Reduction in Utilization of Substance Abuse Treatment
Services: Special Case or Harbinger of the Future?
Hynes Convention Center – Room 203 (second level)
Open
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term
Care 2005 Colloquium
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Commonwealth (third floor)
Registration required (may register on-site)
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
7th Annual Child Health Services Research Meeting
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Republic B (second floor)
Registration required (may register on-site)
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
State Health Research & Policy Interest Group Meeting
Hynes Convention Center – Room 207 (second level)
Registration required (may register on-site)
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Public Health Systems Research Meeting
Hynes Convention Center – Room 206 (second level)
Registration required (may register on-site)
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Seminars in Health Services Research Methods
◆
Advances in Methods for Monitoring Health Outcomes
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Back Bay A (second floor)
◆
Introduction to Hierarchical Modeling for Health
Services Research
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Back Bay B (second floor)
◆
The Why & How of Risk Adjustment
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Back Bay D (second floor)
Registration required (may register on-site)
1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Health Economics Interest Group Meeting
Hynes Convention Center – Room 208 (second level)
Registration required (may register on-site)
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Health Workforce Interest Group Meeting
Hynes Convention Center – Room 202 (second level)
Registration required (may register on-site)
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Behavioral Health Services Research Interest Group Meeting
Performance Measurement in Behavioral Health:
Implications for Accountability & Pay for Performance
Hynes Convention Center – Room 203 (second level)
Open
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Long-Term Care Interest Group Next Generation Reception
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Fairfax A (third floor)
Open
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues
Hynes Convention Center – Room 200 (second level)
Registration required (may register on-site)
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
First-Timers Mixer
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Constitution A (second floor)
Open to first-time attendees
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Sunday, June 26
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
International Breakfast Briefing: Update on
Pharmaceutical Policy in Australia, the U.K.
& Five European Countries
Hynes Convention Center – Room 312 (third level)
Open
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Child Health Services Research Interest Group
Business Meeting
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Berkeley A/B (third floor)
Open
Monday, June 27
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
NCQA Research Advisory Committee
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Independence West (second floor)
Invitation only
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Gender & Health Interest Group Business Meeting
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Gardner A (third floor)
Open
7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Improving Healthcare Quality
Improvement Evaluation and Practice:
Stakeholder Focus Group (B)
Hynes Convention Center – Room 303 (third level)
Invitation only
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Long-Term Care Interest Group Business Meeting
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Gardner B (third floor)
Open
7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Meeting of AcademyHealth Members
Hynes Convention Center – Room 200 (second level)
Open
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
State Health Research & Policy Interest Group
Business Meeting
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Hampton A/B (third floor)
Open
7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
VA Research Interest Meeting
Hynes Convention Center – Room 301 (third level)
Open
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Improving Healthcare Quality Improvement
Evaluation and Practice: Stakeholder Focus Group (A)
Hynes Convention Center – Room 303 (third level)
Invitation only
7:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
AcademyHealth Organizational Affiliate Reception
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Republic A (second floor)
Open to organizational affiliate representatives
7:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
International HIT Reception/Meeting
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Hampton A/B (third floor)
Invitation only
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7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Harvard Ph.D. Program in Health Policy Reception for
Graduates, Current Faculty and Students
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Gardner A/B (third floor)
Invitation only
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
University of California, Berkeley Reception
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Presidential Suite
Invitation only
6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Medical Care Research & Review Annual Board
Meeting
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Commonwealth (third floor)
Invitation only
6:15 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
AcademyHealth International Committee Meeting
Hynes Convention Center – Room 303 (third level)
Invitation only
Tuesday, June 28
7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Improving Healthcare Quality Improvement Evaluation
and Practice: Stakeholder Focus Group (C)
Hynes Convention Center – Room 303 (third level)
Invitation only
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
International Breakfast Briefing: Health Policy Update
from Canada & the U.K. – Pay for Performance, Waiting
Lists, Patient Safety, Primary Care Reform, & Public
Engagement
Hynes Convention Center – Room 312 (third level)
Open
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Interest Group Chairs Meeting
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Hampton A/B (third floor)
Invitation only
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
NCHS Fellowship Breakfast
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Independence East (second floor)
Invitation only
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Student Breakfast (Meet-the-Experts)
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Back Bay C (second floor)
Open to students
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Health Services Research and Health Policy
Center Directors Meeting
Hynes Convention Center – Room 200 (second level)
Open to HSR and HP Center Directors and Designees
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Health Information Technology Interest Group Meeting
Hynes Convention Center – Room 302 (third level)
Open
2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Gender & Health Interest Group Meeting
Hynes Convention Center – Room 313 (third level)
Registration required (may register on-site)
2:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes Study Group on
Disability & HSR
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Hampton A/B (third floor)
Open
Wednesday, June 29
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Seminars in Health Services Research Methods
◆
Enhancing Your Methodological Toolbox: An
Introduction to Qualitative Research
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Back Bay A (second floor)
◆
The Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP):
Data & Tools for Health Services & Policy Analyses
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Back Bay B (second floor)
Registration required (may register on-site)
8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes Study Group on
Disability & HSR
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Hampton A/B (third floor)
Open
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Types of Sessions
Call for Panels
Poster Sessions
Sessions feature a group of related research presentations
that are selected through a competitive peer-review process.
Sessions provide an informal forum for researchers to discuss
their latest findings and answer questions about their work.
The poster presentations provide a mechanism for research
dissemination and networking among colleagues with similar
research interests.
Call for Papers
Sessions feature theme-related presentations showcasing the
latest findings from health services research. Papers are
selected through a competitive peer-review process.
Invited Papers
Sessions feature theme-related cutting-edge research from
three or four leading researchers. These results help shape
the course of future health care debates and the operation
and structure of health care delivery systems. The chair or an
invited panelist may serve as the discussant.
Methods Workshops
Methods sessions provide an opportunity for researchers to
gain technical information and knowledge on established and
emerging techniques of health services research. Typically, the
methods sessions are popular for new investigators, as well
as senior researchers who attend the conference to sharpen
their methodological skills.
Policy Roundtables
Interactive sessions facilitate exchange between researchers
and users of research to promote the application of findings
to problems of policy, management, and clinical practice.
Panelists discuss the implications of research, and audience
participation is strongly encouraged.
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Research Updates
Sessions highlight current funding priorities of major federal
agencies and foundations that provide support for health
services and policy research. They may also showcase
work-in-progress and recently completed research of the
organizations.
Research Resources
Workshops provide information on different databases and
other important resources for health services researchers,
usually available through federal agencies.
Skill and Career Development Workshops
Workshops encourage the next generation of health services
researchers by developing skills that will help enhance their
careers. Although these workshops are open to all conference
participants, they offer a special opportunity for students, junior faculty, and others early in their careers.
Sessions by Theme
Behavioral Health
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
State Variations in Health Services and
Performance for Children and Youth with
Special Health Care Needs
Coverage Expansions and the Uninsured
Evaluating the Impact of Parity Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Benefits
in the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program
Monday
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Behavioral Health Care Through the Life
Cycle: Different Needs, Different Services
Quality Improvements in Child Health
Sunday
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Childhood Obesity and New Data & Findings
for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Chronic Care
Innovative Behavioral Health Care Studies
Leading the Field
Sunday
Monday
Increasing Non Visit-Based Communication
Between Patients and Physicians:
The Promise and the Problems
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
How Should Evidence Inform Payment in
Mental Health?
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
National Standards for Culturally and
Linguistically Appropriate Behavioral Health
Services: Are We Kidding Ourselves?
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Improving the Quality of Adolescent
Treatment for Substance Abuse
Tuesday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Addressing Challenges in Behavioral Health
Care Through Benefit Design and
Management Mechanisms
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
A Comparison of Integrated vs. Enhanced
Referral Models of Care for Serving Older
Adult Consumers with Mental Health or
Substance Use Problems
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Monday
Strategies to Cover the Uninsured
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Public and Private Health Insurance
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Local Efforts to Expand Access
to Care for the Uninsured:
A Tale of Different Capacities
Tuesday
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The Health Care Safety Net
Disparities
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Enhancements to Primary Care in the
Treatment of Chronic Disease
Monday
Sunday
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Finding in Health Care Disparities
on the Road Less Traveled
Patient Preferences and Participation in
Health Care Decision Making
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Eliminating Health Disparities:
Measurement, Methodology and Data Needs
Disease Managment and the Chronic Care
Model: Do the Data Support Their Use?
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Organizational Factors and Tools for
Improving Practice
Application of Predictive Modeling
for Care Management
Informatics Systems Supporting
Collaborative Care of Chronic Illness
Reducing and Eliminating Racial/Ethnic
Disparities in Children’s Health and Health
Care: What We Know, What We Need to
Know and What We Can Do
Monday
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Can Quality Improvement Programs
Reduce Health Disparities?
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Disparities in Cardiac Care—New Lessons
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Child Health
Sunday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Medicaid, SCHIP and Access to Care:
National, State and Local Perspectives
Do Physicians Appropriately Intensify Care
for Patients with Chronic Illnesses?
Coverage & Access
Sunday
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Crossing the Cultural Chasm to Improve
Quality of Care and Reduce Health Disparities
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Communication and Care: The Role of
Language and Health Literacy
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Organizational and Community Factors in
Quality and Safety of Care for Children
Leveraging Private Dollars to
Expand Health Care
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Tuesday
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Health Insurance Markets
& Managed Care
Using Performance Indicators to Assess
and Improve Cancer Care in Three Nations
Can the Appropriate Consumption of
Health Care Reduce Disparities?
Medicare as a Leader in Reducing Racial
and Ethnic Health Disparities
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Reducing Health Disparities:
Programs That Work
Gender & Health
Monday
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Advancing Patient-Centered Care
Through Gender Analysis
Tuesday
Monday
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The Costs and Consequences of Unstable
Health Insurance Coverage
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Non-Group Health Insurance
Marketplace
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
The Impact of Market Competition on
Delivery System Quality and Efficiency
Tuesday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Consumer Driven Health Plans:
Working Toward Healthy Choices
or Only Working for the Healthy?
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Assessing and Improving Quality
of Care by Gender
Health Information
Technology
Sunday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Barriers and Facilitators to Health
Information Adoption and Use
Monday
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Effects of HIT on Financial
and Quality Performance
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Paying for New Health IT:
How Much, Who Pays and How?
Effects of Hospital Competition and
Managed Care Penetration on Outcomes,
Inputs and Alternative Sites of Care
International
Sunday
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Innovations in Health Information
Technology from Around the World
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Disease Management in Germany:
Lessons for the U.S.
Monday
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Pay for Performance: Lessons from
Health Care Systems around the Globe
Sunday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Organizational Innovation for Quality
Long-Term Care: The Evidence Base
Monday
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Payors, Recipients and Providers
Respond: Behind the Trends in
Long-Term Care Utilization
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Elder Disability Trends: Causes,
Implications and Consequences
Tuesday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Improving Nursing Home Outcomes:
Measurement and Policy
Management,
Organization & Financing
Sunday
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Inside the Black Box: How Management
Characteristics Influence the Delivery of
Patient Care
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Organizational Studies of Primary
Care Practice
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Management Practices that Result in
Higher Quality of Care
Health Insurance Markets
& Managed Care
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lessons from Abroad: The Value of
International Comparisons
Monday
Sunday
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Providers Under Pressure: Effects of
Competition, Payment and Ownership
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Market for Health Insurance
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10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Long-Term Care
International Comparisons of Primary
Care: An Opportunity for Learning from
Patients’ Experiences and Country
Approaches to Health Care Delivery
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Business Case for Implementing
Evidence-Based Practice
Medicaid & SCHIP
Tuesday
Medicare Modernization Act: The Impact
of State Implementation Decisions
Cost-Shifting to Consumers:
What Do We Know About Its Impact
on Quality and How Can We Minimize
Adverse Effects?
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Sunday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Consumer Direction in Personal Care:
Lessons from the Cash & Counseling
Demonstration
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The Impact of SCHIP and Medicaid
Expansion on Children
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Medicaid Cost, Growth and Program
Design Issues
The Impact of Drug Coverage and Benefit
Design on the Use and Cost of Prescription
Medications among the Elderly
Public Health Systems
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
How are Medicaid and SCHIP Weathering
the Fiscal Storm?
Medicare & Medicare
Prescription Drugs
Sunday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Shaping Medicare’s Future: An EvidenceBased Approach
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Topics in Medicare Risk Adjustment
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Transitioning from Medicare Drug
Discount Card to Benefit
Monday
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Translating “Legislative Sausage” into
Understandable Choices for Medicare
Beneficiaries
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The Part D Benefit: Going Boldly Where
Medicare Has Not Gone Before
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Evaluating Prospects for PPOs Under
Medicare
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Culture Change, System Change and
Quality Improvement
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Quality and Safety for All: Caring for
Vulnerable Populations
Sunday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Rural Public Health Preparedness
Monday
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Translating Research Into
Policy & Practice
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Public Health Services Research, Moving
to the Mainstream: Recent Experience
with Performance Measures, Quality
Improvement, Accreditation and Certification
Monday
Monday
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Toward a Better Understanding
of Public Health
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Contemporary Public Health Challenges
Quality, Patient Safety &
Paying for Performance
Sunday
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
New Approaches to Translating Research
Into Policy and Practice
Producing and Adapting Research
Syntheses for Use by Health-System
Managers and Public Policymakers
Tuesday
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Funders’ and Researchers’ Efforts to
Translate Research Into Policy and Practice
Workforce
Sunday
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Leaders and Outliers: How Should We
Measure Quality & Safety?
Health Workforce Studies—A ProfessionSpecific Perspective
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Crowded House: Crowding, Staffing
and Patient Safety
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Health Workforce Studies—An
Organizational Perspective
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Structuring Priorities for Quality Improvement:
Are We Using the Right Criteria?
Physician Workforce for the 21st Century:
Supply, Demand, Equity and Outcome
Considerations
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Monday
Financing and Quality of Care
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Diversity in the Health Care Workforce:
Current Issues and Controversies
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Monday
Strategies to Control Prescription Drug
Expenditures: Implications for Costs
and Health Outcomes
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday
Pay-for-Performance: Getting the
Evidence We Need
Developing a Stable Frontline LTC
Workforce
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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2005 Most Outstanding Abstracts
The abstracts listed below were selected by the respective theme committees as most outstanding research submissions. The Best Abstracts Review Committee then selected the three highlighted abstracts to be presented in a special session on Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., in Room 302.
Behavioral Health
Gender & Health
* Richard Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H.
“Influence of Patients’ Requests for Directly Advertised Prescription
Drugs on Physicians’ Treatment of Depression: A Randomized
Controlled Trial”
Arlene Bierman, M.D., M.S.
“Are Older Women More Likely to Get Inappropriate Drugs?”
Jennifer Yu, Sc.D.
“The Impact of Childhood Learning Disabilities on Adult
Functioning and the Influence of Elementary Special Education
Services”
Child Health
Mina Lai, M.P.H.
“The Impact of Chronic Care Coordination on Young Children
(Age 0 to 5) with Asthma: A Statewide Evaluation of the
California Community Asthma Intervention”
Chad Meyerhoefer, Ph.D.
“Physical Education and the Incidence of Overweight among
Adolescents”
Chronic Care
Gretchen Alkema, M.S.W.
“The Impact of Telephone-Based Care Management on
Mortality Risk of Frail Older Adults”
Margaret Wang, Ph.D., M.P.H.
“A Tale of Two Ownership Types: Implications for Organizational
Resources, External Incentives, and the Implementation of the
Chronic Care Model”
Coverage & Access
Mary Price, M.A.
“Copayments and Emergency Departments: Effective
Incentives or Effects Unintended?”
Michael Chernew, Ph.D.
“Charity Care, Risk Pooling, and the Decline in
Private Health Insurance”
Disparities
Thomas Sequist, M.D., M.P.H.
“The Effect of Quality Improvement on Racial
Disparities in Diabetes Care”
Ninez Ponce, M.P.P., Ph.D.
“Cultural Concordance Between Patient and Primary
Care Provider and Cervical Cancer Screening”
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Andrea Kutinova, M.A. (Ph.D. student)
“The Forgotten Beneficiary of the Medicaid Expansions”
Health Information Technology
Nir Menachemi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
“Effect of Hospital IT Capabilities on Financial Performance”
Health Insurance Markets
& Managed Care
James Reschovsky, Ph.D.
“Why Employer Coverage Changed? 1997-2003”
International
Farasat Bokhari, Ph.D.
“Government Health Expenditures and Health Outcomes”
Long-Term Care
Jiexin (Jason) Liu, Ph.D.
“Staffing Levels and Quality of Life Outcomes in Nursing Facilities”
Sally Stearns, Ph.D.
“Using Propensity Stratification to Compare Patient Outcomes in
Hospital-Based versus Freestanding Skilled Nursing Facilities”
David Grabowski, Ph.D.
“Moral Hazard in Nursing Home Use”
Christine Bishop, Ph.D.
“Impact of LTC Insurance on Setting and Use of Formal
and Informal Care”
Management, Organization
& Financing
* Mark Meterko, Ph.D.
“Civility Among Healthcare Employees: The Impact on Patients”
David Song, M.D.
“Differences in For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Hospital Behavior:
An Examination of Failure-to-Rescue in the Aftermath of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997”
Medicaid & SCHIP
Anna Sommers, Ph.D.
“Substitution of SCHIP for Private Coverage:
Findings from Ten States”
Medicare & Medicare
Prescription Drugs
Jalpa Doshi, Ph.D.
“Generosity of Retiree Drug Benefits and Essential
Medication Use among Aged Medicare Beneficiaries with
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance”
* Dana Gelb Safran, Sc.D.
“Comparing Four-Year Health Outcomes of Elderly Adults
Enrolled in Traditional Medicare (FFS) vs. Medicare HMOs”
Public Health Systems
Kevin Ryan, J.D., M.A.
“Arkansas’s Response to Childhood Obesity:
Update on Statewide Policy Implementation”
Roy Grant, M.A.
“How Americans Feel About Terrorism Security:
Three Years After September 11”
Tina Smith, M.P.H.
“From Theory to Practice: What Drives the
Core Business of Public Health?”
Curtis Florence, Ph.D.
“The Changing Impact of Smoking, Overweight and
Obesity on Health Care Costs and Worker Absenteeism”
Quality, Patient Safety & Paying
for Performance
Peter Sprivulis, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
“Hospital Overcrowding is Associated with Increased
Seven Day Emergency Admission Mortality:
A New Imperative for Patient Safety”
Stephen Grossbart, Ph.D.
“What’s the Return? Assessing the Effect of ‘Pay-for-Performance’
Initiatives on the Quality of Care Delivery”
Translating Research Into
Policy & Practice
Kieran Walshe, B.Sc. (Hons), DipHSM, Ph.D.
“Realist Synthesis: An Approach to Synthesizing
Research Evidence on Complex Social Interventions for
Policymakers and Managers”
Jacqueline Tetroe, M.A.
“An International Study of Health Research Funding
Agencies’ Support and Promotion of Knowledge Translation.
Part 1: The Study”
Workforce
Holly Rodin, Doctoral Candidate, M.P.A.
“Increasing the Supply of Certified Nursing Assistants”
Atul Grover, M.D., Ph.D.
“The Impact of Organizational Changes on Supply
and Demand for Intensivist Services”
Joanne Spetz, Ph.D.
“How Do Scope of Practice Regulations Affect the
Employment of LPNs?” and "The Supply of LPNs and RNs”
Lynn Unruh, Ph.D., R.N.
“Can Wage Increases End Nursing Shortages?
A Reexamination of the Supply Curve of Registered Nurses”
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Poster Program
Poster Session A
Poster Session B
Sunday
Monday
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Exhibit Hall D – Second Level (Dessert)
6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall D – Second Level (Reception)
Includes:
Behavioral Health (1–43)
Child Health (50–86)
Chronic Care (95–135)
Health Insurance Markets & Managed Care (140–161)
International (165–183)
Long-Term Care (190–229)
Management, Organization & Financing (235–280)
Medicare & Medicare Prescription Drugs (285–324)
Public Health Systems (330–354)
Workforce (360–394)
Student Posters (395–445)
Includes:
Coverage & Access (450–493)
Disparities (500–591)
Gender & Health (595–617)
Health Information Technology (625–645)
Medicaid & SCHIP (650–676)
Quality, Patient Safety & Paying for Performance (680–765)
Translating Research Into Policy & Practice (770–791)
General Posters (800–913)
Set-up
Sunday, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Dismantle
Monday, 7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Set-up
Monday, 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Dismantle
Sunday, 3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Poster Presenters
(A) = Poster Session A
(B) = Poster Session B
Abrams, Melinda #75 (A)
Accius, Jean #529 (B)
Adams, E. Kathleen #662 (B)
Adeseun, Gbemisola #587 (B)
Akincigil, Ayse #105 (A)
Albright, Joann #8 (A)
Alfreds, Shaun #673 (B)
Alkema, Gretchen #423 (A),
#784 (B)
Allen, Susan #216 (A)
Allred, Norma #822 (B)
Anderson, Angela #336 (A)
Anderson, Karyn Kai #349 (A)
Andreyeva, Tatiana #332 (A)
Angelelli, Joseph #891 (B)
Arah, Onyebuchi #178 (A)
Arbaje, Alicia #125 (A)
Aron, David #726, #728 (B)
Ash, Arlene #277 (A)
Ash, Danielle #431 (A)
Atherly, Adam #320 (A)
Auerbach, David #483 (B)
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Aydede, Sema #661 (B)
Azur, Melissa #79 (A)
Babakhanlou-Chase, Hermik
#896 (B)
Babey, Susan #63 (A)
Bagga, Shalini #280 (A)
Bagley, Prue #339 (A)
Baker, Laurence #520,
#521 (B)
Balabanova, Dina #177 (A)
Baldwin, Laura-Mae #534,
#532 (B)
Balkrishnan, Rajesh #568 (B)
Ball, Daniel #287 (A)
Banthin, Jessica #671 (B)
Bapat, JoBelahn #297 (A)
Barlow, James #169 (A)
Barlow, Sarah #57 (A)
Barnett, Steven #581 (B)
Barr, Judith #135 (A)
Bauer, Tamar #881 (B)
Bayliss, Nichole #615 (B)
Bean-Mayberry, Bevanne
#612, #613, #614 (B)
Becker, Edmund #895 (B)
Beebe, Timothy #885 (B)
Behal, Raj #747, #573,
#888 (B)
Bellamy, Jennifer #409 (A)
Bellows, Nicole #772 (B)
Bergstresser, Sara #170 (A)
Berkman, Nancy #38 (A)
Bernard, Shula #292 (A)
Bernell, Stephanie #564,
#565 (B)
Berry, Sandra #734 (B)
Berthelot, Jean-Marie #173 (A)
Bhalotra, Sarita #583, #790 (B)
Bhandari, Aman #444 (A)
Bhargavan, Mythreyi #513 (B)
Bhosle, Monali #428 (A)
Biola, Holly #368 (A)
Bird, Chloe #607 (B)
Bishop, Christine #309 (A)
Biviano, Marilyn #352 (A)
Black, Jeanne #549, #550 (B)
Blackwell, Debra #175 (A)
Blais, Regis #752 (B)
Blano, Mercedes #655 (B)
Bledsoe, Sarah #422 (A)
Blewett, Lynn #83 (A)
Blixen, Carol #610 (B)
Bokovoy, Joanna #743 (B)
Bolin, Jane #245 (A)
Bonafede, Machaon #781 (B)
Bonito, Arthur #516 (B)
Booske, Bridget #308 (A)
Bosworth, Hayden #33 (A)
Bowman, Steve #833 (B)
Boyle, Diane #389 (A)
Bozic, Kevin #255 (A),
#786, #482 (B)
Braid-Forbes, Mary Jo #321 (A)
Bramble, James #730 (B)
Branin, Joan #839 (B)
Braun, Barbara #345 (A)
Brigantti, Betsy #425 (A)
Bronstein, Janet #458 (B)
Brotanek, Jane #531 (B)
Brown, Timothy #374 (A)
Browne, Gina #794, #795 (B)
Bruggeman, Sandra #869 (B)
Bryant, Ann #416, #417 (A)
Burns, Christine #122 (A)
Burt, Catharine #129 (A)
Buseh, Aaron #543 (B)
Byck, Gayle #387, #344 (A)
Cantrell, Christopher #863 (B)
Carey, Kathleen #241 (A)
Carlson, Erin #577 (B)
Carlson, Melissa #196 (A)
Castillo, Renan #39 (A), #760 (B)
Chang, Andrew #636 (B)
Chang, Yunkyung #436 (A)
Chapman, Susan #220, #378 (A)
Chatman, Jamie #443 (A)
Chaudhry, Basit #442 (A)
Chawla, Neetu #107 (A)
Cherrie, Carron #600 (B)
Chin, Marshall #104 (A)
Chinman, Matthew #18 (A)
Chisolm, Deena #640 (B)
Christiansen, Cindy #686 (B)
Chukmaitov, Askar #754 (B)
Chung, Kyusuk #590 (B)
Chung, Sukyung #3, #399,
#400 (A), #511 (B)
Chu-Weininger, Ming Ying Lisa
#745 (B)
Cimiotti, Jeannie #86 (A)
Cirka, Carol #201 (A)
Clark, Bartholomew #145 (A)
Co, Joyce #804 (B)
Coffman, Janet #30 (A)
Cogan, Mike #485 (B)
Cohen, Amy #632 (B)
Colla, Judith #854 (B)
Concannon, Thomas #274 (A)
Conkling, Martha #181 (A),
#588 , #675 (B)
Cook, Benjamin #654 (B)
Cooksey, Judith #348, #391 (A)
Cooper, Philip #158 (A), #871 (B)
Cortes, Leslie #835 (B)
Costich, Julia #142 (A), #456 (B)
Cox, Elizabeth #55 (A)
Cox, Karen #367 (A)
Cramer, Irene #238 (A)
Cummings, Linda #525 (B)
Cummins, Carol #470 (B)
Dagher, Rada #433 (A)
Dall, Tim #379, #380 (A)
Davern, Michael #469 (B)
Davidson, Carrie #229 (A)
Davis, James W. #576 (B)
Davis, James #856, #858,
#859 (B)
Davis, Matthew #159 (A)
Dayton, Elizabeth #519, #704 (B)
De Jesus, Noris #43 (A)
DeBurca, Stiofan #265 (A)
Degenholtz, Howard #219 (A)
Deitrick, Lynn #884 (B)
DeLia, Derek #243 (A)
Delnoij, Diana #168 (A)
DeWitt, Esi #825 (B)
Dhankhar, Praveen #279 (A)
Diggs, Jessica #832 (B)
Ding, Xiaocang #878 (B)
Dodoo, Martey #390 (A), #487 (B)
Donaher, Kathleen #236 (A)
Dorr, David #131 (A)
Dorsey, Rashida #437 (A)
Doshi, Jalpa #213 , #302 (A)
dosReis, Susan #826 (A)
Doubeni, Chyke #571 (B)
Dougherty, Denise #74 (A)
Dowd, Bryan #303 (A)
Doyon, Victoria #180 (A)
Dubay, Lisa #580 (B)
Dunton, Nancy #731 (B)
Durand, Roger #824 (B)
Durant, Raegan #563 (B)
Durkin, Elizabeth #257 (A)
Dy, Sydney #740 (B)
Eason, Kelle #504 (B)
Edlund, Mark #28 (A)
Edmunds, Margo #334 (A)
Edwards, Bennett #575 (B)
Ellenbecker, Carol #376 (A)
Elliott, Marc #305 (A)
Elston Lafata, Jennifer #544,
#721, #894 (B)
Emani, Srinivas #779 (B)
Engberg, John #203 (A)
Ettel, Donna #642 (B)
Exworthy, Mark #242 (A),
#771 (B)
Fahlman, Cheryl #627, #697 (B)
Fairbrother, Gerry #656 (B)
Farnham, Paul #331 (A)
Federman, Alex #872 (B)
Fehrenbach, S. Nicole #643 (B)
Felix-Aaron, Kaytura #530 (B)
Feng, Zhanlian #567 (B)
Fenton, Susan #412 (A)
Ferranti, Lori #272 (A)
Findley, Patricia #263 (A)
Finison, Karl #628 (B)
Finlayson, Tracy #67 (A),
#538 (B)
Finnie, Dawn #472 (B)
Flach, Stephen #907 (A)
Flanders, Scott #811 (B)
Fleishman, John #893, #906 (B)
Florence, Curtis #335 (A)
Fong, Andrew #535 (B)
Forte, Gaetano #874 (B)
Frame, Amber #420 (A)
Franco, Sheila #558 (B)
Fremont, Allen #912 (B)
Friedman, Bruce #898 (B)
Friedman, Nurit #249 (A)
Fu, Linda #62 (A)
Fung, Vicki #130 (A)
Fushimi, Kiyohide #848 (B)
Gage, Barbara #299 (A)
Gallagher, Brian #714 (B)
Garbers, Samantha #6 (A)
Gaskin, Darrell #82 (A)
Gayles Kim, Min #115 (A),
#724 (B)
Gebbie, Kristine #770 (B)
Gebo, Kelly #5 (A)
Gelberg, Lillian #447 (A)
Gerald, Kominski #780 (B)
Gilmore, Amanda #408 (A)
Gimm, Gilbert #756 (B)
Glasgow, Russell #99, #100 (A)
Goldsteen, Karen #762 (B)
Goldstein, Mary #193 (A)
Gorton, Christopher #681,
#682, #683, #684 (B)
Grant, Roy #552 (B)
Gray, Darryl #56, #240 (A)
Greene, Sandra #687 (B)
Gregory, Kimberly #713 (B)
Greisinger, Anthony #103 (A)
Grembowski, David #80 (A)
Grice, Mira #424 (A)
Groeneveld, Peter #471 (B)
Gronley, Krista #875 (B)
Grosse, Scott #51 (A)
Grossman, Ellie #561 (B)
Grossman, Joy #638 (B)
Gruneir, Andrea #191, #397 (A)
Gunter, Margaret #791 (B)
Gupta, Ruchi #834 (B)
Hagedorn, Hildi #29 (A)
Halanych, Jewell #582 (B)
Han, Beth #510 (B)
Harahan, Brian #694 (B)
Hardie, Nancy #630 (B)
Harmon, Gary #852 (B)
Harris, Daniel #27, #264 (A),
#737 (B)
Harris, Richard #271 (A)
Harrison, Margaret #701 (B)
Harrison, Michael #746 (B)
Hasnain-Wynia, Romana #459 (B)
Hassane, Aichatou #883 (B)
Hauenstein, Emily #486, #611(B)
Hedrick, Susan #208 (A)
Helfrich, Christian #269 (A)
Henderson, James #785 (B)
Hendrix, Katharine #783 (B)
Henry, Alexis #660 (B)
Heslin, Kevin #506 (B)
Hill, Ian #667, #668 (B)
Hillemeier, Marianne #598 (B)
Hing, Esther #195 (A)
Hirth, Richard #156 (A)
Ho, Pei-Shu #897 (B)
Hodgkin, Dominic #26 (A)
Hoerger, Thomas #314 (A)
Hoffman, Cheri #418 (A)
Hohmann, Samuel #71 (A)
Hollenbeak, Christopher #800 (B)
Holman, C D'Arcy J #840 (B)
Horn, Susan #202 (A)
Hornbrook, Mark #34 (A),
#608, #741 (B)
Horney, Jennifer #371 (A)
Horowitz, Lisa #720 (B)
Houchens, Robert #732 (B)
Hoverman, Carrie #199 (A)
Howard, Diane #246 (A)
Hsu, John #252 (A)
Hsu, Yea-Jen #340 (A)
Huang, Elbert #124 (A)
Huang, I-Chan #346 (A)
Huang, Jennifer #244 (A)
Huang, Kuo-Cherh #818 (B)
Huang, Nicole #572 (B)
Hudson, Julie #490, #491 (B)
Hughes, David #12 (A)
Hughes, Linda #259 (A)
Hughes, Ronda #750 (B)
Hughes-Cromwick, Paul #566 (B)
Hurtado, Margarita #722, #723(B)
Husaini, Baqar #913 (B)
Hynes, Denise #477 (B)
Hysong, Sylvia #729 (B)
Imai, Hirohisa #887 (B)
Immekus, Rachel #892 (B)
Jackson, George #862 (B)
Jacobs, Brian #633 (B)
Jagsi, Reshma #706 (B)
Jain, Nidhi #759 (B)
Jayadevappa, Ravishankar #533 (B)
Jeon, Yunho #403 (A)
Jessop, Amy #836 (B)
Jeurissen, Patrick #172 (A)
Jha, Ashish #910 (B)
Jin, Yan #570 (B)
Jo, Heui Sug #865, #866, #867,
#868 (B)
Johnson, Michael #121 (A)
Jones, Janice #248 (A)
Jones, Katherine #463 (B)
Jonk, Yvonne #298 (A), #468 (B)
Kash, Bita #207, #366 (A)
Kazanjian, Arminee #507 (B)
Kern, Elizabeth #755 (B)
Ketsche, Patricia #658 (B)
Keuffel, Eric #419 (A)
Keyhani, Salomeh #251 (A)
Khatri, Naresh #261(A), #637 (B)
Khatutsky, Galina #789 (B)
Khoury, Amal #354 (A), #617(B)
Killip, Shersten #744 (B)
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Kim, Chun-Bae #182 (A)
Kim, Jinkyung #405 (A)
Kim, Myoung #319 (A)
Kim, Sue #527 (B)
Kind, Amy #98 (A)
Kitchener, Martin #214 (A)
Kjerulff, Kristen #609 (B)
Klap, Ruth #41 (A)
Kletke, Phillip #479 (B)
Klingner, Jill #465 (B)
Ko, Michelle #512 (B)
Koenig, Lane #316 (A)
Kolasa, Maureen #849,
#850 (B)
Kominski, Gerald #775 (B)
Konrad, Thomas #197 (A)
Koroukian, Siran #77 (A)
Korst, Lisa #645, #765 (B)
Kota, Patricia #466 (B)
Krist, Alex #11 (A)
Kroll, Thilo #123 (A)
Kruml, Susan #256 (A)
Kruse, Gregory 547 (B)
Kulkarni, Amit #427 (A)
Kuo, Sylvia #132 (A)
Kuykendall, David #545 (B)
Kwong, W. Jacqueline #774 (B)
Lacey, Linda #816 (B)
Lacey, Susan #736 (B)
Laditka, Sarah #361 (A)
Lake, Timothy #312 (A)
Landers, Glenn #54, #192 (A),
#452 (B)
Lansky, Sonia #72, #73 (A)
Larson, Kandyce #78 (A)
Larson, Mary Jo #7 (A)
Laschober, Mary #313 (A)
Laskowski, Cheryl #597 (B)
Lawthers, Ann #20, #66 (A)
Lazorick, Suzanne #773 (B)
Lee, Euni #603 (B)
Lee, Heeyoung #841, #842 (B)
Lee, Robert #206 (A)
Lee, Shoou-Yih #541 (B)
Lemieux-Charles, Louise #787 (B)
Lemus, Frank #410 (A)
Leung, Musetta #411 (A),
#847 (B)
Leutz, Walter #211, #212 (A)
Levkoff, Sue #16 (A)
Lewis, Rebecca #382 (A)
Li, Bing #625 (B)
Li, Linda #838 (B)
Li, Rui #253 (A)
Li, Ying-Chun #176, #343 (A)
Li, Yue #699 (B)
Li, Yu-Fang #392 (A)
Liang, Su-Ying #830 (B)
Lin, Michael #426 (A)
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Liptak, Gregory #84 (A)
Littenberg, Benjamin #626,
#829 (B)
Liu, Connie #880 (B)
Liu, Hongji #306 (A)
Liu, Shuen-Zen #167 (A),
#827 (B)
Lofland, Jennifer #451 (B)
Lomperis, Ana Maria
#360 (A)
Long, Judith #476, #557 (B)
Long, Stacey #889 (B)
Lorch, Scott #52, #53 (A)
Lotstein, Debra #569 (B)
Love, Brad #553 (B)
Loveland, Susan #899 (B)
Lowy, Elliott #742 (B)
Lulejian, Armine #639 (B)
MacIntosh-Murray, Anu
#802 (B)
MacLean, Charles #96 (A)
Maddox, Peggy #381 (A)
Magnetti, Sandra #716 (B)
Malik, Chetan #709 (B)
Mardon, Russell #152 (A)
Margolin, Frances #260 (A)
Martin, Maureen #69,
#70 (A)
Martinez, Michael #174 (A)
Marton, Jim #672 (B)
Mathis, Richard #810 (B)
Mathison, Pamela #347 (A)
Mattke, Soeren #685 (B)
Maxwell, James #148, #149,
#150 (A)
Maxwell, Stephanie #323,
#324 (A)
Mayer, Deborah #634 (B)
Mayer, Michelle #375 (A)
Mayes, Rick #285 (A)
McAlearney, Ann Scheck #247,
#369 (A)
McAllister, Andrea #143 (A)
McCann, Jessica #488 (B)
McConnell, K. John #266, #481,
#669 (A)
McCormack, Lauren #31 (A),
#559 (B)
McDonald, Ruth #680 (B)
McFeeters, Joshua #528 (B)
McGovern, Patricia #595 (B)
McKee, Martin #171 (A)
McLeod, Hugh #393 (A)
Meadow, Ann #903 (B)
Mekel, Michele #808 (B)
Menachemi, Nir #641 (B)
Meng, Hongdao #228 (A)
Messikomer, Carla #200 (A)
Meterko, Mark #727 (B)
Meyerhoefer, Chad #4 (A)
Miller, Jane #650 (B)
Milner, Susan #657 (B)
Minnick, Ann #698 (B)
Minyard, Karen #474, #475 (B)
Mitchell, Shannon #586 (B)
Moffett, Maurice #250 (A)
Mohanty, Sarita #36 (A)
Mohr, David #843 (B)
Moon, Sangho #676 (B)
Mor, Vincent #218 (A)
Morgan, Perri #362 (A)
Morgan, Robert #141, #288
(A), #455, #873 (B)
Morgan, Steve #166, #291(A),
#820 (B)
Moriarty, James #693 (B)
Morley, Melissa #300 (A)
Morris, Nancy #515 (B)
Morrow, Jill #539, #540 (B)
Mortensen, Karoline #467 (B)
Mosen, David #792, #793 (B)
Mosher, Rachel #421 (A)
Moylan, Christina #462 (B)
Mugavero, Michael #25 (A)
Mularski, Richard #695 (B)
Mulvaney-Day, Norah #548 (B)
Naessens, James #153 (A)
Nagamine, Mika #407 (A)
Nannini, Angela #373 (A)
Neikirk, Helen #719 (B)
Nelson, Melissa #846 (B)
Nembhard, Ingrid #715 (B)
Neuwirth, Esther #273 (A)
Newhouse, Robin #239 (A)
Ng, Judy #290 (A)
Ngui, Emmanuel #517,
#518 (B)
Nowinski, Cindy #635 (B)
Noyes, Katia #307 (A)
O'Connor, Kathleen #453 (B)
Odenyo, Thadeus #65 (A)
Ojeda, Victoria #464 (B)
O'Malley, Alistair James
#217 (A)
Ong, Michael #24 (A)
Orlando, Maria #700 (B)
Ormond, Barbara #226 (A)
Oswald, Donald #861 (B)
Owings, Maria #478 (B)
Pai, Chih-Wen #140 (A)
Palsbo, Susan #664, #665,
#666 (B)
Pangilinan, MariaEva #845 (B)
Park, Chang #40 (A)
Park, Jeongyoung #435 (A)
Parker, Christopher #126 (A)
Parker, Victoria #224A (A)
Parry, Gareth #58 (A), #703 (B)
Patel, Bhagirath #500 (B)
Patel, Kavita #445 (A)
Patel, Vaishali #826 (A), #705 (B)
Payne, Susan #32 (A)
Pearson, Marjorie #764 (B)
Peng, Timothy #205 (A)
Pérez, Debra Joy #505, #803 (B)
Petterson, Stephen #579 (B)
Pfefferle, Susan #432 (A)
Phibbs, Ciaran #604 (B)
Phillips, Kathryn #446 (A)
Phillips, MaryAnn #59 (A),
#653 (B)
Phillips, Robert #372 (A)
Pillittere, Donna #844 (B)
Piotrowski, Brian #591 (B)
Pizer, Steven #222, #311(A)
Plichta, Stacey #330 (A),
#801 (B
Plochg, Thomas #341 (A)
Pogach, Leonard #805 (B)
Ponce, Ninez #146, #147 (A)
Pope, Gregory #315 (A)
Porter, Stephen #629, #708 (B)
Potter, Margaret #342 (A)
Pourat, Nadereh #383 (A),
#670 (B)
Pozniak, Alyssa #235, #395 (A)
Pracht, Etienne #659 (B)
Preisman, Wendy #851 (B)
Price, Meryl #663 (B)
Pringle, Janice #276 (A)
Quan, Hude #776, #777 (B)
Quinn, Kevin #674 (B)
Radeva, Jasmina #578 (B)
Radley, David #301 (A)
Radwin, Laurel #817 (B)
Rahm, Virginia #806 (B)
Rahman, Ahmed #807 (B)
Rahman, Ateequr #23 (A)
Raine, Rosalind #748 (B)
Rainwater, Julie #735 (B)
Ranganathan, Gayatri #2 (A)
Rao, Jaya #809 (B)
Regenstein, Marsha #522,
#524 (B)
Reiter, Kristin #254 (A)
Rhee, YongJoo #901 (B)
Richard, Jones #225 (A)
Richardson, Lisa #536 (B)
Richardson, Samuel #882 (B)
Rivard, Peter #733 (B)
Rivers, Patrick #584 (B)
Roby, Dylan #364 (A), #460 (B)
Rogers, Deborah #739 (B)
Romeis, James #782 (B)
Rosen, Amy #19 (A)
Rosenthal, Marsha #286 (A),
#689 (B)
Rothemich, Stephen #10 (A)
Roy, Kakoli #165 (A), #819 (B)
Rubin, Alan #22 (A)
Russell, George #61 (A)
Rye, Colleen #268 (A)
Sakowski, Julie #761 (B)
Saleh, Shadi #144 (A)
Sales, Anne #751 (B)
Saligan, Leorey #821 (B)
Sambamoorthi, Usha #119 (A),
#606 (B)
Samia, Linda #430 (A)
Sanders, Lorraine #837 (B)
Sass, Marcia #909 (B)
Scalia, Marissa #690 (B)
Schade, Charles #198 (A), #691 (B)
Schieber, Richard #50 (A)
Schneider, Helen #688 (B)
Scholle, Sarah #108 (A)
Schult, Tamara #404 (A)
Sciamanna, Christopher #101,
#102 (A)
Seago, Jean Ann #385 (A)
Seagrave, Susanne #310 (A)
Seiber, Eric #480 (B)
Shackelton, Rebecca #438 (A)
Sharma, Ravi #318 (A)
Sharp, Nancy #384 (A)
Sharp, Virginia #562 (B)
Shelley, Donna #823 (B)
Shen, Jay #605 (B)
Shen, Yujing #127 (A)
Shenolikar, Rahul #429 (A)
Shepard, Donald #317 (A)
Sherbourne, Cathy #616 (B)
Sheth, Alpa #870 (B)
Shimada, Stephanie #402 (A)
Shin, Jaeun #157 (A)
Shin, Peter #450 (B)
Shore, Karen #13, #14 (A)
Shugarman, Lisa #707 (B)
Sickler, Donna #523 (B)
Silenas, Rasa #351 (A)
Simoni-Wastila, Linda #190 (A)
Singer, Sara #712 (B)
Skillman, Susan #363 (A)
Skinner, Anne #95 (A)
Skinner, Elizabeth #15 (A)
Slayter, Elspeth #68 (A)
Smith, Jeanene #377 (A)
Soban, Lynn #161 (A)
Soffel, Denise #651 (B)
Sohn, Linda #864 (B)
Solberg, Leif #886 (B)
Sommers, Anna #227 (A)
Sommers, Elizabeth #396 (A)
Song, Paula #237 (A), #503 (B)
Sonon, Kristen #204 (A)
Sorum, Paul #183 (A)
Spetz, Joanne #270, #386 (A)
Stevenson, Kurt #757, #758 (B)
Stewart, Andrew #644 (B)
Stewart, Kate #210 (A)
Stitzenberg, Karyn #457 (B)
Stone, Patricia #388 (A)
Stoskopf, Carleen #35 (A)
Stoto, Michael #353 (A)
Stroupe, Kevin #151, #160 (A)
Stuart, Bruce #296 (A)
Stukenborg, George #333 (A)
Stull, Donald #489 (B)
Suaya, Jose #454 (B)
Sublett, Patsy #710 (B)
Sullivan, John #484, #900 (B)
Summerfelt, Wm. Thomas #85 (A)
Sweeney Fee, Sharon #560 (B)
Tabak, Ying #763 (B)
Taira, Deborah #855, #857 (B)
Takayanagi, Kazue #879 (B)
Tan, Hsiu-Fen #890 (B)
Tangka, Florence #492 (B)
Tarlov, Elizabeth #589 (B)
Tasosa, Joseph #501 (B)
Taylor, Amy #812 (B)
Taylor-Richardson, Kelly #441 (A)
Tell, Eileen #215 (A)
Tencer, Thomas #905 (B)
Thaker, Samir #370 (A)
Thaker, Samruddhi #37 (A)
Thornlow, Deirdre #398 (A)
Thorpe, Joshua #574 (B)
Tisnado, Diana #278 (A)
Tjia, Jennifer #322 (A)
Tomolo, Anne #461 (B)
Torres, Gretchen #337 (A)
Totten, Annette #876 (B)
Trisolini, Michael #711 (B)
Tsai, Alexander #696 (B)
Tseng, Chin-Lin #113, #114 (A),
#602 (B)
Tucker, Anita #267 (A)
Tunceli, Kaan #120 (A)
Turner, Shiloh #778 (B)
Turner-Bowker, Diane #116 (A)
Tyler, Denise #223, #224 (A)
Uhrig, Jennifer #289 (A)
Upshur, Carole #64, #109,
#110 (A)
Van Der Reis, Leo #596 (B)
Van Harten, Willem #258 (A)
VanDenKerkhof, Elizabeth #702 (B)
Vargas, Roberto #493, #911 (B)
Vasconez, Rachel #338 (A)
Virgo, Katherine #106 (A)
Volpel, Ann #725 (B)
Volpp, Kevin #554 (B)
Walkup, James #908 (B)
Wang, Hua #652 (B)
Wang, Virginia #414 (A)
Warner, Lynn #9 (A)
Washington, Elmer #118 (A)
Wasiak, Radoslaw #117 (A),
#473 (B)
Wasser, Thomas #813, #814,
#815 (B)
Wasserman, Melanie #585 (B)
Waters, Teresa #749 (B)
Watkins, Katherine #21 (A)
Watts, Brook #111, #112 (A)
Weddle, Timothy #631 (B)
Wei, Iris #601 (B)
Wei, Wenhui #556 (B)
Weiner, Mark #133 (A)
Weiss, Steve #350 (A)
Werner, Rachel #537 (B)
West, Nathan #551 (B)
Westerfield, William #753 (B)
White, Alan #60 (A)
White, Bert #828 (B)
White, Chapin #294, #295 (A)
Whitmore, Heidi #155 (A)
Wicker, Karol #179 (A)
Wilk, Josh #853 (B)
Willard, Jean #831 (B)
Williams, Arthur #718, #860 (B)
Williams, Sunyna #97 (A)
Wilson, James #902 (B)
Wiltshire, Jacqueline #904 (B)
Wing, Paul #365 (A)
Winston, Carla #508 (B)
Wittenberg, Eve #599 (B)
Wobus, Diana #502 (B)
Wolosin, Robert #209 (A)
Wong, Lok #154 (A), #542,
#717 (B)
Woodward, Rebecca #293 (A)
Wu, Helen #526 (B)
Wu, Ning #692 (B)
Wu, Shinyi #42 (A)
Wyrwich, Kathleen #128 (A)
Xie, Bin #509 (B)
Xu, Yu #394 (A)
Yang, Zhou #134 (A)
Yawman, Daniel #401 (A)
Yi, Deokhee #434 (A)
Young, Alexander #1 (A)
Yu, Feliciano #439 (A)
Yu, Jennifer #76 (A)
Yu, Wei #555 (B)
Zhan, Chunliu #738 (B)
Zhang, Lei #262 (A)
Zhang, Ning #221 (A), #788 (B)
Zhang, Wanqing #514 (B)
Zhu, Jingsan #877 (B)
Zinn, Jacqueline #194 (A)
Zmuda, Andrew #275 (A)
Zolotor, Adam #81 (A)
Zubritsky, Cynthia #17 (A)
Zuckerman, Ilene #304 (A)
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Exhibit Program
Hours
You are invited to visit the exhibit program in Exhibit Hall C during the following hours:
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
7:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Display of exhibitors’ materials at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting and advertising in the Agenda Book do
not constitute or imply endorsement by AcademyHealth.
Exhibitor Profiles
* Organizational Affiliates
AARP *
Public Policy Institute
Booth: 315
The AARP Public Policy Institute, established in 1985, is the
focal point for public policy research and analysis (federal,
state, and international) at AARP. Its mission is to inform the
development of AARP's public policy positions and to contribute to and influence public debate on issues of importance
to midlife and older Americans.
www.aarp.org/ppi
Abt Associates, Inc. *
Booth: 314
Abt Associates, a private, employee-owned company, applies
scientific research and technical assistance expertise to a wide
range of social, economic, and technological policy issues;
international development; clinical trials and registries; and
complex business problems. Abt Associates is a leading
provider of innovative research and evaluation methodologies
covering a wide range of health-related areas, including clinical,
patient safety and economic outcomes and indicators; community-based health initiatives; mental health and substance
abuse; post-acute care; maternal and child health; public health
and disability; and health care workforce issues.
www.abtassociates.com
AcademyHealth
Booths: 401, 403, 405, 407
AcademyHealth is the professional home for health services
researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners, and a leading,
non-partisan resource for the best in health research and
policy. Serving as a catalyst for collaboration across the health
services research, policy and practice arenas, AcademyHealth
brings together a broad spectrum of players to share information, showcase important research, strengthen working
relationships, and advance the collective capacity to improve
health and health care in the United States.
www.academyhealth.org
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AcademyHealth Career Center
Booths: 415, 417
AcademyHealth's Career Center is an important source for
career advancement in the fields of health services research
and health policy. This comprehensive and growing online
resource offers access to professional training and job
opportunities, fellowships, continuing education credits,
and a place to advertise position openings.
www.academyhealth.org/career
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality *
Booths: 406, 408
The mission of AHRQ, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency,
and effectiveness of health care by using evidence to improve
health care, improving health care outcomes through research,
and transforming research into practice.
www.ahrq.gov
American Academy of Actuaries *
Booth: 317
The American Academy of Actuaries is a professional membership, public policy information and communications organization for all actuaries practicing in the United States. As the
organization representing the entire U.S. actuarial profession,
our mission is to serve the public and the actuarial profession
both nationally and internationally through: 1) establishing,
maintaining, and enforcing high professional standards of actuarial qualification, practice and conduct; 2) assisting in the formulation of public policy by providing independent and objective
information, analysism, and education; and 3) in cooperation
with other organizations representing actuaries, representing
and advancing the actuarial profession and increasing the public's recognition of the actuarial profession’s value.
www.actuary.org
American Academy of Pediatrics *
Half Table: 420-A
The American Academy of Pediatrics is the major professional
association for practicing pediatricians. The mission of the
American Academy of Pediatrics is to attain optimal physical,
mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children,
adolescents, and young adults. To this purpose, the AAP and
its members dedicate their efforts and resources.
www.aap.org
Brandeis University *
Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Booth: 310
The Heller School is committed to developing new knowledge
and insights in the field of social policy and in human services
management. Through its degree programs and research institutes, the Heller School is actively engaged in examining policies
and programs that respond to the changing needs of vulnerable
individuals and social groups in our global society.
http://heller.brandeis.edu
American Institutes for Research (AIR) *
Booth: 308
AIR is one of the largest behavioral and social science research
organizations in the world. Our overriding goal is to use the best
science available to bring the most effective ideas and approaches to enhancing everyday life. A nonprofit organization, AIR is a
carefully designed institution motivated by the desire to enhance
the human experience. Our work spans a wide range of substantive areas: education, student assessment, international education, individual and organizational performance, health research
and communication, human development, usability design and
testing, employment equity, and statistical and research methods.
www.air.org
Cambridge University Press
Half Table: 324-B
Cambridge University Press is a world-renowned publisher of
books and journals. Please stop by our table to browse our journal selections, including Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
and International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care,
and to pick up a flyer for a new journal coming in 2006, Health
Economics, Policy and Law.
www.cambridge.org
The American Journal of Managed Care
Booth: 116
The American Journal of Managed Care is an independent, peerreviewed forum for the publication of clinical research and
opinion related to quality, value, and policy in health care delivery.
The Journal delivers original research on patient outcomes,
clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, quality management,
and health policy to managed care decision makers.
www.ajmc.com
Association of University Programs in Health Administration
(AUPHA)
Table: 225
AUPHA is an international network of colleges, universities,
faculty, individuals, and organizations dedicated to the
improvement of health care delivery through excellence in Health
Administration Education. Our membership includes
the premier baccalaureate and master’s degree programs in
health care management in the United States and Canada.
www.aupha.org
Blackwell Publishing
Booth: 104
Blackwell Publishing is the world's leading society publisher,
partnering with more than 550 academic and professional
societies. Blackwell publishes more than 750 journals and
600 text and reference books annually, across a wide range
of academic, medical, and professional subjects.
www.blackwellpublishing.com; www.blackwell-synergy.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention *
Booth: 414
CDC is offering several post-doctoral fellowships in Prevention
Effectiveness (PE) methods in 2006. Fellows will design and conduct
studies in areas of applied economics, economic evaluations of public health interventions, and quantitative policy analyses; work closely
with national and international public health experts; and teach
courses for training in prevention effectiveness methods. Applicants
must have a Ph.D. or equivalent in economics, decision sciences,
health services research, industrial engineering, operations research,
or quantitative policy analysis. Contact: pkemp@cdc.gov.
www.cdc.gov/epo/fellow.htm
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) *
Booths: 200, 202
CMS is the federal agency that provides health care services for
one-in-four Americans enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, and
SCHIP, enforces quality standards, and establishes payment policies. ORDI conducts research and produces information that
shapes current and future programs.
www.cms.hhs.gov
Columbia University School of Nursing *
Center for Health Policy
Booth: 101
Columbia University School of Nursing Center for Health Policy
studies significant questions about health and health care,
including patient safety, antibiotic resistance, informatics, and
public health emergency preparedness. The Doctor of Nursing
Science degree develops the next generation of nursing health
services and policy scholars.
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/sph/hpm
The Commonwealth Fund *
Booths: 301, 303
The Commonwealth Fund, a New York City-based national
foundation, undertakes independent research on health and social
issues. Its mission is to enhance the common good by looking for
new opportunities to help Americans live healthy and productive lives,
and to assist specific groups with serious and neglected problems.
www.cmwf.org
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Creighton University Medical Center *
Creighton Health Services Research Program (CHRP)
Half Table: 121-B
The CHRP, through the School of Pharmacy and Health
Professions, promotes health services researchers coming together
for inter-professional collaboration and faculty development,
advancing the work of senior researchers in health care safety and
quality, and mentoring and facilitating faculty members in establishing independent scholarship and research programs.
http://chrp.creighton.edu
Department of Veterans Affairs *
Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D)
Booths: 207, 209
VA is the largest integrated health care system in the country,
and has an extensive research portfolio. HSR&D programs
span the continuum of health care research and delivery. This
exhibit highlights important health services research findings,
projects, and programs.
www.hsrd.research.va.gov
Department of Veterans Affairs
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)
Booth: 211
This exhibit provides information about QUERI—a quality
improvement program targeting high-risk diseases and conditions prevalent among veterans. QUERI works to translate and
implement research findings into routine health care.
www.hsrd.research.va.gov/queri
Duke University Press
Table: 325
Duke University Press publishes and distributes more than
30 periodicals that span a range of disciplines within the
humanities and sciences, including the Journal of Health
Politics, Policy and Law. This journal focuses on the initiation,
formulation, and implementation of health policy and analyzes
the relations between government and health.
www.dukeupress.edu
Elsevier, Inc.
Booth: 108
Elsevier, a leading international publisher of medical journals,
books, and electronic products is proud to present Women's
Health Issues, the official publication of The Jacobs Institute of
Women's Health. Please visit our booth for your free sample
copy of this and other related public health journals.
www.us.elsevierhealth.com
Emory University *
Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy
and Management
Booth: 217
The Department of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins
School of Public Health (RSPH) is proud to announce a new doctoral program in health services research and health policy in
addition to its top-ranked master’s program in public health.
www.sph.emory.edu
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Geisinger Health System *
Center for Health Research & Rural Advocacy
Booth: 311
The Center will conduct epidemiologic research on a range of conditions typically seen in primary/specialty care settings.
Opportunities include traditional case-control etiologic studies, retrospective electronic health records (EHR)-based effectiveness studies and prospective intervention studies applied to the study of clinical guidelines, uses of EHR, and new models of care delivery.
www.geisinger.org/chrra
George Washington University *
School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of
Health Policy
Booth: 109
GWU School of Public Health and Health Services,
Department of Health Policy The Department of Health Policy
is the home for health policy studies and research at the
School of Public Health and Health Services. It focuses on
both public health and health services policy issues, and it
emphasizes preparing students to rigorously analyze health
policy matters in broad, cross-cutting, real-world contexts.
www.gwhealthpolicy.org
Georgia State University *
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia Health
Policy Center
Table: 122
The Georgia Health Policy Center is a non-profit, objective, nonpartisan provider of health policy information and research,
based at Georgia State University. The Center supports excellence in government at local, state, and national levels, through
its work to develop policies that improve health status at the
community level. The Center, now in its 10th year, is at work
nationwide, focusing on solutions to some of the toughest
issues facing healthcare today. The Center's qualitative and
quantitative research findings continue to help policymakers
arrive at informed decisions about health policy and programs
that support better health for more people at less cost.
www.gsu.edu/ghpc
Harvard University *
Ph.D. Program in Health Policy
Table: 221
The Harvard Ph.D. Program in Health Policy is offered jointly by
five Harvard University faculties: Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences, School of Public Health, Medical School, Kennedy
School of Government, and Harvard Business School. Students
concentrate in one of the following disciplines: decision sciences,
economics, ethics, evaluative science and statistics, management,
medical sociology, and political analysis. In addition, there is a special program in mental health policy.
www.fas.harvard.edu/~healthpl
Health Administration Press
Table: 321
Health Administration Press publishes books and journals on
all aspects of health services management. We offer resources
that cover such important topics as health care quality, physician-executive relations, health policy issues, and health care
financial management. All of our publications are available for
online purchase. Health Administration Press is a division of
the American College of Healthcare Executives.
www.ache.org/hap.cfm
Health Benchmarks, Inc.
Booth: 115
Health Benchmarks, Inc. conducts independent health services
research and provides consulting services for pharmaceutical
companies and managed care organizations. We analyze
claims data covering more than 15 million patient lives, survey
data, and medical record data and disseminate our findings
through publication in leading peer-reviewed academic journals
and industry reports.
www.healthbenchmarks.com
Jossey-Bass Publishers, A Wiley Imprint
Table: 320
Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Imprint is a professional and academic
publisher of public health and health administration books.
Some or our new titles this year include Managing Health Care
Information Systems by Karen Wager, Frances Lee, John Glasser,
and Lawton Burns; Managerial Epidemiology 2e. by
Peter Fos, David Fine, and Miguel Zuniga; and E-Health Care
Information Systems by Joseph Tan.
www.josseybass.com
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Booth: 210
HRSA is the leading U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services agency for improving and expanding access to quality
health care for America's neediest people.
www.hrsa.gov
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation *
Booths: 201, 203
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private
operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues
facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and
source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the
health care community, and the general public.
www.kff.org
John Snow, Inc. *
Booth: 117
JSI is a public health consulting firm dedicated to improving the
health of individuals and communities in the United States and
around the world. Headquartered in Boston, JSI and its not-forprofit affiliate, JSI Research and Training Institute, help build capacity to address critical health problems. Through research, management assistance, and education, JSI strives to improve access to
and quality of health care. Currently operating from five U.S. and 28
international offices, JSI has implemented projects in 84 countries
and has more than 400 U.S.-based staff and 700 staff worldwide.
www.jsi.com
Johns Hopkins University *
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Health Services Research
and Development Center
Half Table: 123-A
The Center provides a multidisciplinary locus for research on
the roles of organizational, financing, workforce, technology,
and preventive aspects of health services, and their impact on
utilization, cost, quality of care, and patient outcomes. It conducts methodological policy relevant research, and seeks to
advance the state of knowledge regarding effective and efficient
approaches for providing health care services to all people.
www.jhsph.edu/Dept/HPM/index.html
Johns Hopkins University/University of Maryland
Center for Research on Services for Severe Mental Illness
Half Table: 123-B
The Center for Research on Services for Severe Mental Illness
undertakes research to improve quality of care and patient outcomes for people with severe and disabling mental illnesses
such as schizophrenia, by addressing the match between
patient needs and services, developing guidelines for the
financing and organization of care that consider patient needs,
available resources and community characteristics, and testing
dissemination strategies directed at providers, payers, regulators and consumers.
www.jhsph.edu/smi
Kaiser Permanente *
Institute for Health Policy
Booth: 114
The Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy exists to
provide a focus and resources for Kaiser Permanente to better
participate in shaping the nation’s health policy agenda. We
bring together experts to research and analyze health policy
issues, to increase understanding, and to help provide solutions for all Americans.
www.kpihp.org
The Lewin Group, Inc. *
Booth: 306
The Lewin Group is a premier national health care and human
services consulting firm. Celebrating our 35th anniversary this
year, Lewin's strategic and analytical services focus on helping
clients design, implement, and evaluate programs to enhance
service delivery, financing, and outcomes. Lewin helps clients
deal proactively with shifts in health care and human services
practice, technology, and regulation.
www.lewin.com
Managed Care Interface
Table: 322
One of the premier, peer-reviewed, monthly managed care
journals, Managed Care Interface is published by Medicom
International, a managed care publishing and marketing firm.
Medicom International also publishes the Executive Managed
Care Directory, a comprehensive directory of managed care
organizations and their vendors. Medicom International is a
complete managed care communications company. Its special
projects division, Medicom Excel, develops customized
projects, programs, and publications tailored to meet your
particular marketing needs using various media. In addition,
Medicom Excel develops customized publications, on-site
meetings, symposia, and advisory councils.
www.medicomint.com
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Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. *
Booth: 410
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., conducts public policy research
and surveys for federal and state governments as well as privatesector clients. We study health care, education, welfare, employment, nutrition, child development, and other policy issues.
www.mathematica-mpr.com
The MayaTech Corporation *
Table: 421
The MayaTech Corporation is an applied social science
research firm providing research and evaluation, program
management and support services, and business services to
public and commercial-sector clients. Founded in 1985,
MayaTech is headquartered in the suburban Washington, D.C.,
metropolitan area of Silver Spring, Md., with offices in Atlanta.
www.mayatech.com
Meharry Medical College
Half Table: 223-A
The Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is a
peer-reviewed academic journal of public health, focused on
medically underserved populations in North America.
muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_health_care_for_the_poor_a
nd_underserved
National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)
Half Table: 420-B
NAHDO is a national non-profit membership and educational
association established in 1986. NAHDO provides technical
assistance to and advocacy for health data organizations that
collect and disseminate health care data. NAHDO is actively
involved in national standards development and federal grants
and projects to improve health data agency capacity.
www.nahdo.org
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) *
Booth: 206
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the
Federal Government’s principal vital and health statistics
agency. Through several on-going surveys and other data
collection activities, the agency provides a wide variety
of data with which to monitor the Nation’s health. The NCHS
booth will feature current published and electronic reports.
Additionally, the booth will have information regarding NCHS’
activities on the Internet.
www.cdc.gov/nchs
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
National Death Index (NDI)
Booth: 208
The NDI is a central computerized index of death record information on file in the state vital statistics offices. Working with
these state offices, NCHS established the NDI as a resource to
aid epidemiologists and other health and medical investigators
with their mortality ascertainment activities.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/r&d/ndi
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National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Booths: 400, 402
NLM provides health services research (HSR) information
(including health policy and public health information) through
a variety of products and services. Foremost are databases on
literature in bibliographic format and full text, citations to
research in progress, and information on health services and
sciences research resources (datasets, instruments, and analytical software). Other products and services include: pre-formulated search strategies on selected topics; special Web-texts
and bibliographies on issues ranging from basic health literacy
to HSR collection development and information resources to
health informatics; print, video, and audio historical materials;
outreach and training on the Web and in conjunction with the
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM); improving access to information for public health practicioners; support for research and development in HSR information infrastructure; and links to Web sites with health services research
information at NLM and beyond.
www.nlm.nih.gov
Nemours Health and Prevention Services *
Table: 425
In 2003, Nemours redefined its business and programs to
include a more holistic approach to the child: health as well as
health care. As a result, Nemours’ Division of Health and
Prevention Services (NHPS) was created, becoming operational
in Delaware in 2004. The division is devoted to child health promotion and disease prevention. The mission of NHPS is to
improve children’s health over time through an integrated model
that includes: developing effective programs, building upon the
community’s current resources; evaluating the programs, while
also contributing to the national landscape on children’s health
prevention research; and providing business support services
and technical assistance to non-profit and health related organizations. While the primary focus will be in Delaware initially, the
division’s goal is to eventually become a national resource in the
area of child health promotion.
www.nemours.org
Oklahoma University *
College of Public Health, Department of Health Administration
and Policy
Half Table: 224-A
Through education, research, and service activities, the
Department of Health Administration and Policy is to enhance
the effectiveness of public health and health services delivery
by contributing to health policy analysis and improving the
administration of all health service organizations by: 1) educating students for competent participation in the development
and interpretation of health policy and in the planning and
management of health services programs and organizations;
2) conducting basic and applied research on health policy and
the financing, organization, and delivery of health services; and
3) providing service to health policymakers and institutions
through consultation and continuing education.
www.coph.ouhsc.edu
Open University Press
Half Table: 324-A
Open University Press publishes a range of resources for academics, students, and professionals. The Press is part of the
McGraw-Hill Companies.
www.openupusa.com
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD)
Booth: 307
OECD is an intra-governmental organization based in Paris
and groups together 30 open-market economies. It helps government to ensure the responsiveness of key economic areas
with sectoral monitoring including social policies and health
issues. The Health Policy Unit has developed a unique database to allow comparative analysis of member countries'
health systems. The newest addition will be demonstrated at
the exhibit.
www.oecd.org
Oxford University Press
Booth: 112
Featuring: Neumann’s Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to
Improve Health Care; Levin’s Mental Health Services, 2e;
Drummond’s Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health
Care, 3E (in preparation); Friedman’s Heath Statistics; and
Oxford's leading collection of journals including the American
Journal of Epidemiology.
www.oup.com/us
Pennsylvania State University *
Department of Health Policy and Administration
Table: 124
Penn State's Department of Health Policy and Administration
is among the nation's oldest and most respected programs. It
offers an undergraduate (B.S.) and three graduate (M.H.A.,
M.S., Ph.D.) degrees that focus on management, policy, and
research in health care systems, emphasizing the recurrent
problems of cost, quality, and access.
www.hhdev.psu.edu/hpa
RAND Health *
Booth: 411
RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy
and decision-making through research and analysis.
www.rand.org
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation *
Booths: 300, 302
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the nation's largest
philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and
health care of all Americans. When it comes to helping people
lead healthier lives and get the care they need, we expect to
make a difference in our lifetime.
www.rwjf.org
Royal Society of Medicine Press
Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
Table: 323
“The journal, in my opinion, has produced some of the best
thinking in the world and should be mandatory reading for anyone doing policy-relevant research, especially in the U.S.” –
New subscriber, 2004. A unique forum for health service
debates worldwide, the Journal features scientific research from
many disciplines and rigorous policy analysis.
www.rsmpress.co.uk/jhsrp.htm
RTI International *
Booths: 100, 102
RTI International is an independent, nonprofit organization with a
staff of more than 2,000. Founded in 1958, RTI has a multidisciplinary expertise in public health, medical, environmental, and social
research. RTI designs and conducts sample surveys, epidemiologic
studies, community and clinical research, and evaluates programs
and products for government and industry.
www.rti.org
RWJF Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
Table: 220
The Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program
of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) provides
funding to highly qualified individuals undertaking broad
studies of the most challenging health, health care and health
policy issues facing America. Each year, grants of up to
$275,000 are awarded to investigators from a variety of
disciplines for 24–36 month projects. Successful proposals
reflect thinking that is creative and conceptual and crosses
disciplinary boundaries in search of knowledge and innovative
solutions to critical health problems and policy issues.
www.ihhcpar.rutgers.edu
SAGE Publications
Booth: 106
SAGE Publications—an independent international publisher in the
social sciences, technology and medicine—provides journals,
books, and electronic media of the highest caliber. Researchers, students, and professionals have relied on our innovative resources for
over 35 years. Stop by our booth or visit us on the Web.
www.sagepub.com
Saint Louis University
School of Public Health, Department of Health Management
and Policy
Half Table: 223-B
Saint Louis University School of Public Health is fully accredited and the nation’s only school of Public Health sponsored by
a Catholic, Jesuit university. It offers masters degress (M.P.H.,
M.H.A.) and doctoral programs (Ph.D.) in six public health
disciplines and joint degress with the Schools of Allied Health,
Business, Law, Medicine, Nursing and Social Services. It is
home to several nationally recognized research centers and laboratories with funding sources that include the National
Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration,
the American Cancer Society, the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation and the World Health Organization.
http://publichealth.slu.edu
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Social and Scientific Systems, Inc. *
Computer Systems and Data Analysis
Booths: 214, 216
Social & Scientific Systems is an employee-owned company
that has supported public health researchers since 1978.
Computer services, provided by more than 100 programmers,
include statistical analysis, database management, survey data
collections, microsimulation modeling, system design and
development, and Internet database applications.
www.s-3.com
University of Alabama at Birmingham *
Lister Hill Center for Health Policy
Half Table: 121-A
The Lister Hill Center for Health Policy is located in the School
of Public Health of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
This endowed Center has a university-wide mission to facilitate
the conduct of health policy research, to disseminate the findings of that research beyond the usual academic channels, and
to sponsor the health policy fellowship program.
www.healthpolicy.uab.edu
Society of Actuaries
Booth: 317
The Society of Actuaries is an educational, research, and professional organization dedicated to serving the public and Society
members. The vision of the Society of Actuaries is for actuaries
to be recognized as the leading professionals in the modeling
and management of financial risk and contingent events. To this
end, the Society of Actuaries administers examinations leading
to Associateship and then to Fellowship. A continuing education
program is also provided through seminars, symposia, and
membership meetings.
www.soa.org
University of California, Berkeley *
School of Public Health, Health Services and Policy Analysis
Ph.D. Program
Table: 125
The Health Services & Policy Analysis Doctoral Program provides training and education for careers in academia and
research. This is a four-year interdisciplinary program that uses
all available resources on the UC Berkeley campus. Alumni are
employed in leading universities, policy research centers, and
“think tanks” across the country.
hspa.berkeley.edu
Springer
Booth: 110
Stay on the cutting edge with Springer Public Health where
leading scholars and practitioners connect research and
practice to give students the foundation they need and
practitioners the tools they require.
www.springeronline.com
Texas Medical Foundation
Booth: 111
Texas Medical Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization of
licensed physicians committed to improving the quality and efficiency of health care. This exhibit provides information related to
Vaccines for Children Quality Assurance and AFIX services.
www.tmf.org
Thomson Medstat *
Booth: 309
As part of Thomson Scientific & Healthcare, Medstat provides
market intelligence and benchmark databases, decision support
solutions, and research services for managing the cost and quality
of healthcare. Medstat applies these capabilities to improve policy
and management decision making for employers, government
agencies, health plans, hospitals and provider networks, and pharmaceutical companies.
www.medstat.com
University of California Press
Half Table: 120-B
University of California Press is a publisher of scholarly and
general interest titles in medicine and health care.
www.ucpress.edu
University of California, San Francisco *
Institute for Health Policy Studies
Half Table: 222-A
The Institute for Health Policy Studies is an organized research
unit within the School of Medicine, University of California, San
Francisco (UCSF). It consists of a diverse group of more than
100 faculty, staff, and fellows whose backgrounds include the
fields of medicine, nursing, law, economics, sociology, political
science, public administration, public health, history, journalism,
pharmacology, ethics, and epidemiology. The primary purposes
of the Institute are to advance knowledge of health services and
health policies through basic and applied research; to contribute
to the solution of health and social problems through the application of research findings to health policy problems at the
national, state, and local levels; and to provide education and
training opportunities for students and practitioners in health
professions, students and faculty in disciplines relevant to health
policy, recent graduates seeking careers in health policy, as well
as policymakers and program managers.
http://ihps.ucsf.edu
University of Chicago Press
Half Table: 424-A
www.press.uchicago.edu
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University of Massachusetts Medical School *
Booth: 103
UMass Lowell's School of Health & Environment programs of
study and UMass Medical School/Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program track in Clinical &
Population Health Research.
www.umassmed.edu/healthpolicy
University of Michigan Press
Half Table: 423 – A
University of Michigan Press is one the nations leading
university presses, publishing 160 books per year. Our work
spans a wide range of fields, from archaeology to public health
and fiction to film studies. Our catalog includes numerous
award-winning titles by scholars and authors
from around the world.
University of Minnesota Research Data Assistance
Center (ResDAC)
Booths: 200, 202 (with CMS)
The Research Data Assistance Center, located at the University
of Minnesota, assists researchers in accessing and using
Medicare and Medicaid data. ResDAC conducts workshops on
using the data.
www.resdac.umn.edu
University of Nebraska Medical Center *
Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Center for
Rural Health Policy Analysis
Half Table: 222-B
The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis is one of six
Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural
Health Policy (ORHP). The mission of the Center is to provide
timely analysis to federal and state health policymakers, based
on the best available research.
www.rupri.org
University of North Carolina
School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Policy
and Evaluative Sciences (PPES)
Booth: 107
University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy PPES is a
recognized innovator and leader in pharmaceutical outcomes
and practice research, training the next generation of pharmacy
leaders to improve medication use and health care.
http://pho.unc.edu
University of North Carolina, Charlotte *
College of Health and Human Services
Half Table: 120-A
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte proudly announces
the inauguration of the Ph.D. in health services research, a 64semester-hour post-master's program designed to prepare graduates for interdisciplinary research utilizing quantitative and qualitative methods to build knowledge supporting innovations in health
care delivery systems and health policy. The UNC Charlotte campus, encompassed by a thriving metropolitan area of more than
1.5 million people, has the feel of a small residential campus.
Contemporary and dynamic, its pedestrian core is located in the
midst of a beautiful thousand-acre campus.
www.health.uncc.edu
University of Pennsylvania *
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Table: 118
The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) is the
University of Pennsylvania's center for health services research,
health policy analysis, and health care management executive education. LDI's mission is to initiate and stimulate multidisciplinary
research, executive education, and scholarly investigation in the
management, organization, financing, and delivery of health care.
www.upenn.edu/ldi
University of Washington *
Health Services Doctoral Programs
Half Table: 224-B
The University of Washington Ph.D. Program in Health Services prepares trainees to conduct independent and collaborative health services research. Trainees obtain advanced knowledge of health services, the theoretical frameworks available for conceptualizing population health and health care, and the research skills to identify and
analyze: 1) the roles of cultural, social, behavioral, and health care
effects on health; and 2) the organization, delivery, financing, management, and evaluation of health services.
http://depts.washington.edu/hserv
Veterans Affairs Information Resource Center (VIReC) *
Booth: 316
The VA Information Resource Center is a resource center of the
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and
Development Service. VIReC’s mission is to improve the quality
of VA research that uses databases and information systems
with an infrastructure of database and informatics experts, customer service, and information products.
www.virec.research.med.va.gov
Virginia Commonwealth University *
Department of Health Administration
Booth: 215
With more than 50 years experience educating health care
leaders, and with consistent ranking among the top 10 health
administration programs in the nation, VCU's Department of
Health Administration prepares health care professionals to
assume leadership roles in a wide variety of health care settings. The department has offered the Doctoral Program in
Health Services Organization & Research (Ph.D.) program for
more than 20 years, and has more than 15 years in online master’s education experience.
www.had.vcu.edu
Wellness Research, Inc.
Table: 422
Wellness Research, a Missouri not-for-profit corporation since 1993,
is a 501(c) (3) organization (approved by the IRS, 1995). Mission:
Health Education and Policy Research in the area of Maternal &
Child Health. Fund-raising includes Nutritional Supplements.
www.juiceplus.com/+gp08482
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Exhibitors by Category
Computer/Software Company
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy * (Booth: 114)
Social and Scientific Systems, Inc., Computer Systems and
Data Analysis * (Booths: 214, 216)
The Lewin Group, Inc. (Booth: 306)
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. * (Booth: 410)
Consulting Firm
The MayaTech Corporation (Table: 421)
Health Benchmarks, Inc. (Booth: 115)
National Association of Health Data Organizations
(Half Table: 420-B)
Federal Agency
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality * (Booths: 406, 408)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention * (Booth: 414)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services * (Booths: 200, 202)
Department of Veterans Affairs, HSR&D * (Booths: 207, 209)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
(Booth: 307)
RAND Health * (Booth: 411)
RTI International * (Booths: 100, 102)
Thomson Medstat * (Booth: 309)
Wellness Research, Inc. (Table: 422)
Department of Veterans Affairs, QUERI (Booth: 211)
Health Resources and Services Administration (Booth: 210)
Other
AcademyHealth Career Center (Booths: 415, 417)
National Center for Health Statistics * (Booth: 206)
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (Booth: 409)
National Center for Health Statistics, National Death Index
(Booth: 208)
Meharry Medical College (Half Table: 223-A)
National Library of Medicine (Booths: 400, 402)
Texas Medical Foundation (Booth: 111)
Veterans Affairs Information Resource Center (VIReC)
(Booth: 316)
Professional/Trade Association
AcademyHealth (Booths: 401, 403, 405, 407)
Foundations
American Academy of Actuaries * (Booth: 317)
The Commonwealth Fund * (Booths: 301, 303)
American Academy of Pediatrics * (Half Table: 420-A)
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation * (Booths: 201, 203)
Nemours Health and Prevention Services * (Table: 425)
Association of University Programs in Health Administration
(Table: 225)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation * (Booths: 300, 302)
Society of Actuaries (Booth: 317)
Non-University/Research
& Policy Organizations
Publishers
AARP, Public Policy Institute * (Booth: 315)
Abt Associates, Inc. * (Booth: 314)
American Institutes for Research * (Booth: 308)
Geisinger Health System, Center for Health Research and
Rural Advocacy * (Booth: 311)
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John Snow, Inc. (Booth: 117)
The American Journal of Managed Care (Booth: 116)
Blackwell Publishing (Booth: 104)
Cambridge University Press (Half Table: 324-B)
Duke University Press (Table: 325)
Elsevier, Inc. (Booth: 108)
Health Administration Press (Table: 321)
Jossey-Bass Publishers, A Wiley Imprint (Table: 320)
Oklahoma University, College of Public Health, Department of
Health Administration and Policy (Half Table: 224-A)
Managed Care Interface (Table: 322)
Open University Press (Half Table: 324-A)
Oxford University Press (Booth: 112)
Royal Society of Medicine Press, Journal of Health Services
Research and Policy (Table: 323)
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Health Policy and
Administration * (Table: 124)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, RWJF Investigator
Awards in Health Policy Research * (Table: 220)
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Department of
Health Policy & Management (Half Table: 223-B)
SAGE Publications (Booth: 106)
Springer (Booth: 110)
University of California Press (Half Table: 120-B)
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lister Hill Center for
Health Policy * (Half Table: 121-A)
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health,
Health Services & Policy Analysis * (Table: 125)
University of Chicago Press (Half Table: 424-A)
University of Michigan Press (Half Table: 423-A)
University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy
Studies * (Half Table: 222-A)
University of Massachusetts Medical School * (Booth: 103)
University
Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and
Management * (Booth: 310)
University of Minnesota, Research Data Assistance Center
(ResDAC) (Booths: 200, 202)
Columbia University School of Nursing, Center for
Health Policy * (Booth: 101)
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Rural Policy
Research Institute Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis *
(Half Table: 222-B)
Creighton University Medical Center, Creighton Health Services
Research Program (Half Table: 121-B)
University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, Division of
Pharmaceutical Policy and Evaluative Sciences (Booth: 107)
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Department of
Health Policy and Management * (Booth: 217)
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, College of Health
and Human Services * (Half Table: 120-A)
George Washington University, School of Public Health and
Health Services, Department of Health Policy * (Booth: 109)
University of Pennsylvania, Leonard Davis Institute of Health
Economics * (Table: 118)
Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies,
Georgia Health Policy Center * (Table: 122)
University of Washington, Health Services Doctoral Program *
(Half Table: 224-B)
Harvard University, Ph.D. Program in Health Policy * (Table: 221)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Health
Administration * (Booth: 215)
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health,
HSR&D Center * (Half Table: 123-A)
* Organizational Affiliates
Johns Hopkins University/University of Maryland
Center for Research on Services for Severe Mental Illness
(Half Table: 123-B)
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Exhibit Hall
Floor Plan
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Conference
Resources
Conference Registration
Webcasting
Hynes Convention Center – Second Level
Select sessions will be webcast by kaisernetwork.org, a free
service of the Kaiser Family Foundation, at
www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/academyhealth/jun05. For
more information about this service, visit
www.kaisernetwork.org.
Hall C Registration Foyer
Hours:
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cyber Center
Hynes Convention Center – Second Level
Hall D Registration Foyer
Computers will be available during conference hours
for participants to check e-mail.
Sponsored in part by Eli Lilly and Company, Inc.
Member Services
Member services staff will be available during regular exhibit
hours at the AcademyHealth booth (#401). See pages 78–79
for membership information.
Lost and Found
Lost and found at the Hynes Convention Center is handled
through public safety. Security handles lost and found at the
Sheraton Boston Hotel and the Boston Marriott Copley Place.
AcademyHealth accepts no responsibility for any lost or stolen
items at the Annual Research Meeting and/or adjunct meetings.
Speaker Ready Rooms
Hotel Shuttles
Hynes Convention Center – Room 205 – Second Level
Shuttle service may be secured through your hotel concierge.
Shuttle service from downtown hotels to Logan Airport is provided between 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. The approximate one-way
charge is $12–$15.
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Kent Meeting Room – Third Floor
A computer and LCD projector will be available for speakers to
review presentations. The rooms will be unattended. For assistance, please contact the AcademyHealth registration desk.
Hynes Convention Center – Second Level
Message Boards
Message boards are available in two areas:
◆ Conference registration area (Hynes Convention
Center – Second Level, Hall D Registration Foyer)
for general messages.
◆
Career Center
Exhibit Hall C
Visit the Career Center to search job postings, fellowship listings, and
AcademyHealth’s bank of résumés. The Career Center is open during
regular exhibit hall hours.
◆
◆
FedEx/Kinko’s
Hynes Convention Center – Main Lobby – Plaza Level
Hours:
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
◆
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Shipping Services
Arrangements can be made through FedEx/Kinko’s at the
Hynes Convention Center (Plaza Level).
Interview Opportunities
Interviews will be scheduled and conducted by staff from
AHRQ, CMS, and NCHS in the following rooms on the third
floor of the Sheraton Boston Hotel.
AHRQ – Dalton B
CMS – Clarendon A
NCHS – Clarendon B
Sheraton Boston Hotel – Ballroom Lobby – Second Floor
Hours:
Saturday
Sunday
Monday-Friday
Training Directory
Conduct a search of formal research training programs (e.g.,
graduate programs or post-baccalaureate certificate programs
and postdoctoral training programs) in: health services
research, health policy, health policy research, health policy
tracks in public policy programs. Also, learn more about
including your program in the Directory of Training Programs
in Health Services Research and Health Policy.
Business Centers
Saturday
Sunday
Monday-Friday
Online Postings
Search online for job and fellowship listings and the
AcademyHealth résumé bank.
Career Center (Hynes Convention Center – Second Level,
Exhibit Hall C) to facilitate résumé reviews, job interviews,
and networking opportunities.
◆
Résumé Reviews
Reviews will be scheduled for attendees who have submitted
their résumé and requested a review with a leading health
services researcher or health policy expert.
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Continuing
Education
Nurses
Continuing Education Credit for Nurses
Continuing Education contact hours for nurses will be provided by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
Participants may earn up to 20.5 contact hours. To receive credit for attendance at the Annual Research Meeting, please:
1) Complete the certificate of attendance (available at the meeting). Include contact information, session title,
and number of credit hours. This document serves as your continuing education certificate.
2) Make a copy of the form for your records.
3) Mail the signed certificate of attendance to:
Barbara Penn, Ph.D., R.N.
Director of Member Education
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
One Dupont Circle, Suite 530
Washington, DC 20036-1120
tel: 202.463.6930
Health Care Executives
Continuing Education Credits through the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
AcademyHealth is authorized to award 20.5 hours of pre-approved Category II (non-ACHE) continuing education credit for this program toward advancement or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program wishing
to have the continuing education hours applied toward Category II credit should indicate their attendance when submitting application to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification.
For more information, contact:
Division of Membership
American College of Healthcare Executives
One North Franklin Street, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606-3491
tel: 312.424.9400
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Distinguished
Investigator Award
The Distinguished Investigator Award recognizes investigators who have made significant and lasting contributions to the field of health services
research through scholarship and teaching, advancement of science and methods, and leadership.
2005 Distinguished Investigator Awardee
Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D.
Dr. Aiken is director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, The Claire M. Fagin
Leadership Professor of Nursing, professor of sociology, and senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of
Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the winner of the 2003 Individual Earnest A.
Codman Award from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations for her leadership using performance measures to demonstrate relationships between nursing care and patient outcomes. In 2003, AcademyHealth honored Dr. Aiken and her co-authors with the Article-of-the-Year Award
for their paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association documenting the effect of nurse staffing
on surgical mortality. Dr. Aiken founded and directs the International Hospital Outcomes Research
Consortium in eight countries. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from the University of Florida,
Gainesville, and a Ph.D. in sociology and demography from the University of Texas at Austin. She was a postdoctoral
research fellow in medical sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Past Distinguished Investigator Award Recipients
(title and affiliation at time of award)
2004
2001
Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D.
Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Brandeis University
Kenneth B. Wells, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science
University of California, Los Angeles
Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D.
James Madison Professor of Political Economy
Princeton University
2000
2003
Emmett B. Keeler, Ph.D.
Senior Mathematician
RAND Health
Professor
RAND Graduate School and the School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles
2002
Paul D. Cleary, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Department of Health and Social Behavior
Harvard School of Public Health
Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D.
Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis
Harvard School of Public Health and
John F. Kennedy School of Government
1999
Harold S. Luft, Ph.D.
Caldwell B. Esselstyn Professor of
Health Policy and Health Economics
Director
Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
1998
Stephen Shortell, Ph.D.
A.C. Buehler Distinguished Professor
Kellogg Graduate School
Northwestern University
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1997
1991
Milton I. Roemer, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor
Department of Health Services
School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles
David Mechanic, Ph.D.
Director
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Rutgers University
1996
Ronald M. Andersen, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Health Services
School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles
1995
Barbara Starfield, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Head
Division of Health Policy
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
1994
John E. Ware, Jr., Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
The Health Institute
New England Medical Center
1993
Robert H. Brook, M.D., Sc.D.
Professor
Department of Health Services
Center for Health Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
Director
Health Sciences Program
RAND
John E. Wennberg, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences
Dartmouth Medical School
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1990
Eli Ginzberg, Ph.D.
Director
Conservation of Human Resources
Columbia University
1989
Herbert E. Klarman, Ph.D.
Retired
1988
Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D.
Henry J. Kaiser Professor
Stanford University
Cecil G. Sheps, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Social Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1987
Kerr L. White, M.D.
Consultant
1986
Paul M. Densen, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Harvard University
Odin Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
University of Chicago
1985
1992
Avedis Donabedian, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Public Health
University of Michigan
Joseph P. Newhouse, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Health Policy Research and Education
Harvard University
Sam Shapiro
Professor Emeritus
Johns Hopkins University
Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award
The Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award recognizes scholars early in their careers as health services researchers who show exceptional
promise for future contributions to the field. This award commemorates the dedication of Alice Hersh to supporting the next generation
of health services researchers. Ms. Hersh was the founding executive director of the Association for Health Services Research.
2005 Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Awardee
Katrina Armstrong, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Dr. Armstrong is an assistant professor of medicine and epidemiology, senior fellow and director
of research at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and senior scholar in the Center
for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Armstrong is an
affiliate investigator with the VA HSR&D Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
(CHERP). She is also the program leader of the Cancer Control and Outcomes Program at the
Abramson Cancer Center. Dr. Armstrong’s research seeks to elucidate the complex relationship
among the social environment, use of cancer risk assessment, screening and treatment, and cancer outcomes. Her research findings have been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and
the New England Journal of Medicine. In recent years, she has received the Robert C. Witt
Research Award for the best paper published by the American Risk and Insurance Association, the Outstanding Lecturer Award
from the School of Medicine, Class of 2004, the Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Award, and the Society of General Internal
Medicine Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award. She received a bachelor’s degree from Yale University, a medical
degree from the Johns Hopkins University, and an M.S.C.E. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Past Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award Recipients
(title and affiliation at time of award)
2004
2000
David M. Studdert, LL.B., Sc.D.
Associate Professor Law and Public Health
School of Public Health
Harvard University
Laurence C. Baker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Health Research and Policy
Stanford University
2003
Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H.
Rosalynn Carter Chair in Mental Health
and Associate Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
2002
Dana P. Goldman, Ph.D.
Senior Economist
RAND
2001
Susan L. Ettner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine and
Health Services Research
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Medicine and
Department of Health Services
UCLA School of Public Health
1999
Michael Chernew, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
Kevin A. Schulman, M.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of the Clinical Economics Research Unit
School of Medicine
Georgetown University
1998
John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician
Division of General Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Barbara G. Vickrey, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of California, Los Angeles
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1997
David A. Asch, M.D., M.B.A.
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Chief of Health Services Research
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
1996
Andrew B. Bindman, M.D.
Division of General Internal Medicine
San Francisco General Hospital
University of California, San Francisco
1995
David J. Ballard, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Director
Center for Clinical Evaluation Sciences
Professor
School of Medicine and School of Public Health
Emory University
Lillian Gelberg, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Division of Family Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
1994
Lisa I. Iezzoni, M.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Hospital
1993
Alan L. Hillman, M.D., M.B.A.
Director
Center for Health Policy
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
University of Pennsylvania
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Alan M. Garber, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Stanford University
HSR&D Senior Research Associate
Department of Veterans Affairs
1991
Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Health Policy and Administration
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1990
Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hennepin County Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Center for Health Services Research
University of Minnesota
1989
James C. Robinson, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Health Economics
University of California, Berkeley
1988
Earl P. Steinberg, M.D., M.P.P.
Director
Program for Medical Technology
Johns Hopkins University
Thomas Rice, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1987
Arnold M. Epstein, M.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard University
1992
1986
Troyen A. Brennan, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Kenneth B. Wells, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Natural Scientist
The RAND Corporation
Professor of Psychiatry
University of California, Los Angeles
Article-of-the-Year Award
The Article-of-the-Year Award recognizes the best scientific work that the fields of health services research and health policy have produced
and published during the previous calendar year. The award-winning article provides new insights into the delivery of health care and
advances knowledge of the field. The 2005 article-of-the-year will be featured in a special session on Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.,
Room 302 – Third Level.
2005 Article-of-the-Year Awardee
Anthony T. Lo Sasso, Ph.D.
Dr. Lo Sasso received this award for his lead authorship on “The effect of the State Children’s
Health Insurance program on health insurance coverage,” which appeared in the September
2004 issue of the Journal of Health Economics. This article is co-authored by Thomas
Buchmueller, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Lo Sasso is an associate professor and senior research scientist in the Health Policy and
Administration Division at the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He
is an economist and applied econometrician whose research spans several dimensions of health
and labor economics and health services research. He is currently in the final year of a five-year
Independent Scientist Award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality studying
workplace health benefits and how they affect employee health. He has studied the impact of the
State Children’s Health Insurance Program on uninsurance among children and the extent to which public coverage may
have “crowded out” private coverage of children. He currently has a grant to study how community rating provisions in state
non-group health insurance markets affect non-group health insurance coverage and uninsurance. Dr. Lo Sasso received a
doctorate in economics from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Past Article-of-the-Year Award Recipients
2004
2001
Elizabeth A McGlynn, Ph.D.; Steven M. Asch, M.D., M.P.H.;
Joan Kessey; Jennifer Hicks, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Alison
DeCristofaro, M.P.H.; and Eve Kerr, M.D., M.P.H.,
“The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United
States,” New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 348, No. 26,
pp. 2635–45.
Cary P. Gross, Claudia A. Steiner, Eric B. Bass, Neil R. Powe.
“Relation Between Prepublication Release of Clinical Trial
Results and the Practice of Carotid Endarterectomy.” JAMA,
Vol. 284, No. 22, December 13, 2000: 2886–2893.
2003
Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D., R.N.; Sean P. Clarke, Ph.D., R.N.;
Douglas M. Stone, Ph.D.; Julie Sochalski, Ph.D., R.N.; Jeffrey
H. Silber, M.D., Ph.D., “Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient
Mortality, Nurse Burnout, and Job Dissatisfaction,” JAMA,
October 23/30, 2002.
2002
Darrell J. Gaskin, Jack Hadley, and Victor G. Freeman.
“Are Urban Safety-Net Hospitals Losing Low-Risk Medicaid
Maternity Patients?” Health Services Research, Vol. 36, No. 1,
April 2001, Part I:25–51.
John Kralewski, Euguene C. Rich, Roger Feldman, Bryan E.
Dowd, Terrace Bernhardt, Christopher Johnson, William Gold.
“The Effects of Medical Group Practice and Physician
Payment Methods on Costs of Care,” Health Services
Research, Vol. 35, No. 2, August 2000, pp. 591–613.
2000
Mark Schlesinger, Benjamin Druss, and Tracy Thomas.
“No Exit? The Effect of Health Status on Dissatisfaction and
Disenrollment from Health Plans,” Health Services Research,
Vol. 34, No. 2, June 1999, pp. 547–76.
(A series of three articles from the RAND National
Study on HIV/AIDS)
Martin Shapiro and Samuel Bozzette et al. “Variations in
the Care of HIV-Infected Adults in the United States: Results
from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study,” JAMA,
Vol. 281, No. 24, June 23–30, 1999, pp. 2305–15.
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Martin Shapiro and Samuel Bozzette et al.
“National Probability Samples in Studies of Low-Prevalence
Diseases. Part I: Perspectives and Lessons from the HIV
Cost and Services Utilization Study,” Health Services
Research, Vol. 34, No. 5, Part I, December 1999, pp. 951–65.
Martin Shapiro and Samuel Bozzette et al.
“National Probability Samples in Studies of Low-Prevalence
Diseases. Part II: Designing and Implementing the HIV Cost
and Services Utilization Study Sample,” Health Services
Research, Vol. 34, No. 5, Part I, December 1999, pp. 969–92.
1999
David Dranove and William D. White. “Medicaid-Dependent
Hospitals and Their Patients: How Have They Fared?”
Health Services Research, Vol. 33, No. 2, June 1998, pp.
163–85.
Pamela F. Short and Vicki A. Freedman. “Single Women and
the Dynamics of Medicaid,” Health Services Research, Vol.
33, No. 5, December 1998, pp. 1309–36.
1998
Thomas Rice. “Can Markets Give Us the Health System We
Want?” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol. 22, No.
2, April 1997, pp. 383–426.
1993
Sheldon Greenfield, M.D., Eugene C. Nelson, Sc.D., Michael
Zubkoff, Ph.D., Willard Manning, Ph.D., William Rogers,
Ph.D., Richard L. Kravitz, M.D., Adam Keller, M.P.H., Alvin
R. Tarlov, M.D., John E. Ware, Jr., Ph.D., "Variations in
Resource Utilization Among Medical Specialties and
Systems of Care," The Journal of the American Medical
Association, March 25, 1992, Vol. 267, No. 12, pp. 1624-30.
Richard L. Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H., Sheldon Greenfield,
M.D., William Rogers, Ph.D., Willard G. Manning, Jr., Ph.D.,
Michael Zubkoff, Ph.D., Eugene C. Nelson, Sc.D., Alvin R.
Tarlov, M.D., John E. Ware, Jr., Ph.D., "Differences in the
Mix of Patients Among Medical Specialties and Systems of
Care," The Journal of the American Medical Association, March
25, 1992, Vol. 267, No. 12, pp. 1617-23.
1992
Stephen B. Soumerai, Sc.D., Dennis G. Ross-Degnan, Sc.D.,
Jerry Avorn, M.D., Thomas J. McLaughlin, Sc.D., and Igor
Choodnovskiy, B.S., "Effects of Medicaid Drug-Payment
Limits on Admission to Hospitals and Nursing Homes,"
The New England Journal of Medicine, October 10, 1991, pp.
1072-1077.
1991
1997
Lawrence C. Kleinman, Howard Freeman, Judy Perlman and
Lilian Gelberg. “Homing in on the Homeless: Assessing the
Physical Health of Homeless Adults in Los Angeles County
Using an Original Method to Obtain Physical Examination
Data in a Survey,” Health Services Research, Vol. 31, No. 5,
December 1996, pp. 533–49.
1996
Andrew B. Bindman, Kevin Grumbach, Dennis Osmond,
Miriam Komaromy, Karen Vranizan, Nicole Lurie, John
Billings, and Anita L. Stewart. “Preventable Hospitalizations
and Access to Health Care,” JAMA, Vol. 274, No. 4, July 26,
1995, pp. 305–11.
1995
Katherine L. Kahn, Marjorie L. Pearson, Ellen R. Harrison,
Katherine A. Desmond, William H. Rogers, Lisa V.
Rubenstein, Robert H. Brook, and Emmett B. Keeler. “Health
Care for Black and Poor Hospitalized Medicare Patients,”
JAMA, Vol. 271, No. 15, April 20, 1994, pp. 1169–74.
1994
Roger D. Feldman, Ph.D., Bryan Dowd, Ph.D. and Gregory
Gifford, Ph.D., "The Effect of HMOs on Premiums in
Employment-based Health Plans," Health Services Research,
February 1993, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 779-811.
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Paula Diehr, Ph.D., Kevin Cain, Ph.D., Frederick Connell, M.D.,
M.P.H., Ernest Volinn, Ph.D., "What is Too Much Variation?
The Null Hypothesis in a Small-Area Analysis," Health Services
Research, February 1990, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 741-771.
1990
Alan L. Hillman, Mark V. Pauly, Joseph J. Kerstein, "How Do
Financial Incentives Affect Physicians’ Clinical Decisions and the
Financial Performance of Health Maintenance Organizations,"
The New England Journal of Medicine, July 13, 1989, Vol. 321,
No. 2, pp. 86-92.
Willard G. Manning, Emmett B. Keeler, Joseph P. Newhouse,
Elizabeth M. Sloss, Jeffrey Wasserman, "The Taxes of Sin,"
The Journal of the American Medical Association, March 17,
1989, Vol. 261, No. 11, pp. 1064-1069.
1989
Emmett B. Keeler, Ph.D., Grace M. Carter, Ph.D., Sally Trude,
M.S., "Insurance Aspects of DRG Outlier Payments," The
Journal of Health Economics, 1988, Vol. 7, pp. 193-214.
Dissertation Award
The Dissertation Award honors an outstanding scientific contribution from a doctoral thesis in health services research. Judging by the
innovative research, this doctoral candidate shows exceptional promise as a health services researcher.
2005 Dissertation Awardee
Rachel M. Werner, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Werner is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a staff
physician at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. Dr. Werner is also a core investigator with the
VA HSR&D Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP). She completed a Ph.D.
in health economics at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and finished her dissertation, “Testing theories of discrimination in health care: Evidence from New York’s CABG
report card” in 2004. Previously, Dr. Werner attended medical school and did a residency in
internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a bachelor’s degree from
Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.
Past Dissertation Award Recipients
(training program and title of dissertation)
2004
2001
Anita L. Tucker, D.B.A.
Harvard University Business School
“Organizational Learning from Operational Failures”
Erik Michiel van Barneveld, Ph.D.
AGIS Group
“Risk Sharing as a Supplement to Imperfect Capitation in
Health Insurance: A Trade-off Between Selection and
Efficiency”
2003
Jill R. Horwitz, Ph.D., J.D., M.P.P.
Ph.D. Program in Health Policy
Harvard University
“Corporate Form of Hospitals: Behavior and Obligations”
2002
Denys T. Lau, Ph.D.
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
“Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions Among
Geriatric Nursing Home Residents: Its Scope, Risk Factors,
and Health Consequences”
Courtney Harold Van Houtven, Ph.D.
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Informal Care and Elderly Health Care Use”
2000
Glen Mays, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
“Managed Care Contracting and Community Health Care
Performance”
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Student
Poster Award
The Student Poster Award (previously Pre- and Post-Doctoral Poster Award) recognizes the outstanding research of a student and the
quality of the presentation during the poster session. The 2005 awardee will be announced during the Monday luncheon plenary.
Past Student Poster Award Recipients
(affiliation at time of award)
2004
1999
Hongxia Liu, M.S.N.
Doctoral Candidate
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Christopher Seplaki, M.S., Ph.D. Candidate
Preventive Medicine
University of Wisconsin, Madison
2003
1998
Katherine Jones, M.S., P.T.
Doctoral Candidate
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Cornelia M. Ulrich, M.S.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2002
Peter Groeneveld, M.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research
Stanford University
2001
Brian Quilliam, R.Ph.
Community Health
Brown University
2000
Ellen R. Shaffer, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
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1997
Shoou-Yih D. Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Candidate
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
1996
Eric S. Williams, Ph.D.
Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1995
Myde Boles, Ph.D.
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
NCHS/AcademyHealth
Health Policy Fellowship
The Health Policy Fellowship, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and
AcademyHealth, brings visiting scholars in health services research and related disciplines to NCHS to collaborate, using Center data systems, on
studies of interest to policymakers and the health services research community.
2005 Fellows
Richard Kronick, Ph.D.
Professor and Chief, Division of Health Care Sciences
Family & Preventive Medicine/UCSD School of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Project Title: “Estimating the Effects of Health Insurance on
Quality Adjusted Life Years”
Lisa Lyman, B.S.
Ph.D. Candidate/NIMH Pre-doctoral Fellow
Department of Health Policy and Management/School of
Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Project Title: “Depression Symptoms, Poverty, and SingleParenthood: Effects of Maternal Factors on Children’s Use of
Preventive Health Services”
Past Fellows
2004
Hua Wang, Ph.D. candidate
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Project Title: “Effects of the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP) on Children’s Health Insurance Coverage,
Access to, and Utilization of Health Services and Health
Outcomes”
2003
Jill Anne Marsteller, Ph.D., M.P.P.
Graduate Student Researcher
Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Project Title: “Organizational Determinants of Disparities in
Hospital Care”
Judith Ann Shinogle, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Outcomes Science
College of Pharmacy
University of South Carolina
Project Title: “Firms’ Demand for Health Benefit Generosity”
2002
Edward F. Buckley, M.A.
Doctoral Candidate
Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania
Project Title: “To Examine How the Effects of Managed Care
Market Penetration on Nurse Staffing in Hospitals Affect AMI
Patient Mortality”
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2005 Award Committees
Distinguished
Investigator
Kathleen Lohr, Ph.D., Chair
Distinguished Fellow
RTI International
Robert Blendon, Ph.D. *
Professor of Health Policy & Political
Analysis
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Peter Buerhaus, Ph.D.
Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D. *
Senior Associate Dean for Research
School of Nursing
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H. *
Associate Professor
Division of Health Policy &
Administration
School of Public Health
Yale University
Rosalynn Carter Chair in Mental Health
Emory University
Teresa Waters, Ph.D.
Marianne Laouri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Center for Health Services Research
University of Tennessee Health Science
Center
Senior Health Economist
Genentech, Inc.
Dana Gelb Safran, Sc.D.
Paul D. Cleary, M.D. *
Professor of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Director
Division of CCR, The Health Institute
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Ph.D.
Barbara Vickrey, M.D., M.P.H. *
Lawrence Casalino, M.D., Ph.D.,
Chair
Associate Director
RAND Health
Associate Professor
Reed Neurological Research Center
University of California, Los Angeles
Professor
Department of Health Studies
University of Chicago
Dissertation
David Mechanic, Ph.D. *
Rene Dubos University Professor
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy
& Aging Research
Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey
Kelly Devers, Ph.D., Chair
Stephen Shortell, Ph.D. *
Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Dean
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Bindman, M.D. *
Barbara Starfield, M.D. *
Professor
The Johns Hopkins University
Medical Institutions
Alice S. Hersh New
Investigator
Gloria Bazzoli, Ph.D., Chair
Professor
Department of Health Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University
Article-of-the-Year
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Michelle A. Dolfini-Reed, Ph.D.,
M.A.
Research Analyst
CNA Corporation
Donna S. Havens, Ph.D., R.N.
Academic Division Chair
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D.
Professor & Director of Research
Brandeis University
Liesl Cooper, Ph.D.
Manager, Outcomes Research
U.S. Medical Division
Eli Lilly and Company
JoAnn Lamphere, Dr.P.H.
Jennifer N. Edwards, Dr.P.H.
Anthony T. Lo Sasso, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
The Commonwealth Fund
Associate Professor
School of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
Senior Manager
The Lewin Group
Mark Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Public Policy & Social
Research
University of California, Los Angeles
Kathryn A. Phillips, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Health
Economics & HSR
University of California, San Francisco
Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D., R.N.
Professor and Director
Center for Health Outcomes & Policy
Research
University of Pennsylvania
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* Prior Recipient
Annual Research Meeting
Planning Committee
AcademyHealth wishes to thank the many volunteers who contribute their time,
energy, and expertise in making the ARM a success!
Thomas Rundall, Ph.D., Chair *
Jennifer Elston-Lafata, Ph.D.
Jean Moore, M.S.N.
Henry J. Kaiser Professor of Organized
Health Systems
Health Policy & Management
University of California, Berkeley
Director
Center for Health Services Research
Henry Ford Health System
Deputy Director
Center for Health Workforce Studies
State University of New York, Albany
Glenn Flores, M.D.
Harold Perl, Ph.D.
Director, Community Outcomes
Center for Advancement of Urban
Children
Medical College of Wisconsin
Division of Treatment
& Recovery Research
NIAAA
Margarita Alegria, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Multicultural Mental Health
Research
Cambridge Health Alliance
Lisa Gary, M.S., M.P.H.
Jeffrey Alexander, Ph.D.
Mary Pittman, Dr.P.H.
President
Health Research & Educational Trust
Professor
Health Management & Policy
University of Michigan
Ph.D. Candidate
Health Policy Division
School of Public Health
Yale University
Christine Bishop, Ph.D. *
Stuart Guterman, M.A. *
Professor
Heller School of Social Policy &
Management
Brandeis University
Director
Office of Research,
Development and Information
CMS
Lawrence Casalino, M.D., Ph.D. *
Paul Halverson, Dr.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Studies
University of Chicago
Professor & Chair
Health Policy & Management
University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences
Jean Ann Seago, Ph.D.
W. David Helms, Ph.D. *
Elliot Stone
President & CEO
AcademyHealth
Executive Director & CEO
Massachusetts Health Data
Consortium, Inc.
Mady Chalk, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Quality & Financing
Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment/SAMHSA
Judith Hibbard, Dr.P.H. *
Philip Crewson, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Scientific Development
VA HSR&D
Professor
Department of Planning, Public Policy
& Management
University of Oregon
Denise Dougherty, Ph.D. *
John Hsu, M.D., M.B.A.
Senior Advisor, Child Health
Office of Extramural Research
Education & Priority Populations
AHRQ
Division of Research
Kaiser Permanente
Joan Reede, M.D., M.P.H. *
Dean
Office for Diversity
& Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School
Stephen Schoenbaum, M.D., M.P.H. *
Senior Vice President
The Commonwealth Fund
Associate Professor
Community Health Systems
University of California, San Francisco
Carol Weisman, Ph.D. *
Professor of Health Evaluation
Sciences & Obstetrics/Gynecology
Penn State College of Medicine
* Executive Committee
Scott Leitz, M.A.
Director
Health Economics Program
Minnesota Department of Health
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Abstract Reviewers
Behavioral Health
Margarita Alegria, Ph.D., Chair *
Director
Center for Multicultural Mental Health
Research
Cambridge Health Alliance
Thomas Croghan, Ph.D., M.D.
Senior Natural Scientist
RAND
Daniel Freeman, Jr., Ph.D.
Edgar Gnitzinger Distinguished
Professor of Aging
Department of Preventive
Medicine & Community Health
University of Texas Medical Branch of
Galveston
Ann Hohmann, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Jonathan Klein, M.D., M.P.H.
Michael Chernew, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Adolescent Medicine
University of Rochester
Associate Professor
Department of Health
Management & Policy
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
Paul Wise, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice-Chair
Division of Social Medicine
& Health Inequalities
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Chronic Care
Lawrence Casalino, M.D.,
Ph.D., Chair *
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Studies
University of Chicago
Chief
Methods & Disablement Program
Services Research & Clinical
Epidemiology Branch
National Institute of Mental Health
R. Adams Dudley, M.D., M.B.A.
Constance Horgan, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Dean Schillinger, M.D.
Professor & Director
Center for Behavioral Health
Schneider Institute for Health Policy
Brandeis University
Associate Professor
Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Shoshanna Sofaer, Dr.P.H.
Jack Martin, Ph.D.
Director of Research
Department of Sociology
Indiana University
Luciano Professor of Health Care Policy
School of Public Affairs
Baruch College
Morris Weinberger, Ph.D.
Child Health
Christina Bethell, Ph.D., M.P.H.,
M.B.A., Chair *
Director
Child & Adolescent Health
Measurement Initiative
Department of Pediatrics
Oregon Health & Science University
School of Medicine
Coverage & Access
David Bergman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
David & Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University
Christopher Forrest, M.D., Ph.D.
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Professor
Department of Health Policy
& Administration
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
Associate Professor
School of Public Health & Health Policy
Johns Hopkins University
Jose Escarce, M.D., Ph.D., Chair *
Linda Blumberg, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Health Policy Center
The Urban Institute
Jon Gabel, M.A.
Vice President
Health Systems Studies
Health Research & Educational Trust
Catherine McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Health
Management & Policy
University of Michigan
Alan Monheit, Ph.D.
Professor
Division of Health Systems & Policy
School of Public Health
University of Medicine &
Dentistry of New Jersey
Len M. Nichols, Ph.D.
Director
Health Policy Program
New America Foundation
Disparities
Darrell Gaskin, Ph.D., Chair *
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy &
Management
Johns Hopkins University
Lisa A. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Epidemiology & Health Policy &
Management
Welch Center for Prevention,
Epidemiology & Clinical Research
Johns Hopkins University
Kaytura Felix-Aaron, M.D.
Chief
Clinical Quality Data Branch
Divison of Clinical Quality
Bureau of Primary Health Care
David Nerenz, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Investigator
Center for Health Services Research
Henry Ford Health System
Stephen Thomas, Ph.D.
Eric Poon, M.D., M.P.H.
Lucy Gilson, Ph.D., M.A.
Director
Center for Minority Health
Philip Hallen Professor of Community
Health & Social Justice
University of Pittsburgh
Associate Physician
Division of General Internal Medicine
& Primary Care
Physician Scientist
Clinical Informatics Research &
Development
Partners Information
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Reader/Associate Professor
Public Health Policy/School
of Public Health
University of Witwatersrand
London School of Hygiene
& Tropical Medicine
Gender & Health
Chloe Bird, Ph.D., Chair *
Sociologist
RAND
David Bott, Ph.D.
Health Insurance Specialist
Office of Research
Development & Information
Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services
Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, M.D.,
Ph.D., M.Sc.
Senior Advisor on Women's Health
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Amal Khoury, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Center for Community Health
University of Southern Mississippi
Kristen Kjerulff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology &
Preventive Medicine
School of Medicine
University of Maryland
Health Information
Technology
Health Insurance
Markets & Managed Care
European Centre on Health
of Societies in Transition
European Observatory on Health
Systems & Policies
London School of Hygiene
& Tropical Medicine
Jon Christianson, Ph.D., Chair *
Francesco Tarroni
James A. Hamilton Professor
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
Associate Professor
Agenzia Sanitaria Regione EmiliaRomagna
Adam Atherly, Ph.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy &
Management
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Richard Lindrooth, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Administration &
Policy
Medical University of South Carolina
Matthew Maciejewski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/Investigator
Health Servcies/HSR&D
University of Washington/VA
Timothy McBride, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Public Health
Saint Louis University
John Hsu, M.D., M.B.A., M.S.C.E.
Physician Scientist
Division of Research
Kaiser Permanente
Leslie Lenert, M.D.
Associate Professor
Section on Health Services Research
Department of Veteran Affairs
San Diego Medical Center
Long-Term Care
Christine Bishop, Ph.D., Chair *
Professor
Heller School of Social Policy
& Management
Brandeis University
Eileen Crimmins, Ph.D.
Edna M. Jones Chair in Gerontology
Professor of Gerontology & Sociology
University of Southern California
Pam Doty, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst
Office of the Assistant Secretray
for Planning & Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health
& Human Services
Dennis Kodner, Ph.D.
Robert Miller, Ph.D., Chair *
Associate Professor of Health
Economics
Institute for Health & Aging
University of California, San Francisco
Ellen Nolte, M.P.H., Ph.D.
International
Nick Black, M.D., Chair *
Professor
Public Health & Policy
London School of Hygiene
& Tropical Medicine
Rose Dobrof Chair & Executive Director
Brookdale Center on Aging
of Hunter College
Professor of Urban Public Health
City University of New York
Vincent Mor, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor of Medical Science
Department of Community Health
Brown University
Jackie Cumming
Director
Centres & Institutes, Health Services
Research Centre
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Dana Mukamel, Ph.D.
Patricia Leddy
Ronald Bialek, M.P.P.
Associate Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
Center for Health Policy Research
University of California, Irvine
Administrator
Rhode Island Department of
Human Services
President
Public Health Foundation
Management,
Organization & Financing
Gary Young, J.D., Ph.D., Chair *
Professor
School of Public Health
Boston University
Jeffrey Alexander, Ph.D.
Professor
Health Management & Policy
University of Michigan
Lee Partridge
Health Policy Advisor
National Partnership for Women &
Families
Associate Professor of Nursing
Center for Health Policy
Columbia University
Bernard Turnock, M.D., M.P.H.
Medicare & Medicare
Prescription Drugs
Marsha Gold, Sc.D., M.P.H., Chair *
Senior Fellow
Department of Research
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Robert Berenson, M.D.
Senior Fellow
The Urban Institute
Clinical Professor
Community Health Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago
Quality, Patient Safety &
Paying For Performance
Stephen Schoenbaum, M.D., M.P.H.,
Chair *
Associate Professor & Director of Research
Department of Health Policy
& Management
University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
Robert Hurley, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
The Commonwealth Fund
Associate Professor
Department of Health Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University
Marie Bismark, M.B.Ch.B.,
L.L.B., M.B.H.L.
Bryan Weiner, Ph.D., M.A.
Professor of Pharmacy & Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Glen Mays, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy
& Administration
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Helene Lipton, Ph.D.
Erin Fries Taylor, Ph.D., M.P.P.
Health Researcher
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Douglas Wholey, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Professor
Department of Health Services
Research & Policy
University of Minnesota
Medicaid & SCHIP
Deborah Chang, M.P.H., Chair *
Senior Vice President & Executive Director
Nemours Health and Prevention Services
Barbara Coulter Edwards
Deputy Director
Office of Medicaid & SCHIP
Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
Genevieve Kenney, Ph.D.
Principal Research Associate
Health Policy Center
The Urban Institute
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Kristine Gebbie, Dr.P.H., R.N.
Public Health Systems
Paul Halverson, Dr.P.H.,
M.H.S.A., Chair *
Professor & Chair
Health Policy & Management
University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences
Leslie Beitsch, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Director
Center on Medicine & Public Health
Florida State University College of
Medicine
2004-2005 Harkness Fellow
in Healthcare Policy
Department of Health Policy
& Management
Harvard School of Public Health
Susan Edgman-Levitan, P.A.
Executive Director
John D. Stoeckle Center for
Primary Care Innovation
Massachusetts General Hospital
Christoper Ham, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Policy Management
Health Services Management Center
UK National Health Service
Carol Haraden, Ph.D.
Vice President
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Thomas Lee, M.D., M.Sc.
Partner Community Healthcare, Inc.
Bobbie Berkowitz, Ph.D., R.N., M.N.
Douglas McCarthy, M.B.A.
Professor
Department of Psychosocial
& Community Health
University of Washington
President
Issues Research, Inc.
Paul Shekelle, M.D., Ph.D.
Thomas Ricketts, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Ronald Wall, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S.A.
Director
Southern California Evidence-Based
Practice Center
RAND
Deputy Director
Cecil G. Sheps Center for
Health Services Research
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Senior Economist
Strategic Policy Directorate
Public Health Agency for Canada
Surrey Walton, Ph.D.
Translating Research
Into Policy & Practice
John Lavis, M.D., Ph.D., Chair *
Associate Professor
CA Research Chair in Knowledge
Transfer & Uptake
Center for Health Economics & Policy
Analysis (CHEPA)
McMaster University
Linda Bilheimer, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer
Research & Evaluation Department
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Huw Davies, Ph.D., M.A., M.Sc.
Professor of Health Care Policy
& Management
Director of Centre for Public
Policy & Management
University of St. Andrews
Russell Gruen, M.B.B.S., D.E.B.
Menzies School of Health Research
Australia
Alejandro Jadad, M.D., D.Phil.
Professor
Department of Health Policy,
Management & Evaluation
University of Toronto
Workforce
Jean Moore, M.S.N., Chair *
Deputy Director
Center for Health Workforce Studies
State University of New York, Albany
Susan Chapman, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Project Director
Center for Health Professions
University of California, San Francisco
Timothy Dall, M.S.
Vice President
The Lewin Group, Inc.
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago
Student Posters
Jane Nelson Bolin, Ph.D., J.D., R.N.,
Chair
Call for Panels
Laurence Baker, Ph.D., Chair
Associate Professor
Department of Health Research & Policy
Stanford University
Carol Blixen, Ph.D., R.N.
Assistant Professor
School of Rural Public Health
Texas A&M University
Robert Coulam, Ph.D., J.D.
Research Professor
School for Health Studies
Simmons College
Associate Staff
Biostatistics WG4
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Ravishankar Jayadevappa, Ph.D.
Bruce Landon, M.D., M.B.A.
Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Health Care Policy
& Medicine
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Haya Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Quality of Care Research
Johns Hopkins University
Research Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy &
Administration
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Donna McAlpine, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Health Services Research & Policy
University of Minnesota
Joel Weissman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institute for Health Policy
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Best Abstracts
Patricia Parkerton, Ph.D.,
M.P.H., Chair
General Posters
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Services
School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles
Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Ph.D., Chair
Program Administrator
Program on Health Outcomes
University of North Carolina
Susan Busch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Health Policy
Yale University
David Murday, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Center for Health Services & Policy
Research
University of South Carolina
Robert St. Peter, M.D.
President & CEO
Kansas Health Institute
Jacqueline Fickel, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Mental Healthcare &
Outcomes Research
VA HSR&D (152/NLR)
Carl Volpe, Ph.D.
Vice President
Health Policy & Analysis
Strategic Business Support
WellPoint
* Also Theme Leader
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2005 Boards of Directors
AcademyHealth Board of Directors
Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., Chair
Jeanne Lambrew, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Policy
Chair
Department of Health Policy
George Washington University
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy
George Washington University
Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Ph.D.
Thomas Rice, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Professor
Department of Health Services
School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles
Vice President of Health Policy
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Jonathan Lomas
Executive Director
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
David Blumenthal, M.D., Past Chair
Director
Institute for Health Policy
Partners HealthCare System
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harold Luft, Ph.D.
Nelson Ford, Treasurer
Nicole Lurie, M.D.
Department of Defense
Senior Natural Scientist & Alcoa Chair
RAND Health
Caldwell B. Esselstyn Professor & Director
Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California, San Francisco
Kathleen Buto, Secretary
Vice President
Department of Health Policy
Johnson & Johnson
Jan Malcolm
David Abernethy
David Mechanic, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Operations
HIP Health Plans
Rene Dubos University Professor
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy & Aging Research
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Margarita Alegria, Ph.D.
Neil Powe, M.D.
Director
Center for Multicultural Mental
Health Research
Cambridge Health Alliance
Professor & Director
Welch Center for Prevention
Johns Hopkins University
Charlie Baker, Jr.
President & CEO
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Sheila Burke
Deputy Secretary & Chief Operating Officer
Smithsonian Institution
John Colmers
Program Officer
Milbank Memorial Fund
CEO
Courage Center
Robert Reischauer, Ph.D.
President
The Urban Institute
Carol Weisman, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Evaluation Sciences
& Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director
Central Pennsylvania Center of Excellence
for Research on Pregnancy Outcomes
Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
Gail Wilensky, Ph.D.
Arnold Epstein, M.D.
John H. Foster Professor & Chairman
Department of Health Policy & Management
School of Public Health
Harvard University
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John M. Olin Senior Fellow
Project HOPE
W. David Helms, Ph.D.
President & CEO
AcademyHealth
Coalition for Health Services Research Board of Directors
David Abernethy, Chair
Sara Rosenbaum, J.D.
Senior Vice President
Operations
HIP Health Plans
Hirsch Professor & Chair
Department of Health Policy
School of Public Health & Health Policy
George Washington University Medical Center
Charles N. Kahn, M.P.H., Vice Chair
President
Federation of American Hospitals
Charlie Baker, Jr., Treasurer
President & CEO
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Donald M. Steinwachs, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Department of Health Policy & Management
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Reed Tuckson, M.D.
Mary Woolley, Secretary
President
Research!America
Senior Vice President
Department of Consumer Health/Medical
UnitedHealth Group
Stuart Altman, Ph.D.
Myrl Weinberg
Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health
The Schneider Institute for Health Policy
Brandeis University
President
National Health Council
W. David Helms, Ph.D. (non-voting member)
Michael Chernew, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Health Management
& Policy
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
President & CEO
AcademyHealth
Jeanne Lambrew, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy
George Washington University
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Membership
Where Researchers and Policy Professionals Meet
AcademyHealth is the professional home for health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners, and a leading nonpartisan resource for the best in health research and policy. Drawing from the strengths of 4,000 individuals and 130 organizations, AcademyHealth provides a forum for networking, professional growth, and development among a diverse membership
that includes researchers, business decision makers, policy professionals, consultants, clinicians, and students. AcademyHealth
members examine, debate, and research problems and solutions related to health and health care.
By joining AcademyHealth as an individual member, you gain access to tools and resources that help you excel in today’s challenging work environment. We help our members share information through scientific and policy conferences, topic-specific
interest groups, professional training and career development opportunities, and a variety of cross-disciplinary publications.
Individual Member Benefits
Networking and professional support:
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Connect with more than 4,000 health services researchers, health policy analysts, and practitioners.
Interact with colleagues year-round through topic-specific interest groups
Meet annually with 2,000 of your colleagues at the Annual Research Meeting and 700 of your colleagues at the
National Health Policy Conference
Have a say in AcademyHealth’s direction by voting in Board of Director elections and serving on AcademyHealth committees.
Discounts on:
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Our two Official Journals: HSR and Health Affairs (40 percent off regular price)
Annual Research Meeting registration fees (up to $200 value)
National Health Policy Conference registration fees (up to $200 value)
Methods Seminars registration fees ($100 value)
Cyber Seminars registration fees ($50 value)
More than 30 journals and newsletters (average discount is 10–20 percent)
Complimentary subscription to each of the following publications:
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The Milbank Quarterly (through 2005)
AcademyHealth Reports (quarterly membership newsletter)
Member Update (monthly electronic membership newsletter)
Partners (bi-monthly organizational affiliate announcements)
Electronic Resources
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Members’ only section of the AcademyHealth Web site: provides access to our searchable membership and expertise
directory, online journal articles, salary survey data, publisher discounts, and more.
Member Update: monthly electronic membership newsletter that offers advanced notice of upcoming
AcademyHealth conferences and workshops, newly released publications, and much more.
Online Career Center: features position announcements, a résumé bank, funding announcements, and more.
Advocacy through the Coalition for Health Services Research by:
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Providing a unified voice on behalf of our members to support enhanced funding for health services research.
Advising federal agencies on appropriate funding policies.
Mobilizing other advocates to support the development of research and data to inform health policy and practice.
www.academyhealth.org/membership/join.htm
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Organizational
Affiliates
Partners in Advancing Research, Policy and Practice
AcademyHealth acts as a catalyst for collaboration across the health services research, policy, and practice arenas. To do this we rely upon the
participation of our organizational affiliates and the diverse expertise they contribute to the field.
Our organizational partners participate in AcademyHealth because they understand the critical role that health services research can play in
developing and implementing programs and policies to improve health and health care. Organizational affiliates range in size and scope, and
include academic institutions, private research organizations, health providers, health plans, health systems, associations, foundations, and
government agencies.
When you join AcademyHealth as an organizational affiliate at any level, you receive:
Visibility
◆ listing on AcademyHealth’s Web site with a link to your organization’s
Web site
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annual listing in AcademyHealth Reports supplement and Annual
Research Meeting Agenda Book
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space for organizational announcements in AcademyHealth
Reports and AcademyHealth Partners
Advocacy
◆ support for the Coalition for Health Services Research—a unified
voice for health services research and data
Discounts
◆ 50% off Annual Research Meeting (ARM) exhibit space and 10% off
National Health Policy Conference (NHPC) display space
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Journals
◆ complimentary subscriptions to Health Affairs, HSR, The Milbank
Quarterly, and AcademyHealth Reports
Scholarships and Program Development
◆ support for reduced registrations and scholarships
for AcademyHealth programs and the development
of new programs (applies only to Supporting Affiliates and
Contributing Affiliates)
25% off ARM and NHPC advertising
And these benefits vary depending on your membership level:
Affliates
Registration Discounts for the Annual
Research Meeting and the National Health
Policy Conference
Complimentary Membership List Rentals
This targeted mailing list will help you get information
into the right hands.
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Discounts
2
Supporting
Affiliates
10
Discounts
3
Contributing
Affiliates
15
Discounts
4
Membership
List Rentals
Membership
List Rentals
Membership
List Rentals
10% Off
20% Off
30% Off
10% Off
20% Off
30% Off
$2,000
$5,000
$10,000
Discounts on Career Center Advertising
Listing your position openings through our
Career Center is a cost-effective way to reach your
target audience.
Discounts on Training Directory Listing
Gain national exposure for your academic program
and reach students who want to enter the fields of health
services research and health policy.
Dues
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Organizational Affiliates
We thank and salute our organizational affiliates.
Contributing Affiliates ($10,000)
The Commonwealth Fund
The Missouri Foundation for Health
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
UnitedHealth Group
WellPoint, Inc.
Supporting Affiliates ($5,000)
AARP
Association of American Medical Colleges
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Department of Health Policy and Management
Johnson & Johnson
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy
Merck and Company, Inc.
National Health Council
Nemours Foundation
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Pfizer Inc., Public Health
Affiliates ($2,000)
Abt Associates, Inc.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
America’s Health Insurance Plans
American Academy of Actuaries
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Physician Assistants
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
American College of Healthcare Executives
American Institutes for Research
American Medical Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Physical Therapy Association
Association of Academic Health Centers
Battelle Memorial Institute
Baylor Health Care System, Center for Health Care Research
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation
Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and
Management, Schneider Institute for Health Policy
Brown University, Brown Medical School,
Center for Gerontology and Health Services Research
California HealthCare Foundation
Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical
Center, Center for Health Care Research and Policy
Center for Studying Health System Change
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/SAMHSA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The CNA Corporation
Colorado Health Institute
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Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health,
Department of Health Policy and Management
Columbia University, School of Nursing
Consumer Healthcare Products Association
Creighton Health Services Research Program
Delmarva Foundation
Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research
and Development Service
Drexel University, School of Public Health
Duke University, Health Sector Management,
The Fuqua School of Business
EDS
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health,
Department of Health Policy and Management
Federation of American Hospitals
Geisinger Health System
George Washington University, School of Public Health
and Health Services, Department of Health Policy
Georgetown University, Health Policy Institute
Georgia Health Policy Center
Group Health Cooperative’s Center for Health Studies
Harvard University School of Public Health
Health Research and Educational Trust
HealthPartners Research Foundation
Henry Ford Health System, Center for Health Services
Research
Illinois Department of Public Health
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
John Snow, Inc.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations
Kansas Health Institute
The Lewin Group
Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners Health Care
System, Institute for Health Policy
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
The MayaTech Corporation
Mayo Clinic, Division of Health Care Policy & Research
Medstat
Minnesota Department of Health
National Academy of Social Insurance
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
National Coalition on Health Care
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
(NIHCM Foundation)
National Pharmaceutical Council
New York Academy of Medicine
New York Medical College, School of Public Health
Northwestern University, Institute for Health Services
Research and Policy Studies
NRH Center for Health & Disability Research
The Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies
in Health Services
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
The Ohio State University, Center for Health Outcomes,
Policy and Evaluation Studies (HOPES)
Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center,
College of Public Health, Department of Health
Administration and Policy and Center for Health Policy
Old Dominion University
Park Nicollet Institute
Pennsylvania Department of Health
The Pennsylvania State University, Center for Health Care
and Policy Research
RAND Health
Regenstrief Institute, Inc., a support organization
of Indiana University School of Medicine
Research!America
RTI International
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Institute for
Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research
Simmons School for Health Studies
Social and Scientific Systems, Inc.
United Hospital Fund of New York
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lister Hill
Center for Health Policy
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,
Department of Health Policy and Management
University of California, Berkeley, Center for Health Research
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health,
Department of Health Services
University of California, San Francisco, Institute for
Health Policy Studies
University of Florida, Department of Health Services Research,
Management and Policy
University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Department
of Health Management and Policy, Center for Health
Policy and Research
University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
Center for Health Program Development and Management
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Commonwealth
Medicine Center for Health Policy and Research
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department
of Health Management and Policy
University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management,
Center for the Study of Healthcare Management
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health,
Division of Health Services Research and Policy
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Section on Health
Services Research and Rural Health Policy
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Cecil G. Sheps
Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Program on Health
Outcomes
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, College
of Health and Human Services
University of North Texas Health Science Center
University of Pennsylvania, Leonard Davis Institute
of Health Economics
University of Rochester, Department of Community
and Preventive Medicine
University of South Carolina, Center for Health Services
and Policy Research
University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida
Mental Health Institute
University of Southern Maine, Muskie School
of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
University of Washington, School of Public Health
and Community Medicine, Department of Health Services
The Urban Institute
VA Information Resource Center (VIReC)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department
of Health Administration
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
West Virginia University, Institute for Health Policy Research
Yale University, Division of Health Policy and Administration
List current as of June 3, 2005.
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Interest Groups
I
GROUPS
Year-Round Topical Discussions and Networking
Lead by member-volunteers, Interest Groups help facilitate interaction of individuals around specific topic areas relating to health services research and health policy. Interest Group members
have an opportunity to exchange knowledge, disseminate research findings, inform policy and
clinical decision-making, build research skills, and create a networking opportunity for those
sharing common goals. Through the groups' Web-based discussion forums, members can connect with and learn from their colleagues across the country. Interest Groups also meet annually at AcademyHealth meetings
and conferences. Current Interest Groups focus on the following areas:
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Behavioral Health Services Research
Child Health Services Research
Gender and Health
Health Economics
Health Information Technology
Health Workforce
Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues
Long-Term Care
Public Health Systems Research
State Health Research and Policy
Upcoming Interest Group activities include audio conferences, hosted Web discussions, workgroup conference calls, and the
introduction of study committees. Be sure to stay involved by checking the Interest Group pages of AcademyHealth’s Web site.
www.academyhealth.org/membership/interestgroups.htm
Interest Group Volunteer Leadership
Behavioral Health Services Research
Gender & Health
Interest Group Chair
Don Steinwachs
Professor and Chair
Department of Health Policy and Management
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg
Interest Group Chair
Rosaly Correa de Araujo, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.
Senior Advisor on Women’s Health
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Child Health Services Research
Interest Group Chair
Lisa Simpson, Ph.D., M.B., B.Ch.
Endowed Chair
All Children’s Hospital
Professor/Chief
Division of Child Health Outcomes
University of South Florida
Adjunct Meeting Chair
Bill Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Adjunct Meeting Co-chairs
Chloe Bird, Ph.D.
Sociologist
RAND
Amal Khoury, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Center for Community Health
University of Southern Mississippi
Health Economics
Interest Group Co-chairs
Robert Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
University of Kansas
Frank Papatheofanis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor and Director
Program Economic Valuation of Health Technology
University of California, San Diego
Adjunct Meeting Chair
Will White, Ph.D.
Professor
Sloan Program in Health Administration
Policy Analysis and Management
Cornell University
Adjunct Meeting Vice Chair
Tim McBride, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Public Health
Saint Louis University
Health Information Technology
Interest Group Chair
TBD
Health Workforce
Interest Group Chair
Jean Moore, M.S.N.
Deputy Director
Center for Health Workforce Studies
State University of New York, Albany
Interdisciplinary Research Group
on Nursing Issues
Interest Group Chair
Donna Havens, Ph.D., R.N.
Academic Division Chair
School of Nursing
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Adjunct Meeting Chair
Jean Ann Seago, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor
Community Health Systems
University of California, San Francisco
Long-Term Care
Interest Group Chair
Peter Kemper, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Health Policy and Administration
Pennsylvania State University
Next Generation Committee Chair
Judy Kasper, Ph.D.
Professor
Health Policy and Management
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Advocacy Committee Chair
TBD
Quality Workgroup Chair
Susan Horn, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research
Dual Eligibiles Workgroup Chair
Barbara Manard, Ph.D., M.A.
Vice President
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
Public Health Systems Research
Interest Group Chair and Adjunct Meeting Chair
Glen Mays, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor and Director of Research
Department of Health Policy and Management
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Interest Group Vice Chair
Robert Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A.
Senior Health Scientist
Health Science Program
RAND
Adjunct Meeting Vice Chair
Carol Korenbrot, Ph.D.
Professor
Institute for Health Policy Studies
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
State Health Research and Policy
Interest Group Chair
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Speaker Index
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Abend, Susan, 3
Aiken, Linda, 17
Akincigil, Ayse, 25
Alegria, Margarita, 11
Alexander, Jeffrey, 7
Alkema, Gretchen, 7
Anderson, Gerard, 20
Andreyeva, Tatiana, 2
Angeles, January, 16
Archer, Diane, 13
Asch, Steven, 18
Ash, Arlene, 16
Ashby, Avery, 22
Atwal, Parmeeth, 7
Auld, Vivian, 2
Austin, Bonnie, 6
Azocar, Francisca, 13
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Bach, Peter, 13
Bachler, Robert, 16
Baker, David, 9, 18
Baker, Laurence, 10, 24
Bambauer, Kara, 22
Bao, Yuhua, 24
Basch, Peter, 19
Baugh, David, 22
Beal, Anne, 10, 17, 21, 22
Beauregard, Karen, 25
BeeukwesBuntin, Melinda, 17
Beitsch, Leslie, 21
Berenson, Robert, 3
Bergman, David, 5
Bernard, Didem, 8, 25
Bernard, Shulamit, 19, 20
Betancourt, Joseph, 9, 13, 26
Bethell, Christina, 7, 12, 15
Bian, John, 24
Bierman, Arlene, 24
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Bilheimer, Linda, 13, 16
Bindman, Andrew, 12
Bishop, Christine, 3, 14, 23
Bismark, Marie, 4
Black, Nick, 15
Blanchard, Janice, 13
Blendon, Robert, 8
Blumberg, Stephen, 7
Bokhari, Farasat, 15
Bolin, Jane Nelson, 17, 19
Bonaparte, Donna, 15
Bonito, Arthur, 24
Bosk, Charles, 18
Boulis, Ann, 4
Brach, Cindy, 5, 17
Bradley, Elizabeth, 13, 24
Brannon, Diane, 26
Bronstein, Janet, 25
Brooks, John, 3
Brown, Randall, 3
BrownStevenson, Tina, 20
Bundorf, M. Kate, 8, 17
Burnam, Audrey, 6
Burt, Catharine, 7
Busch, Susan, 10
Chesley, Francis, 14, 22, 26
Chewning, Betty, 14
Chollet, Deborah, 6
Choudhry, Niteesh, 25
Christianson, Jon, 8
Chumbler, Neale, 25
Chung, Haejoo, 15
Clancy, Carolyn, 16, 18
Clancy, Dawn, 7
Clauser, Steven, 19
Cleary, Paul, 13
Cohen, Amy, 23
Cohen, Joel, 25
Cohen, Steven, 25
Colaco, Brendon, 14
Cole, Steven, 4
Conway, James, 9
Cooper, Lisa A., 17, 26
CorreadeAraujo, Rosaly, 17
Coughlin, Teresa, 18
Cox, Don, 10
Cox, Elizabeth, 14
Crabtree, Benjamin, 8
Crimmins, Eileen, 21
Croghan, Thomas, 22
Cunningham, Peter, 9, 25
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Cutler, Lois, 3
Cahn, Marjorie, 2
Campbell, Joanna, 9
Campbell, Paul, 2
Carlson, Barbara, 3
Carlson, Matthew, 18
Casalino, Lawrence, 20, 22, 33
Cecil, William, 11
Chalk, Mady, 5, 20
Chandra, Amitabh, 8
Chaney, Edmund, 23
Charns, Martin, 9
Chen, Jack, 4
Chen, Jieling, 11
Chernew, Michael, 18, 19, 25
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Daumit, Gail, 11
Davern, Michael, 10
Davidoff, Amy, 9
Davidson, Arthur, 4
Davis, Karen, 10, 22
de Brantes, Francois, 20
Devers, Kelly, 18
Divi, Chandrika, 21
Doksum, Teresa, 8
Domino, Marisa Elena, 25
Dorr, David, 23
Doshi, Jalpa, 16, 24
Dougherty, Denise, 11
Dougherty, Kelly, 8
Druss, Benjamin, 13
Dudley, R. Adams, 12, 18, 25
Durham, Mary, 4
Dyrenforth, Sue, 9
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EdgmanLevitan, Susan, 24
Edwards, Jennifer, 15
Eisen, Karla, 20
Eisen, Susan, 11
Eisenberg, Daniel, 19
Elder, Keith, 2
Elixhauser, Anne, 3, 16
Epstein, Andrew, 14
Escarce, Jose, 18
Eselius, Laura, 11
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Fahlman, Cheryl, 16
Fairbrother, Gerry, 15
Fallon, John, 19
Farmer, Melissa, 22
Feldman, Penny Hollander, 3
FelixAaron, Kaytura, 14
Field, Terry, 19
Fishman, Linda, 13
Fishman, Nancy, 26
Flocke, Susan, 18
Flood, Ann Barry, 7
Florence, Curtis S., 21
Flores, Glenn, 10, 21
Florio, Deborah, 18
Flynn, Kathryn, 14
Fogerty, Sally, 7
Forrest, Christopher, 19
Fortney, John, 11
Foster, Leslie, 3
Foster, Nancy, 26
Gresenz, Carole Roan, 25
Grimshaw, Jeremy, 26
Grodin, Michael, 15
Groeneveld, Peter, 8
Grol, Richard, 19
Grossbart, Stephen, 10
Grover, Atul, 9, 10
Guarnaccia, Peter, 15
Guterman, Stuart, 7, 18
Huff, Edwin, 2
Hurowitz, Laurie, 23
Huskamp, Haiden, 20, 23
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Gabow, Patricia, 9
Gagnon, Diane, 16
Galbraith, Alison, 2
Gary, Lisa, 24
Gaskin, Darrell, 26
Gawande, Atul, 6
Gebbie, Kristine, 14
Gelber, Rebecca, 5
Gellad, Walid, 20
Gibson, Teresa, 11
Gilden, Daniel, 23
Gilman, Boyd, 24
Gilmer, Todd P., 4
Haas, Jennifer, 20
Haber, Susan, 5
Hall, Allyson, 9
Halverson, Paul, 4
Ham, Christoper, 21
Hanson, Jeffrey, 18, 19
Haraden, Carol, 3
Hardt, Eric, 15
Harkins, Juli, 5
Harman, Jeffrey, 9
HarrisKojetin, Lauren, 3
Harrison, Michael, 3
Harrow, Brooke, 9
Hart, Gary, 9
Jiang, H. Joanna, 10
Joglekar, Anju, 16
John, Dolly, 5
Johnson, Timothy, 16
Johnson, Tricia, 4
Jones, Samantha, 5
Jost, Timothy Stolfus, 23
Joyce, Geoffrey, 20
Kahn, Katherine, 19
Kaissi, Amer, 7
Katz, Ruth, 10
Laditka, Sarah, 24
Lai, Mina, 5
Lamphere, JoAnn, 13
Landers, Renee, 23
Landon, Bruce, 11
Landrum, Mary Beth, 3
LaVela, Sherri, 12
Lavis, John, 13, 22, 26
Le Cook, Ben, 8
Ginsburg, Paul, 21, 22
Glied, Sherry, 15, 17, 22
Gold, Marsha, 13, 26
Goldman, Howard, 6
Goldstein, Mary, 23
Goodman, David, 10
Goody, Brigid, 8
Gorton, Christopher, 4
Grabowski, David, 14, 23
Grant, Roy, 14
Grant, Vicki, 15
Gray, Bradford, 7
Greenberg, Barbara, 10
Greene, Jessica, 23
Greenwald, Leslie, 19
Gregory, Kimberly, 9
HasnainWynia, Romana, 14
Hayden, Sat Ananda, 4
Helfand, Mark, 16
Herring, Bradley, 17
Hibbard, Judith, 23
Hirsch, Rosemarie, 7
Hoadley, Jack, 6
Hogan, Joseph, 8
Holmes, Julia, 7
Homer, Charles, 15
Hopkins, David, 19
Horgan, Constance, 9, 22
Hornbrook, Mark, 19
Hoverman, Carrie, 13
Howes, Candace, 26
Hsu, John, 14
Katz, Steven J., 3
Kautter, John, 5
Keeler, Emmett, 11, 18, 20
Kelsey, Meredith, 10
Kemper, Peter, 21, 26
Kennedy, Charles D., 19
Kenney, Genevieve, 5, 9
Keuffel, Eric, 21
Khoury, Amal, 24
Kiefe, Catarina, 18
Kilbreth, Elizabeth H., 6
Kim, TaeHyun, 12
Kincheloe, Jennifer, 2
Klein, Jonathan, 12
Klepser, Donald, 12
Knickman, James, 17
Lee, ShoouYih Daniel, 23
Lee, Thomas, 20
Lenaway, Dennis, 17
LeRoy, Lauren, 17
Leslie, Douglas, 22
Levkoff, Sue, 25
LillieBlanton, Marsha, 17, 24
Lin, WenChieh, 14
Link, Carol, 8
Lipton, Helene, 16
Liu, Jiexin, 23
Lo Sasso, Anthony, 17, 22, 26
Lobas, Jeffrey, 7
Localio, A. Russell, 6
Lomas, Jonathan, 8
Lotstein, Debra, 12
Fowler, Elizabeth, 18
Fowles, Jinnet, 3
Fox, Kimberley, 23
Francis, Joseph, 12
Frank, Richard, 6, 22, 23,
Frankel, Richard, 18
Fraser, Irene, 18
Fuda, Kathleen Kerwin, 18
Funk, Rod, 20
Furukawa, Michael, 2, 3
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Ingber, Melvin, 5
Irwin, Kathleen, 24
Isham, George, 8
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Knight, Evelyn, 4
Knox, Richard, 16
Konetzka, R. Tamara, 24
Konrad, Bob, 9
Koren, Mary Jane, 3
Kowalczyk, Lizbeth, 16
Krahn, Dean, 9, 25
Kravitz, Richard, 11, 26
Kreier, Rachel, 16
Krein, Sarah, 12
Kronman, Andrea, 5
Kuehnert, Paul, 2
Kuno, Eri, 3
Kutinova, Andrea, 24
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Love, Margaret, 23
Lukas, Carol, 9
Lum, Terry, 3
Merrill, Chaya, 16
Meterko, Mark, 4, 26
Meyerhoefer, Chad, 12
Lurie, Ithai Zvi, 18
Lurie, Nicole, 13
Lykens, Kristine, 14
Miller, Mark, 18
Miller, Robert, 3, 15
Miller, William, 8
Mittman, Brian, 12, 13
Mohr, David, 9
Momin, Soyal, 22
Mongan, James, 10
Monheit, Alan, 17
Moore, Jean, 4
Moore, Kelly, 10
Mor, Vincent, 14
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Macinko, James, 5
Magnetti, Sandra, 5
Mah, Connie, 25
Mahoney, Kevin, 3
Makuc, Diane, 7
Malin, Jennifer, 20
Manning, Willard, 14
Mark, Barbara, 5
Marsteller, Jill, 13
Maxwell, James, 25
Mays, Glen, 4
McAlearney, Ann Scheck, 3
McAlpine, Donna, 21
McBean, Marshall, 23
McBride, Timothy, 11
McDaniel, Reuben, 8
McDonel Herr, Elizabeth, 25
McGlynn, Elizabeth, 8, 22
McGuire, Thomas, 8
McHorney, Colleen, 7
McKee, Martin, 5
McKibben, Linda, 17
McLaughlin, Catherine, 10, 20
McNeill, Dwight, 26
Meghea, Christian, 4
Mehrotra, Ateev, 24
Meit, Michael, 2
Meltzer, David, 19
Menachemi, Nir, 15
Meng, YingYing, 14
Meredith, Lisa, 13
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Parente, Stephen, 23
Parkerton, Patricia, 26
Passetti, Lora, 20
Patel, Mitesh, 14
Patterson, Mark, 19
Pawlson, Gregory, 21
Morley, Melissa, 19
Morlock, Laura, 25
Muck, Randolph, 20
Mukamel, Dana, 16, 23
Mullan, Fitzhugh, 10
Murtaugh, Christopher, 21
Penrod, Joan, 10
Perez, Debra, 17
Pham, Hoangmai, 25
Phillips, Kathryn, 20
Polsky, Daniel, 19
Ponce, Ninez, 17, 21
Pope, Gregory, 19
Porell, Frank, 16
Prentice, Julia, 10
Price, Mary, 25
Priez, France, 19
Provost, Lloyd, 11
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Nelson, Andrew, 4
Nerenz, David, 16
Nietert, Paul J., 3
Quinn, Charlene, 23
Nitz, Lawrence, 14
Nolte, Ellen, 15
Normand, SharonLise, 8
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O'Brien, Ellen, 23
O'Connor, Kathleen, 7
O'Connor, Patrick, 13
O'Grady, Michael, 18
Olmsted, Eric, 5
Osborn, Robin, 2, 19, 22
Ozminkowski, Ronald, 2
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Reed, Mary, 11
Reede, Joan, 22
Reinhardt, Uwe, 7, 16
Reschovsky, James, 2, 8
Resnik, Linda, 10
Rice, Dorothy, 10
Rich, John A., 13
Rice, Thomas, 17
Ridgely, M. Susan, 6
Riley, Gerald, 22
Robins, Cynthia, 20
Roblin, Douglas, 23
Robst, John, 5
Rodin, Holly, 9
Rogal, Deborah, 6
Roland, Martin, 12
Romano, Patrick, 26
Roohan, Patrick, 24
Rosenbaum, Sara, 10, 26
Rosenthal, Meredith, 18, 23
Ross, Joseph, 10
Rowland, Diane, 10, 22
Rubin, Haya, 11
Ruger, Jennifer, 5
Rundall, Thomas, 4, 6, 22
Russell, Louise, 14, 21
Ryan, Kevin, 21
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Safford, Monika, 25
Safran, Dana Gelb, 17, 26
Saha, Somnath, 13
Salganicoff, Alina, 17
Salsberg, Edward, 10
Samnaliev, Mihail, 5
Saunders, William, 15, 22
Savitz, Lucy, 26
Scanlon, William, 18, 21
Schlesinger, Mark, 7
Schneider, Eric, 20
Schneider, Karen, 19
Schneiter, Ellen, 6
Schoenbaum, Michael, 13
Schoenbaum, Stephen, 17, 25
Scholle, Sarah Hudson, 14
Schraeder, Cheryl, 8
Scutchfield, F. Douglas, 4
Selby, Joe, 20
Selden, Catherine, 2
Sentell, Tetine, 21
Sequist, Thomas, 14, 16
Shang, Baoping, 16
Sharp, Virginia, 7
Shaw, Judith, 15
Shea, Dennis, 24
Sheiman, Igor, 12
Shekelle, Paul, 10
Shen, YuChu, 12
Sheppard, Vanessa, 5
Shin, Jaeun, 17
Shone, Laura, 5
Shore, Karen, 25
Shortell, Stephen, 21, 22
Shutske, John, 2
Sickler, Donna, 3
Siegel, Bruce, 22
SimoniWastila, Linda, 24
Simpson, Lisa, 8, 15
Smalarz, Amy, 4
Smith, Jeanene A., 18
Smith, Jeffrey, 12
Smith, Maureen, 14
Smith, Tina, 14
Snyder, Claire, 24
Sochalski, Julie, 12, 25
Sofaer, Shoshanna, 20, 23, 26
Song, Paula, 20
Spencer, Harrison, 4
Spengler, Robert, 17
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Spetz, Joanne, 4
Spillman, Brenda, 21
Sprivulis, Peter, 4
Stange, Kurt, 8
Starfield, Barbara, 5
Stearns, Sally, 23
Stevens, Beth, 20
Stocks, Carol, 4
Stone, Robyn, 3
Strikas, Raymond, 17
Stuart, Bruce C., 24
Sullivan, Terrence, 20
Summer, Laura, 15
Vandenberg, Patricia, 18
Solberg, Leif, 8
Solomon, Matthew, 11
Sommers, Anna, 5
Sommers, Benjamin, 5
Song, David, 12
Tollen, Laura, 21
Trail, Mark, 13
Trivedi, Amal, 16
Tsilimingras, Dennis, 3
Turbyville, Sally, 5
Van Deusen Lukas, Carol, 4
Wiltshire, Jacqueline, 24
Wise, Paul, 2
Wolf, Douglas A., 21
Vistnes, Jessica, 8
Volpp, Kevin, 25
Wong, Lok, 24, 25
Woodbury, Vondie, 6
Wrobel, Marian, 8
Wu, Helen, 21
Wu, ShinYi, 8
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Wait, Suzanne, 15
Waldo, Daniel, 8, 22
Wallace, Neal, 10
Walshe, Kieran, 13, 22
Wang, Junling, 5
Wang, Margaret, 23
Warner, Grace, 13
TaiSeale, Ming, 14
Taylor, Erin Fries, 2, 13
Weeks, William, 18
Weil, Alan, 15, 18
Weinberger, Morris, 7
Yano, Elizabeth, 13, 18
Yawn, Barbara, 14
Yee, Albert, 17
Young, Alexander, 15, 23
Young, Gary, 12, 18
Young, Scott, 19
Yu, Hao, 2
Yu, Jennifer, 9
Yu, Stella, 10
Taylor, Kima, 22
TenHave, Tom, 8
Tetroe, Jacqueline, 13, 26
Thompson, Joseph, 12
Tilson, Hugh, 2
Vanlandingham, Benjamin, 25
Vanness, David, 14
Weinick, Robin, 9
Weissman, Joel, 4, 17
Wells, Kenneth, 13
Wells, Nora, 7, 12
White, Alan, 15
White, Chapin, 6
Whitlock, Terry, 22
Wilkinson, Anne, 23
Wilkinson, Lindsay, 20
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Zambrana, Ruth, 17
Zapert, Kinga, 20
Zaslavsky, Alan, 9
Zazzali, James, 24
Zhao, Mei, 4
Zubritsky, Cynthia, 25
Zuckerman, Stephen, 10
Williams, Sunyna, 8
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