Research Area: Acute and Chronic Health Care

Publications by Topics

Topic: Quality & Performance Measures

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Leutz W, Capitman J (2007). Met Needs, Unmet Needs, and Satisfaction among Social HMO Members. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 19 (1): 1-19.

Weinberg DB, Gittell JH, Lusenhop RW, Kautz CM, Wright J (2007). Beyond Our Walls: Impact of Patient and Provider Coordination across the Continuum on Outcomes for Surgical Patients. Health Services Research 42 (1): Part I: 7-24.

Mechanic RE, Baker CD, Lee TH (2006). Solutions for Massachusetts Healthcare: 2006. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Business Roundtable; December.

Mongan J, Mechanic R, Lee T (2006). Transforming U.S. Health Care: Policy Challenges Affecting the Integration and Improvement of Care. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution; December.

Thrivikraman J, Shepard DS, Bail RN, Kagubare J, Kanyange AR (2006). Managing Antiviral Treatment with a National Communications Network in Rwanda: Costs, Enhancements, and Sustainability of TRACnet. Rwanda Medical Journal 65 (1): 15-22.

Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.

Lewis KK (2005). Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality. Issue Brief No. 25. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, and Health Care for All, Citizens Programs Corporation; March 30. No. 25.

Bhalotra S (2004). Book Review: How Healthy Are We? A National Study of Well-Being at Midlife (edited by OG Brim, CD Ryff, RC Kessler). The New England Journal of Medicine 351 (23): 2460-2461.

Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.

Keepnews D, Capitman JA, Rosati RJ (2004). Measuring Patient-Level Clinical Outcomes of Home Health Care. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 36 (1): 79-85.

Mechanic RE (2004). Will Care Management Improve the Value of U.S. Healthcare? Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May 20.

Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.

Capitman J (2003). Effective Coordination of Medical and Supportive Services. Journal of Aging and Health 15 (1): 124-164.

Capitman J (2003). Verve not ERVs for Care Planners - Editorial. The Gerontologist 43 (6): 806-807.

Doonan M, Shactman D, Altman SH (2003). Regional Disparities in Health Spending: Implications for the Private Market and Medicare. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.

Fischer LR, Green CA, Goodman MJ, Brody KK, Aickin M, Wei F, Phelps LW, Leutz W (2003). Community-Based Care and Risk of Nursing Home Placement. Medical Care 41 (12): 1407-1416.

Gurewich D, Prottas J (2003). Lynn Community Access Project: Final Evaluation. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Gurewich D, Seifert B, Prottas J (2003). The Consequences of Medical Debt: Evidence from Three Communities. Waltham, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.

Leutz W, Ford T, Leung M, Mueller M, Nonnenkamp L, Newcomer R (2003). Medicare Managed Care and Frail Elders: Lessons From Social HMOs. Care Management Journals 4 (3): 161-169.

McDonough J, Hager CL (2003). The Health of Greater Boston at the Crossroads: Welcome to the New Millenium. Cambridge, MA: The Press at the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, JFK School of Government, Harvard University.

Rosman BP (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis: Health Care Policy Options. Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 3.

Shactman D, Doonan M, Rosman B (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.

Weinberg DB (2003). Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Access Project (2002). Immigrant Access to Health Benefits: A Resource Manual: Updated. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The National Law Program; January.

Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Calderon-Rosado V, et al. (2002). CMS Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Waltham, MA: Heller School, Brandeis University.

Doonan M (2002). Common Health for the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Trends in the Determinants of Health. Report. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Council, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; April.

Green CA, Capitman J, Leutz W (2002). Expanded Care and Quality of Life Among Elderly Social HMO Members. Journal of Applied Gerontology 21 (3): 333-351.

Leutz W, Capitman J, Ruwe M, Ching VN, Flaherty-Robb M, McKenzie M, Percy P, Lee W (2002). Caregiver Education and Support: Results of a Multi-Site Pilot in an HMO. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 21 (4): 49-72.

Leutz W, Greenlick M, Nonenkamp L, della Penna R (2002). Kaiser Permanente's Manifesto 2005 Demonstration: the Promises and Limits of Devolution. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 14 (3/4): 233-244.

McCarty D, Clancy C (2002). Telehealth: Implications for Social Work Practice. Social Work 47 (2): 153-161.

Bhalotra S, Mutschler P (2001). Primary Prevention for Older Adults: No Longer a Paradox. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (2): 5-22.

Lane SG, Longstreth E, Nixon V (2001). A Community Leader's Guide to Hospital Finance: Evaluating How a Hospital Gets and Spends Its Money. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Leutz W, Capitman J, Green C (2001). A Limited Entitlement for Community Care; How Members Use Services. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (3): 43-64.

Robbins CJ, Bradley EH, Spicer M (2001). Developing Leadership in Healthcare Administration: A Competency Assessment Tool. Journal of Healthcare Management 46 (3): 188-202.

Rosenstein A (2001). Evaluation of the Impact of Asthma Action Plans. Boston, MA: The New England Public Health and Managed Care Collaborative (NEPHMCC).

Rosman BP (2001). The Future of the American Hospital II: The Structure of the Hospital and the Industry - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December.

Access Project (2000). A Selection of Essential Data Sources. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Chilingerian JA (2000). Evaluating Quality Outcomes Against Best Practice: A New Frontier. In: Kimberly JR, Minveille E, eds. The Quality Imperative: Measurement and Management of Quality in Healthcare. London: Imperial College Press, 141-167.

Gittell JH, Fairfield K, Bierbaum B, Head W, Jackson R, Kelly M, Laskin R, Lipson S, Siliski J, Thornhill T, Zuckerman J (2000). Impact of Relational Coordination on Quality of Care, Post-Operative Pain and Functioning, and Length of Stay: A Nine Hospital Study of Surgical Patients. Medical Care 38 (8): 807-819.

McDonough J (2000). Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care. Vol 2. Berkley: University of California Press.

McDonough J (2000). Health Care Jitters: The Current Crisis Is More Manageable than It Seems. Commonwealth: Politics, Ideas, and Civic Life in Massachusetts 5 (3): 7-9.

Seto N, Weiskopf BK (2000). Community Benefits: The Need for Action, an Opportunity for Action and Healthcare Change. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst, The Access Project.

Access Project (1999). Using Data: A Guide for Community Health Activists. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shactman D, eds. (1999). Regulating Managed Care: Theory, Practice, and Future Options. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change.

Bishop CE, Kerwin J, Wallack SS (1999). The Medicare Home Health Benefit: Implications of Recent Payment Changes. Care Management Journals 1 (3): 189-196.

Bishop CE (1999). Where Are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use, 1985 and 1995. Health Affairs 18 (4): 146-55.

Sherry ST, Marlow A (1999). Getting the Lay of the Land on Health: A Guide for Using Interviews to Gather Information. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Socholitzky E, Turnbull N (1999). How Many Uninsured? A Resource Guide for Community-Level Estimates. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Swartz K, Garnick DW (1999). Can Adverse Selection be Avoided in a Market for Individual Health Insurance? Medical Care Research and Review 56 (3): 373-388.

Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Trisolini M (1999). Applying Disease Management Strategies to Medicare. Milbank Quarterly 77 (4): 461-484.

Yee DL, Capitman JA, Leutz W, Sciegaj M (1999). Resident Centered Care in Assisted Living Programs. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (3): 7-26.

Beatrice DF, Thomas CP, Biles B (1998). Grant-making with an Impact: The Commonwealth Fund Patient-Centered Care Program. Health Affairs 17 (1): 236-244.

Glavin MPV, Chilingerian JA (1998). Hospital Care Production and Medical Errors: Organizational Responses to Improve Care. Current Topics in Management. Vol 3. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 193-215.

Schulman S, Brunton S, Shepard DS, Jacobs RP, Gerstenblith G, Wilson M, Wagner SL (1998). The Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) Study: Implications for Hypertension Management and the J-Shape Curve. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12): S733-S740.

Shactman D (1998). The Role of Regulation in a Market Oriented Health Care System. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Fifth Princeton Conference; July 30.

Shepard DS (1998). Book Review: Managing Medicines: Public Policy and Therapeutic Drugs ( P Davis). International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10 (2): 169.

Shepard DS, Hodgkin D, Wilson M, Messerli FH, Jacobs RP, Brunton S, Wagner SL (1998). Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Treatment of Hypertension. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12 (Supplement)): S765-S770.

Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1997). An Interim Solution for Medicare Home Health Payment - Response. Health Affairs 16 (2): 262-263.

Brown R, Phillips B, Bishop CE, Thornton C, Ritter G, Klein A, Schochet P, Skwara KC (1997). The Effects of Predetermined Payment Rates for Medicare Home Health Care. Health Services Research 32 (4): 397-414.

Capitman J, Abrahams R, Ritter G (1997). Measuring the Adequacy of Home Care for Frail Elders. The Gerontologist 37 (3): 303-313.

Claxton G, Feder J, Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Public Policy Issues in Nonprofit Conversions: An Overview. Health Affairs 16 (2): 9-28.

Leutz W, Sciegaj M, Capitman J (1997). Client-Centered Case Management: A Survey of State Programs. Journal of Case Management 6 (1): 18-23.

Yee DL (1997). Can Long-Term Care Assessments Be Culturally Responsive? Generations XXI (1): 25-29.

Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.

Garnick DW, Hendricks AM, Comstock CB, Pryor DB (1996). A Guide to Using Administrative Data for Medical Effectiveness Research. The Journal of Outcomes Management 3 (1): 18-23.

Hodgkin D (1996). Specialized Service Offerings and Patients' Choice of Hospital: The Case of Cardiac Catheterization. Journal of Health Economics 15 (3): 305-322.

Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Conversion of Hospitals From Not-for-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.

Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Garnick DW, Chilingerian JA (1996). Physician Profiling in Group Practices. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 19 (4): 28-39.

Wallack SS, Levine HJ (1996). Managed Care for People with Disabilites: Caring for Those with the Greatest Need. Section I: Overview. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 351-361.

Wastila LJ, Bishop CE (1996). The Influence of Multiple Copy Prescription Programs on Analgesic Utilization. Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain and Symptom Control 4 (3).

Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M (1996). A Consumer Centered Framework for Assessing Assisted Living Effectiveness. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.

Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M, Leutz W, Prottas J (1996). A Consumer's Guide: Finding the Assisted Living Program for You. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.

Yee DL, Capitman J (1996). Health Care Access, Health Promotion, and Older Women of Color. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 7 (3): 252-272.

Topic: Access

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Leutz W, Capitman J (2007). Met Needs, Unmet Needs, and Satisfaction among Social HMO Members. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 19 (1): 1-19.

Altman SH, Doonan M (2006). Can Massachusetts Lead the Way in Health Care Reform? New England Journal of Medicine 354 (20): 2093-2095.

Mechanic RE, Quigly K, Seifert R, Turnbull N (2005). MassHealth: It's Good for Business: Ten Facts the Employer Community Should Know About the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute; June.

Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Martin TC (2005). How Do Seniors Use Their Prescription Drug Discount Cards? Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W5-180-190.

Bhalotra S (2004). Book Review: Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor (by P Farmer). Psychiatric Services 55 (8): 950.

Jacobs EA, Shepard DS, Suaya JA, Stone EL (2004). Overcoming Language Barriers in Health Care: Costs and Benefits of Interpreter Services. American Journal of Public Health 94 (5): 866-869.

Gurewich D, Prottas J, Leutz W (2003). The Effect of Hospital Ownership Conversions on Nonacute Care Providers. Milbank Quarterly 81 (4): 543-565.

Leutz W, Ford T, Leung M, Mueller M, Nonnenkamp L, Newcomer R (2003). Medicare Managed Care and Frail Elders: Lessons From Social HMOs. Care Management Journals 4 (3): 161-169.

Shactman D, Altman SH, Eilat E, Thorpe KE, Doonan M (2003). The Outlook for Hospital Spending. Health Affairs 22 (6): 12-26.

Access Project (2002). What a Difference an Interpreter Can Make: Health Care Experiences of Uninsured with Limited English Proficiency. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Altman SH, Shactman D, eds. (2002). Policies for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Calderon-Rosado V, et al. (2002). CMS Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Waltham, MA: Heller School, Brandeis University.

McCarty D, Clancy C (2002). Telehealth: Implications for Social Work Practice. Social Work 47 (2): 153-161.

Pryor C (2002). Health Care Access Issues in Palm Beach County. Boston, MA: The Access Project for the Quantum Foundation.

Shactman D (2002). Utilization and Overcrowding of Hospital Emergency Departments. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January 22.

Bhalotra S, Mutschler P (2001). Primary Prevention for Older Adults: No Longer a Paradox. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (2): 5-22.

Davis AC, Hager CL (2001). Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Opportunities and Challenges for the Commonwealth. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February. Issue Brief No. 11.

Leutz W, Capitman J, Green C (2001). A Limited Entitlement for Community Care; How Members Use Services. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (3): 43-64.

Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Illinois). Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to New Jersey). Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The New Jersey Immigration Policy Network.

Shepard DS (2001). The Employer's Perspective - Editorial. American Journal of Managed Care 7 (1): 85-86.

The Texas Health Access Project (2001). Random Access: Holes in the Health Care Safety Net: Reports from the Communities. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The Texas Health Access Project; March.

Access Project (2000). Developing a Community-Based Response to Healthcare Issues: A Framework for Planning and Action. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst, The Access Project.

Access Project (2000). Fact Sheet: Defending Community Benefits in a Changing Healthcare World. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Access Project (2000). Fact Sheet: Using Risk Factors to Assess Health Care Access in a Community. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Access Project (2000). The Marion and Polk Counties Health Access Monitoring Project: A Report on Health Access for the Underserved Populations of Marion and Polk Counties. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The Oregon Health Action Campaign.

Altman SH, Doonan M, Hager C, McDonough JE, Rosman B, Shactman D, Kane N, Turnbull N (2000). An Analysis of Initiative Petition 99-4, "An Act to Protect the Rights of Patients and to Promote Access to Quality Health Care for All Residents of the Commonwealth" Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; April. No. 8.

McDonough J (2000). Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care. Vol 2. Berkley: University of California Press.

McDonough J (2000). Health Care Jitters: The Current Crisis Is More Manageable than It Seems. Commonwealth: Politics, Ideas, and Civic Life in Massachusetts 5 (3): 7-9.

Moran T (2000). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Massachusetts). Boston, MA: Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. The Access Project.

Pryor C (2000). Lives at Risk: Nearly Half Million Without Health Insurance in Miami-Dade County. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Shactman D, Altman SH (2000). The United States Confronts the Policy Dilemmas of an Aging Society. Health Affairs 19 (3): 252-258.

Bishop CE, Kerwin J, Wallack SS (1999). The Medicare Home Health Benefit: Implications of Recent Payment Changes. Care Management Journals 1 (3): 189-196.

Bishop CE (1999). Where Are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use, 1985 and 1995. Health Affairs 18 (4): 146-55.

Capitman J, Prottas J (1999). Action Where it Counts: Communities Responding to the Challenge of Health Care for the Uninsured. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Garnick DW, Swartz K (1999). Meeting Information Needs: Lessons Learned from New Jersey's Individual Health Insurance Reform Program. Medical Care Research and Review 56 (4): 456-470.

Leutz W (1999). Five Laws for Integrating Acute and Long-term Care. Milbank Quarterly 77 (1): 77-110.

McCarty D, Levine HJ (1999). Needs of People with Chronic and Disabling Conditions. In: Lillie-Blanton M, Martinez RM, Lyons B, Rowland D, eds. Access to Health Care: Promises and Prospects for Low Income Americans. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 61-71.

McDonough J (1999). Healthcare Policy: The Basics. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

McDonough J (1999). La Politica Del Cuidado de la Salud en Los Estados Unidos: Informacion Basica. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Meredith JC, Dunham CM (1999). Real Clout. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Seifert R, Turnbull N (1999). An Advocate's Guide to the Private Health Insurance Market. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Sherry ST, Marlow A (1999). Getting the Lay of the Land on Health: A Guide for Using Interviews to Gather Information. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Siefert R, Sokol K (1999). The Uninsured in Illinois and Chicago: Close to 2 Million Face Barriers to Heatlh Care. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Socholitzky E, Turnbull N (1999). How Many Uninsured? A Resource Guide for Community-Level Estimates. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Standley A, Prottas J (1999). Ecu-Health Care: An Ecumenically Sponsored Medical Program in North Adams, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

Swartz K, Garnick DW (1999). Hidden Assets: Health Insurance Reform in New Jersey. Health Affairs 18 (4): 180-187.

Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Trisolini M (1999). Applying Disease Management Strategies to Medicare. Milbank Quarterly 77 (4): 461-484.

Bishop CE, Visconti M (1998). Impact of Expedited Review under Certificate of Need for Home Health Services: Final Report to the State of New Jersey. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.

Fischer LR, Leutz W, von Sternbert TL, Ripley J (1998). The Closing of a Social HMO: A Case Study. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (1): 57-75.

Khandker RK, Simoni-Wastila LJ (1998). Differences in Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures between Blacks and Whites in the Georgia Medicaid Population. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 35 (1): 78-87.

Shactman D (1998). Health Insurance for the Near Elderly. Testimony before the Labor and Human Resources Committee, United States Senate. June 25.

Shactman D, Altman SH (1998). The Impact of Hospital Conversions on the Healthcare Safety Net. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 189-206.

Shepard DS (1998). Book Review: Managing Medicines: Public Policy and Therapeutic Drugs ( P Davis). International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10 (2): 169.

Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Skwara KC (1998). The Road Ahead for Medicare Managed Care: Addressing the Needs of the Chronically Ill. Journal of Long-Term Home Health Care 17 (2): 11-20.

Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. (1997). The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1997). An Interim Solution for Medicare Home Health Payment - Response. Health Affairs 16 (2): 262-263.

Claxton G, Feder J, Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Public Policy Issues in Nonprofit Conversions: An Overview. Health Affairs 16 (2): 9-28.

Leutz W, Sciegaj M, Capitman J (1997). Client-Centered Case Management: A Survey of State Programs. Journal of Case Management 6 (1): 18-23.

Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.

Altman SH, Reinhardt UE (1996). Where Does Health Care Reform Go from Here? An Unchartered Odyssey. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Heatlh Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, xxi-xxxii.

Bishop CE, Altman SH, Shactman D (1996). Effects on Employment of a Deceleration in Health Spending. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Council on the Economic Impact of Health Care Reform.

Yee DL, Capitman J (1996). Health Care Access, Health Promotion, and Older Women of Color. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 7 (3): 252-272.

Topic: Clinical Guidelines

Citation

Glavin MPV, Chilingerian JA (1998). Hospital Care Production and Medical Errors: Organizational Responses to Improve Care. Current Topics in Management. Vol 3. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 193-215.

Shepard DS (1998). Book Review: Managing Medicines: Public Policy and Therapeutic Drugs ( P Davis). International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10 (2): 169.

Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.

Topic: Outcomes

Citation

Leutz W, Capitman J (2007). Met Needs, Unmet Needs, and Satisfaction among Social HMO Members. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 19 (1): 1-19.

Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Martin TC (2005). How Do Seniors Use Their Prescription Drug Discount Cards? Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W5-180-190.

Jacobs EA, Shepard DS, Suaya JA, Stone EL (2004). Overcoming Language Barriers in Health Care: Costs and Benefits of Interpreter Services. American Journal of Public Health 94 (5): 866-869.

Fischer LR, Leutz W, von Sternbert TL, Ripley J (1998). The Closing of a Social HMO: A Case Study. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (1): 57-75.

Shepard DS (1998). Book Review: Managing Medicines: Public Policy and Therapeutic Drugs ( P Davis). International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10 (2): 169.

Capitman J, Abrahams R, Ritter G (1997). Measuring the Adequacy of Home Care for Frail Elders. The Gerontologist 37 (3): 303-313.

Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.

Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1996). The Home Health Visit: an Appropriate Unit for Medicare Payment? Health Affairs 15 (4): 145-55.

Research Area: Behavioral Health

Publications by Topics

Topic: Quality & Performance Measures

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Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Chalk M (2006). Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services. Alcohol Research and Health 29 (1): 19-26.

Hall W, Doran C, Degenhardt L, Shepard DS (2006). Illicit Opiate Abuse. In: Jamison D, et al., eds. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd Edition ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 907-932.

Lee MT, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Cavanaugh DA (2006). Constructing Adolescent Substance Abuse Performance Measures Using Administrative Data. Journal of Healthcare Quality 28 (3): 42-48, 59.

Daley M, Shepard DS, Bury-Maynard D (2005). Changes in Quality of Life for Pregnant Women in Substance User Treatment: Developing a Quality of Life Index for the Addictions. Substance Use & Misuse 40 (3): 375-94.

Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.

Horgan CM, Garnick DW (2005). The Quality of Care for Adults with Mental and Addictive Disorders: Issues in Performance Measurement. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University; January 10.

Krenzke T, Mohadjer L, Ritter G, Gadzuk A (2005). The Incentive Effects on Self-Report of Drug Use and Other Measures of Response Quality in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 30 (2-3): 191-217.

McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Morgenstern J, Forman RF, Pettinati HM (2005). Do Patient Characteristics and Initial Progress in Treatment Moderate the Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Substance Use Disorders? Addiction 100 (2): 216-226.

McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Pettinati HM (2005). The Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Alcohol and Cocaine Dependence: 24-Month Outcomes. Archives of General Psychiatry 62 (2): 199-207.

Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2005). Managed Care Organizations' Use of Treatment Management Strategies for Outpatient Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 33 (1): 104-114.

Ritter G, Reif S, Gadzuk A, Krenzke T, Mohadjer L, Lee MT, Horgan CM (2005). Incentive Effects on Cooperation Rates and Sample Composition in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 30 (2-3): 171-189.

Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.

Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.

Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.

Shevitz AH, Wilson IB, McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS, Gorbach SL (2005). A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38 (4): 399-406.

Bhalotra S (2004). Book Review: How Healthy Are We? A National Study of Well-Being at Midlife (edited by OG Brim, CD Ryff, RC Kessler). The New England Journal of Medicine 351 (23): 2460-2461.

Brolin M, Seaver C, Nalty D (2004). Performance Management: Improving State Systems through Information-Based Decisionmaking. Rockville MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DHHS Publication No. 05-3983.

Daley M, Love CT, Shepard DS, Peterson CB, White KT, Hall F (2004). Cost-Effectiveness of Connecticut's In-Prison Substance Abuse Treatment. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 39 (3): 69-92.

Lee MT, Garnick DW, Miller K, Horgan CM (2004). Adolescents with Substance Abuse: Are Health Plans Missing Them? Psychiatric Services 55 (2): 116.

Simoni-Wastila L, Ross-Degnan D, Mah C, Gao XM, Brown J, Cosler LE, Fanning T, Gallagher P, Salzman C, Soumerai SB (2004). A Retrospective Data Analysis of the Impact of the New York Triplicate Prescription Program on Benzodiazepine Use in Medicaid Patients with Chronic Psychiatric and Neurologic Disorders. Clinical Therapeutics 26 (2): 322-336.

Tompkins CP, Perloff J (2004). Using Information to Guide Managed Behavioral Health Care. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research 31 (1): 98-110.

Ettner SL, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Liu H (2003). How Did the Introduction of Managed Care for the Uninsured in Iowa Affect the Use of Substance Abuse Services? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 26-40.

Gastfriend DR, Reif S, Baker SL, Najavits LM (2003). Assessment (2003). In: Graham AW, Schultz TK, Mayo-Smith MF, Ries RK, Wilford BB, eds. Principles of Addiction Medicine. 3rd ed. Chevy Chase, MD: American Society of Addiction Medicine, 373-382.

Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL (2003). Cost Sharing for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Plans. Medical Care Research and Review 60 (1): 101-116.

Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Cenczyk R, Lusenhop RW, Bhalotra S (2003). The Provision of Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DHHS Publication Number (SMA) 03-3797.

Krevor BS, Capitman J, Oblak L, Cannon JB, Ruwe M (2003). Preventing Illegal Tobacco and Alcohol Sales to Minors through Electronic Age-Verification Devices: a Field Effectiveness Study. Journal of Public Health Policy 24 (3-4): 251-268.

McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Argeriou M (2003). State Substance Abuse and Mental Health Managed Care Evaluation Program. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 7-17.

McCarty D, Argeriou M (2003). The Iowa Managed Substance Abuse Care Plan: Access, Utilization, and Expenditures for Medicaid Recipients. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 18-25.

Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Keck K, Cenczyk R (2003). The EAP/behavioral Health Carve-Out Connection. Employee Assistance Quarterly 18 (3): 1-14.

Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Reif S, Cavanaugh DA (2003). Effect of a Managed Care Carve Out on Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts: the Providers' Perspective. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 21 (1): 63-78.

Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Leung M, Sousa D (2002). Evaluation of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 8. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 30 (2): 141-157.

Garnick DW, Lee MT, Chalk M, Gastfriend DR, Horgan CM, McCorry F, McLellan AT, Merrick EL (2002). Establishing the Feasibility of Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drugs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 23 (4): 375-385.

Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Faulkner D, Bryson S (2002). Managed Care Plans' Requirements for Screening for Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Problems in Primary Care. American Journal of Managed Care 8 (10): 879-888.

Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Horgan CM (2002). Selecting Data Sources for Substance Abuse Services Research. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 22 (1): 11-22.

Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL (2002). Quality Standards and Incentives in Managed Care Organizations' Specialty Contracts for Behavioral Health. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 5 (2): 61-69.

Krevor BS, Lieberman A, Gerlack K (2002). Application of Consumer Protection Authority in Preventing Tobacco Sales to Minors. Tobacco Control 11: 109-111.

Krevor BS (2002). Preventing Illegal Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Sales to Minors through Electronic Age Verification Devices: A Field Effectiveness Study. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for the Miller Brewing Company; January.

Magura S, Horgan CM, Mertens JR, Shepard DS (2002). Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.

Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin D (2002). Quality Measurement and Accountability for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Medical Care 40 (12): 1238-1248.

Shepard DS, Daley M, Ritter G, Hodgkin D, Beinecke RH (2002). Managed Care and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 5 (4): 163-174.

Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Tetreault J, Hodgkin D, Marckres J (2001). Substance Abuse Providers' Assessment of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 6. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 28 (6): 443-457.

Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin, D, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Ritter G, Skwara K (2001). Risk Transfer and Accountability in Managed Care Organizations Carve-out Contracts. Psychiatric Services 52 (11): 1502-1509.

Hilton ME, Maisto SA, Conigliaro J, McNeil M, Kraemer K, Kelley ME, Conigliaro R, Samet JH, Larson MJ, Savetsky J, Winter M, Sullivan LM, Saitz R, Weisner C, Mertens J, Parthasarathy S, Moore C, Hunkler E, Hu TW, Selby J, Stout RL, Zywiak W, Rubin A, Zwick W, Shepard DS (2001). Improving Alcoholism Treatment Across the Spectrum of Services. Vol 25. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Huskamp HA, Garnick DW, Hanson KW, Horgan CM (2001). The Impact of Withdrawals by Medicaid Managed Care Plans on Behavioral Health Services. Psychiatric Services 52 (5): 600-602.

Kreiner P, Soldz S, Berger M, Elliott E, Reynes J, Williams C, Rodriguez-Howard M (2001). Social Indicator-Based Measures of Substance Abuse Consequences, Risk, and Protection at the Town Level. Journal of Primary Prevention 22 (3): 339-365.

McCarty D, Argeriou M, Denmead G, Dilonardo J (2001). Public Sector Managed Care for Substance Abuse Treatment: Opportunities for Health Services Research. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 28 (2): 143-154.

Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (2001). Benefits in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans of Fortune 500 Firms. Psychiatric Services 52 (7): 943-948.

Sciegaj M, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Urato M, Hodgkin D (2001). Employee Assistance Programs among Fortune 500 firms. Employee Assistance Quarterly 16 (3): 25-35.

Shepard DS, Daley M, Ritter G, Hodgkin D, Beinecke RH (2001). Effects of a Statewide Carve-Out on Spending and Access to Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts, 1992 -1996. Health Services Research 36 (6): Part II: 32-44.

Bray RM, Marsden ME (2000). Trends in Substance Use Among US Military Personnel: The Impact of Changing Demographic Composition. Substance Use & Misuse 35 (6-8): 949-969.

Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Goldin D (2000). Why Carve Out? Determinants of Behavioral Health Contracting Choice Among Large US Employers. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 27 (2): 178-193.

Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M, Goldin D (2000). Structuring Behavioral Health Care: Carved Out or Integrated? Compensation and Benefits Management 16 (4): 39-46.

McCarty D (2000). Between Despair and Hope: Health Services Research on Treatment of Alcohol Abuse. Addiction 95 (Supplement 3): S439-S447.

McCorry F, Garnick DW, Bartlett J, Cotter F, Chalk M (2000). Developing Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services in Managed Care Plans. Journal on Quality Improvement 26 (11): 633-643.

McCorry F, Garnick DW, Bartlett J, Cotter F, Chalk M (2000). Improving Performace Measurement of Alcohol and Other Drug Services: Report of the Washington Circle Group. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; March.

Schmidt L, McCarty D (2000). Welfare Reform and the Changing Landscape of Substance Abuse Services for Low-Income Women. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 24 (8): 1298-1311.

Garnick DW, McCorry F, Chalk M, Cotter F (1999). Improving Performance Measurement by Managed Care Plans for Substance Abuse: Year 1 Report of the Washington Circle Group: Executive Summary. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 16.

Horgan CM, Hodgkin D (1999). Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Among Low-Income Populations. In: Lillie-Blanton M, Martinez RM, Lyons B, Rowland D, eds. Access to Health Care: Promises and Prospects for Low-Income Americans. Washington, DC: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 73-95.

Levine HJ, Soldz S, Cramer I, Williams C (1999). The Massachusetts Treatment Outcomes and Performance Pilot Study (TOPPS 1): Final Report. Waltham, MA: Schneider Insititute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.

McCarty D, Frank RG, Denmead GC (1999). Methadone Maintenance and State Medicaid Managed Care Programs. Milbank Quarterly 77 (3): 341-362.

McKay JR, Alterman AI, Cacciola JS, O'Brien CP, Koppenhaver JM, Shepard DS (1999). Continuing Care for Cocaine Dependence: Comprehensive 2-year Outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 67 (3): 420-427.

Merrick EL (1999). Effects of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out on Inpatient-Related Quality Indicators for Major Depression Treatment. Medical Care 37 (10): 1023-1033.

Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (1999). Use of Performance Standards in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Contracts among Fortune 500 firms. American Journal of Managed Care 5: SP81-SP90.

Shepard DS, Larson MJ, Hoffmann NG (1999). Cost-Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Services: Implications for Public Policy. Psychiatric Clinics of North America 22 (2): 385-400.

Weisner C, McCarty D, Schmidt L (1999). New Directions in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Under Managed Care. American Journal of Managed Care 5 (special issue): SP57-SP69.

Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Larson MJ, Cavanaugh D (1998). Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Managed Care: the Massachusetts Medicaid Experience. In: Schamess G, Lightburn A, eds. Humane Managed Care. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press, 134-144..

Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D (1998). Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women: A Window of Opportunity? Addictive Behaviors 23 (2): 239-249.

Fishbein R, McCarty D (1998). Quality Improvement for Publicly Funded Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Gibelman M, Demone HW, eds. The Privatization of Human Services: Case Studies in the Purchase of Services. Vol 2. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 39-57.

McCarty D, McGuire TG, Harwood HJ, Field T (1998). Using State Information Systems for Drug Abuse Services Research. American Behavioral Scientist 41 (8): 1090-1106.

Merrick EL (1998). Treatment of Major Depression before and after Implementation of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plan. Psychiatric Services 49 (12): 1563-1567.

Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Goodman M, Rivera M (1997). Assessment of the Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Program: Year Three. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (3): 205-220.

Edmunds M, Frank RG, Hogan M, McCarty D, Robinson-Beale R, Weisner C, eds. (1997). Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health. Committee on Quality Assurance and Accreditation Guidelines for Managed Behavioral Health Care, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Divison of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ed. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW (1997). Make or Buy: HMOs' Contracting Arrangements for Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (4): 359-376.

Larson MJ, Shepard DS, Zwick W, Stout RL (1997). Validity of Health Care Reporting Systems. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 21 (3): 36A.

Beinecke RH, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Cavanaugh DA, Larson MJ (1996). The Massachusetts Mental Health Substance Abuse Managed Care Program: The Providers' View. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23 (5): 379-391.

Topic: Access

Citation

Hodgkin D, Merrick E, Horgan CM, Garnick D, McLaughlin T (2007). Does Type of Gatekeeping Model Affect Access to Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services? Health Services Research 42 (1): Part I: 104-123.

Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick D, Merrick E, Volpe-Vartanian J (2007). Management of Access to Branded Psychotropic Medications in Private Health Plans. Clinical Therapeutics 29 (2): 371-380.

Horgan CM, Merrick E, Reif S, Stewart M (2007). Data Points: Internet-based Behavioral Health Services in Health Plans. Psychiatric Services 58 (3): 307.

Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Chalk M (2006). Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services. Alcohol Research and Health 29 (1): 19-26.

Pfefferle SG, Gittell JH, Hodgkin D, Ritter G (2006). Pediatrician Coordination of Care for Children with Mental Illnesses. Medical Care 44 (12): 1085-1091.

Brolin M, Horgan CM, Amaro H, Doonan M (2005). Substance Abuse Treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Gaps, Consequences and Solutions. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; November.

Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.

Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.

Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2002). Alcohol and Drug Services under Managed Care: Getting into Specialty Treatment. [In: Magura, S, Horgan, CM, Mertens, JR, Shepard, DS, eds. Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Special Issue]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.

Magura S, Horgan CM, Mertens JR, Shepard DS (2002). Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.

Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2001). The Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment Modality on Birth Weight and Health Care Expenditures. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33 (1): 57-66.

Huskamp HA, Garnick DW, Hanson KW, Horgan CM (2001). The Impact of Withdrawals by Medicaid Managed Care Plans on Behavioral Health Services. Psychiatric Services 52 (5): 600-602.

Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Horgan CM (2001). Access to Services in the Substance Abuse Treatment System: Variations by Facility Characteristics. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 137-156.

Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (2001). Benefits in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans of Fortune 500 Firms. Psychiatric Services 52 (7): 943-948.

Sciegaj M, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Urato M, Hodgkin D (2001). Employee Assistance Programs among Fortune 500 firms. Employee Assistance Quarterly 16 (3): 25-35.

McCarty D, Frank RG, Denmead GC (1999). Methadone Maintenance and State Medicaid Managed Care Programs. Milbank Quarterly 77 (3): 341-362.

Shonkoff J, Lippitt J, Cavanaugh DA (1999). Early Childhood Policy: Implications for Infant Mental Health. In: Zeanah CH, ed. Handbook of Infant Mental Heatlh. Second ed. New York, NY: Guilford Publications, Inc., Section VI, Chapter 33.

Weisner C, McCarty D, Schmidt L (1999). New Directions in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Under Managed Care. American Journal of Managed Care 5 (special issue): SP57-SP69.

Horgan CM (1996). Need and Access to Drug-Abuse Treatment. In: Egertson JA, Fox DM, Leshner AI, eds. Treating Drug Abusers Effectively. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 75-98.

Topic: Clinical Guidelines

Citation

Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Chalk M (2006). Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services. Alcohol Research and Health 29 (1): 19-26.

Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.

Topic: Outcomes

Citation

Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Chalk M (2006). Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services. Alcohol Research and Health 29 (1): 19-26.

Shepard DS, Calabro JAB, Love CT, McKay JR, Tetreault J, Yeom HS (2006). Counselor Incentives to Improve Client Retention in an Outpatient Substance Abuse Aftercare Program. Administration and Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research 33 (6): 629-635.

Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.

Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.

Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D (1998). Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women: A Window of Opportunity? Addictive Behaviors 23 (2): 239-249.

McCarty D, McGuire TG, Harwood HJ, Field T (1998). Using State Information Systems for Drug Abuse Services Research. American Behavioral Scientist 41 (8): 1090-1106.

Merrick EL (1998). Treatment of Major Depression before and after Implementation of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plan. Psychiatric Services 49 (12): 1563-1567.

Research Area: International Health

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Topic: Quality & Performance Measures

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Kaufman JA, Zhang EL, Xie ZM (2006). Quality of Care in China: Scaling Up a Pilot Project into a National Reform Program. Studies in Family Planning 37 (1): 17-28.

Shepard DS (2001). Public-Private Collaborations in Health Care: Lessons from India. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 13 (4): 277-278.

Garg CG, Nandakumar AK, Berman P (1998). Equity in Financing and Utilization of Health Care in India. Boston, MA: Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Funded by the United States Agency for International Development.

Nandakumar AK, El-Adawy M, Cohen M (1998). Perception of Health Status and Limitations in Activities of Daily Living among the Egyptian Elderly. Boston, MA: Harvard School of Public Health, Funded by the United States Agency for International Development; December.

Rannan-Eliya RP, Blanco-Vidal C, Nandakumar AK (1998). The Distribution of Health Care Resources in Egypt: Implications for Equity: An Analysis Using a National Health Accounts Framework. Boston, MA: Harvard School of Public Health, Funded by the United States Agency for International Development,.

Shepard DS, Anthony YE, McNaught A, Davis K (1998). Evaluation of Health Sector Initiatives Program. Kingston, Jamaica: Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; September 21.

Mohammed F, Ali M, Abd El Gel K, Safwat H, Ismail S, Nabel AG, Sadek HA, (Alexandria Team), Omar A, Helmy S, Serry M, El Serag I, Sadek AR, Eid M, (Bani Seuf Team), El Masri B, Gabra N, Afefi I, Ahmed M, Edries H, Nageb N, Hassan G, Ibrahim R, (Suez Team), Fouad S, Ezat E, Yousri M, Sharawy M, Fathy H, Moustafa I, Madkour F, Ismail A, Abdul-Latif A, Soliman H, Farg M, (Department of Planning), Salah H, Walsh JA, Nandakumar AK, (Harvard Team) (1997). Summary Output for 19 Primary Health Care Facilities in Alexandria, Bani Seuf and Suez 1993-94. Boston, MA: Data for Decision Making Project, Harvard School of Public Health..

Hodgkin D (1996). Household Characteristics Affecting Where Mothers Deliver in Rural Kenya. Health Economics 5 (4): 333-340.

Topic: Access

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Kaufman JA, Zhang EL, Xie ZM (2006). Quality of Care in China: Scaling Up a Pilot Project into a National Reform Program. Studies in Family Planning 37 (1): 17-28.

Nandakumar AK, Chawla M, Khan M (2000). Demand for Outpatient Health Care in Egypt: Perception and Reality. World Development 28 (1): 187-196.

Shepard DS, Anthony YE, McNaught A, Davis K (1998). Evaluation of Health Sector Initiatives Program. Kingston, Jamaica: Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; September 21.

Sharon B, Nandakumar AK, Qassim TA (1997). The Yemeni Health Care Consumer. Sana'a, Yemen: World Bank..

Topic: Clinical Guidelines

Citation

Kaufman JA, Zhang EL, Xie ZM (2006). Quality of Care in China: Scaling Up a Pilot Project into a National Reform Program. Studies in Family Planning 37 (1): 17-28.

Topic: Outcomes

Citation

Kaufman JA, Zhang EL, Xie ZM (2006). Quality of Care in China: Scaling Up a Pilot Project into a National Reform Program. Studies in Family Planning 37 (1): 17-28.

Saich T, Kaufman JA (2005). Financial Reform, Poverty, and the Impact on Reproductive Health Provision: Evidence from Three Rural Townships. In: Yasheng H, Saich A, Steinfeld E, eds. Financial Sector Reform in China. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center Publications, 178-203.

Kaufman JA, Fang J (2002). Health Services Privatisation and the Reproductive Health of Rural Chinese Women. Reproductive Health Matters 10 (20): 108-116.

Hodgkin D (1996). Household Characteristics Affecting Where Mothers Deliver in Rural Kenya. Health Economics 5 (4): 333-340.