Health Policy and Management faculty research interests represent all major disciplines relevant to the field. The faculty have published numerous articles and edited journals on a variety of topics, such as aging, financial management, global health, government relations in the health care industry, health disparities, human resource management, managed care, organizational design, and rural health.

2007-2008, Alphabetical by Author (see 2006-2007 here)

Deborah Bender

Bender DE, Santander A, Patino W, and Wasserman MR (2008). Perceptions of quality of reproductive health care services in Bolivia: Use of photo prompts and surveys as an impetus for change. Health Care for Women International, 29(5);1-23.

Nahouraii H, Wasserman MR, Rozier RG, King RS, Bender D (2008). Social Support and Dental Utilization among Children of Latina Immigrants. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 19(2). 428-441; May 17.

Lee JY, Rozier RG, Lee D, Bender D, Ruiz R (2007). Development and Evaluation of An Oral Health Literacy Instrument. J Pub Health Dent, 67(2):124-128.

Sleath B, Blalock, SJ, Cohen MG, Bender D, Michael M, Cerna A. Latino individuals' sources of medication in the United States.  Submitted for publication to Patient Education and Counseling.

Ned Brooks

Hobbs SH, Brooks EF, Wang V (2007). Developing Practitioner Leaders in a Distance Education Doctoral Program: Challenges and Opportunities, Journal of Health Administration Education, 24(3): 283-300.

William R. Carpenter

Gooden K, Howard DL, Carpenter WR, Carson AP, Taylor YJ, Peacock S, Schenck A, Godley PA. (Accepted.) The Effect of Hospital and Physician Volume on Racial Differences in Survival Following Radical Prostatectomy. Medical Care.

Carpenter WR, Weiner BJ, Richardson LC, Lee JW, Peppercorn J, Lewis MA, Whitmire JT, Walden SP, Hinson LO. (Accepted). Beyond claims data: Assessing the problem of access to radiation therapy for low-income women with breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology (Meeting Abstracts).

Carpenter WR, Robinson WR, Godley PA. (2008). Getting over testosterone: Postulating a fresh start for etiologic studies of prostate cancer. JNCI, 100(3):158-9.

Gooden KM, Howard DL, Carpenter WR, Carson AP, Taylor YJ, Peacock S, Howard DL, Schenck A, Godley PA. (2007). The effect of hospital and physician volume on racial differences in disease recurrence following surgery for prostate cancer. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, 48:812-813.

Swanson G, Carpenter WR, Thompson IM, Crawford ED. (2007). "Urologists' attitudes regarding cancer clinical research. Urology, 70(1):19-24.

Cunningham-Sabo L, Carpenter WR, Peterson J, Anderson L, Helfrich C, Davis S. (2007). Utilization of prevention research: Searching for evidence. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 39(1S):S9-20.

Peggye Dilworth-Anderson

Dilworth-Anderson, P, & Boswell G. & Cohen, M. (2007). Spiritual and religious coping values and beliefs among African American caregivers: A qualitative study. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 26, 355-367.

Marisa Domino

March JS, Silva S, Petrycki S, Curry J, Wells K, Fairbanks J, Burns BJ, Domino ME, McNulty S, Vitiello B, Severe J. et al. (2007) The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS): Long-Term Effectiveness and Safety Outcomes. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(10):1132-43.

Domino ME, Stearns SC, Norton EC, Yeh Wei-shi (2008). How Much Should Current Medication Lists Drive Medicare Part D Plan Selection? Medical Care Research and Review, 65(1):114-12

Chung S, Domino ME, Jackson E, Morrissey J (2008). Reliability of Self-reported Health Service Use and its Impact on Economic Evaluations: Evidence from the Women with Co-occurring Disorders, and Violence Study. Journal of Behavioral Health Services Research, Jan 31 [epub ahead of print].

Domino ME, Burns BJ., Mario J, et al., (2008) Service Use and Costs of care for depressed adolescents: Who uses and who pays? Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, forthcoming.

Domino ME, Burns BJ, Silva SG, Kratochvil CJ, Vitiello B, Reinecke MA, Mario J, March JS. The Cost-Effectiveness of Treatments for Adolescent Depression: Results from the TADS Randomized Trial, American Journal of Psychiatry, forthcoming.

Domino, ME, and Swartz, M. Who are the New Users of Antipsychotic Medications? Psychiatric Services, forthcoming.

Domino, ME et al. The Influence of Integration on the Expenditures and Costs of Mental Health and Substance Use Care: Results from the randomized PRISM-E* Study, Ageing International, forthcoming.

Bruce Fried

Fried BJ, and Harris DM (2007).  Global healthcare: Opportunities and risks for healthcare leaders.  Frontiers of Health Services Management, 24 (2):3-18.

Sandra Greene

Greene, SB, Reiter, KL, Kilpatrick, KE, Leatherman, S, Somers, SA, Hamblin, A. Searching for a Business Case for Quality in Medicaid Managed Care. Submitted for publication in Health Care Management Review, March 2008.

Greene, SB (2008). Data and Health Policy: Do We Do Our Best? North Carolina Medical Journal. 69(2):102-107.

Pierson S, Hansen R, Greene SB, Williams C, Akers, R, Jonsson M, and Carey, T (2007). Preventing Medication Errors in Long-Term Care: Results and Evaluation of a Large Scale Web-Based Error Reporting System. Quality and Safety in Health Care; 16:297-302.

Peggy Leatt

Leatt, P. (2008). Parrellel Payers and Preferred Access: How Canada's Workers Compenstation Boards Expedite Care for Injured and Ill Workers Healthcare Papers 8 (3).

Leatt, P. (2008). Primary Healthcare Renewal Healthcare Papers 8 (2).

Leatt, P. (2008). Pandemic Planning Healthcare Papers 8

Leatt, P. (2008). Chronic Disease Management Healthcare Papers 7  (4).

Leatt, P. (2007). Infrostructure and the revitalization of Public Health in Canada [Editorial]. Healthcare Papers 7 (3).

Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee

Weiner BJ, Amick H, and Lee SYD. Conceptualization and measurement of organizational readiness for change: A review of the literature in health services research and other fields. Forthcoming in Medical Care Research and Review.

Masselink L, Lee SYD, and Konrad TR. Relational factors at work and physicians' intentions to leave practice. Forthcoming in Health Care Management Review.

Lee SYD, Alexander JA, Wang V, Magolis FS, and Combes JR. An emprical taxnomy of hospital governing board roles. Forthcoming in Health Services Research.

Cho YI, Lee SYD,  Arozullah AM, and Crittenden KS (2008). Effects of health literacy on health status and health service utilization. Social Science & Medicine, 66:1809-1816.

Arozullah AM, Yarnold PR, Bennett CL, Soltysik RC, Wolf MS, Ferreira MR, Lee SYD, Heckinger E, Costello S, Khan T, Shakir A, and Davis T (2007). Development and validation of a short-form rapid estimate of adult literacy in medicine. Medical Care, 45(11): 1026-1033.

Lee J, Rozier RG, Lee SYD, and Ruiz R (2007). Development and evaluation of an oral health literacy instrument. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 67 (2): 124-128.

Wasserman MR, Bender DE, and Lee SYD (2007). Strategies for increasing utilization of preventive services by Latina women: A review of published intervention studies. Medical Care Research and Review, 64 (1): 4-45.

Joe Morrissey

Chung S, Domino ME, Jackson EW, Morrissey JP (2008). Reliability of self-reported health service Use: Evidence from the Women with Co-occurring Disorders, and Violence Study. Journal of Behavioral Health Services Research (Published online Jan 31). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11414-007-9105-z.

Isett KR, Burnam MA, Coleman-Beattie B, Hyde PS, Morrissey JP, Magnabosco JL, et al (2007). The role of state mental health authorities in managing change for the implementation of evidence-based practices. Community Mental Health J (Published online October 9) . Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-007-9107-6.

Thomas KC, Ellis AR, McLaurin C, Daniels J, Morrissey JP (2007). Access to care for autism-related services. Journal of Autism Developmental Disorders, 37(10):1902-12.

Isett KR, Burnam MA, Coleman-Beattie B, Hyde PS, Morrissey JP, Magnabosco J, et al (2007). The state policy context of implementation issues for evidence-based practices in mental health. Psychiatric Services, 58(7):914-21.

Morrissey JP, Cuddeback GS, Cuellar AE, Steadman HJ (2007). The role of Medicaid enrollment and outpatient service use in jail recidivism among persons with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 58(6):794-801.

Thomas KC, Morrissey JP, McLaurin C (2007). Use of autism-related services by families and children. Journal of Autism Developmental Disorders, 37(5):818-29.

Cusack KJ, Morrissey JP, Ellis AR (2008). Targeting trauma-related interventions and improving outcomes for women with co-occurring disorders. Administrative Policy Mental Health Services Research, 35(3):147-158.

Cuddeback GS, Morrissey JP, Cusack KJ (2008). How many forensic assertive community treatment teams do we need? Psychiatric Services 59(2):205-8.

Edward Norton

Stearns SC, Norton EC, and Yang Z (2007). How age and disability affect long-term care expenditures in the United States. Social Policy and Society, 6(3):367?378.

Wang H, Norton EC, and Rozier RG (2007). Effects of the State Children's Health Insurance Program on Access to Dental Care and Use of Dental Services.  Health Services Research, 42(4):1544-1563.

Wiley-Exley EK, Mielenz TJ, Norton EC, and Callahan LF (2007). Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Musculoskeletal Disorders: Does Medical Skepticism Matter? The Open Rheumatology Journal, 1:5-11.

Epstein JN, Rabiner D, Johnson DE, FitzGerald DP, Chrisman A, Erkanli A, Sullivan KK,  March JS, Margolis P, Norton EC, and Conners CK (2007). Improving attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treatment outcomes through use of a collaborative consultation treatment service by community-based pediatricians: A cluster randomized trial. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 61(9):835-840.

Kwong WJ, and Norton EC (2007). The Effect of Advertising on Pharmaceutical Innovation. Review of Industrial Organziation, 31(3):221?236.

Van Houtven CH, and Norton EC  (2008). Informal care and Medicare expenditures: Testing for heterogeneous treatment effects. Journal of Health Economics, 27(1):134-156.

Domino ME, Stearns SC, E.C. Norton, and W. Yeh. 2008. ôHow much should current medication lists drive Medicare Part D Plan selection?ö Medical Care Research and Review. 65(1):114-126.

Weathers AC, Novak S, Sastry N, and Norton WC (Forthcoming 2008). The effect of parental nativity on disparities in perceived child health and access to care among children of immigrants: findings from the National Survey of America's Families. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.

Weathers AC, Novak, S, Sastry N, and Norton EC (Forthcoming 2008). Parental nativity is an important factor associated with where children usually go for health care. Maternal and Child Health Journal.

Norton EC, and Han E (Forthcoming 2008). Genetic Information, Obesity, and Labor Market Outcomes. Health Economics.

Hanaoka C, and Norton EC (Forthcoming 2008). Informal and formal care for elderly persons: How adult children's characteristics affect the use of formal care in Japan. Social Science & Medicine.

Han E, Norton EC, and Stearns SC (Forthcoming 2008). Do Fat Workers Earn Lean Paychecks? Health Economics.

Norton EC, Dow WH, and Do Y (Forthcoming 2008). Specification tests for the sample selection and two-part models. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology.

George Pink

Rajan S, Pink GH, and Dow WL (Forthcoming 2008). Determinants of International Versus Domestic Charitable Giving, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

McGillis Hall L, Peterson J, Baker GR, Brown AD, Pink GH,  McKillop I, Daniel I and Pedersen C (Forthcoming 2008). Nurse Staffing and System Integration and Change in Acute Care Hospitals: Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard, Journal of Nursing Care Quality.

Pink GH, GM Holmes, RE Thompson, and RT Slifkin. Variations in Financial Performance Among Peer Groups of Critical Access Hospitals, Journal of Rural Health 23(4), Fall 2007, 299-305.

Pink GH, Daniel I, McGillis Hall L and McKillop I (2007). Selection of Key Financial Indicators: A Literature, Panel and Survey Approach, Healthcare Quarterly 10(1):87-96.

Kristin Reiter

Reiter KL, Slifkin R and Holmes M (2008).  The Occupational Mix Adjustment to the Medicare/Hospital Wage Index: Why the rural impact is less than expected. Journal of Rural Health, 24(2): 148-154.

Wheeler JRC, White B, Rauscher S, Nahra TA, Reiter KL, Curtin K and Damberg C (2007). Pay-for-Performance as a Method to Establish the Business Case for Quality.  Journal of Health Care Finance, 33(4):17-30.

Coleman, K, Reiter KL and Fulwiler D (2007).  The Impact of Pay-for-Performance on Diabetes Care in a Large Network of Community Health Centers. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 18(4):966-983.

Reiter, KL, KE Kilpatrick, SB Greene, KN Lohr and S Leatherman.  (2007).  How to Develop a Business Case for Quality.  International Journal for Quality in Health Care.  19(1):50-55.

Thomas Ricketts

Ricketts TC, Goldsmith LJ, Randolph R, Lee R, Taylor DH, Ostermann J (2007). Designating places and populations as medically underserved: A proposal for a new approach. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 18(3):567-589.

Ricketts TC, Randolph R (2007). Urban-Rural Flows of Physicians. Journal of Rural Health, 23(4): 277-285.

Ricketts TC, Holmes GM. (2007). Mortality and physician supply, does region hold the key to the paradox. Health Services Research,  42(5):2233-2250.

Landry MD, Ricketts TC, Verrier MC. (2007) The Precarious Supply of Physical Therapists Across Canada: Exploring National Trends in Health Human Resources (1991 to 2005). Human Resources for Health, 5:23.

Vanasse A, Ricketts TC, Courteau J, Orzanco MG, Randolph R, Asghari S (2007). Long term regional migration patterns of physicians over the course of their active practice careers. Rural and Remote Health, 7:812 (Online).

Thaker S, Pathman D, Mark B, Ricketts T. (2008). Service-linked scholarships, loan and loan-repayment programs for nurses in the southeast. Journal of Professional Nursing, January 2008.

Ricketts TC, Randolph R (2008). The Diffusion of Physicians. Health Affairs, in press.

Gary Rozier

Mathu-Muju KR, Lee JY, Rozier RG, Zeldin LP (2007). Opinions of Early Head Start Staff about the Provision of Preventive Dental Services by Primary Medical Care Providers. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, Dec 7; [Epub ahead of print].

Quinonez R, Talekar-Pahel B, Rozier RG, Stearns SC (2007).  Follow-up Preventive Dental Visits in Medical Offices. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 19; [Epub ahead of print].

Nahouraii H, Wasserman MR, Rozier RG, King RS, Bender D (2008). Social Support and Dental Utilization among Children of Latina Immigrants. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 19(2). 428-441; May 17.

Brickhouse TH, Rozier RG, Slade GD (2008). Effects of Public Insurance on Untreated Tooth Decay in Early Childhood. American Journal of Public Health, 98:878-81.

Rozier RG, Pahel BT (2008). Patient- and Population-reported Outcomes in Public Health Dentistry: Oral Health-related Quality of Life. Dental Clinics of North America, 52:345-65.

Mejia GC, Kaufman JS, Corbie-Smith G, Rozier RG, Caplan DJ, Suchindran CM. A Conceptual Framework for Hispanic Oral Health Care. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2008;68:1-6.

White HR, Lee JY, Rozier RG (2008). The Effects of General Anesthesia Legislation on Operating Room Visits among Pre-school Children Undergoing Dental Treatment. Pediatric Dentistry, 30:70-5.

Griffin SO, Oong E, Kohn W, Vidakovic B, Gooch BF, and CDC (2008). Dental Sealant Systematic Review Work Group: Bader J, Clarkson J, Fontana MR, Meyer DM, Rozier RG, Weintraub JA, Zero DT. The Effectiveness of Sealants in Managing Caries Lesions. Journal of Dental Research, 87:169-74.

Slade GD, Rozier RG, Zeldin L, Margolis PA (2007). Training Pediatric Health Care Providers in Prevention of Dental Decay: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. BMC Health Services Research, 7:176.

Jones M, Lee JY, Rozier RG (2007). Oral Health Literacy among Adult Dental Patients [Cover Feature Article]. Journal of the American Dental Association, 138:1199-1208.

Wang H, Norton EC, Rozier RG (2007). Effects of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) on Access to Dental Care and use of Dental Services. Health Services Research, 42:1544-63.

Sally Stearns

Park J, Stearns SC.  The Effects of State Minimum Staffing Standards on Nursing Home Staffing and Quality of Care.  Health Services Research, Forthcoming.

Konetzka, RT, Stearns SC, Park J (2008).  The Staffing-Outcomes Relationship in Nursing Homes. Health Services Research, 43(3):1025-1042.  (Available online at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00803.x)

Domino ME, Stearns SC, Norton EC (2008). Why Using Current Medications to Select a Medicare Part D Plan May Lead to Higher Out-of-Pocket Payments. Medical Care Research and Review, 65(1):114-126.

Harsha Thirumurthy

Thirumurthy H,  Zivin J Graff, and Goldstein M. The economic impact of AIDS treatment: labor supply in western Kenya. Journal of Human Resources (forthcoming).

D'Adda G, Goldstein M, Nangami M, Zivin J Graff, and Thirumurthy H.  ARV treatment and time allocation to household tasks: evidence from Kenya. African Development Review (forthcoming).

Morris Weinberger

Kressin NR, Saha S, Weaver F, Rubenstein L, Weinberger M (2007). Career and time management strategies for clinical and health services researchers.  Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22:1475-1478.

Hastings SN, Schmader KE, Sloane RJ, Weinberger M, Goldberg KC, Oddone EZ (2007).  Adverse health Outcomes after discharge from the emergency department - Incidence and risk factors in a veteran population.  Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22:1527-31.

Zervakis J, Stechuchak KM, Olsen MK, Swanson JW, Oddone EZ, Weinberger M, Bryce ER, Butterfield MI, Strauss JL (2007).  Previous involuntary commitment is associated with current perceptions of coercion in voluntarily hospitalized patients.  International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 6:105-112.

Krebs EE, Carey TS, Weinberger M (2007).  Accuracy of the pain numeric rating scale as a screening test in primary care.  Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22:1453-1458.

Skinner AC, Mayer ML, Flower K, Weinberger M (2008).  Health status and health care expenditures in a nationally representative sample: How do overweight and healthy-weight children compare?  Pediatrics, 121:e269-e277.

Skinner AS, Weinberger M, Mulvaney S, Schlundt D, Rothman, R (2008).  Accuracy of perceptions of overweight and relation to self-care behaviors among adolescents with Type 2 diabetes and their parents.  Diabetes Care, 31:227-229.  

Sleath B, Chewning B, DeVellis B, Weinberger M, DeVellis R, Tudor G, Beard A (2008).  Communication about depression during rheumatoid arthritis patient visits.  Arthritis Care and Research, 59:416-421.  

Hastings SN, Schmader KE, Sloane RJ, Weinberger M, Pieper CF, Goldberg KC, Oddone EZ (2008). Quality of pharmacotherapy and outcomes for older veterans discharged from the emergency department. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56:875-880.

Jackson GL, Weinberger M, Hamilton NS, Edelman D (2008).  Racial/ethnic and educational-level differences in diabetes care experiences in primary care. Primary Care Diabetes, 2:39-44.

Bryan Weiner

Weiner BJ, Hobgood C, Lewis MA. The meaning of justice in incident reporting. Soc Sci Med (in press)

Alexander JA, Young GJ, Weiner BJ, Hearld LA. Governance and community benefit: are nonprofit hospitals good candidates for Sarbanes-Oxley type reforms? J Health Polit Policy Law (in press)

Weiner BJ, Helfrich CH, Savitz LA, Swiger KD (2007). Adoption and implementation of strategies for managing diabetes in primary care practices. Am J Prev Med, 33(1S):S35-S49.

Helfrich CH, Savitz LA, Swiger KD, Weiner BJ (2007). Adoption and implementation of diabetes registries by community health centers. Am J Prev Med, 33(1S):S50-65.

Wells R, Weiner BJ (2007). Adapting a model of alliance evolution to the health care sector. Med Care Res Rev, 64(5)518-543.

Rebecca Wells

Alexander JA, Pollack HA, Nahra TA, Wells R and Lemak CH (2007). Case management and client access to health and social services in outpatient substance abuse treatment. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 34(3): 221-236.

Wells R, Lemak CH, Alexander JA, Nahra T, Ye Y, and Campbell, C (2007).  Do licensing and accreditation matter in outpatient substance abuse treatment programs?  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 33: 43-50.

Campbell C, Wells R, Alexander JA, Jiang L, Nahra TA, and Lemak CH(2007). Tailoring of outpatient substance abuse treatment to women: 1995-2005.   Medical Care, 45(8): 775-780.

Wells R and Weiner B  (2007). Adapting a dynamic model of interorganizational cooperation to the health care sector.  Medical Care Research & Review, 64 (5): 518-543.

Beauvais B, (doctoral student), Wells R, Vasey J, and DelliFraine J (2007). Finance at the front line:  The effects of financial slack on community health center clinical process quality.  The Journal of Health Care Finance,  34: 44-57.