2002
Factors Affecting Response Rates to the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study Survey
Zaslavsky AM, Zaborski LB, Cleary PD. Factors Affecting Response Rates to the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study Survey. Medical Care 2002, 40: 485-499. PMID: 12021675, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200206000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResponse rateLow response rateHealth Plans Study (CAHPS) surveyHigh response rateHealth Care SurveyLogistic regression modelsPlan characteristicsNonwhite beneficiariesCare SurveyChi2 testDeterminants of nonresponseCAHPS surveySociodemographic representativenessConsumer AssessmentContact informationDisabled beneficiariesInterStudy dataHigh rateRegression modelsAssociationFurther effortsMore residentsTelephoneProfit plansStudy survey
2001
Racial Disparity in Influenza Vaccination: Does Managed Care Narrow the Gap Between African Americans and Whites?
Schneider E, Cleary P, Zaslavsky A, Epstein A. Racial Disparity in Influenza Vaccination: Does Managed Care Narrow the Gap Between African Americans and Whites? JAMA 2001, 286: 1455-1460. PMID: 11572737, DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.12.1455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza vaccinationRacial disparitiesService insuranceCare enrolleesAfrican AmericansMedicare Current Beneficiary SurveyWhite Medicare beneficiariesSubstantial racial disparitiesUS cohortPreventive servicesMedicare beneficiariesPercentage of respondentsVaccinationHealth servicesBeneficiary SurveyPercentage point differenceCareHigh rateInsurance groupsEnrolleesDisparitiesWhitesInsuranceAmericansPoint difference
1995
Variation in the Use of Cardiac Procedures after Acute Myocardial Infarction
Guadagnoli E, Hauptman P, Ayanian J, Pashos C, McNeil B, Cleary P. Variation in the Use of Cardiac Procedures after Acute Myocardial Infarction. New England Journal Of Medicine 1995, 333: 573-578. PMID: 7623908, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199508313330908.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth-related qualityPatterns of treatmentAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac proceduresRate of useCoronary angiographyMyocardial infarctionMore metabolic equivalentsLikelihood of deathYears of ageLarge geographic differencesMetabolic equivalentsClinical subgroupsMortality ratePatientsCase mixGreater riskInfarctionAngiographyEnergy expenditureTwo-year periodFrequency of useHigh rateTreatmentPhysicians