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| Gerry FairbrotherSummaryAffiliation: Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization Country: USA Publications
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Reporting on continuity of coverage for children in Medicaid and CHIP: what states can learn from monitoring continuity and duration of coverageGerry Fairbrother
Child Policy Research Center, The James M Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Acad Pediatr 11:318-25. 2011..States generally have not done this in the past. This study proposes strategies for both measuring stability and targeting policies to improve retention of Medicaid coverage, using Ohio as an example...
Vaccine effectiveness for laboratory-confirmed influenza in children 6-59 months of age, 2005-2007Mary Allen Staat
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States
Vaccine 29:9005-11. 2011..The effectiveness of influenza vaccine in fully vaccinated children 6-59 months of age was 56% (95% CI: 25%-74%); a significant VE was not found for partial vaccination...
Measuring and reporting quality of health care for children: CHIPRA and beyondGerry Fairbrother
Child Policy Research Center, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 7014, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
Acad Pediatr 11:S77-84. 2011..It will be important to ensure that focus on health care quality for children be maintained and that the advances made under CHIPRA reinforce and are not diluted or overtaken by broader reform efforts...
The impact of insurance instability on children's access, utilization, and satisfaction with health careAmy Cassedy
Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 3039, USA
Ambul Pediatr 8:321-8. 2008..We describe instability of health insurance coverage for children aged 2 to 17 years and relate insurance instability to access, utilization and satisfaction...
It is time! Accelerating the use of child health information systems to improve child healthGerry Fairbrother
Child Policy Research Center, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 7014, Cincinnati, OH 45229 3039, USA
Pediatrics 123:S61-3. 2009..However, they also point out the challenges that need to be overcome to realize fully the potential of health information technology to improve the quality and efficiency of health care...
How health policy influences quality of care in pediatricsLisa A Simpson
Child Policy Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7014, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 56:1009-21. 2009..In addition to providing funding for health coverage for over four million more children, it also includes the most significant federal investment in pediatric quality to date...
How federal implementation choices can maximize the impact of CHIPRA on health care of children with developmental and behavioral needsLisa Simpson
Department of Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, Child Policy Research Center, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 31:238-43. 2010....
Effectiveness of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe diseaseMary Allen Staat
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Pediatrics 128:e267-75. 2011....
High costs of influenza: Direct medical costs of influenza disease in young childrenGerry Fairbrother
Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States
Vaccine 28:4913-9. 2010..The mean medical cost per ED visit was $512, with annual ED cost burden estimated at $62 to $279 million. Implementation of the current vaccination policies will likely reduce the cost burden...
Periods of unmanaged care in Medicaid managed careGerry Fairbrother
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, OH, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 16:444-52. 2005..The task of managing the care of Medicaid children is difficult without adequate tenures in health plans...
