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Unmet need for counseling services by children in New York City after the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center: implications for pediatriciansGerry Fairbrother
Division of Health and Science Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 5283, USA
Pediatrics 113:1367-74. 2004....- Factors that influence adolescent reports of counseling by physicians on risky behaviorGerry Fairbrother
Division of Health and Science Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 5283, USA
J Adolesc Health 37:467-76. 2005..To determine factors that affect whether low-income adolescents report that their doctor talked with them about risky behavior... - Impact of financial incentives on documented immunization rates in the inner city: results of a randomized controlled trialG Fairbrother
Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 5293, USA
Ambul Pediatr 1:206-12. 2001..This study determined the effect of 2 financial incentives---bonus and enhanced fee-for-service---on documented immunization rates during a second period of observation... - Comparison of preventive care in Medicaid managed care and Medicaid fee for service in institutions and private practicesG Fairbrother
Division of Health and Science Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, NY 10029 5293, USA
Ambul Pediatr 1:294-301. 2001..To compare preventive screening for children in Medicaid managed care (MMC) with children in Medicaid fee for service (M-FFS) in private and institutional settings... - Posttraumatic stress reactions in new York City children after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacksGerry Fairbrother
Division of Health and Science Policy, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:304-11. 2003..To assess the prevalence of posttraumatic stress reactions (PTSR) in New York City (NYC) children following the September 11, 2001, attacks and determine the key predictors of PTSR... - Commentary on IOM report: health insurance is a family matterGerry Fairbrother
New York Academy of Medicine, New York, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:66-7. 2003 
Improving the process through which health plans and providers exchange performance-related mammography dataGerry Fairbrother
Division of Health and Science Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 5293, USA
J Urban Health 79:617-27; discussion 628-37. 2002..It also showed the need to engage the institution's own quality-management system to assist in bringing about improvements...- The impact of physician bonuses, enhanced fees, and feedback on childhood immunization coverage ratesG Fairbrother
Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
Am J Public Health 89:171-5. 1999..The purpose of this study was to examine the effects on immunization coverage of 3 incentives for physicians--a cash bonus for practice--wide increases, enhanced fee for service, and feedback... - Physician credentials and practices associated with childhood immunization rates: private practice pediatricians serving poor children in New York CityK L Hanson
Robert J Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University, New York, NY 10011, USA
J Urban Health 78:112-24. 2001..Opportunity exists for payers and plans to encourage and support these actions... - Problems with quality monitoring for Medicaid managed care: perceptions of institutional and private providers in New York CityG Fairbrother
Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467 2490, USA
J Urban Health 77:573-91. 2000..The need to work through the leadership in institutions to influence quality is highlighted. The level of overlap in provider networks suggests the need for collaboration among MCOs in quality monitoring... - Teachers in the aftermath of terrorism: a case study of one New York City schoolRose L Pfefferbaum
Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness Center, Phoenix College, 1202 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA
Fam Community Health 27:250-9. 2004..By and large, teachers coped by talking to others and/or a health professional, but felt ill-equipped to intervene with students and expressed substantial need for assistance... - 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... - Behavior problems in New York City's children after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacksJennifer Stuber
Division of Health and Science Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-5293, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 75:190-200. 2005..In the 1st few months after a disaster, the identification of children who need mental health treatment may be complicated by a dampened behavioral response or by a decreased sensitivity of parental assessment to behavioral problems... - How do stressful family environments relate to reported access and use of health care by low-income children?Gerry Fairbrother
New York Academy of Medicine, NY, USA
Med Care Res Rev 62:205-30. 2005..Stressful family environments also appear to influence the ability of parents to obtain care for their children... - Churning in Medicaid managed care and its effect on accountabilityGerry Fairbrother
J Health Care Poor Underserved 15:30-41. 2004..Policies that result in churning mean that many vulnerable children fall outside of the accountability structure intended to assure that they receive necessary services... - Quality oversight for Medicaid managed care plans: impact on providersJudith Cukor
Department of Epidemiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 8:1-10. 2002..Feedback from the quality reviews is not being received by the providers who are giving care and incentives/disincentives are not felt. These constitute severe limitations to the current system of quality oversight... - An examination of enrollment of children in public health insurance in New York City through facilitated enrollmentGerry Fairbrother
Division of Health and Science Policy, The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 5283, USA
J Urban Health 81:191-205. 2004..In a multivariable analysis, some of the factors associated with success in enrollment included being assisted by a community-based facilitated enroller, knowledge of required documents, and having lost a child's other health insurance... - Costs of enrolling children in Medicaid and SCHIPGerry Fairbrother
New York Academy of Medicine, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:237-43. 2004..This amount could be reduced by approximately 40 percent if documentation requirements were simplified. In an era of scarce resources, the case for simplification is more compelling than ever... - Determinants of counseling for children in Manhattan after the September 11 attacksJennifer Stuber
Division of Health and Science Policy of the New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY 10029 5283, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:815-22. 2002..The authors assessed the prevalence and correlates of counseling for experiences related to the disaster received by children aged four to 18 years living in Manhattan... - Exploring the limits of the safety net: community health centers and care for the uninsuredMichael K Gusmano
Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, New York University, New York City, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:188-94. 2002.... - Panic reactions to terrorist attacks and probable posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescentsBetty Pfefferbaum
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, 73104, USA
J Trauma Stress 19:217-28. 2006..Future studies should use longitudinal designs to examine the course and pathogenic pathways for the development of panic, PTSD, and other anxiety disorders after exposure to disasters... - Congruent satisfaction: is there geographic correlation between patient and physician satisfaction?Jennifer DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, and Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Med Care 45:88-94. 2007..Although some links have been drawn between physician and patient satisfaction, little is known about the degree of satisfaction congruence among physicians and patients living and working in geographic proximity to each other... - Pediatricians' adherence to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine shortage recommendations in 2 national shortagesGerry Fairbrother
Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, 3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 7014, Cincinnati, OH 45229 3039, USA
Pediatrics 120:e401-9. 2007.... - Family interdependencies and the family physicianArthur L Kellerman
J Am Board Fam Pract 16:81-2. 2003 - Care for the uninsured in general internists' private officesGerry Fairbrother
Division of Health and Science Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:217-24. 2003..This care to the uninsured is important, especially with growing unemployment rates, because the safety net would not be able to absorb these patients... 
Influenza vaccine effectiveness among children 6 to 59 months of age during 2 influenza seasons: a case-cohort studyPeter G Szilagyi
Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:943-51. 2008..To measure vaccine effectiveness (VE) in preventing influenza-related health care visits among children aged 6 to 59 months during 2 consecutive influenza seasons...