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Lessons learned and challenges ahead: report from the OCHIN Safety Net West practice-based research network (PBRN)Jennifer E DeVoe
Safety Net West Practice based Research Network, Portland, OR 97201, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 25:560-4. 2012..Although many of our experiences are not new to the PBRN community, our reflections may be valuable for those developing or reshaping PBRNs in a changing health care environment...- The effects of health insurance and a usual source of care on a child's receipt of health careJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Pediatr Health Care 26:e25-35. 2012..We investigated the separate and combined effects of having health insurance and a usual source of care (USC) on children's receipt of health care services... 
Why do some eligible families forego public insurance for their children? A qualitative analysisJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Fam Med 44:39-46. 2012....- Digging deeper: quality of patient-provider communication across Hispanic subgroupsLorraine S Wallace
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:240. 2009..Our objective was to examine the influence of Hispanics' self-reported ethnic subgroup designation on perceptions of their health care providers' communication behaviors... - A medical home versus temporary housing: the importance of a stable usual source of careJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Pediatrics 124:1363-71. 2009..Little is known about how the stability of a usual source of care (USC) affects access to care. We examined the prevalence of USC changes among low-income children and how these changes were associated with unmet health care need... - Educaid: what if the US systems of education and health care were more alike?Jennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Fam Med 41:652-5. 2009..My purpose is to challenge each reader to consider the future for both the US education and health care systems, the urgent need for reform, and how major reforms might affect our children... - Children's receipt of health care services and family health insurance patternsJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ann Fam Med 7:406-13. 2009..We examined the association between parent-child health insurance coverage patterns and children's access to health care and preventive counseling services... - Usual source of care as a health insurance substitute for U.S. adults with diabetes?Jennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Diabetes Care 32:983-9. 2009..The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of health insurance and/or a usual source of care (USC) on receipt of diabetic-specific services and health care barriers for U.S. adults with diabetes... 
Measuring patients' perceptions of communication with healthcare providers: do differences in demographic and socioeconomic characteristics matter?Jennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Health Expect 12:70-80. 2009..National governments across the globe have set goals to improve healthcare delivery. Understanding patient-provider communication is essential for the development of policies that measure how well a healthcare system delivers care...- Patient age influences perceptions about health care communicationJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Fam Med 41:126-33. 2009..The study's objective was to determine if a patient's age is independently associated with how he/she perceives interactions with health care providers... - A usual source of care: supplement or substitute for health insurance among low-income children?Jennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Med Care 46:1041-8. 2008.... - Uncertain health insurance coverage and unmet children's health care needsJennifer E DeVoe
Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Family Medicine, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Road, Mailcode FM, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Fam Med 42:121-32. 2010..However, children's enrollment status in SCHIP frequently changes, which can leave families with uncertainty about their children's coverage status. We examined whether insurance uncertainty was associated with unmet health care needs... - Insurance coverage gaps among US children with insured parents: are middle income children more likely to have longer gaps?Jennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Matern Child Health J 15:342-51. 2011..It also provides valuable information to other countries with employer-sponsored insurance models or those considering privatization of insurance payment systems and how this might disproportionately impact the middle class... - Comparing type of health insurance among low-income children: a mixed-methods study from OregonJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Rd, Mailcode FM, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Matern Child Health J 15:1238-48. 2011..36-0.99) and unmet mental health counseling needs (OR 0.24, 95% CI 0.10-0.63), compared with privately covered children. Low-income Oregon parents reported few differences in their child's experience with private versus public coverage... - Is health insurance enough? A usual source of care may be more important to ensure a child receives preventive health counselingJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Matern Child Health J 16:306-15. 2012..To better meet preventive counseling needs of children, a robust primary care workforce and improved delivery of care in medical homes must accompany expansions in insurance coverage... - The case for synergy between a usual source of care and health insurance coverageJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:1059-66. 2011..In 2010, the United States (US) passed health insurance reforms aimed at expanding coverage to the uninsured. Yet, disparities persist in access to health care services, even among the insured... - Public health insurance in Oregon: underenrollment of eligible children and parental confusion about children's enrollment statusJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, 97239, USA
Am J Public Health 101:891-8. 2011..We also assessed whether parents' confusion regarding their children's status affected nonenrollment... - Comparing types of health insurance for children: a public option versus a private optionJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Med Care 49:818-27. 2011.... - Having and being a personal physician: vision of the Pisacano scholarsJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 24:463-8. 2011.... - Do children in rural areas still have different access to health care? Results from a statewide survey of Oregon's food stamp populationJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
J Rural Health 25:1-7. 2009..To determine if rural residence is independently associated with different access to health care services for children eligible for public health insurance... - Obtaining health care services for low-income children: a hierarchy of needsJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:1192-211. 2008..Many of those with insurance also experience unmet need and limited access. In this study, low-income parents illuminate barriers to obtaining health care services for their children... - Uninsured children and adolescents with insured parentsJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Rd, Mailcode FM, Portland, OR 97239, USA
JAMA 300:1904-13. 2008..Millions of US children and adolescents lack health insurance coverage. Efforts to expand their insurance often focus on extending public coverage to uninsured parents. Less is known about the uninsured whose parents already have coverage... - Uninsured but eligible children: are their parents insured? Recent findings from OregonJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Med Care 46:3-8. 2008..Despite expansions in public health insurance programs, millions of US children lack coverage. Nearly two-thirds of Oregon's uninsured children seem to be eligible for public insurance... - A shift in the historical trajectory of medical dominance: the case of Medibank and the Australian doctors' lobbyJennifer E De Voe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Gabriel Park Family Health Center 4411 SW Vermont Street, Portland, OR 97219, USA
Soc Sci Med 57:343-53. 2003.... - Electronic health records vs Medicaid claims: completeness of diabetes preventive care data in community health centersJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:351-8. 2011.... - 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... - "Mind the Gap" in children's health insurance coverage: does the length of a child's coverage gap matter?Jennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ambul Pediatr 8:129-34. 2008..This article examines how coverage gaps of different lengths affect access to health care among low-income children... - Comprehending care in a medical home: a usual source of care and patient perceptions about healthcare communicationJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 21:441-50. 2008.... - Parent and child usual source of care and children's receipt of health care servicesJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, 97239, USA
Ann Fam Med 9:504-13. 2011..Policy reforms should ensure access to a USC for all family members... - Short-term impacts of coverage loss in a Medicaid population: early results from a prospective cohort study of the Oregon Health PlanMatthew J Carlson
Department of Sociology, Portland State University, Portland, Ore 97207, USA
Ann Fam Med 4:391-8. 2006..In this study we assessed the immediate impacts of disrupted and lost Medicaid coverage on adults enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) when program changes were implemented... - Access assured: a pilot program to finance primary care for uninsured patients using a monthly enrollment feeJohn W Saultz
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 23:393-401. 2010..This prospective cohort study was designed to determine whether patients would join such a program, to describe the population of people who did so, and to assess the program's financial viability... - Uninsured patient opinions about a reduced-fee retainer program at academic health center clinicsJohn W Saultz
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 24:304-12. 2011..This qualitative study was designed to assess patient attitudes and concerns about this program and to identify ways to improve it... - Uninsurance among children whose parents are losing Medicaid coverage: Results from a statewide survey of Oregon familiesJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Health Serv Res 43:401-18. 2008..1 percent in 2002 to 12.3 percent in 2004 (over 110,000 uninsured children). Among the uninsured children, over half of them were likely eligible for public health insurance coverage... - Insurance + access not equal to health care: typology of barriers to health care access for low-income familiesJennifer E DeVoe
Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Family Medicine, Portland, Ore, USA
Ann Fam Med 5:511-8. 2007..This study was designed to identify barriers faced by low-income parents when accessing health care for their children and how insurance status affects their reporting of these barriers... - The impact of increased cost sharing on Medicaid enrolleesBill J Wright
Providence Health System Center for Outcomes Research in Portland, Oregon, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:1106-16. 2005..Those who left OHP because of the cost-sharing increase reported inferior access to needed care, used primary care less often, and used hospital emergency rooms more often than those who left OHP for other reasons... - Medicaid programme changes and the chronically ill: early results from a prospective cohort study of the Oregon Health PlanRachel Solotaroff
Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97207, USA
Chronic Illn 1:191-205. 2005..Small cost-saving policy changes can lead to widespread disenrolment that cascades into reduced access to healthcare services, altered utilization patterns, and financial strain... - Insurance continuity and receipt of diabetes preventive care in a network of federally qualified health centersRachel Gold
Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon 97227 1110, USA
Med Care 47:431-9. 2009..For patients receiving care at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), where care is provided regardless of insurance status, the role health insurance status plays in affecting receipt of services is less well understood... - Receipt of preventive care among adults: insurance status and usual source of careJennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
Am J Public Health 93:786-91. 2003..Those with either a usual source of care or insurance had intermediate levels of preventive services. CONCLUSIONS: Having a usual source of care and health insurance are both important to achieving national prevention goals... - A policy transformed by politics: the case of the 1973 Australian Community Health ProgramJennifer DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 28:77-108. 2003..Specifically, how did the CHP "survive" even though government leaders had moved away from traditional direct service models, choosing to focus more attention on indirect insurance reimbursement?.. - The medical dialogue: disentangling differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic whitesLorraine S Wallace
Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1538-43. 2007..Patients' race and ethnicity play an important role in quality of and access to healthcare in the United States... - The unsustainable US health care system: a blueprint for changeJennifer DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97329, USA
Ann Fam Med 6:263-6. 2008..The purpose of this essay is to encourage each reader to reflect on his or her own experiences and to present an imperative to lead change... - Are pediatric quality care measures too stringent?Allison Casciato
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 27239, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 25:686-93. 2012.... - Perceptions of healthcare providers' communication skills: do they differ between urban and non-urban residents?Lorraine S Wallace
Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
Health Place 14:653-60. 2008..Differences in perceived quality of communication could contribute to reduce use of preventive healthcare and indicates a need to improve healthcare provider-patient communication in the urban setting... - Patterns of empiric treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in an underserved populationLauren Faricy
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, 97239, USA
Fam Med 44:408-15. 2012..Few studies have focused on CT treatment in outpatient primary care settings, especially among underserved populations. We aimed to study patterns of empiric CT treatment in an urban safety net clinic... - Language preference and perceptions of healthcare providers' communication and autonomy making behaviors among HispanicsLorraine S Wallace
Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 11:453-9. 2009..To examine influence of language preference-English versus Spanish-on Hispanics' perceptions of their healthcare providers' communication behaviors... - Are state Medicaid application enrollment forms readable?Jocelyn M Wilson
Univ of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Dept of Family Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Hwy, U 67, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 20:423-31. 2009..State health departments should revise their Medicaid enrollment applications to adhere to established low-literacy guidelines to improve understanding and comprehension by potential enrollees... - Clinical inquiries. What is the best approach to the evaluation of resting tachycardia in an adult?Jennifer E DeVoe
Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, USA
J Fam Pract 56:59-61. 2007 - Clinical inquiries. What are appropriate screening tests for adolescents?Frances E Biagioli
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
J Fam Pract 55:907-8, 913. 2006
Research Grants
- How do Changes in Families' Health Insurance Affect Children's Healthcare?Jennifer E DeVoe; Fiscal Year: 2010..This project provides an unprecedented opportunity to study past changes, to establish a current baseline prior to the implementation of future health policy reforms, and then to evaluate the real-time impact of these changes. ..