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| J R LaveSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Impact of a children's health insurance program on newly enrolled childrenJ R Lave
Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
JAMA 279:1820-5. 1998..Although there is considerable interest in decreasing the number of US children who do not have health insurance, there is little information on the effect that health insurance has on children and their families...- Cost-effectiveness of treatments for major depression in primary care practiceJ R Lave
Department of Health Care Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 55:645-51. 1998..This study augments a randomized controlled trial to analyze the cost-effectiveness of 2 standardized treatments for major depression relative to each other and to the "usual care" provided by primary care physicians... - The impact of lack of health insurance on childrenJ R Lave
Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Health Soc Policy 10:57-73. 1998..Finally, the parents reported considerable stress and worry associated with their children's lack of coverage. We conclude that being without health insurance has broad consequences for America's children... - The impact of a Children's health insurance program by ageC R Keane
Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Pediatrics 104:1051-8. 1999.... - Relationship of provider characteristics to outcomes, process, and costs of care for community-acquired pneumoniaJ Whittle
Center for Research on Health Care, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
Med Care 36:977-87. 1998..The authors describe the relation of provider characteristics to processes, costs, and outcomes of medical care for elderly patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia... 
Mammography and pap smear use by older rural womenD G Ives
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Public Health Rep 111:244-50. 1996..To compare the characteristics of older women who did and did not have screening mammograms and Pap smears during the first two years both services were a Medicare Part B benefit...- Health insurance and the financial impact of IDDM in families with a child with IDDMT J Songer
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Diabetes Care 20:577-84. 1997..To examine the health insurance experience and out-of-pocket health care costs of families with a child with IDDM... - Processes and outcomes of care for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from the Pneumonia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) cohort studyM J Fine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arch Intern Med 159:970-80. 1999.... - Utilization under children's health insurance programs: children with vs. without chronic conditionsC J Lin
University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Health Soc Policy 11:1-14. 2000..This underestimates the cost of new programs because some very sick children were excluded and because the average monthly cost of a continuously enrolled child is lower than that of a new enrollee... - Hospitalized pneumonia. Outcomes, treatment patterns, and costs in urban and rural areasJ R Lave
Department of Health Services Administration, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 11:415-21. 1996..CONCLUSIONS: Patients with CAP are treated in hospitals located in counties similar to ones in which they reside. The cost of treatment was lower for rural patients than for urban patients, but outcomes were not different... - Benefit limits in managed behavioral health care: do they matter?P B Peele
University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 26:430-41. 1999..These issues have important implications for discussions about the impact of managed care in mental health and for discussions concerning parity legislation...