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| Glen P MaysSummaryAffiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Country: USA Publications
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Improving public health system performance through multiorganizational partnershipsGlen P Mays
F Douglas Scutchfield, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 7:A116. 2010..Targeted policy actions and leadership strategies are required to illuminate and enhance partnership incentives...
Public health delivery systems: evidence, uncertainty, and emerging research needsGlen P Mays
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:256-65. 2009..This review suggests that new research is needed to evaluate the effects of ongoing changes in delivery system structure, financing, and staffing...
Geographic variation in public health spending: correlates and consequencesGlen P Mays
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Health Serv Res 44:1796-817. 2009....
Convergence and dissonance: evolution in private-sector approaches to disease management and care coordinationGlen P Mays
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, in Little Rock, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1683-91. 2007..Uncertainties remain regarding how well these programs will function within benefit designs that require higher consumer cost sharing...
Institutional and economic determinants of public health system performanceGlen P Mays
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Am J Public Health 96:523-31. 2006..We examined the association of institutional, financial, and community characteristics of local public health delivery systems and the performance of essential services...
Getting what you pay for: public health spending and the performance of essential public health servicesGlen P Mays
Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham, 820, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 10:435-43. 2004..These findings can assist public health decision makers in identifying public health financing priorities during periods of change in the resources available to support local public health infrastructure...
Managed care rebound? Recent changes in health plans' cost containment strategiesGlen P Mays
Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2004..Some also began to experiment with new variants of managed care, including tiered provider networks and incentive-based provider payments. However, few respondents believed that these strategies alone would greatly reduce future costs...
Understanding the organization of public health delivery systems: an empirical typologyGlen P Mays
Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Milbank Q 88:81-111. 2010..To facilitate the development of such evidence, this article presents an empirical method of classifying and comparing public health delivery systems based on key elements of their organizational structure...
Evidence links increases in public health spending to declines in preventable deathsGlen P Mays
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:1585-93. 2011..However, more money by itself is unlikely to generate significant and sustainable health gains; improvements in public health practices are needed as well...
The Care Span: Medicaid savings resulted when community health workers matched those with needs to home and community careHolly C Felix
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:1366-74. 2011..619 million. Similar interventions may help other localities achieve cost-saving and equitable access to publicly funded long-term care options other than institutional care...
Making hospital grounds smoke-free: a case study of Arkansas Act 134 of 2005Holly C Felix
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 15:E9-15. 2009....
The economic, institutional, and political determinants of public health delivery system structuresRichard C Ingram
University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Public Health Rep 127:208-15. 2012..We present a qualitative exploration of the factors that determine variation and change in the seven structural configurations that comprise the local public health delivery system typology...
Availability and perceived effectiveness of public health activities in the nation's most populous communitiesGlen P Mays
Mathematica Policy Research, Washington, DC, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1019-26. 2004..We examined the availability and perceived effectiveness of 20 basic public health activities in the communities where most Americans reside...
Expanding delivery system research in public health settings: lessons from practice-based research networksGlen P Mays
Department of Health Services Management, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 18:485-98. 2012..This study examines the approaches used by public health practice-based research networks (PBRNs) to expand delivery system research and evidence-based practice in public health settings...
Linking residents to long-term care services: first-year findings from the community connector program evaluationHolly C Felix
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
Prog Community Health Partnersh 1:311-9. 2007..However, accessing LTC services, especially home- and community-based LTC services, is often difficult...
Impact of a smoke-free hospital campus policy on employee and consumer behaviorJ Gary Wheeler
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children s Hospital, 800 Marshall St, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
Public Health Rep 122:744-52. 2007..We evaluated the effects of implementing a clean air policy on employee attitudes, recruitment, and retention; hospital utilization; and consumer satisfaction in 2003 through 2005...
ANGELS and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences paradigm for distant obstetrical care deliveryCurtis Lowery
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:534.e1-9. 2007..The described ANGELS model encourages replication among other programs that wish to improve perinatal regionalization attempts in their service areas...
Late preterm infants: birth outcomes and health care utilization in the first yearT Mac Bird
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Pediatrics 126:e311-9. 2010....
Identifying dimensions of performance in local public health systems: results from the National Public Health Performance Standards ProgramGlen P Mays
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Washington, DC 20024, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 10:193-203. 2004....
Back to the drawing board: new directions in health plans' care management strategiesSuzanne Felt-Lisk
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:210-7. 2002..Still, disease management programs will need to greatly expand in scope and scale if plans are to succeed in addressing the complex health care needs of aging populations and those with chronic diseases...
Integrating preventive health services within community health centers: lessons from WISEWOMANGlen P Mays
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Washington, DC 20024, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:607-15. 2004..As health centers and WISEWOMAN projects gain more experience in collaborating, additional research should be conducted to identify how best to achieve integration within specific institutional and community contexts...
Behind the curve? What we know and need to learn from public health systems researchGlen P Mays
J Public Health Manag Pract 9:179-82. 2003
An empty toolbox? Changes in health plans' approaches for managing costs and careGlen P Mays
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC, USA
Health Serv Res 38:375-93. 2003..To examine how health plans have changed their approaches for managing costs and utilization in the wake of the recent backlash against managed care...
From collaboration to coevolution: new structures for public health improvementGlen P Mays
Mathematica Policy Research, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20024, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 8:95-7. 2002
