Publications
Jose Escarce
2009
Neighborhoods and Cumulative Biological Risk Profiles by Race/Ethnicity in a National Sample of U.S. Adults: NHANES III — 2009
Annals of Epidemiology, Vol 19, No. 3, March 2009, pp. 194-201
2008
Does Place Explain Racial Health Disparities? Quantifying the Contribution of Residential Context to the Black/White Health Gap in the United States — 2008
Social Science & Medicine, [Epub July 22 2008], Vol. 67, No. 8, Oct 2008, pp. 1258-1268
Socioeconomic, cultural, and behavioral factors affecting Hispanic health outcomes. — 2008
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2002; 13(4):477-503.
2007 & Prior
Family Structure and the Treatment of Childhood Asthma. — 2007
NBER Working Paper #13461, National Bureau of Economic Research, Oct 2007.
Immigrants and Health Care: Sources of Vulnerability. — 2007
Health Affairs, Vol. 20, No. 5, Sept-Oct 2007, pp. 1258-1268
Language Access Service for Latinos with Limited English Proficiency: Lesson Learned From Hablamos Juntos — 2007
Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 22, Suppl. 2, Nov 2007, pp. 350-355
Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Discussion of Cancer Screening: "Between-" versus "Within-" Physician Differences — 2007
HSR: Health Services Research, Vol. 42, No. 3p1, June 2007, pp. 950-970.
Dimensions of the Local Health care Environment and Use of Care by Uninsured children in Rural and Urban Areas — 2006
Pediatrics, Vol. 117, No. 3, Mar 2006, pp. e509-e517.
Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Blood Lead Levels Among Mexican-American Children and Adolescents in the United States. — 2005
Public Health Reports, Vol. 120, No. 4, Jul-Aug 2005, pp. 448-454.
Health Care Markets: The Safety Net and Access to Care Among the Uninsured — 2005
WR-215, 2005.
How Does Race Matter, Anyway? — 2005
HSR: Health Services Research, Vol. 40, No. 1, [Editorial], Feb 2005, pp. 1-7.
How Cost Sharing Affects Use of Drugs by the Chronically Ill — 2005
RAND RB-9109, 2005.
How Much is Postacute Care use Affected by its Availability? — 2005
HSR: Health Services Research, Vol. 40, No. 2, April 2005, pp. 413-434.
Use of Geocoding in Managed Care Settings to Identify Quality Disparities. — 2005
Health Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 2, March/April 2005, pp. 516-526, and Appendix.
Sociodemographic Differences in Use of Preventive Services by Women Enrolled in Medicare+Choice Plans — 2004
Preventive Medicine, Vol. 39, No. 4, Oct 2004, pp. 738-745.
Socioeconomic status and the fates of adolescents. — 2003
Health Services Research 2003; 38(5):1229-1233.
Nicole Lurie
2009
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits in Baltimore City — 2009
RAND TR-671-ALS, 2009
Assessing Health and Health Care in Prince George's County — 2009
RAND TR-655-PGCC, 2009
Cellulitis-Associated Hospitalizations in Baltimore City — 2009
RAND TR-670-ALS, 2009
Serving the Underserved: A Mid-Course Evaluation of Montgomery Cares — 2009
RAND, TR-683-PCCM, 2009
Strategies and Models for Promoting Adolescent Vaccination for Low-Income Populations — 2009
RAND, DB-577-SANOFI, 2009
Using the Census Bureau's Surname List to Improve Estimates of Race/Ethnicity and Associated Disparities — 2009
Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, [Epub April 10 2009]
2008
Access to Appointments Based on Insurance Status in Washington, D.C. — 2008
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Vol. 19, No. 3, Aug 2008, pp. 687-696
A New Method for Estimating Racial/Ethnic and Associated Disparities Where Administrative Records Lack Self-reported Race/Ethnicity — 2008
HSR: Health Services Research, [Epub May 12 2008]
Assessing Health and Health Care in the District of Columbia: Phase 2 Report — 2008
WR-579.
Assessing Health and Health Care in the District of Columbia — 2008
RAND WR-534, 2008.
Challenges to Using a Business Case for Addressing Health Disparities. — 2008
Health Affairs, Vol. 27, No. 2, March-April 2008, pp. 334-338
2007 & Prior
Public Health Preparedness: A Review of Performance Measures.
(in press, Public Health Reports)
Preventive Care in the United States: Are Blacks Finally Catching Up?
(in press)
Immigrants and Health Care: Sources of Vulnerability. — 2007
Health Affairs, Vol. 20, No. 5, Sept-Oct 2007, pp. 1258-1268
Looking Forward: Crosscutting Issues.
(in press, Health Services Research)
Looking Forward: Cross-Cutting Issues in the Collection and Use of Racial/Ethnic Data. — 2006
HSR: Health Services Research, Vol. 41, No. 4p1, Aug 2006, pp. 1519-1533.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Perspectives of Cardiovascular Surgeons — 2006
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 81, No. 2, Feb 2006, pp. 531-536.
Health Disparities: Less Talk, More Action. — 2005
New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 353, No. 7, [Editorial], Aug 18 2005, pp. 727-729.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Perspective of Cardiologists. — 2005
Circulation. Vol. 111, No. 10, Mar 2005, pp. 1264-1269.
Do Cardiologists Perceive Racial or Ethnic disparities in the treatment of Heart Patients? Results of a RAND Survey — 2005
RB-9120, 2005.
Disparities and Quality Improvement: Federal Policy Levers. — 2005
Health Affairs. Vol. 24, No. 2, March/April 2005, pp. 354-364.
In Their Own Words: Lessons Learned From Those Exposed to Anthrax. — 2005
American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 95, No. 3, March 2005, pp. 489-495.
Public Health Response to Urgent Case Reports. — 2005
Health Affairs. Web Exclusive. August 30, 2005, pp. W5-412-W5-419.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Patient Reports of Disrespect in the Health Care Setting and Its Impact on Care. — 2004
Journal of Family Practice. Sept 2004, 59(9): 721-730.
The Role of Race and Ethnicity Data Collection in Eliminating Disparities in Health Care. — 2004
Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement and Data Needs. Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 2004.
Assuring the health of immigrants: what the leading health indicators tell us. — 2004
Annual Review of Public Health. 2004; 25: 357-376.
When Most Doctors are Women: What Lies Ahead? — 2004
Annals of Internal Medicine. Sept 2004; 141(6): 471-4.
Disparities in Transplantation: What Should We Do? — 2004
American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Feb 2004; 43(2): 386-7.
Local Variation in Public Health Preparedness: Lessons from California. — 2004
Health Affairs. Web Exclusive, June 2, 2004.
The Role of Culturally Competent Communication in Reducing Ethnic and Racial Health Care Disparities. — 2004
American Journal of Managed Care. 2004; 10:SP1-SP4
Does Medicare Managed Care Provide Equal Treatment for Mental Illness Across Races? — 2004
Archives of General Psychiatry. 2004 61(2): 201-205.
Variation in Racial and Ethnic Differences in Consumer Assessments of Health Care. — 2003
American Journal of Managed Care. 9: 502-512, 2003.
Racial Variation in the Control of Diabetes Among Elderly Medicare Managed Care Beneficiaries. — 2003
Diabetes Care. Dec 2003; 26(12): 3250-3256.
Health Literacy: A Policy Challenge for Advancing High-Quality Health Care. — 2003
Health Affairs. 2003; 22 (4) 147-153.
Addressing Racial and Ethnic Barriers to Effective Health Care: The Need for Better Data. — 2002
Health Affairs. 21(3): 91-102, 2002.
Measuring Disparities in Access to Care. — 2002
Guidance for the National Health Disparities Report. Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 2002.
The Public Health Infrastructure: Rebuild or Redesign? — 2002
Health Affairs. 2002.
What the Federal Government Can Do About the Non-Medical Determinants of Health. — 2002
Health Affairs. 21(2): 94-106, 2002.
Health Disparities and the Quality of Ambulatory Care. — 2002
New England Journal of Medicine. 2002; 347 (21): 1709-1710.
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Quality of Care in Medicare HMOs. — 2002
Health Affairs. 21(2), 2002.
Asthma Outcomes in an Inner City School-Based Health Center. — 2001
Journal of School Health. 71 (1): 9-16, Jan 2001.
Healthy People: Search for an Ancient Cure. — 2000
Postgraduate Medicine, 2000.
Healthy People 2010: Setting the Nation's Public Health Agenda. — 2000
Academic Medicine, 75: 12-13, 2000.
Strengthening the US Healthcare Safety Net. — 2000
Journal of the American Medical Association. 284: 2112-2113, 2000.
Research Staff Publications
Chloe Bird
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Whites, Blacks, and Mexican Americans in the United States — 2008
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 87, No. 6, June 2008, pp. 1883-1891.
Differential Diffusion of HIV Technologies by Gender: The Case of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy — 2007
AIDS Patient Care and STDs, Vol. 21, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 390-399.
Neighborhood Context and Ethnicity Differences in Body Mass Index: A Multilevel Analysis Using the NHANES III Survey (1988-1994) — 2007
Economics and Human Biology, [Epub March 24 2007], Vol. 5, No. 2, July 2007, pp. 179-203.
Does Patient-Provider Gender Concordance Affect Mental Health Care Received by Primary Care Patients with Major Depression? — 2006
Women's Health Issues, Vol. 16, No. 3, May-June 2006, pp. 122-132.
Conspiracy Beliefs about HIV/AIDS and Birth Control Among African Americans: Implications for the Prevention of HIV, Other STDs, and Unintended Pregnancy. — 2005
Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 61, No. 1, March 2005, pp. 109-126.
Use of Geocoding in Managed Care Settings to Identify Quality Disparities. — 2005
Health Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 2, March/April 2005, pp. 516-526, and Appendix.
Rethinking Gender Differences in Health: Why We Need to Integrate Social and Biological Perspectives. — 2005
Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Vol. 60, Spec No. 2, Oct 2005, pp. S40-S47.
Differences in Medicare Expenditures during the Last 3 Years of Life. — 2004
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 19:127-135. 2004
Social Context and Adolescent Health Behavior: Does School-level Prevalence affect Students' Subsequent Smoking Behavior? — 2003
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 44:525-535. 2003
Age and Gender Differences in Health Care Utilization and Spending for Medicare Beneficiaries in their Last Year of Life. — 2002
Journal of Palliative Medicine 5(5):705-12. 2002
Social Factors, Physiological Processes, and Physical Health — 2000
Pp. 334-352 in The Handbook of Medical Sociology edited by Chloe E. Bird, Peter Conrad and Allen M. Fremont. Fifth Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Gender Matters: An Integrated Model for Understanding Men's and Women's Health. — 1999
Social Science and Medicine 48(6):745-755. 1999
Deborah Cohen
Collective Efficacy and Obesity: The Potential Influence of Social Factors on Health. — 2006
Social Science & Medicine, [Epub July 20 2005], Vol. 62, No. 3, Feb 2006, pp. 769-778.
The Significance of Parks to Physical Activity and Public Health: A Conceptual Model. — 2005
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 28 [2S2], 2005, pp. 159-168.
Neighborhood Effects and the Role of Communities in Restructuring — 2005
WR-310, 2005.
Does Neighborhood Deterioration Lead to Poor Health? — 2005
RB-9074, 2005.
Cost-Effective Allocation Of Government Funds To Prevent HIV Infection. — 2005
Health Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 4, July/Aug 2005, pp. 915-926.
Prescription for a Healthy Nation: A New Approach to Improving Our Lives by Fixing Our Everyday World — 2005
Boston MA: Beacon Press, 320 pages.
Maximizing Local Effect of HIV Prevention Resources. — 2005
Contagion, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2005, pp. 127-132.
Suburban sprawl and physical and mental health. — 2004
Public Health, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 May 2004.
Why is Poverty Unhealthy?: Social and Physical Mediators. — 2003
Social Science and Medicine, 2003, 57:9; 1631-1641.
Neighborhood Conditions and Health. — 2003
AJPH, 2003; 93:467-471.
An STD/HIV Prevention Intervention Framework — 2000
AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 2000; 14(1):37-45.
A Structural Model of Health Behavior: A Pragmatic Approach to Explain and Influence Health Behaviors at the Population Level. — 2000
Preventive Medicine, 2000; 30:146-154.
Broken Windows and the risk of gonorrhea. — 2000
American Journal of Public Health, 2000; 90:230-236.
Brian Finch
Collective Efficacy and Obesity: The Potential Influence of Social Factors on Health. — 2006
Social Science & Medicine, [Epub July 20 2005], Vol. 62, No. 3, Feb 2006, pp. 769-778.
The Effects of Acculturation and Acculturation Stress on Migrant Farm-Workers' Health.
International Migration Review: 38(2): forthcoming 2004.
Los Años de la Crisis: An Examination of Change in Differential Infant Mortality Risk Within Mexico.
Social Science and Medicine: forthcoming 2004.
Early Origins of the Gradient: The Relationship between Socio-Economic Status and Infant Mortality in the United States, — 2003
Demography, 40(4): 675-699, 2003.
Employment Frustration and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence among Mexican Labor Migrants. — 2003
Journal of Immigrant Health, 5(4): 181-186, 2003.
Socio-Economic Gradients & Low Birth-Weight: Empirical and Policy Considerations. — 2003
Health Services Research 38(6), Part II (Special Supplement on the Social Determinants of Health): 1819-1842, 2003.
Rebecca McLaughlin
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Perspectives of Cardiovascular Surgeons — 2006
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 81, No. 2, Feb 2006, pp. 531-536.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care: The Perspectives of Cardiologists. — 2005
Circulation, Vol. 111, No. 10, March 2005, pp. 1264-1269.
Do Cardiologists Perceive Racial or Ethnic disparities in the treatment of Heart Patients? — 2005
Results of a RAND Survey, RB-9120, 2005.
Roland Sturm
Zoning For Health? The Year-Old Ban on New Fast-Food Restaurants in South LA.
Health Affairs, Web Exclusives, [Epub Oct 6 2009], Vol. 28, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2009, pp. w1088-w1097.
Suburban Sprawl and Physical and Mental Health.
Public Health, Vol. 118, No. 7, Oct 2004, pp. 448-496.
Physical Education in Elementary School and Body Mass Index: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 94, No. 9, Sept 2004, pp. 1501-1506.
The Economics of Physical Activity: Societal Trends and Rationales for Interventions
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 27, No. 3, [Suppl 1]. Oct 2004, pp. 126-135.
US-Based Indices of Area-Level Deprivation: Results from Healthcare for Communities. — 2006
Social Science & Medicine, [Epub July 20 2005], Vol. 62, No. 2, Jan 2006, pp. 348-359.
Childhood Obesity: What We Can Learn from Existing Data on Societal Trends, Part 1. — 2005
Preventing Chronic Disease, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jan 2005.
Childhood Obesity: What We Can Learn from Existing Data on Societal Trends, Part 2. — 2005
Preventing Chronic Disease, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 2005.
Economics and Physical Activity: A Research Agenda. — 2005
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 28, No. 2 [Suppl 2], Feb 2005, pp. 141-149.
Body Mass Index in Elementary School Children, Metropolitan Area Food Prices and Food Outlet Density. — 2005
Public Health, [Epub Sept 6 2005], Vol. 119, No. 12, Dec 2005, pp. 1059-1068.
Weight Gain Trends Across Sociodemographic Groups in the United States. — 2005
American Journal of Public Health, [Epub July 28 2005], Vol. 95, No. 9, Sept 2005, pp. 1602-1606.
Increasing Obesity Rates and DisabilityTrends. — 2004
Health Affairs. 2004;23(22):199-205.
Increases in Clinically Severe Obesity in the US: 1986-2000 — 2003
Archives of Internal Medicine. 2003;163 (18):2146-2148.
Geographic Disparities in Children's MentalHealth Care — 2003
Pediatrics 2003;112(4):e308-e315.
The Effects of Obesity, Smoking, and Drinking on Medical Problemsand Costs. — 2002
Health Affairs 2002, 21 (2):245-253.
Relations of Income Inequality and Family Income toChronic Medical Conditions and Mental Health Disorders: National Survey, — 2002
BMJ, 2002;324(7328):20-23
Recent Technical Appendices
The Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence among Community-Dwelling Men: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey — 2006
Comparison of Data Quality for Reports and Ratings of Ambulatory Care by African American and White Medicare Enrollees — 2006
A Multilevel Decomposition Approach to Estimate the Role of Program Location and Neighborhood Disadvantage in Racial Disparities in Alcohol Treatment Completion — 2006
Racial Disparities in Completion Rates from Publicly Funded Alcohol Treatment: Economic Resources Explain More Than Demographics and Addiction Severity — 2006
Ethnic Variations in Dementia Caregiving Experiences: Insights from Focus Groups — 2006
Related Publications
Reducing Inequities among Children with Asthma in the Island of Puerto Rico: Experiences of a Community-Based, Trans-Sectoral Effort — 2009
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Vol. 20, No. 4, Supp, Nov 2009 pp. 116-136
A Low-Literacy Medication Education Tool for Safety-Net Hospital Patients — 2009
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 37, No. 6, Supp. 1, Dec 2009, pp. s209-s216
Race and Sex Differences in the Receipt of Timely and Appropriate Lung Cancer Treatment — 2009
Medical Care, [Epub June 16 2009], Vol. 47, No. 7, July 2009, pp. 774-781
Prevalence, Characteristics, and Associated Health and Health Care of Family Homelessness Among Fifth-Grade Students — 2009
American Journal of Public Health, [Epub June 18 2009]
Variation in Physician-Patient Discussion of Breast Reconstruction — 2009
Journal of General Internal Medicine, [Epub Nov 21 2008], Vol. 24, No. 1, Jan 2009, pp. 99-104
Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California — 2009
RAND, MG-745-TC, 2009.
Reports and Ratings of Care: Black and White Medicare Enrollees — 2009
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Vol. 19, No. 4, Nov 2008, pp. 1136-1147
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Mental Health Care Utilization of Fifth Grade Children — 2009
Academic Pediatrics, Vol. 9, No. 2, March 2009, pp. 89-96
Social Capital and Health Care Access: A Systematic Review — 2008
Medical Care Research and Review, [Epub Jan 27 2009]
Variation in Drug Prices at Pharmacies: Are Prices Higher in Poorer Areas? — 2008
HSR: Health Services Research, [Epub Nov 4 2008]
Enhancing Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Management for Vulnerable Populations: Task 4: Compendium of Risk Communications — 2008
WR-583, 2008.
Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Care After Treatment for Orofacial Injury at a Large, Urban Medical Center: Concordance of Patient and Provider Perspectives — 2008
The Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care, [Epub June 18 2008]. Vol. 65, No. 1, July 2008, pp. 196-202
The Relationship Between Spanish Language Use and Substance Use Behaviors Among Latino Youth: A Social Network Approach — 2008
Journal of Adolescent Health, [Epub June 5 2008]
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Quality of Asthma Care. — 2007
CHEST, Vol. 132, No. 5, Suppl, Nov 2007, pp. 810S-817S
Evaluating Differential Item Functioning of the PRIME-MD Mood Module Among Impoverished Black and White Women in Primary Care. — 2008
Women's Health Issues, [Epub Dec 7 2007], Vol. 18, No. 1, Jan-Feb 2008, pp. 53-61
Pediatric Obesity: The Unique Issues in Latino American Male Youth. — 2008
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, [Epub Jan 15 2008], Vol. 34, No. 2, Feb 2008, pp.153-160
Social Context of Physical Activity and Weight Status in Working Class Populations. — 2007
Journal of Physical Activity and Health, Vol. 4, No. 4, Oct 2007, pp. 381-396
Language and Regional Differences in Evaluations of Medicare Managed Care by Hispanics. — 2007
HSR: Health Services Research, [Epub Oct 19 2007]
Nativity and Duration of Time in the United States: Differences in Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Low-Income Postpartum Women, — 2007
American Journal of Public Health, [Epub Aug 29 2007]
Inconsistencies in Self-Reported Drug Use by Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment: Implications for Outcome and Performance Measurements — 2007
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, [Epub July 5 2007]
Acculturation and End-Of-Life Decision Making: Comparison of Japanese and Japanese-American Focus Groups. — 2007
Bioethics, Vol. 21, No. 5, June 2007, pp. 251-262.
Disaster Planning and Risk Communication with Vulnerable Communities: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina. — 2007
American Journal of Public Health, [Epub April 5 2007], Vol. 97, Supp. 1, April 2007, pp. S109-S115.
Differences in HIV Care Between Patients with and without Severe Mental Illness. — 2007
Psychiatric Services, Vol. 58, No. 5, May 2007, pp. 681-688.
Gender Disparities in Managed Care: It's Time for Action. — 2007
Women's Health Issues, [Epub April 2007] Vol. 17, No. 3, May-June 2007, [Commentary], pp. 116-119.
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