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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
Suburban Sprawl, Physical, and Mental Health.
Public Health, in press.
Physical Education in Elementary School and Weight
American Journal of Public Health, in press.
The Economics of Physical Activity: Societal Trends and Rationales for Interventions
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, in press.
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
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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