The Triple Aim: Care, health, and cost May 1, 2008 Berwick DM, Nolan TM and Whittington J Health Affairs http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/27/3/759.long
Policy Toward Second-Generation Antipsychotic Drugs: A Cautionary Note May 1, 2008 Richard G. Frank Psychiatric Services http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=99369
Statistical methodology for classifying units on the basis of multiple related measures. April 30, 2008 Teixeira-Pinto A and Normand S-L T Sharon-Lise Normand Statistics in Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2278020/
A comparison of methods for combining quality and efficiency performance measures: profiling the value of hospital care following acute myocardial infarction. April 30, 2008 Timbie JW, Normand S-LT Sharon-Lise Normand Statistics in Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=A%20comparison%20of%20methods%20for%20combining%20quality%20and%20efficiency%20performance%20measures%3A%20profiling%20the%20value%20of%20hospital%20care%20following%20acute%20myocardial%20infarction.
Assessment of the scientific soundness of clinical performance measures: A field test of the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s colorectal cancer screening measure. April 28, 2008 Schneider EC, Nadel MR, Zaslavsky AM, et al. Alan M. Zaslavsky Archives of Internal Medicine http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=414181
Medicare Beneficiaries’ Knowledge of Part D Program Prescription Drug Benefits and Responses to Drug Costs April 23, 2008 John Hsu, Vicki Fung, Mary Price, et al. John Hsu Joseph P. Newhouse Journal of the American Medical Association http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=181814
The comparison of “risk-adjusted” hospital outcomes April 15, 2008 Shahian DM and Normand S-LT Sharon-Lise Normand Circulation http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/117/15/1955.long
The relationship between medical practice characteristics and quality of care for cardiovascular disease. April 1, 2008 Landon BE, Normand SL, Meara E, et al. Bruce E. Landon Sharon-Lise Normand Richard G. Frank Barbara J. McNeil Medical Care Research and Review http://mcr.sagepub.com/content/65/2/167.abstract
Office Visit Copayments: Patient Knowledge, Response, and Communication with Providers April 1, 2008 Nancy Benedetti, Vicki Fung, Mary Reed, et al. Joseph P. Newhouse John Hsu Medical Care http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2008&issue=04000&article=00010&type=abstract
Differential item functioning between ethnic groups in the epidemiological assessment of depression. April 1, 2008 Breslau J, Javaras KN, Blacker JM, et al. Sharon-Lise Normand Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2748987/