Publications and Reports
Peer Reviewed Journals (July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007)
Abernethy AP, Hanson LC, Main DS, Kutner LS. Palliative care research networks, a requirement for evidence-based palliative care: Time for coordinated action. Journal of Palliative Medicine (in press).
Alexander JA, Weiner BJ, Shortell SM, Baker LC. Does quality improvement implementation affect hospital quality of care? Hospital Topics 2007; 85(2):3-12.
Alexander JA, Weiner BJ, Shortell SM, Baker LC, Becker MP. The role of organizational infrastructure in implementation of hospitals’ quality improvement. Hospital Topics 2006; 84(1):11-20.
Alexander JA, Ye Y, Lee SY, Weiner BJ. The effects of governing board configuration on profound organizational change in hospitals. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 2006; 47(3):291-308.
Alexander JA, Weiner BJ, Griffith J. Quality improvement and hospital financial performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior 2006; 27(7):1003-29.
Bacon TJ, Cykert S. The area health education center’s role in North Carolina’s health workforce development. North Carolina Medical Journal 2007; 68(3):202-3.
Biola H, Sloane PD, Williams CS, Daaleman TP, Williams SW, Zimmerman S. Physician communication with family caregivers of long-term care residents at the end of life. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 2007; 55(6):846-56.
Bowling JM, Rimer BK, Lyons EJ, Golin CE, Frydman G, Ribisl KM. Methodologic challenges of e-health research. Evaluation and Program Planning 2006; 29(4):390-6.
Briscoe F, Konrad TR. HMO employment and African-American physicians. Journal of the National Medical Association 2006; 98(8):1318-25.
Britto MT, Slap GB, DeVellis RF, Hornung RW, Atherton HD, Knopf JM, DeFriese GH. Specialists understanding of the health care preferences of chronically ill adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health 2007; 40(4):334-41.
Burris S, Moss K. The employment discrimination provisions of The Americans with Disabilities Act: Implementation and impact. Hofstra Law Review (in press).
Burris S, Moss K. United States’ health researchers review their ethics review boards. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 2006; 1(2):39-58.
Buse JB, Ginsberg HN, Bakris GL, Clark NG, Costa F, Eckel R, Fonseca V, Gerstein HC, Grundy S, Nesto RW, Pignone MP, Plutzky J, Porte D, Redberg R, Stitzel KF, Stone NJ. Primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in people with diabetes mellitus: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association. Circulation 2007; 115(1):114-26.
Buse JB, Ginsberg HN, Bakris GL, Clark NG, Costa F, Eckel R, Fonseca V, Gerstein HC, Grundy S, Nesto RW, Pignone MP, Plutzky J, Porte D, Redberg R, Stitzel KF, Stone NJ. Primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in people with diabetes mellitus: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care 2007; 30(1):162-72.
Callahan LF, Freburger JK, Mielenz TJ, Exley EK. Medical skepticism and the use of complementary and alternative health care providers by patients followed by rheumatologists. Journal of Clinical Rheumatology (in press).
Callahan LF, Mielenz TJ, Freburger JK, Shreffler J, Hootman J, Brady T, Buysse K, Schwartz T. A randomized controlled trial of People with Arthritis Can Exercise (PACE): Symptoms, function, physical activity, and psychosocial outcomes. Arthritis Care and Research (in press).
Calleson DC, Sloane PD, Cohen LW. Effectiveness of mailing “Bathing Without a Battle” to all US nursing homes. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 2006; 27(1):67-79.
Carder PC, Schumacher JG, Zimmerman S, Sloane PD. Medication management: Integrating the social and medical models. Assisted Living Consult 2007; 3(2):18-22.
Carey T, Krebs E. Review: Opioids are more effective than placebo but not other analgesics for chronic noncancer pain. ACP Journal Club 2006; 145(3):74.
Carey TS, Williams JW Jr, Melvin C, Oldham J, Goodman F. Best practices: Comparing medication treatments in mental health: Drug class reviews and policy challenges. Journal of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health Services 2007; 58(6):746-8.
Carpenter WR, Weiner BJ, Kaluzny AD, Domino ME, Lee SY. The effects of managed care and competition on community-based clinical research. Medical Care 2006; 44(7):671-9.
Chen CK, Zimmerman S, Sloane PD, Barrick AL. Assisted living policies promoting autonomy and their relationship to resident depressive symptoms. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2007; 15(2):122-9.
Cherrington A, Ayala GX, Sleath B, Corbie-Smith G. Examining knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about depression among Latino adults with type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Educator 2006; 32(4):603-13.
Cherrington A, Corbie-Smith G, Pathman DE. Do adults who believe in periodic health examinations receive more clinical preventive services? Preventive Medicine (in press).
Cohen JH, Schoenbach VJ, Kaufman JS, Talcott JA, Schenck AP, Peacock S, Symons M, Amamoo MA, Carpenter WR, Godley PA. Racial differences in clinical progression among Medicare recipients after treatment for localized prostate cancer ( United States). Cancer Causes & Control 2006; 17(6):803-11.
Corbie-Smith G, Blumenthal C, Dorrance J, Henderson G, Estroff SE. How do investigators conceptualize race in their research? Journal of National Medical Association (in press).
Corbie-Smith G, Williams IC, Blumenthal C, Dorrance J, Estroff SE, Henderson G. Relationships and communication in minority participation in research: Multidimensional and multidirectional. Journal of the National Medical Association 2007; 99(5):489-98.
Corbie-Smith GM, Durant RW, St George DM. Investigators’ assessment of NIH mandated inclusion of women and minorities in research. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006; 27(6):571-9.
Cuddeback GS, Morrissey JP, Meyer PS. How many assertive community treatment teams do we need? Psychiatric Services 2006; 57(12):1803-6.
Daaleman TP, Elder GH Jr. Family medicine and the life course paradigm. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2007; 20(1):85-92.
Daaleman TP, Kaufman JS. Spirituality and depressive symptoms in primary care outpatients. Southern Medical Journal 2006; 99(12):1340-4.
Daaleman TP, Williams CS, Hamilton VL, Zimmerman S. Spiritual care for long-term care residents at the end of life. Medical Care (in press).
DeWalt DA, Boone RS, Pignone MP. Literacy and its relationship with self-efficacy, trust, and participation in medical decision-making in patients with diabetes. American Journal of Health Behavior (in press).
DeWalt DA, Dilling MH, Rosenthal MS, Pignone MP. Low parental literacy is associated with worse asthma care measures in children. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2007; 7(1):25-31.
DeWalt DA, Rothrock N, Yount S, Stone AA. Evaluation of item candidates: The PROMIS qualitative item review. Medical Care 2007; 45(5 Suppl 1):S12-21.
Dobbs DJ, Hanson L, Zimmerman S, Williams CS, Munn J. Hospice attitudes among assisted living and nursing home administrators, and the long-term care hospice attitudes scale. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2006; 9(6):1388-400.
Domino ME, Morrissey JP, Chung S, Nadlicki T. Changes in service use during a trauma-informed intervention for women. Women & Health 2006; 44(3):105-22.
Donahue KE, Mielenz TJ, Sloane PD, Callahan LF, Devellis RF. Identifying supports and barriers to physical activity in patients at risk for diabetes. Preventing Chronic Disease 2006; 3(4):A119.
Drake RE, Morrissey JP, Mueser KT. The challenge of treating forensic dual diagnosis clients: Comment on "integrated treatment for jail recidivists with co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders". Community Mental Health Journal 2006; 42(4):427-32.
Dungan KM, Guster T, DeWalt DA, Buse JB. A comparison of lipid and lipoprotein measurements in the fasting and nonfasting states in patients with type 2 diabetes. Current Medical Research and Opinion (in press).
Ford C, Konrad R, Corbie-Smith G. Improving HIV testing among black women: The role of patient -provider racial concordance. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (in press).
Fowler-Brown A, Corbie-Smith G, Garrett J, Lurie N. Risk of cardiovascular events and death--does insurance matter? Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007; 22(4):502-7.
Fraher EP. Location, location, location: North Carolina faces a shortage of primary care and specialty practitioners in rural and underserved counties. North Carolina Medical Journal 2007; 68(3):194-7.
Fraher EP, McKethan A. Lurching from oversupply to shortage: The need for better Allied Health Workforce planning. Journal of Allied Health (in press).
Freeman VA, Walsh J, Rudolf M, Slifkin RT, Skinner AC. Intensive care in critical access hospitals. Journal Rural Health 2007; 23(2):116-23.
Gartlehner G, Hansen RA, Jonas BL, Thieda P, Lohr KN. Biologics for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A systematic review and critical analysis of the evidence. Clinical Rheumatology 2007.
Gartlehner G, Hansen RA, Jonas BL, Thieda P, Lohr KN. The comparative efficacy and safety of biologics for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and metaanalysis. The Journal of Rheumatology 2006; 33(12):2398-408.
Gartlehner G, Hansen RA, Nissman D, Lohr KN, Carey TS. A simple and valid tool distinguished efficacy from effectiveness studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2006; 59(10):1040-8.
Gaskins ND, Sloane PD, Mitchell CM, Ammerman A, Ickes SB, Williams CS. Poor nutritional habits: A modifiable predecessor of chronic illness? A North Carolina Family Medicine Research Network (NC-FM-RN) study. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2007; 20(2):124-34.
Gaul K, King J, Fraher E. Supply of primary care practitioners by profession. North Carolina Medical Journal 2007; 68(3):211-3.
Gaynes BN. Light therapy and fluoxetine similarly effective for improving seasonal affective disorder. Evidence-Based Mental Health 2007; 10(1):26.
Gaynes BN, Rush AJ, Trivedi MH, Wisniewski SR, Balasubramani GK, Spencer DC, Petersen T, Klinkman M, Warden D, Nicholas L, Fava M. Major depression symptoms in primary care and psychiatric care settings: A cross-sectional analysis. Annals of Family Medicine 2007; 5(2):126-34.
Gill KS, Williams CS, Zimmerman S, Uman GC. Quality of long-term care as reported by residents with dementia. Alzheimer’s Care Today (in press).
Godley PA, Carpenter WR. Case-control prostate cancer screening studies should not exclude subjects with lower urinary tract symptoms. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2007; 60(2):176-80.
Gourlay ML, Preisser JS, Linville LF, Sloane PD. Survey of osteoporosis preventive care in community family medicine settings. Family Medicine 2006; 38(10):724-30.
Grodensky CA, Golin CE, Boland MS, Patel SN, Quinlivan EB, Price M. Translating Concern into Action: HIV Care Providers’ Views on Counseling Patients about HIV Prevention in the Clinical Setting. AIDS and Behavior 2007.
Hansen RA, Gartlehner G, Lohr KN, Kaufer DI. Functional outcomes of drug treatment in Alzheimer’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Drugs & Aging 2007; 24(2):155-67.
Hansen RA, Gartlehner G, Powell GE, Sandler RS. Serious adverse events with infliximab: Analysis of spontaneously reported adverse events. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2007; 5(6):729-35.
Hanson LC, Eckert JK, Dobbs D, Williams CS, Caprio AJ, Sloane PD, Zimmerman S. Symptom Experience of Dying Long-Term Care Residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (in press).
Harper TC, Coeytaux RR, Chen W, Campbell K, Kaufman JS, Moise KJ, Thorp JM. A randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for initiation of labor in nulliparous women. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2006; 19(8):465-70.
Helfrich CD, Weiner BJ, McKinney MM, Minasian L. Determinants of implementation effectiveness: Adapting a framework for complex innovations. Medical Care Research and Review 2007; 64(3):279-303.
Henderson G, Garrett J, Bussey-Jones J, Moloney M, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith G. Great expectations...but with reservations: Views of genetic research participants regarding current and future studies. Genetics in Medicine (in press).
Hickman SE, Barrick AL, Williams CS, Zimmerman S, Connell BR, Preisser JS, Mitchell CM, Sloane PD. The effect of ambient bright light therapy on depressive symptoms in persons with dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (in press).
Hoeffer B, Talerico KA, Rasin J, Mitchell CM, Stewart BJ, McKenzie D, Barrick AL, Rader J, Sloane PD. Assisting cognitively impaired nursing home residents with bathing: Effects of two bathing interventions on caregiving. The Gerontologist 2006; 46(4):524-32.
Howard DL, Bunch CD, Mundia WO, Konrad TR, Edwards LJ, Ahinee Amamoo M, Jallah Y. Comparing United States versus international medical school graduate physicians who serve African-American and White elderly. Health Services Research 2006; 41(6):2155-81.
Howard DL, Edwards BG, Whitehead K, Amamoo MA, Godley PA. Healthcare practices among blacks and whites with urinary tract symptoms. Journal of the National Medical Association 2007; 99(4):404-11.
Kaup BA, Loreck D, Gruber-Baldini AL, German P, Menon AS, Zimmerman S, Burton L, Magaziner J. Depression and its relationship to function and medical status, by dementia status, in nursing home admissions. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2007; 15(5):438-42.
Krebs EE, Garrett JM, Konrad TR. The difficult doctor? Characteristics of physicians who report frustration with patients: An analysis of survey data. BMC Health Services Research 2006; 6:128.
Lamvu GM, Thorp JM Jr, Stuart N, Hartmann KE. Impact of abnormal results of outpatient fetal heart rate monitoring on maternal intervention in labor. The Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2006; 51(9):689-93.
Landis SE, Gaynes BN, Morrissey JP, Vinson N, Ellis AR, Domino ME. Generalist care managers for the treatment of depressed medicaid patients in North Carolina: A pilot study. BMC Family Practice 2007; 8:7.
Langer MM, Hill CD, Thissen D, Burwinkle TM, Varni JW, DeWalt DA. Item response theory detects differential item functioning between healthy and ill children in QoL measures. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (in press).
Lee SY, Morrissey JP, Thomas KC, Carter WC, Ellis AR. Assessing the service linkages of substance abuse agencies with mental health and primary care organizations. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2006; 32(1):69-86.
Lewis CL, Kistler CE, Amick HR, Watson LC, Bynum DL, Walter LC, Pignone MP. Older adults’ attitudes about continuing cancer screening later in life: A pilot study interviewing residents of two continuing care communities. BMC Geriatrics 2006; 6:10.
Lewis CL, Moore CG, Golin CE, Griffith JM, Brenner AT, Pignone MP. Resident physicians life expectancy estimates and colon cancer screening recommendations in elderly patients. Medical Decision Making (in press).
Likis FE, Petersen R, Clark KA, Payne PA. Gynecologic and contraceptive services provided by certified nurse-midwives in North Carolina. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health 2006; 51(6):410-4.
Lipscomb HJ, Dement JM, Epling CA, Gaynes BN, McDonald MA, Schoenfisch AL. Depressive symptoms among working women in rural North Carolina: A comparison of women in poultry processing and other low-wage jobs. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (in press).
Liu H, Miller LG, Golin CE, Hays RD, Wu T, Wenger NS, Kaplan AH. Repeated measures analyses of dose timing of antiretroviral medication and its relationship to HIV virologic outcomes. Statistics in Medicine 2007; 26(5):991-1007.
Liu H, Miller LG, Hays RD, Golin CE, Zhao H, Wenger NS, Kaplan AH. A comprehensive evaluation of survey questions for adherence to antiretroviral medications and exploratory analyses for identifying optimal sets of survey questions. AIDS Patient Care and STDS 2006; 20(11):760-72.
Liu H, Miller LG, Hays RD, Wagner G, Golin CE, Hu W, Kahn K, Haubrich R, Kaplan AH, Wenger NS. A practical method to calibrate self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2006; 43 Suppl 1:S104-12.
Mayer ML. Are we there yet? Distance to care and relative supply among pediatric medical subspecialties. Pediatrics 2006; 118(6):2313-21.
Mayer ML. Disparities in geographic access to pediatric subspecialty care. Maternal and Child Health Journal (in press).
Mayer ML, Brogan L, Sandborg CI. Availability of pediatric rheumatology training in United States pediatric residencies. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2006; 55(6):836-42.
McGorty EK, Devlin L, Tong R, Harrison N, Holmes M, Silberman P. Ethical guidelines for an influenza pandemic. North Carolina Medical Journal 2007; 68(1):38-42.
McKinney MM, Weiner BJ, Carpenter WR. Building community capacity to participate in cancer prevention research. Cancer Control 2006; 13(4):295-302.
McKinney MM, Weiner BJ, Wang V. Recruiting participants to cancer prevention clinical trials: Lessons from successful community oncology networks. Oncology Nursing Forum 2006; 33(5):951-9.
McKoy JN, Petersen R. Reducing African-American women’s sexual risk: Can churches play a role? Journal of the National Medical Association 2006; 98(7):1151-9.
Mejia G, Kaufman JS, Corbie-Smith G, Rozier RG, Caplan DJ, Suchindran C. A conceptual framework for Hispanic oral health care. Journal of Public Health Dentistry (in press).
Meyer PS, Morrissey JP. A comparison of assertive community treatment and intensive case management for patients in rural areas. Psychiatric Services 2007; 58(1):121-7.
Miller DP Jr, Brownlee CD, McCoy TP, Pignone MP. The effect of health literacy on knowledge and receipt of colorectal cancer screening: A survey study. BMC Family Practice 2007; 8:16.
Morrissey JP, Cuddeback GS, Cuellar AE, Steadman HJ. The role of Medicaid enrollment and outpatient service use in jail recidivism among persons with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services 2007; 58(6):794-801.
Munn JC, Zimmerman S. A good death for residents of long-term care: Family members speak. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care 2006; 2(3):45-59.
Munn JC, Zimmerman S, Hanson LC, Williams CS, Sloane PD, Clipp EC, Tulsky JA, Steinhauser KE. Measuring the quality of dying in long-term care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (in press).
Norton EC, Yoon J, Domino ME, Morrissey JP. Transitions between the public mental health system and jail for persons with severe mental illness: A Markov analysis. Health Economics 2006; 15(7):719-33.
Olajide O, Hanson L, Usher BM, Qaqish BF, Schwartz R, Bernard S. Validation of the palliative performance scale in the acute tertiary care hospital setting. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2007; 10(1):111-7.
Panda M, Staton LJ, Chen I, Kurz J, O’Rorke J, Pasanen M, Menon M, Genao I, Wood J, Mechaber A, Rosenberg E, Faselis C, Carey T, Calleson D, Cykert S. The influence of discordance in pain assessment on the functional status of patients with chronic nonmalignant pain. American Journal of the Medical Sciences 2006; 332(1):18-23.
Parish S, Moss K, Richman E. Health and health care access of adults with developmental disabilities: Their perspectives. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (in press).
Pathman DE, Fryer GE Jr, Phillips RL, Smucny J, Miyoshi T, Green LA. National Health Service Corps staffing and the growth of the local rural non-NHSC primary care physician workforce. Journal of Rural Health 2006; 22(4):285-93.
Petersen R, Albright J, Garrett JM, Curtis KM. Pregnancy and STD prevention counseling using an adaptation of motivational interviewing: A randomized controlled trial. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2007; 39(1):21-8.
Petersen R, Albright JB, Garrett JM, Curtis KM. Acceptance and use of emergency contraception with standardized counseling intervention: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Contraception 2007; 75(2):119-25.
Pierson S, Hansen R, Greene SB, Williams C, Akers R, Jonsson M, Carey T. Preventing medication errors in long-term care: Results and evaluation of a large scale web-based error reporting system. Quality and Safety in Health Care (in press).
Pignone M. Challenges in implementation of effective and efficient colon cancer screening. Digestive and Liver Disease 2007; 39(3):251-2.
Pignone M, Anderson GK, Binns K, Tilson HH, Weisman SM. Aspirin use among adults aged 40 and older in the United States: Results of a national survey. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2007; 32(5):403-7.
Pignone M, DeWalt D. Quality improvement strategies for type 2 diabetes. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 2006; 296(22):2680-1; author reply 2681.
Pignone M, Earnshaw S, Pletcher MJ, Tice JA. Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women: A cost-utility analysis. Archives of Internal Medicine 2007; 167(3):290-5.
Pignone MP, DeWalt DA. Health literacy and heart failure care in minority communities. Annals of Internal Medicine 2007; 146(4):312; author reply 312.
Pignone MP, DeWalt DA. Literacy and health outcomes: Is adherence the missing link? Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006; 21(8):896-7.
Pink GH, Holmes GM, D’Alpe C, Strunk LA, McGee P, Slifkin RT. Financial indicators for critical access hospitals. Journal of Rural Health 2006; 22(3):229-36.
Pink GH, Daniel I, McGilis Hall L, McKillop I. Selection of key financial indicators: A literature, panel and survey approach. Healthcare Quarterly 2007; 10(1).
Potisek NM, Malone RM, Shilliday BB, Ives TJ, Chelminski PR, DeWalt DA, Pignone MP. Use of patient flow analysis to improve patient visit efficiency by decreasing wait time in a primary care-based disease management programs for anticoagulation and chronic pain: A quality improvement study. BMC Health Services Research 2007; 7:8.
Radford A, Pink G, Ricketts T. A comparative performance scorecard for federally funded community health centers in North Carolina. Journal of Healthcare Management 2007; 52(1):20-31; discussion 32-3.
Radford A, Slifkin R, Fraser R, Mason M, Mueller K. The experience of rural independent pharmacies with Medicare Part D: Reports from the field. Journal of Rural Health (in press).
Ranney L, Melvin C, Lux L, McClain E, Lohr KN. Systematic review: Smoking cessation intervention strategies for adults and adults in special populations. Annals of Internal Medicine 2006; 145(11):845-56.
Reiter KL, Kilpatrick KE, Greene SB, Lohr KN, Leatherman S. How to develop a business case for quality. International Journal for Quality in Healthcare 2007; 19(1):50-5.
Resnick B, Gruber-Baldini AL, Pretzer-Aboff I, Galik E, Buie VC, Russ K, Zimmerman S. Reliability and validity of the evaluation to sign consent measure. The Gerontologist 2007; 47(1):69-77.
Resnick B, Orwig D, Zimmerman S, Hawkes W, Golden J, Werner-Bronzert M, Magaziner J. Testing of the SEE and OEE post-hip fracture. Western Journal of Nursing Research 2006; 28(5):586-601.
Ricketts TC 3rd. Medical practitioner supply from a national perspective. North Carolina Medical Journal 2007; 68(3):176-8.
Ricketts TC, Holmes GM. Mortality and physician supply, does region hold the key to the paradox. Health Services Research (in press).
Rindal D, Rush W, Perrin N, Maupome G, Bader J. Outcomes associated with dentists’ risk assessment. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 2006; 34(5):381-6.
Rosenthal AC, Melvin CL, Barker DC. Treatment of tobacco use in preconception care. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2006; 10(5 Suppl):S147-8.
Rosenthal MS, Socolar RR, DeWalt DA, Pignone M, Garrett J, Margolis PA. Parents with low literacy report higher quality of parent-provider relationships in a residency clinic. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2007; 7(1):51-5.
Sankar A, Golin C, Simoni JM, Luborsky M, Pearson C. How qualitative methods contribute to understanding combination antiretroviral therapy adherence. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2006; 43 Suppl 1:S54-68.
Sapienza JN, Corbie-Smith G, Keim S, Fleischman AR. Community engagement in epidemiological research. Ambulatory Pediatrics 2007; 7 (3):247-52.
Schroeder JC, Bensen JT, Su LJ, Mishel M, Ivanova A, Smith GJ, Godley PA, Fontham ET, Mohler JL. The North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP): Methods and design of a multidisciplinary population-based cohort study of racial differences in prostate cancer outcomes. The Prostate 2006; 66(11):1162-76.
Seligman HK, Wallace AS, DeWalt DA, Schillinger D, Arnold CL, Shilliday BB, Delgadillo A, Kalmbach L, Bengal N, Palacios JL, Davis TC. Developing low-literacy patient educational materials to facilitate behavior change. American Journal of Health Behavior (in press).
Sheridan SL, Shadle J, Simpson RJ Jr, Pignone MP. The impact of a decision aid about heart disease prevention on patients’ discussions with their doctor and their plans for prevention: A pilot randomized trial. BMC Health Services Research 2006; 6:121.
Silberman P, Estes EH Jr, Dubay KL, Holmes M. Weathering the practitioner workforce shortage. North Carolina Medical Journal 2007; 68(3):159-68.
Skinner AC, Slifkin RT. Rural/urban differences in barriers to and burden of care for children with special health care needs. Journal of Rural Health 2007; 23(2):150-7.
Skinner AC, Slifkin RT, Mayer ML. The effect of rural residence on dental unmet need for children with special health care needs. Journal of Rural Health 2006; 22(1):36-42.
Sleath B, Tulsky JA, Peck BM, Thorpe J. Provider-patient communication about antidepressants among veterans with mental health conditions. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy 2007; 5(1):9-17.
Sleath BL, Thomas N, Jackson E, West SL, Gaynes BN. Physician reported communication about depression and psychosocial issues during postpartum visits. North Carolina Medical Journal 2007; 68(3):151-5.
Sloane P, Ivey J, Roth M, Roederer M, Williams CS. Accounting for the sedative and analgesic effects of medication changes during patient participation in clinical research studies: Measurement development and application to a sample of institutionalized geriatric patients. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2007.
Sloane PD, Brooker D, Cohen L, Douglass C, Edelman P, Fulton BR, Jarrott S, Kasayka R, Kuhn D, Preisser JS, Williams CS, Zimmerman S. Dementia care mapping as a research tool. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2007; 22(6):580-9.
Sloane PD, Cohen LW, Williams CS, Munn J, Preisser JS, Sobsey MD, Wait DA, Zimmerman S. Effect of specialized bathing systems on resident cleanliness and water quality in nursing homes: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Water and Health 2007; 5(2):283-94.
Sloane PD, MacFarquhar JK, Sickbert-Bennett E, Mitchell CM, Akers R, Weber DJ, Howard K. Syndromic surveillance for emerging infections in office practice using billing data. Annals of Family Medicine 2006; 4(4):351-8.
Sloane PD, Williams CS, Mitchell CM, Preisser JS, Wood W, Barrick AL, Hickman SE, Gill KS, Connell BR, Edinger J, Zimmerman S. High-intensity environmental light in dementia: Effect on sleep and activity. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (in press).
Staton LJ, Panda M, Chen I, Genao I, Kurz J, Pasanen M, Mechaber AJ, Menon M, O’Rorke J, Wood J, Rosenberg E, Faeslis C, Carey T, Calleson D, Cykert S. When race matters: Disagreement in pain perception between patients and their physicians in primary care. Journal of the National Medical Association 2007; 99(5):532-8.
Stearns SC, Dalton K, Holmes GM, Seagrave SM. Using propensity stratification to compare patient outcomes in hospital-based versus freestanding skilled-nursing facilities. Medical Care Research and Review 2006; 63(5):599-622.
Sterling R, Henderson GE, Corbie-Smith G. Public willingness to participate in and public opinions about genetic variation research: A review of the literature. American Journal of Public Health 2006; 96(11):1971-8.
Swanson J, Burris S, Moss K, Ullman M, Ranney L. Justice disparities: Does the ADA enforcement system treat people with psychiatric disabilities fairly? Maryland Law Review 2006; 66(1):94-139.
Talcott JA, Spain P, Clark JA, Carpenter WR, Do YK, Hamilton RJ, Galanko JA, Jackman A, Godley PA. Hidden barriers between knowledge and behavior: The North Carolina prostate cancer screening and treatment experience. Cancer 2007; 109(8):1599-606.
Thomas KC, Morrissey JP, McLaurin C. Use of autism-related services by families and children. Journal of Autism and Development Disability 2007; 37(5):818-29.
Thorpe JM, Sleath BL, Thorpe CT, Van Houtven CH, Blalock SJ, Landerman LR, Campbell WH, Clipp EC. Caregiver psychological distress as a barrier to influenza vaccination among community-dwelling elderly with dementia. Medical Care 2006; 44(8):713-21.
Viera AJ, Pathman DE, Garrett JM. Adults’ lack of a usual source of care: A matter of preference? Annals of Family Medicine 2006; 4(4):359-65.
Visco AG, Viswanathan M, Lohr KN, Wechter ME, Gartlehner G, Wu JM, Palmieri R, Funk MJ, Lux L, Swinson T, Hartmann K. Cesarean delivery on maternal request: Maternal and neonatal outcomes. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2006; 108(6):1517-29.
Williams CS, Tinetti ME, Kasl SV, Peduzzi PN. The role of pain in the recovery of instrumental and social functioning after hip fracture. Journal of Aging and Health 2006; 18(5):743-62.
Williams IC, Corbie-Smith G. Investigator beliefs and reported success in recruiting minority participants. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006; 27(6):580-6.
Williams JW Jr, Gerrity M, Holsinger T, Dobscha S, Gaynes B, Dietrich A. Systematic review of multifaceted interventions to improve depression care. General Hospital Psychiatry 2007; 29(2):91-116.
Wroth TH, Pathman DE. Primary medication adherence in a rural population: The role of the patient-physician relationship and satisfaction with care. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2006; 19(5):478-86.
Zimmerman S, Mitchell CM, Chen CK, Morgan LA, Gruber-Baldini AL, Sloane PD, Eckert JK, Munn J. An observation of assisted living environments: Space use and behavior. Journal of Gerontological Social Work 2007; 49(3):185-203.
Zimmerman S, Sloane PD, Williams CS, Dobbs D, Ellajosyula R, Braaten A, Rupnow MF, Kaufer DI. Residential care/assisted living staff may detect undiagnosed dementia using the minimum data set cognition scale. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (in press).
Book Chapters (July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007)
Clark SC, Daaleman TP. Relationship issues. In: Sloane PD, Slatt L, Ebell M, editors. Essentials of Family Medicine. 5th edition. Philadelphia: Wolters/Kluwer, 2007: 497-510.
Daaleman TP. Terminal illness. In: Rakel RE, editor. Essential Family Medicine, Fundamentals and Case Studies. 3rd edition. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier, 2006: 517-21.
DeWalt DA, Runge MS. Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. In: Runge MS, Greganti MA, editors. Netter’s Internal Medicine. 2nd edition. (in press).
Moss K, Burris S. Exploring the implications of ADA employment discrimination policy and practice for the health and welfare of people with disabilities. In: Field M, Jette A, editors. The Future of Disability in America. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2007.
Zimmerman S. Information to promote quality care in residential settings. In: C.B. Cox, editor. Dementia and Social Work Practice: Research and Interventions. New York: Springer, 2007.
Zimmerman S, Sloane PD. Long-term care: Nursing homes and assisted living. In: J.E. Birren, editor. Encyclopedia of Gerontology: Age, Aging, and the Aged. 2nd edition. Oxford: Elsevier Ltd, 2007.
Other Publications (July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007
de la Varre C, Hadley HL, Haaland W, Gaul K, Darter JD, Fraher EP. A Special Report on Health Care Resources in North Carolina: North Carolina Health Professions 2005 Data Book. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/publications.htm.
Flex Monitoring Team. CAH Financial Indicators Report: Summary of Indicator Medians by State. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Flex Monitoring Team. Impact of Conversion to Criticial Access Hospital Status on Hospital Financial Performance and Condition. Policy Brief No. 1. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at: http://www.flexmonitoring.org/new.shtml.
Fraher E, Gaul K, King J, Hadley H, de la Varre C, Ricketts TC. Trends in the Supply of Dentists in North Carolina, 1996-2005. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/publications.htm.
Fraher E, McKethan A. Allied Health: Jobs for North Carolinians. Carolina Context 2006; No. 2. Available at: http://www.southnow.org/southnow-publications/carolina-context-1.
Fraher EP, Summers P, Gaul K, Rutledge S. Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report. Council for Allied Health in North Carolina, NC AHEC Program and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/publications.htm.
Gale JA, Lenardson J, Gregg WR, Casey M, Richardson I, Rutledge S. The State Flex Program at 10 Years: Strengthening Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Communities. Flex Monitoring Team Policy Brief No. 3. ORHP, 2007. Available at: http://www.flexmonitoring.org/new.shtml.
Gartlehner G, Hansen RA, Thieda P, DeVeaugh-Geiss AM, Gaynes BN, Krebs EE, Lux LJ, Morgan LC, Shumate JA, Monroe LG, Lohr KN. Comparative Effectiveness of Second-Generation Antidepressants in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Depression. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 7. (Prepared by RTI International - University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0016). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2007. Available at: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/topic.cfm?topic=8&sid=39&rType=4&sType=2.
Gaul K, Fraher EP, Guild PA, Ricketts TC, Hadley H, Darter J. Trends in Licensed Health Professions in North Carolina, 1979-2005. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/publications.htm.
Guild PA, Schectman R, Shanahan E, Payne PA, Perry JR. Consensus in Region IV: Women and Infant Health Indicators for Planning and Assessment . Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
King J, Geiger L, Silberman P, Slifkin R. State Profiles of Medicaid and SCHIP in Rural and Urban Areas. Final Report No. 91. Chapel Hill, NC: ORHP, North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/wp.html.
Konrad TR, Bhatavadekar NB.Holding Up the Oral Health Safety Net: The Role of NHSC Alumni Dentists in North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: Southeast Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Konrad TR, Morgan JC, Dill J. Descriptive Results from the State Turnover Survey. Conducted for the Office of Long Term Care of the NC Department of Health and Human Services, 2005. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/research/winastepup/reports/index.html.
Konrad TR, Morgan JC, Ribas V. Active and Inactive Workers on the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry: A Wage and Employment Profile. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Institute on Aging, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.aging.unc.edu/research/winastepup/reports/index.html.
Moore J, Karnaukova J, McGinnis S, Ricketts T, Skillman S, Paul E. Human Resources for Health: Options for Analysis and Monitoring. Background paper for the World Health Report 2006 (WHO), 2006.
North Carolina Institute of Medicine. Providers in Demand: North Carolina’s Primary Care and Specialty Supply. Durham, NC: NCIOM Task Force on Primary Care and Specialty Supply, 2007. Available at: http://www.nciom.org/projects/supply/supply.html.
North Carolina Institute of Medicine and Action for Children North Carolina. 2006 North Carolina Child Health Report Card. Raleigh, NC; 2006. Available at: http://www.nciom.org/docs/card2006.pdf.
North Carolina Institute of Medicine. In collaboration with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health. Stockpiling Solutions: North Carolina’s Ethical Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic. Durham, NC: North Carolina Task Force on Ethics and Pandemic Influenza Planning, 2007. Available at: http://www.nciom.org/projects/flu_pandemic/panflu.html.
Pathman DE, Chuang Y, Weiner BJ. Helping One and One Yield Three in Grant-Funded Programs: Promoting Synergy in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Southern Rural Access Program. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Patterson PD, Freeman VA, Moore CG, Slifkin RT. Becoming an Emergency Medical Technician: Urban-Rural Differences in Motivation and Job Satisfaction. Working Paper Series No. 89. Chapel Hill, NC: ORHP, North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/wp.html.
Radford A, Mason M, Richardson I, Rutledge S, Poley S, Mueller K, Slifkin R. One Year In: Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies and Medicare Part D. Findings Brief No. 83. Chapel Hill, NC: ORHP, North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/find.html.
Radford A, Mason M, Richardson I, Rutledge S, Poley S, Mueller K, Slifkin R. One Year In: Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies and Medicare Part D. Final Report No. 92. Chapel Hill, NC: ORHP, North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/wp.html.
Radford A, Slifkin R, Baernholdt M, Schur C, Cheung K. 340B Drug Pricing Program, Results of a Survey of Eligible but Non-Participating Rural Hospitals. Working Paper Series No. 88. Chapel Hill, NC: ORHP, North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/wp.html.
Radford A, Slifkin R, Fraser R, Mason M, Mueller K. The Experience of Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies with Medicare Part D: Reports from the Field. Working Paper Series No. 87. Chapel Hill, NC: ORHP, North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/wp.html.
Reiter K, Slifkin R, Holmes M. A Primer on the Occupational Mix Adjustment to the Medicare Wage Index. Working Paper Series No. 86. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/wp.html.
Ricketts TC. Improving America’s Health: Personal and Public Solutions. In: America’s Health Rankings. Minnetonka, MN: United Health Foundation, 2006. Available at: http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/ahr2006/2006ahr.pdf.
Ricketts TC, Holmes GM, King J. Growth in Physician Supply is not Adequate to Meet the Needs of the Growing Population of North Carolina. Durham, NC: North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task Force on Physician Supply, 2006.
Schur C, Cheung K, Radford A, Slifkin R, Baernholdt M. 340B Drug Pricing Program, Results of a Survey of Participating Hospitals. Final Report No. 90. Chapel Hill, NC: ORHP, North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/wp.html.
Silberman P, Brogan L, Moore C, Slifkin R. Premium Assistance has Mixed Results in Rural Areas. State Health Notes 2006; 27(478).
Thaker S, Fraher E, King J. Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report. Council for Allied Health in North Carolina, NC AHEC Program and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/publications.htm.
Williams CE, Greene SB, Hansen RA, Pierson S, Akers R, Carey TS. Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative (MEQI) Year 3: October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/meqi_info/reports/index.html.
Other Reports 2006 (before 7/1/06)
Coburn A, Fluharty C, Hart P, MacKinney C, McBride T, Mueller K, Slifkin R, Wakefield M. Medicaid and its Importance to Rural Health. RUPRI Rural Health Panel Issue Brief. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 2006.
Dalton K, Park J, Slifkin R, Howard HA. Trends over Time in the Provision of Skilled Nursing Care in Critical Access Hospitals. FB. 81. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/FB81.pdf
Fraher E, Swartz M, Gaul K. The Supply and Distribution of Psychiatrists in North Carolina: Pressing Issues in the Context of Mental Health Reform. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/Psychiatrist_Brief.pdf
Gartlehner G, Hansen RA, Nissman D, Lohr KN, Carey TS. Criteria for Distinguishing Effectiveness from Efficacy Trials in Systematic Reviews. Technical Review 12. (Prepared by the RTI-International–University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0016). AHRQ Publication No. 06-0046. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2006.
Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/efftrials/efftrials.pdf
Greene SB, Williams CE, Hansen RA, Crook KD, Akers R, Butler MG, Carey TS. Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative (MEQI) Year 2: October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/meqi/info/MEQIREPORTYR2.pdf
Guild PA, Freeman VA. Promising Practices to Prevent Adolescent Suicide: What Can We Learn from Florida? Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/suicidepreventionFLA.pdf
Konrad TR, Morgan JC. STEP UP NOW for Better Jobs and Better Care: The Evaluation of a Workforce Intervention for Direct Care Workers. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/040406_UNC_Ex_Summary_Final_trk.pdf
Masselink L, Groves J, Gaul K. Physician Medical and Residency Training Fact Sheet, Tennessee, 2005. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and the Southeast Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies, 2006.
Available at: http://www.healthworkforce.unc.edu/documents/TN_PhysTrainFS03.pdf
NC Health Professions Profiles 2003. Chapel Hill, NC: Health Professions Data Systems, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 2006.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/fact03.htm
NC Health Professions Profiles 2004. Chapel Hill, NC: Health Professions Data Systems, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 2006.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/fact04.htm
Rural Policy Research Institute Health Panel: Mueller KJ, Coburn AF, Fluharty CW, MacKinney AC, McBride TD, Slifkin RT, Wakefield MK. The Institute of Medicine Rural Health Report: Next Steps in Legislation and Programs. P2006-1, Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, January 2006.
Silberman P, Brogan L, Moore C, Slifkin R. Premium Assistance Programs for Low Income Families: How Well Does it Work in Rural Areas? WP. 85. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/WP85.pdf
Peer Reviewed Journals (July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006)
Ayadi MF, Adams EK, Melvin CL, Rivera CC, Gaffney CA, Pike J, Rabius V, Ferguson JN. Costs of a smoking cessation counseling intervention for pregnant women: Comparison of three settings. Public Health Reports 2006; 121(2):120-6.
Bergman DA, Mayer ML, Pantell RH, Finch SA, Wasserman RC. Does clinical presentation explain practice variability in the treatment of febrile infants? Pediatrics 2006; 117(3):787-95.
Beskow LM, Millikan RC, Sandler RS, Godley PA, Weiner BJ, Weinberger M. The effect of physician permission versus notification on research recruitment through cancer registries ( United States). Cancer Causes Control 2006; 17(3):315-23.
Boustani M, Zimmerman S, Williams CS, Gruber-Baldini AL, Watson L, Reed PS, Sloane PD. Characteristics associated with behavioral symptoms related to dementia in long-term care residents. The Gerontologist 2005; 45 (Special Issue #1):56-61.
Briscoe FS, Konrad TR. HMO employment and African-American physicians. Journal of the National Medical Association 2006; 98(8):1318-25.
Bussey-Jones J, Genao I, St. George DM, Corbie-Smith G. Knowledge of cultural competence among third-year medical students. Journal of the National Medical Association 2005; 97(9):1272-6.
Bussey-Jones J, St. George DM, Corbie-Smith G. The meaning of race: Use of race in the clinical setting. Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine 2005; 146(4):205-9.
Carey TS, Howard DL, Goldmon M, Robinson JT, Godley PA, Ammerman A. Developing effective interuniversity partnerships and community-based research to address health disparities. Academic Medicine. 2005, 80(11):1039-45.
Carey TS. Review: Exercise therapy reduces pain and improves function in chronic but not acute low-back pain. ACP Journal Club 2006; 144(1):12-3.
Carey TS. Use of feeding tubes in the care of long-term care residents. North Carolina Medical Journal 2005; 66(4):313-5.
Carey TS, Hanson L, Garrett JM, Lewis C, Phifer N, Cox CE, Jackman A. Expectations and outcomes of gastric feeding tubes. American Journal of Medicine 2006; 119(6):527.e11-6.
Carson SS, Cox CE, Holmes GM, Howard A, Carey TS. The changing epidemiology of mechanical ventilation: A population-based study. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 2006; 21(3):173-82.
Carter WC, Lee SY, Thomas KC, Morrissey J. Managed care, inter-agency linkages, and outpatient substance abuse treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2006; 33(1):122-31.
Chang JC, Decker MR, Moracco KE, Martin SL, Petersen R, Frasier PY. Asking about intimate partner violence: Advice from female survivors to health care providers. Patient Education and Counseling 2005; 59(2):141-7.
Chang SH, Mercer VS, Giuliani CA, Sloane PD. Relationship between hip abductor rate of force development and mediolateral stability in older adults. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005; 86(9):1843-50.
Corbie-Smith G, Ford C. Distrust and poor self-reported health. Canaries in the coal mine? Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006; 21(4):395-7.
Corbie-Smith GM, Durant RW, St. George DM. Investigators’ assessment of NIH mandated inclusion of women and minorities in research. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006; 27(6):571-9.
Daaleman TP. Reorganizing medicare for older adults with chronic illness. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2006; 19(3):303-9.
DeWalt DA, Malone RM, Bryant ME, Kosnar MC, Corr KE, Rothman RL, Sueta CA, Pignone MP. A heart failure self-management program for patients of all literacy levels: A randomized, controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research 2006; 6:30.
DeWalt DA, Pignone MP. Reading is fundamental: The relationship between literacy and health. Archives of Internal Medicine 2005; 165(17):1943-4.
Dewalt DA, Pignone MP. The role of literacy in health and health care. American Family Physician 2005; 72(3):387-8.
Dobbs D, Munn J, Zimmerman S, Boustani M, Williams CS, Sloane PD, Reed PS. Characteristics associated with lower activity involvement in long-term care residents with dementia. The Gerontologist 2005; 45 (Special Issue #1):81-6.
Donahue KE, Ashkin E, Pathman DE. Length of patient-physician relationship and patients’ satisfaction and preventive service use in the rural south: A cross-sectional telephone study. BMC Family Practice 2005; 6:40.
Drake R, Morrissey J, Mueser K. The challenge of treating forensic dual diagnosis clients: Comment on “Integrated Treatment for Jail Recidivists with Co-occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders.” Community Mental Health Journal 2006; 42(4):427-32.
Dubay KL, Parker MA, DeFriese GH. Assuring the accessibility of basic dental care services: Issues of workforce supply, organization of care, and education. North Carolina Medical Journal 2005; 66(6):430-7.
Edwards B, Tilson HH, West SL. Defining the competencies of those conducting pharmacovigilance. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2006; 15(3):193-8.
Fillenbaum GG, Hybels CF, Pieper CF, Konrad TR, Burchett BM, Blazer DG. Provider characteristics related to antidepressant use in older people. Journal of American Geriatric Society 2006; 54(6):942-9.
Fowler-Brown A, Ashkin E, Corbie-Smith G, Thaker S, Pathman DE. Perception of racial barriers to health care in the rural South. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2006; 17(1):86-100.
Fraher EP. The supply of primary care physicians assistants and nurse practitioners in underserved North Carolina. Journal of Physician Assistant Education 2006; 17(1):39-42.
Fraher EP, McKethan A. Lurching from oversupply to shortage: The need for better Allied Health Workforce planning. Journal of Allied Health (in press).
Fraher EP, Slifkin RT, Smith L, Randolph R, Rudolf M, Holmes GM. Implications of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 for the financial viability of rural pharmacies. Journal of Rural Health 2005; 21(2):114-21.
Freburger JK, Carey TS, Holmes GM. Effectiveness of physical therapy for the management of chronic spine disorders: A propensity score approach. Physical Therapy 2006; 86(3):381-94.
Freburger JK, Carey TS, Holmes GM. Management of back and neck pain: Who seeks care from physical therapists? Physical Therapy 2005; 85(9):872-86.
Freburger JK, Carey TS, Holmes GM. Physician referrals to physical therapists for the treatment of spine disorders. Spine Journal 2005; 5(5):530-41.
Frey BB, Daaleman TP, Peyton V. Measuring a dimension of spirituality for health research: Validity of the Spirituality Index of Well-Being. Research on Aging 2005; 27:556-77.
Gartlehner G, Hansen RA, Carson SS, Lohr KN. Efficacy and safety of inhaled corticosteroids in patients with COPD: A systematic review and meta-analysis of health outcomes. Annals of Family Medicine 2006; 4(3):253-62.
Gartlehner G, Hansen RA, Nissman D, Lohr KN, Carey TS. A simple and valid tool distinguished efficacy from effectiveness studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2006; 59(10):1040-8.
Gavin NI, Gaynes BN, Lohr KN, Meltzer-Brody S, Gartlehner G, Swinson T. Perinatal depression: A systematic review of prevalence and incidence. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2005; 106(5 Pt 1):1071-83.
Greene SB. Healthcare costs: The engine driving the decline in insurance. North Carolina Medical Journal 2005; 67(3):192-99.
Greene SB, Williams CE, Hansen R, Crook KD, Akers R, Carey TS. Medication errors in nursing homes: A state’s experience implementing a reporting system. Journal of Patient Safety 2005; 1(4):181-9.
Gruber-Baldini AL, Zimmerman S, Boustani M, Watson LC, Williams CS, Reed PS. Characteristics associated with depression in long-term care residents with dementia. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special #1):50-5.
Hall SA, Kaufman JS, Ricketts TC. Defining urban and rural areas in U.S. epidemiologic studies. Journal of Urban Health 2006; 83(2):162-75.
Hansen RA, Greene SB, Williams CE, Blalock SJ, Crook KD, Akers R, Carey TS. Types of medication errors in North Carolina nursing homes: A target for quality improvement. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy 2006; 4(1):52-61.
Helton MR, van der Steen JT, Daaleman TP, Gamble GR, Ribbe MW. A cross-cultural study of physician treatment decisions for demented nursing home patients who develop pneumonia. Annals of Family Medicine 2006; 4(3):221-7.
Herzig K, Danley D, Petersen R, Chamberlain L, Gerbert B. Seizing the 9-month moment: Addressing behavioral risks in prenatal patients. Patient Education and Counseling 2006; 61(2):228-35.
Holmes GM. Increasing physician supply in medically underserved areas. Labour Economics 2005; 12(5):697-725.
Holmes GM. Latinos, immigrants, and the uninsured. North Carolina Medical Journal 2006; 67(3):202-05.
Holmes GM, Slifkin RT, Randolph RK, Poley S. The effect of rural hospital closures on community economic health. Health Services Research 2006; 41(2):467-85.
Howard DL, Bunch C, Mundia WO, Konrad TR, Edwards LJ, Amamoo A, Jallah Y. Comparing United States versus international medical school graduate physicians who serve African-American and White elderly. Health Services Research 2006; 41(6):2155-81.
Hughes M, Earls MF, Odom CH, Dubay KL, Sayers AR, Whiteside JT, Silberman P. Preventing child maltreatment in North Carolina: New directions for supporting families and children. North Carolina Medical Journal 2005; 66(5):343-55.
Hull SK, Daaleman TP, Thaker S, Pathman DE. A prevalence study of faith-based healing in the rural southeastern United States. Southern Medical Journal 2006; 99(6):644-53.
Isett K, Morrissey J, Topping S. Systems ideologies and street-level bureaucrats: Policy change and perceptions of quality in a behavioral health care system. Public Administration Review 2006; 66(2):217-27.
Isett KR, Morrissey JP. Assessing delayed effects of a multi-site system intervention for homeless persons with serious mental illness. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 2006; 33(1):115-21.
Ives TJ, Chelminski PR, Hammett-Stabler CA, Malone RM, Perhac JS, Potisek NM, Shilliday BB, Dewalt DA, Pignone MP. Predictors of opioid misuse in patients with chronic pain: A prospective cohort study. BMC Health Services Research 2006; 6(1):46.
Kilpatrick KE, Lohr KN, Leatherman S, Pink G, Buckel JM, Legarde C, Whitener L. The insufficiency of evidence to establish the business case for quality. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2005; 17(4):347-55.
Kim J, Whitney A, Hayter S, Lewis C, Campbell M, Sutherland L, Fowler B, Googe S, McCoy R, Pignone M. Development and initial testing of a computer-based patient decision aid to promote colorectal cancer screening for primary care practice. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2005; 5:36.
Konetzka RT, Norton EC, Sloane PD, Kilpatrick KE, Stearns SC. Medicare prospective payment and quality of care for long-stay nursing facility residents. Medical Care 2006; 44(3):270-6.
Konrad TR, Howard DL, Edwards LJ, Ivanova A, Carey TS. Physician-patient racial concordance, continuity of care, and patterns of care for hypertension. American Journal of Public Health 2005; 95(12):2186-90.
Lamvu G, Steiner MJ, Condon S, Hartmann K. Consistency between most important reasons for using contraception and current method used: The influence of health care providers. Contraception 2006; 73(4):399-403.
Lamvu G, Thorp JM, Stuart N, Hartmann KE. Impact of abnormal outpatient fetal heart rate monitoring on maternal intervention in labor. Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2006; 51(9):689-93.
Lee SY, Morrissey JP, Thomas KC, Carter WC, Ellis AR. Assessing the service linkages of substance abuse agencies with mental health and primary care organizations. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2006; 32(1):69-86.
Lewis CL, Hanson LC, Golin C, Garrett JM, Cox CE, Jackman A, Phifer N, Carey TS. Surrogates’ perceptions about feeding tube placement decisions. Patient Education and Counseling 2006; 61(2):246-52.
Majure-Rhett C, Dubay KL. Small employers and the provision of small group health insurance coverage. North Carolina Medical Journal 2006; 67(3):212-5.
Mason M, Fraser-Maginn R, Mueller K, King J, Radford A, Slifkin R, Lenardson J, Silver L, Mueller C. Contracting with Medicare Advantage plans: A brief for critical access hospital administrators. Rural Policy Brief 2005; (PB2005-4):1-8.
Mayer ML, Preisser JS. The changing composition of the pediatric medical subspecialty workforce. Pediatrics 2005; 116(4):833-40.
Mayer ML, Slifkin RT, Skinner AC. The effects of rural residence and other social vulnerabilities on subjective measures of unmet need. Medical Care Research and Review 2005; 62(5):617-28.
Mayer ML, Brogan LA, Sandborg CI. Availability of pediatric rheumatology training in United States pediatric residencies. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2006; 55(6):836-42.
McKinney MM, Weiner BJ, Carpenter W. Building community capacity to participate in cancer prevention research. Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center (in press).
McKinney MM, Weiner BJ, Wang V. Recruiting participants to cancer prevention clinical trials: Lessons from successful community oncology programs. Nursing Oncology Forum (in press).
Mead LC, Eckert JK, Zimmerman S, Schumacher JG. Sociocultural aspects of transitions from assisted living for residents with dementia. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special #1):115-23.
Miller LL, Amann Talerico K, Rader J, Swafford K, Hiatt SO, Millar SB, Smith KR, Sloane PD. Development of an intervention to reduce pain in older adults with dementia: Challenges and lessons learned. Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly 2005; 6:154-67.
Morrissey JP, Dalton KM, Steadman HJ, Cuddeback GS, Haynes D, Cuellar A. Assessing gaps between policy and practice in Medicaid disenrollment of jail detainees with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services 2006; 57(6):803-8.
Morrissey J, Steadman H, Dalton K, Cuellar A, Stiles P, Cuddeback G. Medicaid enrollment and mental health service use following jail detainees with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services 2006; 57(6):809-15.
Mueller KJ, Coburn AF, MacKinney AC, McBride TD, Slifkin RT, Wakefield MK. Understanding the impacts of the Medicare Modernization Act: Concerns of congressional staff. Journal of Rural Health 2005; 21(3):194-7.
Munn JC, Hanson LC, Zimmerman S, Sloane PD, Mitchell CM. Is hospice associated with improved end-of-life care in nursing homes and assisted living facilities? Journal of the American Geriatric Society 2006; 54(3):490-5.
Nicholson FB, Barro JL, Atkin W, Lilford R, Patnick J, Williams CB, Pignone M, Steele R, Kamm MA. Review article: Population screening for colorectal cancer. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2005; 22(11-12):1069-77.
Norton EC, Yoon J, Domino ME, Morrissey JP. Transitions between the public mental health system and jail for persons with severe mental illness: A Markov analysis. Health Economics 2006; 15(7):719-33.
Paranjape A, Bernstein L, St. George DM, Doyle J, Henderson S, Corbie-Smith G. Effect of relationship factors on safer sex decisions in older inner-city women. Journal of Womens Health (2002) 2006; 15(1):90-7.
Park NS, Zimmerman S, Sloane PD, Gruber-Baldini AL, Eckert JK. An empirical typology of residential care/assisted living based on a four-state study. Gerontologist 2006; 46(2):238-48.
Pathman DE. What outcomes should we expect from programs that pay physicians’ training expenses in exchange for service? North Carolina Medical Journal 2006; 67(1):77-82.
Pathman DE, Fryer GE, Green LA, Phillips RL. Changes in age-adjusted mortality rates and disparities for rural physician shortage areas staffed by the National Health Service Corps: 1984-1998. Journal of Rural Health 2005; 21(3):214-20.
Pathman DE, Ricketts TC 3rd, Konrad TR. How adults’ access to outpatient physician services relates to the local supply of primary care physicians in the rural southeast. Health Services Research 2006; 41(1):79-102.
Pathman DE, Fowler-Brown A, Corbie-Smith G. Differences in access to outpatient medical care for Black and White adults in the rural Southeast. Medical Care 2006; 44(5):429-38.
Petersen R, Garrett JM, Melvin CL, Hartmann KE. Medicaid reimbursement for prenatal smoking intervention influences quitting and cessation. Tobacco Control 2006; 15(1):30-4.
Pignone M. Is population screening for colorectal cancer cost-effective? Nature Clinical Practice. Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2005; 2(7):288-9.
Pignone M. Primary prevention: Dyslipidaemia. Clinical Evidence 2005; (14):142-50.
Pignone M, Earnshaw S, Tice JA, Pletcher MJ. Aspirin, statins, or both drugs for the primary prevention of coronary heart disease events in men: A cost-utility analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine 2006; 144(5):326-36.
Pink GH, Holmes GM, D’Alpe C, Strunk L, McGee P, Slifkin R. Financial indicators for critical access hospitals. Journal of Rural Health 2006; 22(3):229-36.
Port CL, Zimmerman S, Williams CS, Dobbs D, Preisser JS, Williams SW. Families filling the gap: Comparing family involvement for assisted living and nursing home residents with dementia. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special #1):87-95.
Rader J, Barrick AL, Hoeffer B, Sloane PD, McKenzie D, Talerico KA, Glover JU. The bathing of older adults with dementia. American Journal of Nursing 2006; 106(4):40-8, quiz 48-9.
Ranney LM, Melvin CL, Rohweder CL. From guidelines to practice: A process evaluation of the National Partnership to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit. AHIP Coverage 2005; 46(4):50-2.
Reed PS, Zimmerman S, Sloane PD, Williams CS, Boustani M. Characteristics associated with low food and fluid intake in long-term care residents with dementia. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special Issue #1):74-80.
Resnick B, Orwig D, Wehren L, Zimmerman S, Simpson M, Magaziner J. The Exercise Plus Program for older women post hip fracture: Participant perspectives. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(4):539-44.
Resnick B, Simpson M, Galik E, Bercovitz A, Gruber-Baldini AL, Zimmerman S, Magaziner J. Making a difference: Nursing assistants’ perspectives of restorative care nursing. Rehabilitation Nursing 2006; 31(2):78-86.
Ricketts TC, Goldsmith LJ. Access in health services research: The battle of the frameworks. Nursing Outlook 2005; 53(6):274-80.
Ricketts TC, Mark HG. A periodic feature to inform North Carolina healthcare professionals about current topics in health statistics. North Carolina Medical Journal 2006; 67(3):235-6.
Ricketts TC 3rd. State and local partnerships for meeting the healthcare needs of small and often remote rural communities. North Carolina Medical Journal 2006; 67(1):43-50.
Ricketts TC 3rd, Gaul K. Primary care physician supply in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal 2005; 66(3):253-4.
Rinas AC, Mittman BW Jr, Le LV, Hartmann K, Cayless J, Singh HK. Split-sample analysis of discarded cells from liquid-based pap smear sampling devices. Acta Cytologica 2006; 50(1):55-62.
Rothman RL, So SA, Shin J, Malone RM, Bryant B, Dewalt DA, Pignone MP, Dittus RS. Labor characteristics and program costs of a successful diabetes disease management program. The American Journal of Managed Care 2006; 12(5):277-83.
Schroeder JC, Bensen JT, Su J, Mishel M, Ivanova A, Smith G, Godley PA, Fontham E, Mohler JL. The North Carolina/Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project (PCaP): Methods and design of a multidisciplinary population-based cohort study of racial differences in prostate cancer outcomes. Prostate 2006; 66(11):1162-76.
Sheridan S, Pignone M. Primary prevention: Hypertension. Clinical Evidence 2005; (14):151-9.
Silberman P, Odom CH, Lambeth T, Holmes GM, Dubay KL. North Carolina’s uninsured. North Carolina Medical Journal 2006; 67(3):183-91.
Skinner AC, Slifkin RT, Mayer ML. The effect of rural residence on dental unmet need for children with special health care needs. The Journal of Rural Health 2006; 22(1):36-42.
Sleath B, Robin AL, Covert D, Byrd JE, Tudor G, Svarstad B. Patient-reported behavior and problems in using glaucoma medications. Ophthalmology 2006; 113(3):431-6.
Sleath BL, Jackson E, Thomas KC, Galloway J, Dumain L, Thorpe J, Rollins A, Morrissey J. Literacy and perceived barriers to medication taking among homeless mothers and their children. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 2006; 63(4):346-51.
Sleath BL, Jackson E, Thomas KC, Galloway J, Dumain L, Thorpe J, Rollins A, Morrissey J. Racial differences in the use of antidepressants and counseling for depression among homeless women. Community Mental Health Journal 2006; 1-9.
Sloane PD, Callahan L, Kahwati L, Mitchell CM. Development of a practice-based patient cohort for primary care research. Family Medicine 2006; 38(1):50-7.
Sloane PD, Zimmerman S, Gruber-Baldini AL, Hebel JR, Magaziner J, Konrad TR. Health and functional outcomes and health care utilization of persons with dementia in residential care and assisted living facilities: Comparison with nursing homes. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special Issue #1):124-32.
Sloane PD, Zimmerman S, Williams CS, Reed PS, Gill KS, Preisser JS. Evaluating the quality of life of long-term care residents with dementia. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special Issue #1):37-49.
Sloane PD, Noell-Waggoner E, Hickman S, Mitchell CM, Williams CS, Preisser JS, Barrick AL, Zimmerman S, Brawley E. Implementing a lighting intervention in public areas of long-term care facilities: Lessons learned. Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly 2005; 6:280-93.
Sterling R, Henderson G, Corbie-Smith G. Public willingness to participate in and public opinions about genetic variation research: A review of the literature. American Journal of Public Health 2006; 96(11):1971-8.
Stuart B, Gruber-Baldini AL, Fahlman C, Quinn CC, Burton L, Zuckerman IH, Hebel JR, Zimmerman S, Singhal PK, Magaziner J. Medicare cost differences between nursing home patients admitted with and without dementia. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(4):505-15.
Thorp JM, Kalinowski CT, Patterson ME, Sleath BL. Psychological distress as a barrier to preventive care in community-dwelling elderly in the United States. Medical Care 2006; 44(2):187-91.
Viera AJ, Thorpe JM, Garrett JM. Effects of sex, age, and visits on receipt of preventive healthcare services: A secondary analysis of national data. BMC Health Services Research 2006; 6:15.
Wade TL, Radford AD, Price JW. Building local and state partnerships in North Carolina: Lessons learned. North Carolina Medical Journal 2006 67(1):51-4.
Weiner BJ, Alexander JA, Baker LC, Shortell SM, Becker M. Quality improvement implementation and hospital performance on patient safety indicators. Medical Care Research and Review 2006; 63(1):29-57.
Weiner BJ, Alexander JA, Shortell SM, Baker LC, Becker M, Geppert JJ. Quality improvement implementation and hospital performance on quality indicators. Health Services Research 2006; 41(2):307-34.
Weiner BJ, McKinney MM, Carpenter WR. Adapting clinical trials networks to promote cancer prevention and control research. Cancer 2006; 106(1):180-7.
Weiner BJ, Ricketts TC, Fraher EP, Hanny D, Coccodrilli LD. Area Health Education Centers: Strengths, challenges and implications for Academic Health Science Center leaders. Health Care Management Review 2005; 30(3):194-202.
Weiss BD, Mays MZ, Martz W, Castro KM, DeWalt DA, Pignone MP, Mockbee J, Hale FA. Quick assessment of literacy in primary care: The newest vital sign. Annals of Family Medicine 2005; 3(6):514-22.
Williams CS, Zimmerman S, Sloane PD, Reed PS. Characteristics associated with pain in long-term care residents with dementia. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special Issue #1):68-73.
Williams IC, Corbie-Smith G. Investigator beliefs and reported success in recruiting minority participants. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006; 27(6):580-6.
Williams SW, Williams CS, Zimmerman S, Sloane PD, Preisser JS, Boustani M, Reed PS. Characteristics associated with mobility limitation in long-term care residents with dementia. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special Issue #1):62-7.
Winzelberg GS, Williams CS, Preisser JS, Zimmerman S, Sloane PD. Factors associated with nursing assistant quality-of-life ratings for residents with dementia in long-term care facilities. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special Issue #1):106-14.
Zimmerman S, Hawkes WG, Hebel JR, Fox KM, Lydick E, Magaziner J. The lower extremity gain scale: A performance-based measure to assess recovery after hip fracture. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2006; 87(3):430-6.
Zimmerman S, Sloane PD, Eckert JK, Gruber-Baldini AL, Morgan LA, Hebel JR, Magaziner J, Stearns SC, Chen CK. How good is assisted living? Findings and implications from an outcomes study. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 2005; 60(4):S195-204.
Zimmerman S, Sloane PD, Heck E, Maslow K, Schulz R. Introduction: Dementia care and quality of life in assisted living and nursing homes. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special Issue #1):5-7.
Zimmerman S, Sloane PD, Williams CS, Reed PS, Preisser JS, Eckert JK, Boustani M, Dobbs D. Dementia care and quality of life in assisted living and nursing homes. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special Issue #1):133-46.
Zimmerman S, Williams CS, Reed PS, Boustani M, Preisser JS, Heck E, Sloane PD. Attitudes, stress, and satisfaction of staff who care for residents with dementia. The Gerontologist 2005; 45(Special Issue #1):96-105.
Zuckerman IH, Hernandez JJ, Gruber-Baldini AL, Hebel JR, Stuart B, Zimmerman S, Magaziner J. Potentially inappropriate prescribing before and after nursing home admission among patients with and without dementia. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy 2005; 3(4):246-54.
Book Chapters (July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006)
Russell RL, Konrad TR, Frankford DM. The primacy of humane values in curricular reform. Special Collection, “Values and Ethics in Medical Education”: Richard A. Cooper, Alfred I. Tauber, editors. Academic Medicine 2006.
West SL, Strom BL, Poole C. Validity of pharmacoepidemiology drug and diagnosis data. In: Strom BL, editor. Pharmacoepidemiology. 4th edition. Sussex: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, 2005
Reports and Other Publications (July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006)
Coburn A, Fluharty C, Hart P, MacKinney C, McBride T, Mueller K, Slifkin R, Wakefield M. Medicaid and its Importance to Rural Health. RUPRI Rural Health Panel Issue Brief. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 2006. Available at: http://www.rupri.org/productsarchive.php
Dalton K, Park J, Howard A, Slifkin RT. Trends in Skilled Nursing and Swing-bed Use in Rural Areas, 1996-2003. WP. 83. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/WP83.pdf
Dalton K, Park J, Slifkin R, Howard HA. Trends over Time in the Provision of Skilled Nursing Care in Critical Access Hospitals. FB. 81. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at:
http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/FB81.pdf
de la Varre C, Gaul K, Fraher E, Hadley H, Darter J. A Special Report on Health Care Resources in North Carolina: North Carolina Health Professions 2004 Data Book. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/2005_HPDS_DataBook.pdf
Fraher E, Swartz M, Gaul K. The Supply and Distribution of Psychiatrists in North Carolina: Pressing Issues in the Context of Mental Health Reform. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/Psychiatrist_Brief.pdf
Freeman V, Slifkin RT, Skinner A, Schwartz R. Rural and Urban Parents Report on Access to Health Care for their Children with Medicaid Managed Care. WP. 84. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/WP%2084.pdf
Gartlehner G, Hansen R, Thieda T, Jonas B, Lohr KN, Carey T. Drug Class Review of Targeted Immune Modulators. Evidence Report. Oregon Drug Class Review Project: RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, 2005. Available at: http://www.ohsu.edu/drugeffectiveness/reports/documents/TIMs%20Original%20Final%20Report.pdf
Gartlehner G, Hansen RA, Nissman D, Lohr KN, Carey TS. Criteria for Distinguishing Effectiveness from Efficacy Trials in Systematic Reviews. Technical Review 12. (Prepared by the RTI-International–University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0016). AHRQ Publication No. 06-0046. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2006. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/efftrials/efftrials.pdf
Gaul K, Fraher E, de la Varre C, Hadley H. Physician Medical and Residency Training Fact Sheet, 2003. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and the Southeast Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies, 2005.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/FactSheets/MDTrainFS03.pdf
Greene SB, Williams CE, Hansen RA, Crook KD, Akers R, Butler MG, Carey TS. Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative (MEQI) Year 2: October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/meqi_info/reports/MEQIREPORTYR2.pdf
Guild PA, Freeman VA. Promising Practices to Prevent Adolescent Suicide: What Can We Learn from Florida? Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/suicidepreventionFLA.pdf
Guild PA, Schectman R, Shanahan E, Payne PA, Perry JR. Consensus in Region IV: Women and Infant Health Indicators for Planning and Assessment. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/data/Rndmu/index.html
King J, Radford A. Slifkin R, and staff from RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis, Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. Contracting with Medicare Advantage Plans: A Brief for Critical Access Hospital Administrators. NC RHRP Findings Brief #80. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005.
Konrad TR, Morgan JC. STEP UP NOW for Better Jobs and Better Care: The Evaluation of a Workforce Intervention for Direct Care Workers. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/040406_UNC_Ex_Summary_Final_trk.pdf
Mason M, Fraser-Maginn R, Mueller K, King J, Radford A, Slifkin R, Lenardson J, Silver L, Mueller C. Contracting with Medicare Advantage Plans: A Brief for Critical Access Hospital Administrators. Rural Policy Brief: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis, 2005. Available at: http://www.rupri.org/ruralHealth/publications/PB2005-4.pdf or http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/FB80.pdf
Masselink L, Groves J, Gaul K. Physician Medical and Residency Training Fact Sheet, Tennessee, 2005. Chapel Hill, NC: Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and the Southeast Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies, 2006.
Available at: http://www.healthworkforce.unc.edu/documents/TN_PhysTrainFS03.pdf
NC Health Professions Profiles 2003. Chapel Hill, NC: Health Professions Data Systems, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 2006.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/fact03.htm
NC Health Professions Profiles 2004. Chapel Hill, NC: Health Professions Data Systems, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, 2006.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/fact04.htm
Rural Policy Research Institute Health Panel: Mueller KJ, Coburn AF, Fluharty CW, MacKinney AC, McBride TD, Slifkin RT, Wakefield MK. The Institute of Medicine Rural Health Report: Next Steps in Legislation and Programs. P2006-1, Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, January 2006. Available at: http://www.rupri.org/productsarchive.php
Silberman P, Brogan L, Moore C, Slifkin R. Premium Assistance Programs for Low Income Families: How Well Does it Work in Rural Areas? WP. 85. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/WP85.pdf
Silberman P, Rudolf M, Brogan L, Poley S, Slifkin R, Moore C. The Impact of Medicaid Cuts on Rural Communities. WP. 82. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005.
Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/research_programs/rural_program/WP82.pdf
Other Reports - Since 6/30/06
Thaker, S., Fraher, E., King, J. Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report.
An examination of job vacancies in selected allied health professions in
North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Health Professions Data Systems, 2006. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/alliedhealth/2006ahvacancy.pdf
Fraher E, Gaul K, King J, Hadley H, de la Varre C, Ricketts T. Trends in the Supply
of Dentists in North Carolina, 1996-2005 Chapel Hill , NC: North Carolina Health Professions Data Systems, 2007. Available at:
https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/nc_dentists05.pdf
Other Reports (2005, before 7/1/05)
Fraher, E., McKethan, A., Livengood, R., Gaul, K., de la Varre, C. The State of Allied Health in North Carolina: An overview of issues and opportunities for the allied health workforce. Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Health Professions Data Systems, 2005. Available at:
http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/AlliedHealthBrief_2005.pdf
Greene, S. B., Williams, C. E., and Hansen, R., et. al., Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative (MEQI) October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005. Chapel Hill, NC: Program on Medical Practice and Prevention, 2005. Available at:
https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/meqi_info/reports/MEQIREPORTYR2.pdf
Greene, S. B., Williams, C. E., and Hansen, R., et. al., Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative (MEQI) January 1, 2004 - September 30, 2004. Chapel Hill, NC: Program on Medical Practice and Prevention, 2005. Available at:
https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/meqi_info/reports/meqifinal.pdf
Holmes, M., Ricketts, T., County Level Estimates of the Number of Uninsured in North Carolina, 2004 Update. Chapel Hill, NC: Program on Health Care Economics and Finance, 2005. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/NorthCarolinaUninsured2004.pdf
Holmes, M., Ricketts, T., Holmes M, Ricketts T. Percent of North Carolinians Aged 0-64 Uninsured: Estimates for 2004, (Map). Chapel Hill , NC : Program on Health Care Economics and Finance, 2005. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/uninsuredmap2004.pdf
Livengood R, Fraher E, Dyson S. Allied Health Vacancy Report: An examination of job vacancies in selected allied health professions in North Carolina. Chapel Hill , NC: North Carolina Health Professions Data Systems, 2005. Available at: http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/vacancy_report04.pdf
2004
Dyson S. The State of Allied Health in North Carolina: A Focus on the Respiratory Therapy Workforce. Chapel Hill, NC. The Council for Allied Health in North Carolina, North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Progam, and the Cecil G. Sheps Center’s North Carolina Health Professions Data Systems 2004. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/resptherapy04.pdf
Dyson S, Tempio T, Ricketts T. Trends in the Supply of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists in North Carolina, 1992-2002. North Carolina Health Professions Data System, 2004. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/hp/NAbriefweb.pdf
Freeman VA, Shanahan E, Guild PA. Reducing Mortality from Motor Vehicle Crashes for Children 0 through 14 Years of Age: Success in New York and North Dakota, Chapel Hill , NC : Program on Child Health Services Research, 2004. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/MVC%20Success.pdf
Guild PA, Freeman VA, Shanahan E. Promising Practices to Prevent Adolescent Suicide: What We Can Learn From New Jersey, Chapel Hill , NC : Program on Child Health Services Research, 2004. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/suicidepreventionNJ.pdf
Holmes M. County Level Estimates of the Number of Uninsured in North Carolina, 2003 Update. Chapel Hill , NC : Health Policy Analysis Unit, 2004. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/NorthCarolinaUninsured2003FindingsBrief.pdf
Holmes M. Percent of Residents Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance North Carolina, 2003. (Map) Chapel Hill, NC: Health Policy Analysis Unit, 2004. . Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/NorthCarolinaUninsured2003Map.pdf
Holmes M, Ricketts T. Rural-Urban Differences in the Rate of Health Insurance Coverage. Chapel Hill , NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, 2004.
Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/ruralgap_finalbrief.pdf
Holmes M, Ricketts T. Rural-Urban Differences In Health Insurance Coverage: 2001-2003. (Map) Chapel Hill , NC: North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Center, 2004. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/publications/ruralgap_colormap.pdf
2003
Dyson S, Howard A, Ricketts T. County-Level Estimates of the Uninsured in North Carolina, 1999-2001. Chapel Hill, NC: Health Policy Analysis Unit, 2003. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/new/countylevel.pdf
Dyson S, Howard A, Ricketts T. County-Level Estimates of the Uninsured in North Carolina, 1999-2001. (Appendix) Chapel Hill, NC: Health Policy Analysis Unit, 2003. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/new/countylevel_app.pdf
Ricketts T, Holmes M. County-Level Estimates of the Uninsured in North Carolina, 2002 Update. Chapel Hill, NC: Health Policy Analysis Unit, 2003. Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/new/NorthCarolinaUninsured2002.pdf
Ricketts T, Holmes M. Percent of Residents Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance: North Carolina 2002. (Map) Chapel Hill, NC: Health Policy Analysis Unit, 2003.
Available at: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/new/countylevel_app.pdf
Research Program Publication Sites:
Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care
Child Health Services
General Health Services Research
Healthcare Economics and Finance
Health Care Organization
Program on Health Disparities, Publications and Reports
Health Policy Analysis Unit
Program on Health Professions and Primary Care
Medical Practice and Prevention
Medication Error Quality Initiative (MEQI)
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Systems and Services
North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Rural Health Research Program
Southeast Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies
Womens Health Research
Data Publications:
North Carolina Health Professions Data System
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Cartographic Archive
RNDMU - Region IV Network for Data Management and Utilization
