Laurence C Baker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3930107 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurence C Baker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurence C |
| FAMILY NAME | Baker |
| SIGNATURE | BAKER L C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Competition in Outpatient Procedure Markets
BACKGROUND: More than half of all medical procedures performed in the United States occur in an outpatient setting, yet few studies have explored how competition among ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospitals affects prices for commercially insured outpatient services. OBJECTIVES: We examined the association between prices for commercially insured outpatient procedures and competition among ASCs and hospitals. RESEARCH DESIGN: Using claims…
The Association Between Community-level Insurance Coverage and Emergency Department Use
BACKGROUND: Emergency departments (EDs) nationwide are key entry points into the health care system, and their use may reflect changes in access and need in their communities. However, no studies to date have empirically and longitudinally studied how changes in a community's level of insurance coverage, a key determinant of access, affect ED utilization. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of changes in a community's rate of insurance coverage o…
Patient Safety Climate in US Hospitals: Variation by Management Level
BACKGROUND: Strengthening hospital safety culture offers promise for reducing adverse events, but efforts to improve culture may not succeed if hospital managers perceive safety differently from frontline workers. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether frontline workers and supervisors perceive a more negative patient safety climate (ie, surface features, reflective of the underlying safety culture) than senior managers in their institutions. To ascert…
Free Internet Access, the Digital Divide, and Health Information
BACKGROUND: The Internet has emerged as a valuable tool for health information. Half of the U.S. population lacked Internet access in 2001, creating concerns about those without access. Starting in 1999, a survey firm randomly invited individuals to join their research panel in return for free Internet access. This provides a unique setting to study the ways that people who had not previously obtained Internet access use the Internet when it beco…
Internet use and stigmatized illness
Variation in Access to Health Care for Different Racial/Ethnic Groups by the Racial/Ethnic Composition of an Individual's County of Residence
BACKGROUND: Although the majority of studies examining racial/ethnic disparities in health care have focused on the characteristics of the individual, more recently there has been growing attention to the notion that an individual's health practices could be influenced by the characteristics of the place where they reside. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine whether access to care for individuals of different racial/ethnic group…
Is the Prevalence of Gatekeeping in a Community Associated With Individual Trust in Medical Care
BACKGROUND: Consumer concerns about the restrictions of managed care may lead to distrust. OBJECTIVES: To examine whether a community's level of gatekeeping activity is associated with an individual's trust in medical care. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional cohort (N = 49,929). SUBJECTS: Participants in a nationally representative sample derived from the Community Tracking Survey who had health insurance, had a usual source of care, made at least …
Effect of Managed Care on Preventable Hospitalization Rates in California
BACKGROUND: Hospitalization rates for ambulatory care-sensitive (ACS) conditions have emerged as a potential indicator of health care access and quality. The effect of managed care on reducing these potentially preventable hospitalizations is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To ascertain whether increases in managed care penetration were associated with changes in hospitalization rates for ACS conditions. DESIGN AND SETTING: Longitudinal analysis between 1990…
Effect of Managed Care on Preventable Hospitalization Rates in California
BACKGROUND: Hospitalization rates for ambulatory care-sensitive (ACS) conditions have emerged as a potential indicator of health care access and quality. The effect of managed care on reducing these potentially preventable hospitalizations is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To ascertain whether increases in managed care penetration were associated with changes in hospitalization rates for ACS conditions. DESIGN AND SETTING: Longitudinal analysis between 1990…
Is the Prevalence of Gatekeeping in a Community Associated With Individual Trust in Medical Care
BACKGROUND: Consumer concerns about the restrictions of managed care may lead to distrust. OBJECTIVES: To examine whether a community's level of gatekeeping activity is associated with an individual's trust in medical care. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional cohort (N = 49,929). SUBJECTS: Participants in a nationally representative sample derived from the Community Tracking Survey who had health insurance, had a usual source of care, made at least …
Variation in Access to Health Care for Different Racial/Ethnic Groups by the Racial/Ethnic Composition of an Individual's County of Residence
BACKGROUND: Although the majority of studies examining racial/ethnic disparities in health care have focused on the characteristics of the individual, more recently there has been growing attention to the notion that an individual's health practices could be influenced by the characteristics of the place where they reside. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine whether access to care for individuals of different racial/ethnic group…
Free Internet Access, the Digital Divide, and Health Information
BACKGROUND: The Internet has emerged as a valuable tool for health information. Half of the U.S. population lacked Internet access in 2001, creating concerns about those without access. Starting in 1999, a survey firm randomly invited individuals to join their research panel in return for free Internet access. This provides a unique setting to study the ways that people who had not previously obtained Internet access use the Internet when it beco…
Internet use and stigmatized illness
Patient Safety Climate in US Hospitals: Variation by Management Level
BACKGROUND: Strengthening hospital safety culture offers promise for reducing adverse events, but efforts to improve culture may not succeed if hospital managers perceive safety differently from frontline workers. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether frontline workers and supervisors perceive a more negative patient safety climate (ie, surface features, reflective of the underlying safety culture) than senior managers in their institutions. To ascert…
The Association Between Community-level Insurance Coverage and Emergency Department Use
BACKGROUND: Emergency departments (EDs) nationwide are key entry points into the health care system, and their use may reflect changes in access and need in their communities. However, no studies to date have empirically and longitudinally studied how changes in a community's level of insurance coverage, a key determinant of access, affect ED utilization. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of changes in a community's rate of insurance coverage o…
Competition in Outpatient Procedure Markets
BACKGROUND: More than half of all medical procedures performed in the United States occur in an outpatient setting, yet few studies have explored how competition among ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospitals affects prices for commercially insured outpatient services. OBJECTIVES: We examined the association between prices for commercially insured outpatient procedures and competition among ASCs and hospitals. RESEARCH DESIGN: Using claims…
Medicine (7 works) · Health care (5 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Emergency department (2 works)