Janet Bronstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 734154 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Bronstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Bronstein |
| SIGNATURE | BRONSTEIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5365-0136 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The cultural construction of preterm birth in the United States
This commentary explores four features of the cultural construction of pregnancy and childbirth in the United States: risk categorization as an aspect of reproductive governance, medicalization, intensive mothering with its implications for gender stratification, and the definition of personhood as beginning at conception. The cultural construction of preterm births (those that end before gestation is complete at about 37 weeks) is interwoven wit…
The Impact of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program’s Unborn Child Ruling Expansions on Foreign-Born Latina Prenatal Care and Birth Outcomes, 2000–2007
Evaluating the Effect of Hospital and Insurance Type on the Risk of 1-year Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Infants
OBJECTIVES: We examined the effect of hospital type and medical coverage on the risk of 1-year mortality of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants while adjusting for possible selection bias. METHODS: The study population was limited to singleton live birth infants having birth weight between 500 and 1500 g with no congenital anomalies who were born in Arkansas hospitals between 2001 and 2007. Propensity score (PS) matching and PS covariate adjustm…
Providing General and Preconception Health Care to Low Income Women in Family Planning Settings
Issues and Biases in Matching Medicaid Pregnancy Episodes to Vital Records Data
Policy Levers that Improve Low Income Children's Access to Mental Health Services
From the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama. Reprints: Janet M. Bronstein, PhD, Department of Health Care Organization & Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL. E-mail: [email protected]
The Impact of Medicaid Primary Care Case Management on Office-Based Physician Supply in Alabama and Georgia
The success of the "primary care case management (PCCM)" form of managed care implemented in many state Medicaid programs over the past several years depends in part on the expanded availability of primary care physician sites to substitute for hospital-based outpatient care and to provide a medical home for enrollees. However, the PCCM requirement for physicians to accept assignment of a caseload of patients and to provide all of their primary c…
Rural‐Urban Differences in Health Risks, Resource Use and Expenditures Within Three State Medicaid Programs
This study uses Medicaid claims data for income‐eligible enrollees in California, Georgia and Mississippi to compare expenditures, resource usage and health risks between residents of rural and urban areas of the states. Resource use is measured using the Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) system for professional services, hospital days and outpatient facility visits; it also is valued at private insurance reimbursement rates for the sta…
Assessing the Extent of Medical Home Coverage Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children
Low Prenatal Weight Gain Among Adult WIC Participants Delivering Term Singleton Infants
How Rural Physicians Compare on Cost and Quality Measures for Medicaid Ambulatory Care Episodes
This study compares the costs and quality of episodes of care for two common childhood illnesses, urinary tract infections (UTI) and otitis media (OM), across providers practicing in rural, small town, and urban counties in Alabama in 1992. The data source is Medicaid claims data for children under age 8 who were treated for these conditions. The study found that episodes cared for by rural providers were less expensive than episodes cared for in…
Patient's Choice of Hospital or Office for Medicaid Ambulatory Care in Alabama
The primary policy option that has been suggested to states over the years for shifting care for Medicaid beneficiaries away from hospital sites and toward office sites has been to raise Medicaid fees to physicians on the assumption that this increases the geographic availability of office-based care, which then naturally attracts Medicaid clients away from hospital sites. This study uses Medicaid claims data from the state of Alabama to assess t…
Access to neonatal intensive care for low-birthweight infants
OBJECTIVES. This study assessed the impact of mother's race, insurance status, and use of prenatal care on very low birthweight infant delivery in or transfer to hospitals with neonatal intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS. Multivariate analysis of Alabama vital statistics records between 1988 and 1990 for infants weighing 500 to 1499 g was conducted, comparing hospital of birth and maternal and infant transfer status, and controlling for infant …
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society For Medical Anthropology
Entrance and Exit of Obstetrics Providers in Rural Alabama
In Alabama between 1985 and 1989, a total of 94 physicians outside of the four largest cities in the state dropped the obstetrics portion of their practices or left practice in their communities altogether. During the same period 82 physicians entered obstetrics pratice in this area. The study presented here used survey and archival data to compare pratice characteristics of generalists and specialists in rural and town counties who made differen…
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
The cultural construction of preterm birth in the United States
This commentary explores four features of the cultural construction of pregnancy and childbirth in the United States: risk categorization as an aspect of reproductive governance, medicalization, intensive mothering with its implications for gender stratification, and the definition of personhood as beginning at conception. The cultural construction of preterm births (those that end before gestation is complete at about 37 weeks) is interwoven wit…
Access to neonatal intensive care for low-birthweight infants
OBJECTIVES. This study assessed the impact of mother's race, insurance status, and use of prenatal care on very low birthweight infant delivery in or transfer to hospitals with neonatal intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS. Multivariate analysis of Alabama vital statistics records between 1988 and 1990 for infants weighing 500 to 1499 g was conducted, comparing hospital of birth and maternal and infant transfer status, and controlling for infant …
Determinants of Rural Travel Distance for Obstetrics Care
This study examines the distances traveled for inpatient obstetrics care by women residing in rural Alabama in 1983 and 1988. During that time 23 rural hospitals in the state stopped providing obstetrics services and mean travel distances increased by 6.8 miles. However, in 1988 50% of rural pregnant women bypassed the nearest rural hospital still providing obstetrics services. Multivariate techniques are used to examine the effects of distance a…
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society For Medical Anthropology
Entrance and Exit of Obstetrics Providers in Rural Alabama
In Alabama between 1985 and 1989, a total of 94 physicians outside of the four largest cities in the state dropped the obstetrics portion of their practices or left practice in their communities altogether. During the same period 82 physicians entered obstetrics pratice in this area. The study presented here used survey and archival data to compare pratice characteristics of generalists and specialists in rural and town counties who made differen…
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Access to neonatal intensive care for low-birthweight infants
OBJECTIVES. This study assessed the impact of mother's race, insurance status, and use of prenatal care on very low birthweight infant delivery in or transfer to hospitals with neonatal intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS. Multivariate analysis of Alabama vital statistics records between 1988 and 1990 for infants weighing 500 to 1499 g was conducted, comparing hospital of birth and maternal and infant transfer status, and controlling for infant …
Patient's Choice of Hospital or Office for Medicaid Ambulatory Care in Alabama
The primary policy option that has been suggested to states over the years for shifting care for Medicaid beneficiaries away from hospital sites and toward office sites has been to raise Medicaid fees to physicians on the assumption that this increases the geographic availability of office-based care, which then naturally attracts Medicaid clients away from hospital sites. This study uses Medicaid claims data from the state of Alabama to assess t…
How Rural Physicians Compare on Cost and Quality Measures for Medicaid Ambulatory Care Episodes
This study compares the costs and quality of episodes of care for two common childhood illnesses, urinary tract infections (UTI) and otitis media (OM), across providers practicing in rural, small town, and urban counties in Alabama in 1992. The data source is Medicaid claims data for children under age 8 who were treated for these conditions. The study found that episodes cared for by rural providers were less expensive than episodes cared for in…
Low Prenatal Weight Gain Among Adult WIC Participants Delivering Term Singleton Infants
Rural‐Urban Differences in Health Risks, Resource Use and Expenditures Within Three State Medicaid Programs
This study uses Medicaid claims data for income‐eligible enrollees in California, Georgia and Mississippi to compare expenditures, resource usage and health risks between residents of rural and urban areas of the states. Resource use is measured using the Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) system for professional services, hospital days and outpatient facility visits; it also is valued at private insurance reimbursement rates for the sta…
Assessing the Extent of Medical Home Coverage Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children
The Impact of Medicaid Primary Care Case Management on Office-Based Physician Supply in Alabama and Georgia
The success of the "primary care case management (PCCM)" form of managed care implemented in many state Medicaid programs over the past several years depends in part on the expanded availability of primary care physician sites to substitute for hospital-based outpatient care and to provide a medical home for enrollees. However, the PCCM requirement for physicians to accept assignment of a caseload of patients and to provide all of their primary c…
Issues and Biases in Matching Medicaid Pregnancy Episodes to Vital Records Data
Policy Levers that Improve Low Income Children's Access to Mental Health Services
From the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama. Reprints: Janet M. Bronstein, PhD, Department of Health Care Organization & Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL. E-mail: [email protected]
Providing General and Preconception Health Care to Low Income Women in Family Planning Settings
Evaluating the Effect of Hospital and Insurance Type on the Risk of 1-year Mortality of Very Low Birth Weight Infants
OBJECTIVES: We examined the effect of hospital type and medical coverage on the risk of 1-year mortality of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants while adjusting for possible selection bias. METHODS: The study population was limited to singleton live birth infants having birth weight between 500 and 1500 g with no congenital anomalies who were born in Arkansas hospitals between 2001 and 2007. Propensity score (PS) matching and PS covariate adjustm…
Medicine (15 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Citation (11 works) · Computer Science (11 works) · Library science (11 works) · Health care (10 works) · Medicaid (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (8 works) · Nursing (8 works)