Timothy J Beebe
Biographic Data
| ID | 78937 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy J Beebe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy J |
| FAMILY NAME | Beebe |
| SIGNATURE | BEEBE T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mayo Clinic |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4700-2436 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 80 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Examining the social prescription process
Sars-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Survey in Grocery Store Workers—Minnesota, 2020–2021
Grocery workers were essential to the workforce and exempt from lockdown requirements as per Minnesota Executive Order 20-20. The risk of COVID-19 transmission in grocery settings is not well documented. This study aimed to determine which factors influenced seropositivity among grocery workers. We conducted a cross-sectional study of Minnesota grocery workers aged 18 and older using a convenience sample. Participants were recruited using a flyer…
Barriers to Care and Health Care Utilization Among the Publicly Insured
BACKGROUND: Although the Affordable Care Act has been successful in expanding Medicaid to >17 million people, insurance alone may not translate into access to health care. Even among the insured, substantial barriers to accessing services inhibit health care utilization. OBJECTIVES: We examined the effect of selected barriers to health care access and the magnitude of those barriers on health care utilization. RESEARCH DESIGN: Data come from a 20…
Propensity Score Matching to Measure the Effect of Survey Mode on Reports of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Health Care
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of survey mode (mail vs. telephone) on the likelihood of reporting health care-related discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or nationality. METHODS: We use data from a mixed-mode, mail and telephone survey of public health care program enrollees (N=2807), including Somali, Hmong, African American, American Indian, and Latino populations. Self-reported discrimination was measured as the experience of unfair tre…
Barriers to Care in an Ethnically Diverse Publicly Insured Population
BACKGROUND: The Affordable Care Act provides for the expansion of Medicaid, which may result in as many as 16 million people gaining health insurance coverage. Yet it is unclear to what extent this coverage expansion will meaningfully increase access to health care. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to identify barriers that may persist even after individuals are moved to insurance and to explore racial/ethnic variation in problems access…
Envelope Type and Response Rates in a Survey of Health Professionals
Surveys are an important tool for assessing physician and nursing professionals’ practice patterns and guideline adherence. Obtaining quality survey data consisting of low item and unit nonresponse remains a persistent challenge in these populations. We tested the relative impact of two envelope types (padded vs. priority mail) on unit and item nonresponse in a survey of Minnesota health care workers. Respondents were randomized to receive a surv…
Comparison of individual-level versus area-level socioeconomic measures in assessing health outcomes of children in Olmsted County, Minnesota
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important determinant of health, but SES measures are frequently unavailable in commonly used datasets. Area-level SES measures are used as proxy measures of individual SES when the individual measures are lacking. Little is known about the agreement between individual-level versus area-level SES measures in mixed urban-rural settings. METHODS: We identified SES agreement by comparing information from …
Depression, Access Barriers, and Their Combined Associations with Unmet Health Needs among Publicly Insured Individuals in Minnesota
Studies have examined how individual risk factors affect unmet health needs, but few have assessed how factors combine to create compounded risk. Using administrative and survey data from 1,897 publicly insured individuals in Minnesota, this study examines how diagnosed depression—a condition with established functional morbidity—moderates the association between seven common access barriers (e.g., transportation problems, lack of child care, cli…
Development and Initial Testing of a New Socioeconomic Status Measure Based on Housing Data
A two-county comparison of the Houses index on predicting self-rated health
BACKGROUND: Mortality, incidence of most diseases, and prevalence of adverse health behaviours follow an inverse gradient with social class. Many proxies for socioeconomic status (SES) exist; however, each bears a different relation to health outcomes, probably following a different aetiological pathway. Additionally, data on SES can be quite difficult to gather. Five measures of SES were compared, including a novel measure, the HOUSES index, in …
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Hipaa) Authorization and Survey Nonresponse Bias
OBJECTIVES: To extend earlier work (Beebe et al, Med Care. 2007;45:959-965) that demonstrated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act authorization form (HAF) introduced potential nonresponse bias (toward healthier respondents). RESEARCH DESIGN: The sample frame from the earlier experiment was linked to administrative medical record data, enabling the comparison of background and clinical characteristics of each set of respondents (HA…
Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates
Journal Article Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison of Self-Reported Coverage and Administrative Data Records Get access Michael Davern, Michael Davern Address correspondence to Michael Davern; [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kathleen Thiede Call, Kathleen Thiede Call Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jeanette Ziegenfus…
The Hipaa Authorization Form and Effects on Survey Response Rates, Nonresponse Bias, and Data Quality
BACKGROUND: There has been speculation that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has muted participation in research but little direct evidence to substantiate those claims exists. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of including a HIPAA authorization form (HAF) on multiple measures of survey performance. RESEARCH DESIGN, SUBJECTS: A community survey of Olmsted County, Minnesota residents conducted between September 2005…
Are Surname Telephone Oversamples an Efficient Way to Better Understand the Health and Healthcare of Minority Group Members
OBJECTIVES: Surname oversamples are commonly used in health research to increase the number of persons from minority racial and ethnic groups represented in general population surveys. This article considers the sample design efficiency in the use of Hispanic, Hmong, and Asian surname samples. METHODS: The study uses 3 state surveys (Alabama, Missouri, and Minnesota) that used surname oversamples to increase the proportion of Hispanic, Hmong, or …
The Effects of Data Collection Mode and Disclosure on Adolescent Reporting of Health Behavior
This study examined how information obtained from an adolescent screening instrument administered in a medical clinic is affected by the method of data collection and knowledge that a summary report would be given to the provider. The Adolescent Health Review (AHR) was administered to 610 adolescent patients randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions to test the effect of mode of administration (paper vs. computer) and disclosure of results to the pr…
Barriers to Care Among American Indians in Public Health Care Programs
OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the extent to which reported barriers to health care services differ between American Indians (AIs) and non-Hispanic Whites (Whites). METHODS: A statewide stratified random sample of Minnesota health care program enrollees was surveyed. Responses from AI and White adult enrollees (n=1281) and parents of child enrollees (n=572) were analyzed using logistic regression models that account for the complex sample design…
Increasing Response Rates in a Survey of Medicaid Enrollees
OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate the effect of pairing a mixed-mode mail and telephone methodology with a prepaid US 2.00 dollars cash incentive on response rates in a survey of Medicaid enrollees stratified by race and ethnicity. RESEARCH DESIGN: Sampling was conducted in 2 stages. The first stage consisted of a simple random sample (SRS) of Medicaid enrollees. In the second stage, American Indian, African American, Latino, Hmong, and Somali en…
The Polls--Review
Journal Article Review: Recent Changes to the Current Population Survey: Sample Expansion, Health Insurance Verification, and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Get access MICHAEL DAVERN, MICHAEL DAVERN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LYNN A. BLEWETT, LYNN A. BLEWETT Search for other works by …
Volunteerism in Adolescence
Previous research has suggested that volunteering may have beneficial developmental consequences for adolescents. However, the sparse research on youth volunteerism is generally limited by a cross-sectional design that does not elucidate causal relations. This study addresses the questions, "Who participates in volunteer work?" and "What are the effects of youth volunteerism?" A panel study of a representative community sample of both volunteers …
An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting
Journal Article An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting Get access TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar PATRICIA A. HARRISON, PATRICIA A. HARRISON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JAMES A. MCRAE, JAMES A. MCRAE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JR., JR. Search for othe…
Computerized School Surveys
Over the past few decades, the computer has played an increasingly large role in the collection of survey data. The primary focus of computers in survey research, however, has been in computer- assisted telephone interviewing. The use of computers in the elicitation of responses directly from the respondent has been the focus of increasing efforts in recent years but still remains relatively undeveloped. Although there have been previous attempts…
Volunteerism in Adolescence
Previous research has suggested that volunteering may have beneficial developmental consequences for adolescents. However, the sparse research on youth volunteerism is generally limited by a cross-sectional design that does not elucidate causal relations. This study addresses the questions, "Who participates in volunteer work?" and "What are the effects of youth volunteerism?" A panel study of a representative community sample of both volunteers …
An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting
Journal Article An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting Get access TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar PATRICIA A. HARRISON, PATRICIA A. HARRISON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JAMES A. MCRAE, JAMES A. MCRAE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JR., JR. Search for othe…
Development and Initial Testing of a New Socioeconomic Status Measure Based on Housing Data
Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates
Journal Article Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison of Self-Reported Coverage and Administrative Data Records Get access Michael Davern, Michael Davern Address correspondence to Michael Davern; [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kathleen Thiede Call, Kathleen Thiede Call Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jeanette Ziegenfus…
Comparison of individual-level versus area-level socioeconomic measures in assessing health outcomes of children in Olmsted County, Minnesota
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important determinant of health, but SES measures are frequently unavailable in commonly used datasets. Area-level SES measures are used as proxy measures of individual SES when the individual measures are lacking. Little is known about the agreement between individual-level versus area-level SES measures in mixed urban-rural settings. METHODS: We identified SES agreement by comparing information from …
Computerized School Surveys
Over the past few decades, the computer has played an increasingly large role in the collection of survey data. The primary focus of computers in survey research, however, has been in computer- assisted telephone interviewing. The use of computers in the elicitation of responses directly from the respondent has been the focus of increasing efforts in recent years but still remains relatively undeveloped. Although there have been previous attempts…
A two-county comparison of the Houses index on predicting self-rated health
BACKGROUND: Mortality, incidence of most diseases, and prevalence of adverse health behaviours follow an inverse gradient with social class. Many proxies for socioeconomic status (SES) exist; however, each bears a different relation to health outcomes, probably following a different aetiological pathway. Additionally, data on SES can be quite difficult to gather. Five measures of SES were compared, including a novel measure, the HOUSES index, in …
The Effects of Data Collection Mode and Disclosure on Adolescent Reporting of Health Behavior
This study examined how information obtained from an adolescent screening instrument administered in a medical clinic is affected by the method of data collection and knowledge that a summary report would be given to the provider. The Adolescent Health Review (AHR) was administered to 610 adolescent patients randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions to test the effect of mode of administration (paper vs. computer) and disclosure of results to the pr…
Envelope Type and Response Rates in a Survey of Health Professionals
Surveys are an important tool for assessing physician and nursing professionals’ practice patterns and guideline adherence. Obtaining quality survey data consisting of low item and unit nonresponse remains a persistent challenge in these populations. We tested the relative impact of two envelope types (padded vs. priority mail) on unit and item nonresponse in a survey of Minnesota health care workers. Respondents were randomized to receive a surv…
The Polls--Review
Journal Article Review: Recent Changes to the Current Population Survey: Sample Expansion, Health Insurance Verification, and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Get access MICHAEL DAVERN, MICHAEL DAVERN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LYNN A. BLEWETT, LYNN A. BLEWETT Search for other works by …
Computerized School Surveys
Over the past few decades, the computer has played an increasingly large role in the collection of survey data. The primary focus of computers in survey research, however, has been in computer- assisted telephone interviewing. The use of computers in the elicitation of responses directly from the respondent has been the focus of increasing efforts in recent years but still remains relatively undeveloped. Although there have been previous attempts…
Volunteerism in Adolescence
Previous research has suggested that volunteering may have beneficial developmental consequences for adolescents. However, the sparse research on youth volunteerism is generally limited by a cross-sectional design that does not elucidate causal relations. This study addresses the questions, "Who participates in volunteer work?" and "What are the effects of youth volunteerism?" A panel study of a representative community sample of both volunteers …
An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting
Journal Article An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting Get access TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar PATRICIA A. HARRISON, PATRICIA A. HARRISON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JAMES A. MCRAE, JAMES A. MCRAE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JR., JR. Search for othe…
The Polls--Review
Journal Article Review: Recent Changes to the Current Population Survey: Sample Expansion, Health Insurance Verification, and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Get access MICHAEL DAVERN, MICHAEL DAVERN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LYNN A. BLEWETT, LYNN A. BLEWETT Search for other works by …
Increasing Response Rates in a Survey of Medicaid Enrollees
OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate the effect of pairing a mixed-mode mail and telephone methodology with a prepaid US 2.00 dollars cash incentive on response rates in a survey of Medicaid enrollees stratified by race and ethnicity. RESEARCH DESIGN: Sampling was conducted in 2 stages. The first stage consisted of a simple random sample (SRS) of Medicaid enrollees. In the second stage, American Indian, African American, Latino, Hmong, and Somali en…
The Effects of Data Collection Mode and Disclosure on Adolescent Reporting of Health Behavior
This study examined how information obtained from an adolescent screening instrument administered in a medical clinic is affected by the method of data collection and knowledge that a summary report would be given to the provider. The Adolescent Health Review (AHR) was administered to 610 adolescent patients randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions to test the effect of mode of administration (paper vs. computer) and disclosure of results to the pr…
Barriers to Care Among American Indians in Public Health Care Programs
OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the extent to which reported barriers to health care services differ between American Indians (AIs) and non-Hispanic Whites (Whites). METHODS: A statewide stratified random sample of Minnesota health care program enrollees was surveyed. Responses from AI and White adult enrollees (n=1281) and parents of child enrollees (n=572) were analyzed using logistic regression models that account for the complex sample design…
The Hipaa Authorization Form and Effects on Survey Response Rates, Nonresponse Bias, and Data Quality
BACKGROUND: There has been speculation that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has muted participation in research but little direct evidence to substantiate those claims exists. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of including a HIPAA authorization form (HAF) on multiple measures of survey performance. RESEARCH DESIGN, SUBJECTS: A community survey of Olmsted County, Minnesota residents conducted between September 2005…
Are Surname Telephone Oversamples an Efficient Way to Better Understand the Health and Healthcare of Minority Group Members
OBJECTIVES: Surname oversamples are commonly used in health research to increase the number of persons from minority racial and ethnic groups represented in general population surveys. This article considers the sample design efficiency in the use of Hispanic, Hmong, and Asian surname samples. METHODS: The study uses 3 state surveys (Alabama, Missouri, and Minnesota) that used surname oversamples to increase the proportion of Hispanic, Hmong, or …
Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates
Journal Article Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison of Self-Reported Coverage and Administrative Data Records Get access Michael Davern, Michael Davern Address correspondence to Michael Davern; [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kathleen Thiede Call, Kathleen Thiede Call Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jeanette Ziegenfus…
Development and Initial Testing of a New Socioeconomic Status Measure Based on Housing Data
A two-county comparison of the Houses index on predicting self-rated health
BACKGROUND: Mortality, incidence of most diseases, and prevalence of adverse health behaviours follow an inverse gradient with social class. Many proxies for socioeconomic status (SES) exist; however, each bears a different relation to health outcomes, probably following a different aetiological pathway. Additionally, data on SES can be quite difficult to gather. Five measures of SES were compared, including a novel measure, the HOUSES index, in …
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Hipaa) Authorization and Survey Nonresponse Bias
OBJECTIVES: To extend earlier work (Beebe et al, Med Care. 2007;45:959-965) that demonstrated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act authorization form (HAF) introduced potential nonresponse bias (toward healthier respondents). RESEARCH DESIGN: The sample frame from the earlier experiment was linked to administrative medical record data, enabling the comparison of background and clinical characteristics of each set of respondents (HA…
Depression, Access Barriers, and Their Combined Associations with Unmet Health Needs among Publicly Insured Individuals in Minnesota
Studies have examined how individual risk factors affect unmet health needs, but few have assessed how factors combine to create compounded risk. Using administrative and survey data from 1,897 publicly insured individuals in Minnesota, this study examines how diagnosed depression—a condition with established functional morbidity—moderates the association between seven common access barriers (e.g., transportation problems, lack of child care, cli…
Comparison of individual-level versus area-level socioeconomic measures in assessing health outcomes of children in Olmsted County, Minnesota
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important determinant of health, but SES measures are frequently unavailable in commonly used datasets. Area-level SES measures are used as proxy measures of individual SES when the individual measures are lacking. Little is known about the agreement between individual-level versus area-level SES measures in mixed urban-rural settings. METHODS: We identified SES agreement by comparing information from …
Barriers to Care in an Ethnically Diverse Publicly Insured Population
BACKGROUND: The Affordable Care Act provides for the expansion of Medicaid, which may result in as many as 16 million people gaining health insurance coverage. Yet it is unclear to what extent this coverage expansion will meaningfully increase access to health care. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to identify barriers that may persist even after individuals are moved to insurance and to explore racial/ethnic variation in problems access…
Envelope Type and Response Rates in a Survey of Health Professionals
Surveys are an important tool for assessing physician and nursing professionals’ practice patterns and guideline adherence. Obtaining quality survey data consisting of low item and unit nonresponse remains a persistent challenge in these populations. We tested the relative impact of two envelope types (padded vs. priority mail) on unit and item nonresponse in a survey of Minnesota health care workers. Respondents were randomized to receive a surv…
Propensity Score Matching to Measure the Effect of Survey Mode on Reports of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Health Care
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of survey mode (mail vs. telephone) on the likelihood of reporting health care-related discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or nationality. METHODS: We use data from a mixed-mode, mail and telephone survey of public health care program enrollees (N=2807), including Somali, Hmong, African American, American Indian, and Latino populations. Self-reported discrimination was measured as the experience of unfair tre…
Barriers to Care and Health Care Utilization Among the Publicly Insured
BACKGROUND: Although the Affordable Care Act has been successful in expanding Medicaid to >17 million people, insurance alone may not translate into access to health care. Even among the insured, substantial barriers to accessing services inhibit health care utilization. OBJECTIVES: We examined the effect of selected barriers to health care access and the magnitude of those barriers on health care utilization. RESEARCH DESIGN: Data come from a 20…
Sars-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Survey in Grocery Store Workers—Minnesota, 2020–2021
Grocery workers were essential to the workforce and exempt from lockdown requirements as per Minnesota Executive Order 20-20. The risk of COVID-19 transmission in grocery settings is not well documented. This study aimed to determine which factors influenced seropositivity among grocery workers. We conducted a cross-sectional study of Minnesota grocery workers aged 18 and older using a convenience sample. Participants were recruited using a flyer…
Examining the social prescription process
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