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Longevity and health care expenditures: the real reasons older people spend more by Yang, Zhou, Norton, Edward C, Stearns, Sally C

“…In this study, we investigated the relative contributions of both age and time to death to health care expenditures for elderly Medicare beneficiaries. We also…”
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School and Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with School Rates of Alcohol, Cigarette, and Marijuana Use by Ennett, Susan T., Flewelling, Robert L., Lindrooth, Richard C., Norton, Edward C.

“…Previous research has noted that schools vary in substance use prevalence rates, but explanations for school differences have received little empirical…”
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Informal care and health care use of older adults by Van Houtven, Courtney Harold, Norton, Edward C.

“…Informal care by adult children is a common form of long-term care for older adults and can reduce medical expenditures if it substitutes for formal care. We…”
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Valuing Outcomes in Health Care: A Comparison of Willingness to Pay and Quality-Adjusted Life-Years by Bala, Mohan V, Wood, Lisa L, Zarkin, Gary A, Norton, Edward C, Gafni, Amiram, O’Brien, Bernie

“…Quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and willingness to pay (WTP) are two preference-based measures of health-related outcomes. In this article, we compare…”
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Analysis of Prevention Program Effectiveness With Clustered Data Using Generalized Estimating Equations by Norton, Edward C, Bieler, Gayle S, Ennett, Susan T, Zarkin, Gary A

“…Experimental studies of prevention programs often randomize clusters of individuals rather than individuals to treatment conditions. When the correlation among…”
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Addressing Selection Bias in Dental Health Services Research by Lee, J.Y., Rozier, R.G., Norton, E.C., Vann, W.F.

“…When randomization is not possible, researchers must control for non-random assignment to experimental groups. One technique for statistical adjustment for…”
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Lipid class dynamics during development in early life stages of shortbelly rockfish and their application to condition assessment by Norton, E. C., MacFarlane, R. B., Mohr, M. S.

“…Lipid class dynamics and the relationship between weight and length were analysed during early life stage (ELS) development in wild populations of shortbelly…”
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Formation of Trusts and Spend Down to Medicaid by Taylor, Donald H., Sloan, Frank A., Norton, Edward C.

“…Objective. To identify the proportion of community-dwelling elderly persons (70+) who could affect their eligibility for Medicaid financing of a nursing home…”
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Are Health States “Timeless”? The Case of the Standard Gamble Method by Bala, Mohan V., Wood, Lisa L., Zarkin, Gary A., Norton, Edward C., Gafni, Amiram, O'Brien, Bernie J.

“…The standard gamble method, as currently recommended for use in health care program evaluation, provides an individual's preference score or “utility weight”…”
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Expectations among the elderly about nursing home entry by Lindrooth, R C, Hoerger, T J, Norton, E C

“…To assess whether the covariates that explain expectations of nursing home entry are consistent with the characteristics of those who enter nursing homes…”
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Managed care and children's behavioral health services in Massachusetts by DICKEY, Barbara, NORMAND, Sharon-Lise, NORTON, Edward C, RUPP, Agnes, AZENI, Hocine

“…The authors investigated changes in treatment patterns and costs of care for children after the implementation of the Massachusetts Medicaid carve-out managed…”
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Health plan decision making with new medicare information materials by McCormack, L A, Garfinkel, S A, Hibbard, J H, Norton, E C, Bayen, U J

“…To examine the effect of providing new Medicare information materials on consumers' attitudes and behavior about health plan choice. New and experienced…”
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A longitudinal study of the effects of graduate medical education on hospital operating costs by Dalton, K, Norton, E C, Kilpatrick, K

“…To examine the effect of graduate medical education sponsorship on hospital operating costs over a seven-year period, to test for a longitudinal association…”
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Lipid class composition of the viviparous yellowtail rockfish over a reproductive cycle by Norton, E. C., MacFarlane, R. B.

“…Triacylglycerols (TAG) were the dominant lipids in liver tissue of both sexes of the viviparous yellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidus during the spring and…”
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The Long-Run Effect of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act by Norton, Edward C., Kumar, Virender

“…This study examines the long-run effect of the 1988 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (MCCA). Although most of the MCCA provisions were repealed after only…”
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IFN-gamma and LPS overcome glucocorticoid inhibition of priming for superoxide release in human monocytes. Evidence that secretion of IL-1 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha is not essential for monocyte priming by Szefler, SJ, Norton, CE, Ball, B, Gross, JM, Aida, Y, Pabst, MJ

“…We examined the interaction between IFN-gamma, LPS, and glucocorticoids on release of oxygen radicals by human monocytes cultured in vitro. After 48 h culture,…”
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Competitive Behavior in Local Physician Markets by Brasure, Michelle, Stearns, Sally C., Norton, Edward C., Ricketts, Thomas

“…Competition often is viewed as a mechanism for controlling cost. Competition may work well in urban areas with many providers; competition may not exist in…”
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Lipid class dynamics during development in early life stages of shortbelly rockfish and their application to condition assessment by Norton, E C, Macfarlane, R B, Mohr, MS

“…Lipid class dynamics and the relationship between weight and length were analysed during early life stage (ELS) development in wild populations of shortbelly…”
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Do Medicare HMOs still reduce health services use after controlling for selection bias? by Mello, Michelle M., Stearns, Sally C., Norton, Edward C.

“…This study models the relationship between Medicare beneficiary decisions to join Medicare HMOs and subsequent health services utilization. The relationship…”
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How Managed Care Plans Contribute to Public Health Practice by Mays, Glen P., Halverson, Paul K., Kaluzny, Arnold D., Norton, Edward C.

“…Growth in managed care enrollment potentially creates incentives for health plans to become involved in public health activities, such as health promotion and…”
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