Seminar Series

2007 - 2008

The Division of Health Policy and Management sponsors two seminar series:

• Health Services Research Seminars (HSR) - Nationally and internationally known leaders in health services research speak on current topics. These seminars are free and open to the public.
  
• Work in Progress Seminars (WIP) - (Formerly, In the Spotlight Series, ISL)
  Work in Progress Seminars feature Division faculty, visiting colleagues, other University faculty, students and research staff. These seminars provide an opportunity to discuss current work and share ideas.

2007-2008 Schedule

Spring Semester, Wednesdays, 12:15-1:15 PM, Room A-110 Mayo Building

Fall Semester, Wednesdays, 12:15-1:15 PM, Room D-199 Mayo Building

Abstracts

Dana Goldman

Title:  The Role of Self-Management in Explaining the SES Gradient in Health

Authors:  Dana Goldman and James P Smith

There is abundant evidence of large and pervasive socioeconomic gradients in health outcomes such as mortality or morbidity.  Less clear, however, is how these gradients have evolved over time, and their antecedents over time.  We examine trends in SES health gradients over the last few decades.  We find that there are important differences in the returns to schooling by chronic illness, and that gradients are compressing for some diseases and expanding for others.  Changes in socioeconomic gradients are also associated with important changes in treatment options, raising the issue of whether access to new therapies—and compliance with complex therapies—explains changes in SES gradients over time.  Thus, we also investigate the role of education in explaining the ability to comply with and maintain complex health regimens that are often prescribed to deal effectively with severe health problems.

Genevieve M. Kenney

Title: The Impacts of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program on Children Who Enroll: Findings from Ten States

Dr. Kenney will present results from her study examining the extent to which enrollment in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) affects access to care and service use in 10 states that account for over 60 percent of all SCHIP enrollees using surveys of 16,700 SCHIP enrollees. She finds that SCHIP enrollment improved access to care along a number of different dimensions, other things equal, particularly relative to being uninsured. Established SCHIP enrollees were more likely to receive office visits, preventive health and dental care, and specialty care, more likely to have a usual source for medical and dental care and to report better provider communication and accessibility, and less likely to have unmet needs, financial burdens, and parental worry associated with meeting their child’s health care needs. The findings are robust with respect to alternative specifications and hold up for individual states and subgroups. She concludes that Enrollment in SCHIP appears to be improving children’s access to primary health care services, which in turn is causing parents to have greater peace of mind about meeting their children’s needs.

Genevieve M. Kenney, PhD, is a Principal Research Associate and health economist at The Urban Institute. She is a nationally renowned expert on The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Medicaid, and the broader health insurance coverage and access issues facing low income children and families.

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