The Population Health and Health Policy (PHHP) program at the Cutler Institute conducts policy-driven research, evaluation, policy analysis and technical assistance focusing on the public health system and the delivery of healthcare services. Our research is conducted in the areas of healthcare access, quality and financing; public health systems and practice; and rural health.
We focus our work in the following areas:
- Healthcare Access, Quality, & Financing
- Public Health Systems & Practice
- Rural Health
2008
Plain Language Thesaurus for Health Communications, J R.C. Tupper
Strategies for Improving Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals, Judith B. Tupper DHEd, CHES, CPPS; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Stephanie Loux MS; Ira S. Moscovice PhD; Jill Klingner PhD; and Mary Wakefield PhD, RN
Reduced Availability of Sugar-sweetened Beverages and Diet Soda has a Limited Impact on Beverage Consumption Patterns in Maine High School Youth, Janet E. Whatley Blum ScD; Anne-Marie Davee MS, RD; Christina M. Beaudoin PhD; Paul L. Jenkins PhD; Lori A. Kaley MS, MSB; and Debra A. Wigand MEd, CHES
Rural Adults Face "parity" Problems and Other Barriers to Appropriate Medical Care, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Nathaniel J. Anderson MS, MPH; and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Uninsured Rural Families, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Nathaniel J. Anderson MS, MPH; and Stephanie L. Loux MS
2007
Lessons Learned from the Multistate Learning Collaborative, Russell A. Brewer DrPH; Brenda M. Joly PhD, MPH; Marlene Mason BSN, MBA; Debra Tews MA; and Lee Thielen MPA
Choosing Rural Definitions: Implications for Health Policy, Andrew F. Coburn PhD; A. Clinton MacKinney MD, MS; Timothy D. McBride PhD; Keith J. Mueller PhD; Rebecca T. Slifkin PhD; and Mary K. Wakefield PhD, RN
Exploring the Community Impact of CAHs (Briefing Paper #14), John A. Gale MS; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Victoria Freeman DrPH; Walter Gregg MA, MPH; and Rebecca Slifkin PhD
The Community Impact of CAHs (Policy Brief #2), John A. Gale MS; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Victoria Freeman DrPH; Walter Gregg MA, MPH; and Rebecca Slifkin PhD
Distribution of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities Across the Rural-Urban Continuum [Working Paper], John A. Gale MS and Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS
Substance Abuse Among Rural Youth: A little meth and a lot of booze, David Hartley PhD, MHA
Use of Critical Access Hospital Emergency Rooms by Patients with Mental Health Symptoms, David Hartley PhD, MHA; Erika C. Ziller PhD; Stephenie L. Loux MS; John A. Gale MS; David Lambert PhD; and Anush Yousefian Hansen MS, MA
Evaluating a Health Education Project in Maine, Teresa A. Hubley and MaryAnn Amrich
Linking Accreditation and Public Health Outcomes: a Logic Model Approach, Brenda M. Joly PhD, MPH; Georgeen Polyak PhD; Mary V. Davis DrPH, MSPH; Joan Brewster MPA; Beverly Tremain PhD; Cathy Raevsky BA; and Leslie M. Beitsch MD, JD
Maine's Rural Health Challenges, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS and David Hartley PhD, MHA
Developing a Performance-based Incentive Program for Hospitals: A Case Study from Maine, Gino A. Nalli, Dennis Patrick Scanlon, and Douglas Libby
A Rural Perspective on Health Care for the Whole Person, Beth Hundall Stamm PhD, David Lambert PhD, Neil F. Piland DrPH, and Nancy Speck PhD
What We Know and Do Not Know About Tiered Provider Networks, J. William Thomas PhD, Gino A. Nalli, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Evaluation as a Critical Factor of Success in Local Public Health Accreditation Programs, Beverly Tremain PhD; Mary V. Davis DrPH, MSPH; Brenda M. Joly PhD, MPH; Mark Edgar PhD; Mary L. Kushion MSA; and Rita Schmidt MPH
Establishing the Acquired Brain Injury Trust Fund in Maine: Background Information, Experiences in Other States, and The Needs of Maine Individuals and Their Families, Judith B. Tupper DHEd, CHES, CPPS
Implementation of Low-fat, Low-sugar, and Portion-controlled Nutrition Guidelines in Competitive Food Venues of Maine Public High Schools., Janet E. Whatley Blum ScD; Anne-Marie Davee MS, RD; Rachel L. Devore BS; Christina M. Beaudoin PhD; Paul L. Jenkins PhD; Lori A. Kaley MS, MSB; and Debra A. Wigand MEd, CHES
Rural Families More Likely to be Uninsured and Have Different Sources of Coverage, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Nathaniel J. Anderson MS, MPH; and Stephanie L. Loux MS
2006
Community Partnerships for Older Adults: Meeting the Housing Challenge, Elise Bolda PhD
Governance and Management Structures for Community Partnerships: Experiences from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Community Partnerships for Older Adults Program, Elise Bolda PhD, Paul Saucier MA, George L. Maddox PhD, Terrie Wetle PhD, and Jane I. Lowe
Prioritizing Patient Safety Interventions in Small and Rural Hospitals., Michelle M. Casey; Mary Wakefield PhD, RN; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Ira S. Moscovice PhD; and Stephenie Loux MS
Creating Progam Logic Models: A Toolkit for State Flex Programs, John A. Gale MS, Andrew F. Coburn PhD, and Stephanie Loux MS
Mental Health Care in Rural Communities: The Once and Future Role of Primary Care, John A. Gale MS and David Lambert PhD
Use of National Public Health Performance Standards to Assess Maine's Diabetes System., Brenda M. Joly PhD, MPH; Karen O'Rourke MPH; Hugh H. Tilson DrPH; and James F. Leonard MSW
Applications of Methodologies of the Veterans Health Study in the VA Healthcare System: Conclusions and Summary, Lewis E. Kazis ScD; Donald R. Miller ScD; Katherine M. Skinner PhD; Austin Lee PhD; Xinhua S. Ren PhD; Jack A. Clark PhD; William H. Rogers PhD; Avron Sprio PhD; Alfredo Selim MD; Mark Linzer MD; Susan M.C. Payne PhD, MPH; Dorcas Mansell MD, MPH; and B. Graeme Fincke
Quality and Performance Improvement Grant Activities Under the Flex Program (Briefing Paper #12), Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS and John A. Gale MS
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Activities Funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, P.D. Patterson; John A. Gale MS; Stephanie L. Loux MS; Anush Yousefian Hansen MS,MA; and Rebecca T. Slifkin PhD
Rural and Frontier Mental and Behavioral Health Care: Barriers, Effective Policy Stategies, Best Practices, Donald Sawyer PhD, MBA; John A. Gale MS; and David Lambert PhD
Economic Profiling of Physicians: Does Omission of Pharmacy Claims Bias Performance Measurement?, J. William Thomas PhD
Should Episode-based Economic Profiles be Risk Adjusted to Account for Differences in Patients' Health Risks?, J. William Thomas PhD
Economic Profiling of Physician Specialists: Use of Outlier Treatment and Episode Attribution Rules, J. William Thomas PhD and Kathleen Ward MPA
Pain Management at the End of Life, Judith B. Tupper DHEd, CHES, CPPS
Out-Of-Pocket Health Spending And The Rural Underinsured, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; and Anush Yousefian Hansen MS,MA
Rural Residents More Likely to Be Underinsured, Erika Ziller, Andrew Coburn, and Anush Yousefian
2005
The Vending and à La Carte Policy Intervention in Maine Public High Schools, Anne-Marie Davee MS, RD; Janet E. Whatley Blum ScD; Rachel L. Devore BS; Christina M. Beaudoin PhD; Lori A. Kaley MS, MSB; Janet L. Leiter MS, RD; and Debra A. Wigand MEd, CHES
Rural Health Research: Building Capacity and Influencing Policy in the United States and Canada, David Hartley PhD, MHA
Mental Health Encounters in Critical Access Hospital Emergency Rooms: A National Survey, David Hartley PhD, MHA; John A. Gale MS; Erika C. Ziller PhD; Stephenie L. Loux MS; and Anush Yousefian Hansen MS, MA
Scope of services offered by Critical Access Hospitals: Results of the 2004 National CAH survey, David Hartley PhD, MHA and Stephenie L. Loux MS
Preliminary Validation of a Patient-based Self-assessment Measure of Severity of Illness in Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the Pilot Phase of the Veterans Health Study., Mark Linzer MD, Catherine Pierce MD, Elizabeth Lincoln MPH, Donald R. Miller ScD, Susan M.C. Payne, Jack A. Clark PhD, Katherine M. Skinner PhD, Sheldon Greenfield, Sherrie Kaplan, Colleen A McHorney, Austin Lee PhD, and Lewis E Kazis ScD
Comparing Patient Safety in Rural Hospitals by Bed Count, Stephenie Loux MS; Susan M.C. Payne PhD, MPH; and Astrid Knott PhD
Understanding the Impacts of the Medicare Modernization Act: Concerns of Congressional Staff, Keith J. Mueller PhD; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; A. Clinton MacKinney MD,MS; Timothy D. McBride PhD; Rebecca T. Slifkin PhD; and Mary K. Wakefield PhD, RN
Train-the-trainer as an Educational Model in Public Health Preparedness., Rebecca A. Orfaly MS; Joshua C. Frances; Paul Campbell ScD, MPA; Becky Whittemore MN, MPH, FNP-C; Brenda M. Joly PhD, MPH; and Howard Koh MD, MPH
Utilization of Medical Services by Veterans Health Study (VHS) Respondents., Susan M.C. Payne PhD, MPH; Austin Lee PhD; Jack A. Clark PhD; William H. Rogers PhD; Donald R. Miller ScD; Katherine M. Skinner PhD; Xinhua S. Ren PhD; and Lewis E. Kazis ScD
Mainenet, Judith B. Tupper DHEd, CHES, CPPS and Stuart Bratesman MPP
2004
Assuring Rural Hospital Patient Safety: What Should be the Priorities?, Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Mary Wakefield PhD, RN; Michelle Casey; Ira S. Moscovice PhD; Susan M.C. Payne PhD, MPH; and Stephenie L. Loux MS
Managing Program Costs in State Pharmacy Assistance Programs, Kimberley S. Fox MPA; Thomas E. Trail MS; Susan C. Reinhard PhD, RN; and Stephen Crystal PhD
