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Journal Articles

2018

1. The effects of household medical expenditures on income inequality in the United States
   American Journal of Public Health, 2018, 108, (3), 351-354 View citations (8)
2. Woolhandler and himmelstein respond
   American Journal of Public Health, 2018, 108, (4), 451
   Also in American Journal of Public Health, 2016, 106, (7), e12 (2016)

2017

3. Accountable care organizations' payments to physicians: Patients should have the right to know
   American Journal of Public Health, 2017, 107, (8), 1251-1252
4. The Obama years: Tepid palliation for America's health scourges
   American Journal of Public Health, 2017, 107, (1), 22-24
5. Trumpcare or transformation
   American Journal of Public Health, 2017, 107, (5), 660-661

2016

6. Access to care and chronic disease outcomes among medicaid-insured persons versus the uninsured
   American Journal of Public Health, 2016, 106, (1), 63-69 View citations (2)
7. Moving forward from the affordable care act to a single-payer system
   American Journal of Public Health, 2016, 106, (6), 987-988
8. Outcomes of hospitalizations for common illnesses associated with a comorbid heat-related illness in the United States, 2001–2010
   Climatic Change, 2016, 138, (3), 567-584 View citations (2)
9. Public health's falling share of US health spending
   American Journal of Public Health, 2016, 106, (1), 56-57 View citations (6)
10. The current and projected taxpayer shares of US health costs
    American Journal of Public Health, 2016, 106, (3), 449-452 View citations (2)

2015

11. Identifying Individual Risk Factors and Documenting the Pattern of Heat-Related Illness through Analyses of Hospitalization and Patterns of Household Cooling
    PLOS ONE, 2015, 10, (3), 1-15 View citations (5)

2013

12. Medical debt: a curable affliction health reform won’t fix
    Communities and Banking, 2013, (Summer), 11-13

2010

13. Life and health insurance industry investments in fast food
    American Journal of Public Health, 2010, 100, (6), 1029-1030

2009

14. Health insurance and mortality in US adults
    American Journal of Public Health, 2009, 99, (12), 2289-2295 View citations (32)
15. The health and health care of US prisoners: Results of a nationwide survey
    American Journal of Public Health, 2009, 99, (4), 666-672 View citations (22)
16. Wilper et al. respond
    American Journal of Public Health, 2009, 99, (9), 1542

2008

17. Characteristics of recipients of free prescription drug samples: A nationally representative analysis
    American Journal of Public Health, 2008, 98, (2), 284-289 View citations (2)
18. Cutrona et al. respond
    American Journal of Public Health, 2008, 98, (8), 1349

2007

19. Lack of health coverage among US veterans from 1987 to 2004
    American Journal of Public Health, 2007, 97, (12), 2199-2203 View citations (1)

2006

20. Access to care, health status, and health disparities in the United States and Canada: Results of a Cross-National Population Based Survey
    American Journal of Public Health, 2006, 96, (7), 1300-1307 View citations (45)

2005

21. Health care expenditures of immigrants in the United States: A nationally representative analysis
    American Journal of Public Health, 2005, 95, (8), 1431-1438 View citations (18)

2003

22. National health insurance or incremental reform: Aim high, or at our feet?
    American Journal of Public Health, 2003, 93, (1), 102-105

2002

23. No care for the caregivers: Declining health insurance coverage for health care personnel and their children, 1988-1998
    American Journal of Public Health, 2002, 92, (3), 404-408 View citations (2)

2001

24. Does investor ownership of nursing homes compromise the quality of care?
    American Journal of Public Health, 2001, 91, (9), 1452-1455 View citations (13)

1999

25. Going bare: Trends in health insurance coverage, 1989 through 1996
    American Journal of Public Health, 1999, 89, (1), 36-42 View citations (1)
    Also in American Journal of Public Health, 1999, 89, (2), 256 (1999)

1998

26. Can Medicaid managed care provide continuity of care to new medicaid enrollees? An analysis of tenure on Medicaid
    American Journal of Public Health, 1998, 88, (3), 464-466

1996

27. Annotation: Patients on the auction block
    American Journal of Public Health, 1996, 86, (12), 1699-1700
28. Medical care employment in the United States, 1968 to 1993: The importance of health sector jobs for African Americans and women
    American Journal of Public Health, 1996, 86, (4), 525-528
29. US emergency department costs: No emergency
    American Journal of Public Health, 1996, 86, (11), 1527-1531
30. Who administers? Who cares? Medical administrative and clinical employment in the United States and Canada
    American Journal of Public Health, 1996, 86, (2), 172-178 View citations (1)
    Also in American Journal of Public Health, 1996, 86, (6), 790 (1996) View citations (1)

1995

31. Care denied: US residents who are unable to obtain needed medical services
    American Journal of Public Health, 1995, 85, (3), 341-344 View citations (9)

1989

32. Ideology in medical science: Class in the clinic
    Social Science & Medicine, 1989, 28, (11), 1205-1209

1984

33. Patient transfers: Medical practice as social triage
    American Journal of Public Health, 1984, 74, (5), 494-497 View citations (2)

1983

34. Public money, private control: A case study of hospital financing in Oakland and Berkeley, California
    American Journal of Public Health, 1983, 73, (5), 584-587