Power of information: Closing the gap between research and policy

Health Affairs

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 264-273

  Sorian, Richard ^a,b   Baugh, Terry ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^c T Baugh and Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS; POLICY MAKING; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036518117     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.21.2.264     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. A. Coburn, "The Role of Health Services Research in Developing State Health Policy," Health Affairs (Jan/Feb 1998): 139-151.
2. For example, the 2001 annual meeting of the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy was titled, "Research to Action: Shaping Our Health Care Future." The meeting focused on ways to make policy research more relevant to federal and state health policy debates.
3. Legislators were drawn from a list of 1,398 members of health-related committees maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures; legislative staff were drawn from a list of 400 health staffers also maintained by the NCSL; agency managers were drawn from a variety of lists maintained by membership organizations for the relevant positions, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, National Association of State Budget Officers, Association of State and Territorial Health Officers, and others. This sample produced a margin of error of ±9 percent.
4. At the time of this study eighteen states had term limits on state legislators, and thirty-two did not. In addition, nine states had full-time legislatures, thirty-five had part-time legislatures, and six had legislatures that met once every two years.
5. Respondents were asked to give separate estimates for each, so the total exceeds 100 percent.
6. Sources of policy information that were most frequently cited (N = 292): NCSL, 93 mentions; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 31; Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 23; National Governors' Association, 21; Urban Institute, 14; Council of State Governments, 13; and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA), 13.
7. Publications that were most frequently mentioned (N = 292): Health Affairs, 70 mentions; Journal of the American Medical Association, 23; New England Journal of Medicine, 20; State Health Notes, 107; and State Health Watch, 12.
8. Publications that were most frequently mentioned (N = 292): Health Affairs, 70 mentions; Journal of the American Medical Association, 23; New England Journal of Medicine, 20; State Health Notes, 107; and State Health Watch, 12.
9. Publications that were most frequently mentioned (N = 292): Health Affairs, 70 mentions; Journal of the American Medical Association, 23; New England Journal of Medicine, 20; State Health Notes, 107; and State Health Watch, 12.
10. Publications that were most frequently mentioned (N = 292): Health Affairs, 70 mentions; Journal of the American Medical Association, 23; New England Journal of Medicine, 20; State Health Notes, 107; and State Health Watch, 12.
11. Publications that were most frequently mentioned (N = 292): Health Affairs, 70 mentions; Journal of the American Medical Association, 23; New England Journal of Medicine, 20; State Health Notes, 107; and State Health Watch, 12.
12. Among the sample, 96 respondents were from states with legislative term limits; 196 were in states that did not have such limits.
13. Among the sample, 63 respondents were in states with full-time legislatures, 190 were in states with part-time legislatures, and 39 were in states with biennial legislatures.