The Center at AcademyHealth

Center experts will present nine poster sessions at AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting this June 27-29 in Boston, Mass.  AcademyHealth's annual meeting is the nation's premier forum for health services research, where more than 2,300 attendees gather to discuss health policy implications, sharpen research methods, and network with colleagues from around the world.

Center presentations include:

Presenter: Dylan Roby, Center research scientist
Title: "Emergency Room Use and Delays in Prescription Drugs are Higher among African-Americans When Compared to Other Commercial HMO Enrollees."
Poster Assignment: 201
Poster Session: A
Date: Sunday, June 27
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Presenter: Nadereh Pourat, Center director of research planning
Title: "How Does Availability of Dentists Who Accept Medicaid and SCHIP Impact Access to Dental Care of Beneficiaries?"
Poster Session: A
Date: Sunday, June 27
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm

Presenter: Nadereh Pourat, Center director of research planning
Title: "The Role of Dentists in Alleviating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Dental Care: Does Availability of Discounted Care Increase Affordability."
Poster Session: A
Date: Sunday, June 27
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm

Presenter: Dylan Roby, Research Scientist
Title: "Impact of Patient-Centered Medical Home Assignment on Emergency Room Visits among Uninsured Patients in a County Health System."
Poster Assignment: 602
Poster Session: B
Date: Monday, June 28
Time: 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Moderator: Gerald F. Kominski, Center associate director
Event: Panel discussion for winners of AcademyHealth's 2010 Dissertation, Article-of-the-Year, and Public Health Systems Research Article-of-the-Year, as well as a fellow from the Nation's Principle Health Statistics Agency.
Poster Session: B (Presentation will be given during this time in a breakout area located in the Exhibit Hall)
Date: Monday, June 28
Time: 8:30-9:30 am
Note: Kominski is on AcademyHealth’s 2010 Article-of-the-Year-Committee

Presenter: Jenna Jones, Center graduate student researcher
Title: "HPV Vaccine Utilization of Young Female California Residents."
Poster Session: B
Date: Monday, June 28
Time:  8:00-9:30 am
     
Presenter: Mona AuYoung, Center graduate student researcher
Title: "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Disease Management Participation by Chronically Ill Medicaid Population in California."
Poster Session: B
Date: Monday, June 28
Time: 8:00-9:30 am

Presenter: Nadereh Pourat, Center director of research planning
Title: "Impact of Medical Home Implementation on Health Care Utilization Within the Safety net."
Poster Session: C
Date: Monday, June 28
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm
     
Presenter: Anna Davis, senior research associate
Title: "Creation of Safety-Net Based Provider Networks under the California."
Health Care Coverage Initiative
Poster Session: C
Date: Monday, June 28
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm