Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT): Publications by Staff

James B. Kirby

Author: Kirby J
Title: Main reason for not having a usual source of care by race, ethnicity, income, and insurance status, 2007
Publication: MEPS Statistical Brief No. 308. Available on the MEPS Web site.
Date: December 2010
Abstract: In 2007, among the 20.5 percent of individuals who reported not having a usual source of care, most (63 percent) reported never or seldom getting sick as their main explanation. The second most common reason given was the high cost of medical care and about 14 percent of those without a usual source of care reported this as the main explanation. Other reasons given were that individuals had recently moved, couldn't find a doctor, experienced some insurance-related barrier, or that they did not use, like, or trust doctors.

Authors: Kirby J, Lau D
Title: Community and individual race/ethnicity and home health care use among elderly persons in the United States
Publication: Health Services Research 45(5 Pt 1)1251-67
Date: October 2010
Abstract: Available on PubMed

Authors: Kirby J, Hudson J, Miller, GE
Title: Explaining racial and ethnic differences in antidepressant use among adolescents
Publication: Medical Care Research and Review 67(3):342-63.
Date: June 2010
Abstract: Available on PubMed.

Authors: Kirby J, Berdahl T
Title: Trends in access to health care: Disparities by poverty status and health insurance, 1996-2006
Publication: MEPS Statistical Brief No. 265. Available on the MEPS Web site.
Date: October 2009
Abstract: Overall, the percentage of the U.S. population who report having a usual source of care declined slightly from 82 percent in 1996 to 80 percent in 2006. The decline is concentrated among the uninsured; uninsured Americans were less likely to have a USC in 2006 (47 percent) compared to 1996 (58 percent) and less likely to have at least one office-based physician visit in 1996 (41 percent) compared to 2006 (36 percent).

Authors: Lau D, Kirby J
Title: The relationship between living arrangement and preventive care use among community-dwelling elderly persons
Publication: American Journal of Public Health 99(7):1315-1321
Date: 2009
Abstract: Available on PubMed®.

Authors: Hudson J, Miller G, Kirby J
Title: Explaining racial and ethnic differences in children's use of stimulant medications
Publication: Med Care 45(11):1068-75
Date: 2007
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Berdahl T, Kirby J, Stone R
Title: Access to heath care for nonmetro and metro Latinos of Mexican origin in the United States
Publication: Med Care 45(7):647-54
Date: July 2007
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Kirby J, Kaneda T
Title: Access to health care: does neighborhood residential instability matter?
Publication: J Health Soc Behav 47(2):142-55
Date: June 2006
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Kirby J, Taliaferro G, Zuvekas S
Title: Explaining racial and ethnic disparities in health care
Publication: Med Care 44(5 Suppl):164-72
Date: May 2006
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Author: Kirby, J
Title: From single-mother families to stepfamilies: Does the transition affect adolescent alcohol initiation?
Publication: J Family Issues 27(5):685-711
Date: 2006

Authors: Kirby J, Kaneda T
Title: Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and access to health care
Publication: J Health Soc Behav 46(1):15-31
Date: March 2005
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Benjamins M, Kirby J, Bond Huie S
Title: County characteristics and racial and ethnic disparities in the use of preventive services
Publication: Preventive Medicine 39(4):704-12
Date: Oct. 2004
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Cunningham P, Kirby J
Title: Children's health coverage: A quarter-century of change
Publication: Health Affairs 23(5):27-38
Date: Sep-Oct 2004
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Kirby J, Machlin S, Cohen J
Title: Has the increase in HMO enrollment within the Medicaid population changed the pattern of health service use and expenditures?
Publication: Med Care 41(7):III-24-34
Date: July 2003
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Curran P, Bollen K, Chen F, et al.
Title: The finite sampling properties of the RMSEA Point estimates and confidence intervals
Publication: Soc Meth & Res 32(2)
Date: 2003

Authors: Curran P, Bollen K, Paxton P, et al.
Title: The noncentral chi-square distribution in structural equation modeling: Use or abuse?
Publication: Multivariate Behavioral Research 37:1-36
Date:

Author: Kirby J
Title: The influence of parental separation on smoking initiation in adolescents
Publication: J Health Soc Behav 43:56-71
Date: 2002
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Kirby J, Kaneda T
Title: Health insurance and family structure: the case of adolescents in skipped-generation families
Publication: Med Care Res Rev 59(2):146-65. AHRQ Pub. No. 02-R073
Date: 2002
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Paxton P, Bollen K, Curran P, et al.
Title: Monte Carlo experiments: Design and implementation
Publication: Structural Equation Modeling 8:287-312
Date: 2001

Authors: Chen F, Bollen K, Paxton P, et al.
Title: Improper solutions in structural equation models
Publication: Soc Meth & Res 2001;29(4):468-508
Date: 2001
Abstract: In this article, the authors examine the most common type of improper solutions: zero or negative error variances. They address the causes of, consequences of, and strategies to handle these issues.

Author: Kirby J
Title: Exposure, resistance, and recovery: a three-dimensional framework for the study of mortality from infectious disease
Publication: Soc Sci Med 2001;52:1205-15. AHRQ Pub. No. 02-R003
Date: 2001
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Kirby J, Machlin S, Thorpe J
Title: Patterns of ambulatory care use: Changes from 1987 to 1996
Publication: MEPS Research Findings No. 16. AHRQ Pub. No. 01-0026. Available on the MEPS Web site
Date: 2001
Abstract: This report presents trends in the use of ambulatory care services by the U.S. population from 1987 to 1996. The authors examine the frequency with which people visit health care providers by setting of care (office, hospital outpatient, or emergency room) and reason for visit (prevention, diagnosis or treatment, or emergency), paying special attention to differences between 1987 and 1996. They also examine variation in trends across several variables, including age, race, sex, urban versus rural residence, region, income, insurance status, and health status. Data come from 1987 NMES and 1996 MEPS.

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