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Faculty
Janet Bronstein, Ph.D.
Professor, Public Health
jbronste@uab.edu
Dr. Janet M. Bronstein (M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky, B.A., Brandeis University) is Professor in the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy and Scholar, Lister Hill Center for Health Policy. Her doctorate is in Applied Medical Anthropology. She teaches Health Policy and Ethical and Social Issues in Public Health. Janet's research interests focus primarily on health care services for the low income population. She has conducted several studies of maternity services, and was coinvestigator on the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Patient Outcome Research Team on the Prevention of Low Birthweight and Adverse Sequelae in Minority and High Risk Women. She has also studied access, cost and quality of care in the pediatric and the general population covered by Medicaid programs.
Recent Publications
Morse, SB, Haywood JL, Goldenberg RL, Bronstein J., Nelson KG, Carlo WA. Estimation of Neonatal Outcome and Perinatal Therapy Use. Pediatrics 2000:105:1046-1050
Bronstein JM, Santer L, Johnson V. The Use of Medicaid Claims as a Supplementary Source of Information on Quality of Asthma Care. Journal for Healthcare Quality 2000:22(6)
Adams E.K., Bronstein, J.M., Becker, E.R., “Payment Levels, Resource Use and Insurance Risk of Medicaid Versus Private Insured in Three States” Journal of Health Care Finance 2001; 28(1):72-91.
Dasanayake, A.P. BDS, MPH, Ph.D., Li, Y. BS, MS, Philip, S. BS, Kirk, K. Ph.D., Bronstein,J Ph.D., and Childers, N.K. DDS, Ph.D. Prevalence of Dental Sealants Among Alabama Medicaid Children: Barriers in Meeting the Year 2010 Objectives. Pediatric Dentistry. 2001 23(5):401-6.
Bronstein J.M. and Adams E.K., “Rural-Urban Differences in Health Risks, Resource Use and Expenditures within Three State Medicaid Programs: Implications for Medicaid Managed Care, Journal of Rural Health 2002 18:38-48.
Cifuentes, J., Bronstein, J., Phibbs C.S., Phibbs, R.H., Schmitt, S.k., Carlo, W.A. “Mortality in Low Birthweight Infants According to Level of Neonatal Care at Hospital of Birth”, Pediatrics 2002;109:745-51.
Edwards, J, Bronstein JM, Rein D. “Differences in Experiences and Expectations with the Same Plan: A Comparison of CHIP and Medicaid Families in Georgia.” Health Affairs 2002: 21:240-248
Petersen, DJ, Bronstein JM, Pass MA “Assessing the Extent of Medical Home Coverage among Medicaid Enrolled Children. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2002 6(1):59-66.
Dasanyake, A., Yufeng, L., Wadhawan S., Kirk K, Bronstein J., Childers N.K., “Disparities in Dental Service Utilization Among Alabama Medicaid Children” Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 2002 30(5):369-376.
Adams E.K., Bronstein J.M., Florence, C. “The Impact of Medicaid Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) on Office-Based Physician Supply in Alabama and Georgia” 2003 Inquiry 40(3):269-282.
Dasanyake A.P., Yufeng, L., Kirk, K., Bronsein, J. Childers, N.K. “Restorative Cost Savings Related to Dental Sealants in Alabama Medicaid Children”. Pediatric Dentistry 2003, 25(6):572-576
Shone LP. Dick AW. Brach C. Kimminau KS. LaClair BJ. Shenkman EA. Col JF. Schaffer VA. Mulvihill F. Szilagyi PG. Klein JD. VanLandeghem K. Bronstein J. The role of race and ethnicity in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in four states: are there baseline disparities, and what do they mean for SCHIP?. Pediatrics.2003; 112(6 Pt 2):e521
Brach C. Lewit EM. VanLandeghem K. Bronstein J. Dick AW. Kimminau KS. LaClair B. Shenkman E. Shone LP. Swigonski N. Szilagyi PG. Child Health Insurance Research Initiative. Who's enrolled in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)? An overview of findings from the Child Health Insurance Research Initiative (CHIRI). Pediatrics 2003. 112(6 Pt 2):e499,
Bronstein, JM, Adams E.K, Florence CS. “The Impact of S-CHIP Enrollment on Physician Participation in Medicaid in Alabama and Georgia” Health Services Research, 2004 39(2):301-31841.
Bronstein, JM, Adams E.K, Florence CS. Children’s Service Use During the Transition to PCCM in Two States Health Care Financing Review 2005, 26(4):95-108
Al Agili, D., Bronstein, JM, Greene, MM, “Access and utilization of dental services by Alabama Medicaid-enrolled children: A parent perspective” Pediatric Dentistry 2005, 27:414-421
Adams, E.K., Bronstein, J.M., Florence, C.S. “Effects of Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) on Medicaid Children in Alabama and Georgia:Differences by Race/Ethnicity? , Medical Care Research and Review 2006;63:58-87.
Britt, D., Bronstein, J, Norton, JD “Absorbing and Tranferring Risk: Assessing the Impact of a Statrewide High-Risk Pregnancy Telemedical Program on VLBW Maternal Transports”. BioMed Central Pregnancy and Childbirth 2006; 6:11 (web journal, www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2392/6/11.
Locher, JL, Bronstein, J, Ritchie CS, Robinson, CO, Williams, C. “Ethical Issues Involving Research Conducted in the Home With Homebound Older Adults: Therapeutic Misconception and Researcher Role Conflict “ The Gerontologist 2006; 26:160-164.
Bronstein, JM, Adams, EK, Florence, CS. “S-CHIP Program Structure and Children’s Use of Care” Health Care Financing Review 2006;27(4):41-51
Bronstein, JM, Vosel, A., George, S.K., Freeman, C.Payne, L.A., Extending Medicaid Coverage for Family Planning Services: Alabama’s First Four Years forthcoming,, Public Health Reports
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