• Legal Mobilization and Climate Change: The Role of Law in Wicked Problems 

  Marshall, Anna-Maria; Sterett, Susan M (Onatie International Institute for the Sociology of Law, 2019-07-24)

  Climate change is a wicked problem, a framework not often used in sociolegal studies. The problem is complex, not readily named, and not limited to one jurisdiction. Therefore, the places of law are multiple: human rights ...

• Early Elementary Science Instruction: Does More Time on Science or Science Topics/Skills Predict Science Achievement in the Early Grades? 

  Curran, F. Chris; Kitchin, James (SAGE Journals, 2019-07-01)

  Recent evidence points to the early elementary grades as a pivotal point for the development of science learning trajectories and achievement gaps. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, this study estimates ...

• A Fragile Hold on Consumption: Consumption and the New Middle Class in Colombia 

  Martínez, Lina; Short, John Rennie; Zafra, Maria Isabel (CCSE, 2019-08-16)

  This paper explores consumption patterns, access to banking services, attitudes to government and aspirations of the growing and vulnerable middle class in the global South. Data comes from a population survey conducted ...

• A comparative effective examination of asthma treatments 

  Smith, Jennifer (2017-11-28)

• Mental Health Policy and FDA Warnings 

  Abrams, Michael T. (The Hilltop Institute, 2015-12-04)

• Part D Utilization Management Barriers for Persons with Serious Mental Illness 

  Abrams, Michael T.; Steinwachs, Donald M.; Salkever, David S.; DosReis, Susan; Daumit, Gail L.; Clark, Jack; Guin, Pradeep; Skinner, Elizabeth Ann (2015-06-15)

  Hilltop staff made several presentations at the 2015 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held June 13 through June 15 in Minneapolis. Senior Research Analyst Michael T. Abrams, MPH, presented this poster at an ARM ...

• Disparities in Access to and Effectiveness of Evidence-based Supported employment for Persons with Co-occurring Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD): Evidence from a State-wide Policy Intervention 

  Salkever, David; Gibbons, Brent; Abrams, Michael; Baier, Kevin (The Hilltop Institute, 2015-04-20)

  New results generated by a team of UMBC researchers (from The Hilltop Institute, the Department of Public Policy, and MIPAR) recently revealed that persons with serious mental illness (SMI) who also have co-occurring ...

• Controlling Hospital and Health Care Spending in Maryland in the Era of Budget Caps 

  Unknown author (2014-12-05)

  Maryland runs the only all payer hospital payment system in the country. Under this system, the federal government allows a statewide commission, the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) to regulate hospital ...

• A Look Ahead: the Next 20 Years in Federal and State Health Policy 

  Vladeck, Bruce; Salkever, David; Ronch, Judah; Weiner, Jonathan (2014-10-23)

  The Hilltop Institute celebrated 20 years of service at a special event held on the UMBC campus on October 23, 2014. The event included a program titled A Look Ahead: the Next 20 Years in Federal and State Health Policy ...

• Non-Emergent Emergency Department Use among Adults with Disabilities 

  Idala, David; Miller, Nancy; Kirk, Adele; Betley, Charles; Kim, Seung; Chen, Yi-An; Dai, Ming Liang (The Hilltop Institute, 2014-06-08)

  Hilltop staff made several presentations at the 2014 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held June 8 through June 10 in San Diego. Director of Medicaid Policy Studies David A. Idala, MA, delivered this presentation ...

• Estimating Causal Effects in Observational Studies Using Electronic Health Data: Challenges and (some) Solutions 

  Stuart, Elizabeth A.; DuGof, Eva; Abrams, Michael; Salkever, David; Steinwachs, Donald (Ubiquity Press, 2013-12-01)

  Electronic health data sets, including electronic health records (EHR) and other administrative databases, are rich data sources that have the potential to help answer important questions about the effects of clinical ...

• Alternative and “Off-Label” Uses of Antipsychotic Medications in Medicaid 

  Abrams, Michael T.; Kopelke, Jessica R.; Elfaki, Osama O.; Chen, Susan; Salkever, David S. (The Hilltop Institute, 2010-11-10)

  Abrams presented a poster on another study, entitled Alternative and “Off-Label” Uses of Antipsychotic Medications in Medicaid, which used Medicaid administrative data from a single state (Maryland) and year (7/2000 to ...

• The Impact of Selected Demographic, Mental Health and Geographic Measures on Discharge From Nursing Homes Among Working-Age Adults in Maryland 

  Snyder, Annette; Miller, Nancy A. (The Hilltop Institute, 2010-11-10)

  Hilltop Director of Clinical and Quality Management Annette Snyder, PhD, delivered this presentation at the 138th American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting held November 6 through 10, 2010, in Denver, Colorado. ...

• Evaluating the Impact of Managed Care on Service Use and Disparities in Care Among Children and Adolescents Receiving Medicaid 

  Eberly, Todd (The Hilltop Institute, 2007-02)

  This policy brief, based on research conducted by Dr. Todd Eberly for his dissertation, examines whether a transition from fee-for-service to a managed care Medicaid program improved access to preventive well care services, ...

• Cybersecurity Challenges to American Local Governments 

  Norris, Donald; Mateczun, Laura; Joshi, Anupam; Finin, Tim (2017-06-12)

  In this paper we examine data from the first ever nationwide survey of cybersecurity among American local governments. We are particularly interested in understanding the threats to local government cybersecurity, their ...

• Working with a Severe Mental Illness: Estimating the Causal Effects of Employment on Mental Health Status and Total Mental Health Costs 

  Gibbons, Brent J.; Salkever, David S. (Springer US, 2019-02-28)

  Employment is an important goal for persons who have a severe mental illness (SMI). The current literature finds some evidence for a positive relationship between employment and measures of mental health (MH) status, however ...

• Female Sex Workers’ Use of Mobile Phones in India: Lessons in Effective Engagement 

  Panchanadeswaran, Subadra; Unnithan, Ardra Manasi; Chacko, Shubha; Brazda, Michael; Wilson, Natalie Brooks; Kuruppu, Santushi (University of Jyväskylä, 2019)

  Despite the widespread impact of mobile phone technology, research on female sex workers’ (FSWs) access and use of this technology is sparse. This study aimed to document FSWs’ subjective perceptions of the benefits of ...

• Hypothesis Testing of CNA Perceptions of Organizational Culture in Long Term Care 

  Kusmaul, Nancy; Sahoo, Shalini (Informa UK Limited, 2019-02-06)

  This commentary for the special issue on research that went wrong describes a study that explored factors that contribute to variability within Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) on organizational safety culture. We know ...

• An Examination of Vote Verification Technologies: Findings and Experiences from the Maryland Study 

  Sherman, Alan T.; Gangopadhyay, Aryya; Holden, Stephen H.; Karabatis, George; Koru, A. Gunes; Law, Chris M.; Norris, Donald F.; Pinkston, John; Sears, Andrew; Zhang, Dongsong (2006-04-15)

  We describe our findings and experiences from our technical review of vote verification systems for the Maryland State Board of Elections (SBE). The review included the following four systems for possible use together ...

• Why are the early elementary race/ethnicity test score gaps in science larger than those in reading or mathematics. National evidence on the importance of language and immigration context in explaining the gap‐in‐gaps 

  Curran, F. Chris; Kitchin, James (John Wiley & Sons, 2018-12-31)

  Recent work examining science test performance in the earliest grades of school has demonstrated that science test score gaps by race/ethnicity are apparent as early as kindergarten and that, in a number of cases, the ...

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