Andrew Bindman, MD

Professor

Dr. Andy Bindman is a professor of medicine, epidemiology & biostatistics, and a core faculty member within the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. He has a long-standing interest in health policy informed by his many years as primary care physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General and through several roles he has played within the federal government. He was a health policy fellow on the staff of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee where he contributed to the drafting of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). He worked for several years to implement the ACA as a senior adviser within the US Department of Health and Human Services and as the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He currently serves as the co-editor in chief of the journal, Health Services Research. Dr. Bindman was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2015.

Education
Post-doctoral fellow, 1989 - , Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, Stanford
Residency, 1987 - Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisc
1985 - Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
M.D., 1984 - , Mount Sinai School of Medicine
A.B., 1980 - Psychology/Social Relations, cum laude, Harvard College
Websites
Publications

  1. Smith-Bindman R, Wang Y, Stewart C, Luong J, Chu PW, Kohli M, Westphalen AC, Siegel E, Ray M, Szczykutowicz TP, Bindman AB, Romano PS. Improving the Safety of Computed Tomography Through Automated Quality Measurement: A Radiologist Reader Study of Radiation Dose, Image Noise, and Image Quality. Investigative radiology 2024. PMID: 38265058


  2. Angus DC, Bindman AB. Achieving Diagnostic Excellence for Sepsis. 2022. PMID: 34940801


  3. Smith-Bindman R, Yu S, Wang Y, Kohli MD, Chu P, Chung R, Luong J, Bos D, Stewart C, Bista B, Alejandrez Cisneros A, Delman B, Einstein AJ, Flynn M, Romano P, Seibert JA, Westphalen AC, Bindman A. An Image Quality-informed Framework for CT Characterization. 2021. PMID: 34751618


  4. Bindman AB, Frakt A, Tachibana C. From the Editors' Desk. Health services research 2021. PMID: 34029394


  5. Simon GE, Bindman AB, Dreyer NA, Platt R, Watanabe JH, Horberg M, Hernandez A, Califf RM. When Can We Trust Real-World Data To Evaluate New Medical Treatments? Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2021. PMID: 33932030


  6. Simon GE, Platt R, Watanabe JH, Bindman AB, John London A, Horberg M, Hernandez A, Califf RM. When Can We Rely on Real-World Evidence to Evaluate New Medical Treatments? Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2021. PMID: 33895994


  7. Bindman AB, Frakt A. From the Editors' desk: Publishing in HSR. Health services research 2021. PMID: 33730764


  8. Bindman A. Postelection Prospects for Expanding Health Care Coverage. JAMA 2021. PMID: 33433567


  9. Bindman A. Postelection Prospects for Expanding Health Care Coverage. JAMA health forum 2020. PMID: 36218405


  10. Bindman A. Medicaid's Public Health Plan Options. JAMA 2020. PMID: 33079142


  11. Bindman A. Medicaid's Public Health Plan Options. JAMA health forum 2020. PMID: 36218575


  12. Bindman A. Avoiding a Health Care Financial Meltdown. JAMA 2020. PMID: 32633793


  13. Bindman AB. Expanding Coverage Does Not Guarantee a Benefit. Ophthalmology 2020. PMID: 32564816


  14. Edwards RD, Brenowitz WD, Portacolone E, Covinsky KE, Bindman A, Glymour MM, Torres JM. Difficulty and help with activities of daily living among older adults living alone with cognitive impairment. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020. PMID: 32588985


  15. Majeed A, Maile EJ, Bindman AB. The primary care response to COVID-19 in England's National Health Service. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2020. PMID: 32521196


  16. Bindman A. Avoiding a Health Care Financial Meltdown. JAMA health forum 2020. PMID: 36218489


  17. Bindman AB. Rising Prices and Health Care "Empires". JAMA 2020. PMID: 32125390


  18. Bindman AB. Rising Prices and Health Care "Empires". JAMA health forum 2020. PMID: 36218532


  19. Bindman AB, Romano PS. From the Editor's Desk. Health services research 2020. PMID: 31896163


  20. Ko M, Newcomer RJ, Bindman AB, Kang T, Hulett D, Spetz J. Changing home care aides: Differences between family and non-family care in California Medicaid home and community-based services. Home health care services quarterly 2019. PMID: 31826707


  21. Balogh EP, Bindman AB, Eckhardt SG, Halabi S, Harvey RD, Jaiyesimi I, Miksad R, Moses HL, Nass SJ, Schilsky RL, Sun S, Torrente JM, Warren KE. Challenges and Opportunities to Updating Prescribing Information for Longstanding Oncology Drugs. The oncologist 2019. PMID: 32162805


  22. Romano PS, Bindman AB. From the Editors' Desk: HSR Updates Instructions for Authors. Health services research 2019. PMID: 31742686


  23. Bindman A. Primary Care for All. JAMA 2019. PMID: 31688873


  24. Borsky AE, Savitz LA, Bindman AB, Mossburg S, Thompson L. AHRQ Series on Improving Translation of Evidence: Perceived Value of Translational Products by the AHRQ EPC Learning Health Systems Panel. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2019. PMID: 31668330


  25. Welch WP, Sen AP, Bindman AB. Concentration of Physician Services Across Insurers and Effects on Quality: Early Evidence From Medicare Advantage. Medical care 2019. PMID: 31415344


  26. Bindman AB. Learning healthcare systems: a perspective from the US. Public health research & practice 2019. PMID: 31569203


  27. Cassel C, Bindman A. Risk, Benefit, and Fairness in a Big Data World. JAMA 2019. PMID: 31287512


  28. Garcia ME, Bindman AB, Coffman J. Language-Concordant Primary Care Physicians for a Diverse Population: The View from California. Health equity 2019. PMID: 31312781


  29. Bindman A. Shaking Things Up in California. JAMA 2019. PMID: 30874745


  30. Tamblyn R, Meyers D, Kratzmann M, Bazemore A, Bierman AS, Bindman AB, Hogg W, Price D, Rowe BH, Roy D, Steinberg J, Reid RH. Shared vision for primary care delivery and research in Canada and the United States: Highlights from the cross-border symposium. Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien 2018. PMID: 30541809


  31. Bindman A. Curbing Surprise Medical Bills Can Be a Window Into Cost Control. JAMA 2018. PMID: 30480714


  32. Bindman AB, Romano PS. Editors' Note: Driving Better Health Policy: "It's the Evidence, Stupid". Health services research 2018. PMID: 30353550


  33. Bindman AB, Mulkey MR, Kronick R. Beyond The ACA: Paths To Universal Coverage In California. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2018. PMID: 30179543


  34. Bindman AB, Cox DF. Changes in Health Care Costs and Mortality Associated With Transitional Care Management Services After a Discharge Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30073240


  35. Majeed A, Allwood D, Foley K, Bindman A. Healthcare outcomes and quality in the NHS: how do we compare and how might the NHS improve? BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2018. PMID: 30006368


  36. Bindman A. Redesigning Medicaid Managed Care. JAMA 2018. PMID: 29677290


  37. Bindman AB, Pronovost PJ, Asch DA. Funding Innovation in a Learning Health Care System. JAMA 2018. PMID: 29270611


  38. Ko M, Newcomer RJ, Harrington C, Hulett D, Kang T, Bindman AB. Predictors of Nursing Facility Entry by Medicaid-Only Older Adults and Persons With Disabilities in California. Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing 2018. PMID: 29633899


  39. Bindman AB. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Development of a Learning Health Care System. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28542694


  40. Bindman AB. A Shared Responsibility for Developing a Learning Health System. Journal of nursing care quality 2017. PMID: 28225531


  41. Possin KL, Merrilees J, Bonasera SJ, Bernstein A, Chiong W, Lee K, Wilson L, Hooper SM, Dulaney S, Braley T, Laohavanich S, Feuer JE, Clark AM, Schaffer MW, Schenk AK, Heunis J, Ong P, Cook KM, Bowhay AD, Gearhart R, Chodos A, Naasan G, Bindman AB, Dohan D, Ritchie C, Miller BL. Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem. Volume 14 of Issue 3. PLoS medicine 2017. PMID: 28323819


  42. Hing E, Kurtzman E, Lau DT, Taplin C, Bindman AB. Characteristics of Primary Care Physicians in Patient-centered Medical Home Practices: United States, 2013. National health statistics reports 2017. PMID: 28256999


  43. Califf RM, Robb MA, Bindman AB, Briggs JP, Collins FS, Conway PH, Coster TS, Cunningham FE, De Lew N, DeSalvo KB, Dymek C, Dzau VJ, Fleurence RL, Frank RG, Gaziano JM, Kaufmann P, Lauer M, Marks PW, McGinnis JM, Richards C, Selby JV, Shulkin DJ, Shuren J, Slavitt AM, Smith SR, Washington BV, White PJ, Woodcock J, Woodson J, Sherman RE. Transforming Evidence Generation to Support Health and Health Care Decisions. The New England journal of medicine 2016. PMID: 27974039


  44. O'Shea L, Bindman AB. Personal Health Budgets for Patients with Complex Needs. The New England journal of medicine 2016. PMID: 27959646


  45. Welch WP, Bindman AB. Town and Gown Differences Among the 100 Largest Medical Groups in the United States. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2016. PMID: 27224300


  46. Raven MC, Kushel M, Ko MJ, Penko J, Bindman AB. The Effectiveness of Emergency Department Visit Reduction Programs: A Systematic Review. Volume 68 of Issue 4. Annals of emergency medicine 2016. PMID: 27287549


  47. Smith-Bindman R, Bindman AB. Imaging More Wisely-Already At Work-Reply. JAMA internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27273501


  48. Newcomer R, Harrington C, Hulett D, Kang T, Ko M, Bindman A. Health Care Use Before and After Entering Long-Term Services and Supports. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society 2016. PMID: 27091879


  49. Newcomer RJ, Ko M, Kang T, Harrington C, Hulett D, Bindman AB. Health Care Expenditures After Initiating Long-term Services and Supports in the Community Versus in a Nursing Facility. Medical care 2016. PMID: 26759982


  50. Smith-Bindman R, Bindman AB. Imaging More Wisely. JAMA internal medicine 2016. PMID: 26720048


  51. Coffman JM, Rhodes KV, Fix M, Bindman AB. Testing the Validity of Primary Care Physicians' Self-Reported Acceptance of New Patients by Insurance Status. Health services research 2016. PMID: 26762212


  52. Marshall M, Bindman AB. The Role of Government in Health Care Reform in the United States and England. JAMA internal medicine 2016. PMID: 26551632


  53. Bindman A. A Healthy Living Wage. JAMA 2015. PMID: 26624814


  54. Kronick R, Casalino LP, Bindman AB. Introduction. Apple Pickers or Federal Judges: Strong versus Weak Incentives in Physician Payment. Health services research 2015. PMID: 26769059


  55. Ko M, Murphy J, Bindman AB. Integrating Health Care for the Most Vulnerable: Bridging the Differences in Organizational Cultures Between US Hospitals and Community Health Centers. American journal of public health 2015. PMID: 26509286


  56. Hoffman AB, Bindman AB. Varying Charges and Questionable Costs. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26129781


  57. Bindman AB. Managing the Future of Medicaid. JAMA 2015. PMID: 26219048


  58. Bindman AB, Hulett D, Gilmer TP, Bertko J. Sorting Out the Health Risk in California's State-Based Marketplace. Health services research 2015. PMID: 26059073


  59. Bindman AB. The other physician payment problem. JAMA 2015. PMID: 26034944


  60. Bindman AB. Nudging medical practice change one regulation at a time. JAMA 2015. PMID: 25803332


  61. Murphy J, Ko M, Kizer KW, Bindman AB. Safety net integration: a shared strategy for becoming providers of choice. Journal of health politics, policy and law 2015. PMID: 25646387


  62. Bindman A. JAMA Forum: Lung cancer screening and evidence-based policy. JAMA 2015. PMID: 25562251


  63. Coffman JM, Spetz J, Grumbach K, Fix M, Bindman AB. Electronic health record availability among advanced practice registered nurses and physicians. The American journal of managed care 2014. PMID: 25811817


  64. Ko M, Newcomer R, Kang T, Hulett D, Chu P, Bindman AB. Payment rates for personal care assistants and the use of long-term services and supports among those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Health services research 2014. PMID: 25327166


  65. Goldman LE, Chu PW, Bacchetti P, Kruger J, Bindman A. Effect of Present-on-Admission (POA) Reporting Accuracy on Hospital Performance Assessments Using Risk-Adjusted Mortality. Health services research 2014. PMID: 25285372


  66. Pete Welch W, Stearns SC, Cuellar AE, Bindman AB. Use of hospitalists by Medicare beneficiaries: a national picture. Medicare & medicaid research review 2014. PMID: 24967149


  67. Bindman AB, Coffman JM. Calling all doctors: what type of insurance do you accept? JAMA internal medicine 2014. PMID: 24710694


  68. Heller DJ, Hoffman C, Bindman AB. Supporting the needs of state health policy makers through university partnerships. Journal of health politics, policy and law 2014. PMID: 24603085


  69. Bindman AB. Health care reform and its impact on radiology practice. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2014. PMID: 24445166


  70. Ko M, Bindman AB. No man is an island: disentangling multilevel effects in health services research. BMJ quality & safety 2013. PMID: 24200544


  71. Himmelstein J, Bindman AB. Advancing the university mission through partnerships with state Medicaid programs. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2013. PMID: 24072113


  72. Jacobs DB, Greene M, Bindman AB. It's academic: public policy activities among faculty members in a department of medicine. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2013. PMID: 23969373


  73. Bindman AB, Blum JD, Kronick R. Medicare payment for chronic care delivered in a patient-centered medical home. JAMA 2013. PMID: 23929029


  74. Welch WP, Cuellar AE, Stearns SC, Bindman AB. Proportion of physicians in large group practices continued to grow in 2009-11. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2013. PMID: 24019373


  75. Bindman AB. Using the National Provider Identifier for health care workforce evaluation. Medicare & medicaid research review 2013. PMID: 24753977


  76. Kronick R, Bindman AB. Protecting finances and improving access to care with Medicaid. The New England journal of medicine 2013. PMID: 23635055


  77. Bindman AB. The evolution of health services research. Health services research 2013. PMID: 23480715


  78. Bindman AB, Blum JD, Kronick R. Medicare's transitional care payment--a step toward the medical home. The New England journal of medicine 2013. PMID: 23425161


  79. Moskowitz D, Guthrie B, Bindman AB. The role of data in health care disparities in Medicaid managed care. Medicare & medicaid research review 2012. PMID: 24800153


  80. Gibbons DC, Bindman AB, Soljak MA, Millett C, Majeed A. Defining primary care sensitive conditions: a necessity for effective primary care delivery? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2012. PMID: 23104945


  81. Goldman LE, Chu PW, Osmond D, Bindman A. Accuracy of do not resuscitate (DNR) in administrative data. Medical care research and review : MCRR 2012. PMID: 22955698


  82. Hall YN, Choi AI, Himmelfarb J, Chertow GM, Bindman AB. Homelessness and CKD: a cohort study. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2012. PMID: 22700883


  83. Sommers BD, Bindman AB. New physicians, the Affordable Care Act, and the changing practice of medicine. JAMA 2012. PMID: 22535852


  84. Goldman LE, Chu PW, Osmond D, Bindman A. The accuracy of present-on-admission reporting in administrative data. Health services research 2011. PMID: 22092023


  85. Bindman AB, Schneider AG. Catching a wave--implementing health care reform in California. The New England journal of medicine 2011. PMID: 21449773


  86. Blewett LA, Bindman AB. Harvesting the lessons of state health policy. Health services research 2011. PMID: 21198585


  87. Chattopadhyay A, Bindman AB. Linking a comprehensive payment model to comprehensive care of frail elderly patients: a dual approach. JAMA 2010. PMID: 21045103


  88. Millett C, Chattopadhyay A, Bindman AB. Unhealthy competition: consequences of health plan choice in California Medicaid. American journal of public health 2010. PMID: 20864718


  89. Millett C, Everett CJ, Matheson EM, Bindman AB, Mainous AG. Impact of Medicare Part D on seniors' out-of-pocket expenditures on medications. Archives of internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20696956


  90. Guthrie B, Auerback G, Bindman AB. Health plan competition for Medicaid enrollees based on performance does not improve quality of care. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2010. PMID: 20679655


  91. Hall YN, Choi AI, Chertow GM, Bindman AB. Chronic kidney disease in the urban poor. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2010. PMID: 20200149


  92. Jolly S, Kao C, Bindman AB, Korenbrot C. Cardiac procedures among American Indians and Alaska Natives compared to non-Hispanic whites hospitalized with ischemic heart disease in California. Journal of general internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20107917


  93. Bindman AB, Chen A, Fraser JS, Yee HF, Ofman D. Healthcare reform with a safety net: lessons from San Francisco. Volume 15 of Issue 10. The American journal of managed care 2009. PMID: 19845426


  94. McNair PD, Luft HS, Bindman AB. Medicare's policy not to pay for treating hospital-acquired conditions: the impact. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2009. PMID: 19738267


  95. Bindman AB. Is there a personal doctor in the house? Annals of internal medicine 2009. PMID: 19258561


  96. Bindman AB, Chattopadhyay A, Auerback GM. Interruptions in Medicaid coverage and risk for hospitalization for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. Annals of internal medicine 2008. PMID: 19075204


  97. Bindman AB, Chattopadhyay A, Auerback GM. Medicaid re-enrollment policies and children's risk of hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Medical care 2008. PMID: 18815526


  98. Goldman LE, Chattopadhyay A, Bindman AB. Comparisons of health plan quality: does the sampling strategy affect the results? Medical care 2008. PMID: 18580396


  99. Bhandari VK, Wang F, Bindman AB, Schillinger D. Quality of anticoagulation control: do race and language matter? Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2008. PMID: 18263985


  100. Grubbs V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Fernandez A, Chattopadhyay A, Bindman AB. Acute myocardial infarction length of stay and hospital mortality are not associated with language preference. Volume 23 of Issue 2. Journal of general internal medicine 2007. PMID: 18043984


  101. Majeed A, Lester H, Bindman AB. Improving the quality of care with performance indicators. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2007. PMID: 17974688


  102. Haggstrom DA, Bindman AB. The influence of care management tools on physician practice change across organizational settings. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2007. PMID: 18074715


  103. Saha S, Solotaroff R, Oster A, Bindman AB. Are preventable hospitalizations sensitive to changes in access to primary care? The case of the Oregon Health Plan. Medical care 2007. PMID: 17667304


  104. Seligman HK, Chattopadhyay A, Vittinghoff E, Bindman AB. Racial and ethnic differences in receipt of primary care services between medicaid fee-for-service and managed care plans. The Journal of ambulatory care management 2007. PMID: 17581438


  105. Bindman AB, Forrest CB, Britt H, Crampton P, Majeed A. Diagnostic scope of and exposure to primary care physicians in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: cross sectional analysis of results from three national surveys. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2007. PMID: 17504790


  106. Seligman HK, Bindman AB, Vittinghoff E, Kanaya AM, Kushel MB. Food insecurity is associated with diabetes mellitus: results from the National Health Examination and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002. Volume 22 of Issue 7. Journal of general internal medicine 2007. PMID: 17436030


  107. Smetana GW, Landon BE, Bindman AB, Burstin H, Davis RB, Tjia J, Rich EC. A comparison of outcomes resulting from generalist vs specialist care for a single discrete medical condition: a systematic review and methodologic critique. Archives of internal medicine 2007. PMID: 17210873


  108. Schillinger D, Machtinger EL, Wang F, Palacios J, Rodriguez M, Bindman A. Language, literacy, and communication regarding medication in an anticoagulation clinic: a comparison of verbal vs. visual assessment. Journal of health communication 2006. PMID: 17074733


  109. Chattopadhyay A, Bindman AB. The contribution of Medicaid managed care to the increasing undercount of Medicaid beneficiaries in the Current Population Survey. Medical care 2006. PMID: 16932133


  110. Schillinger D, Wang F, Rodriguez M, Bindman A, Machtinger EL. The importance of establishing regimen concordance in preventing medication errors in anticoagulant care. Journal of health communication 2006. PMID: 16950728


  111. Bindman AB, Bennett A. Date stamping: will it withstand the test of time? Health services research 2006. PMID: 16899016


  112. Grubbs V, Chen AH, Bindman AB, Vittinghoff E, Fernandez A. Effect of awareness of language law on language access in the health care setting. Volume 21 of Issue 7. Journal of general internal medicine 2006. PMID: 16808766


  113. Exworthy M, Bindman A, Davies H, Washington AE. Evidence into policy and practice? Measuring the progress of U.S. and U.K. policies to tackle disparities and inequalities in U.S. and U.K. health and health care. The Milbank quarterly 2006. PMID: 16529569


  114. Gorodetskaya I, Zenios S, McCulloch CE, Bostrom A, Hsu CY, Bindman AB, Go AS, Chertow GM. Health-related quality of life and estimates of utility in chronic kidney disease. Kidney international 2005. PMID: 16316356


  115. Chattopadhyay A, Bindman AB. Accuracy of Medicaid payer coding in hospital patient discharge data: implications for Medicaid policy evaluation. Medical care 2005. PMID: 15908853


  116. Bindman AB. Response to an editorial in the January 2005 issue of Medical Care. Medical care 2005. PMID: 15778647


  117. Bindman AB, Chattopadhyay A, Osmond DH, Huen W, Bacchetti P. The impact of Medicaid managed care on hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Health services research 2005. PMID: 15663700


  118. Wilson E, Grumbach K, Huebner J, Agrawal J, Bindman AB. Medical student, physician, and public perceptions of health care disparities. Family medicine 2004. PMID: 15531986


  119. Rittenhouse DR, Grumbach K, O'Neil EH, Dower C, Bindman A. Physician organization and care management in California: from cottage to Kaiser. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2004. PMID: 15537586


  120. Yoon J, Grumbach K, Bindman AB. Access to Spanish-speaking physicians in California: supply, insurance, or both. The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 2004. PMID: 15226280


  121. Kushel M, Bindman AB. Health care lobbying: time to make patients the special interest. Volume 116 of Issue 7. The American journal of medicine 2004. PMID: 15047042


  122. Brown ER, Lavarreda SA, Meng YY, Andersen RM, Bindman AB, Gelberg L, Becerra L, Gatchell M, Yoon J. County residency and access to care for low- and moderate-income Californians. Policy brief (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research) 2004. PMID: 15061155


  123. Schillinger D, Bindman A, Wang F, Stewart A, Piette J. Functional health literacy and the quality of physician-patient communication among diabetes patients. Patient education and counseling 2004. PMID: 14998602


  124. Bindman AB, Yoon J, Grumbach K. Trends in physician participation in Medicaid. The California experience. The Journal of ambulatory care management 2003. PMID: 14567277


  125. Bindman AB, Haggstrom DA. Small steps or a giant leap for the uninsured? JAMA 2003. PMID: 12915436


  126. Bindman AB, Wholey DR, Christianson JB. Physicians' reports of their experience with health plan care management practices. The American journal of managed care 2003. PMID: 12822719


  127. Lee LM, Lehman JS, Bindman AB, Fleming PL. Validation of race/ethnicity and transmission mode in the US HIV/AIDS reporting system. American journal of public health 2003. PMID: 12773353


  128. Majeed A, Bindman AB. Primary care in the United States. Commentary: what can primary care in the United States learn from the United Kingdom? BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2003. PMID: 12691083


  129. Bindman AB, Majeed A. Primary care in the United States: organisation of primary care in the United States. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2003. PMID: 12649238


  130. Forrest CB, Majeed A, Weiner JP, Carroll K, Bindman AB. Referral of children to specialists in the United States and the United kingdom. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2003. PMID: 12622678


  131. Majeed A, Gray J, Ambler G, Carroll K, Bindman AB. Association between practice size and quality of care of patients with ischaemic heart disease: cross sectional study. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2003. PMID: 12586672


  132. Oster A, Bindman AB. Emergency department visits for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: insights into preventable hospitalizations. Medical care 2003. PMID: 12555048


  133. Schillinger D, Piette J, Grumbach K, Wang F, Wilson C, Daher C, Leong-Grotz K, Castro C, Bindman AB. Closing the loop: physician communication with diabetic patients who have low health literacy. Archives of internal medicine 2003. PMID: 12523921


  134. Kellerman SE, Lehman JS, Lansky A, Stevens MR, Hecht FM, Bindman AB, Wortley PM. HIV testing within at-risk populations in the United States and the reasons for seeking or avoiding HIV testing. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2002. PMID: 12394799


  135. Godden S, Majeed A, Pollock A, Bindman AB. How are primary care groups approaching clinical governance? A review of clinical governance plans from primary care groups in London. Journal of public health medicine 2002. PMID: 12831084


  136. Forrest CB, Majeed A, Weiner JP, Carroll K, Bindman AB. Comparison of specialty referral rates in the United Kingdom and the United States: retrospective cohort analysis. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2002. PMID: 12183310


  137. Schillinger D, Grumbach K, Piette J, Wang F, Osmond D, Daher C, Palacios J, Sullivan GD, Bindman AB. Association of health literacy with diabetes outcomes. JAMA 2002. PMID: 12132978


  138. Davies HT, Washington AE, Bindman AB. Health care report cards: implications for vulnerable patient groups and the organizations providing them care. Journal of health politics, policy and law 2002. PMID: 12092674


  139. Backus L, Moron M, Bacchetti P, Baker LC, Bindman AB. Effect of managed care on preventable hospitalization rates in California. Medical care 2002. PMID: 12021687


  140. Majeed A, Eliahoo J, Bardsley M, Morgan D, Bindman AB. Variation in coronary artery bypass grafting, angioplasty, cataract surgery, and hip replacement rates among primary care groups in London: association with population and practice characteristics. Journal of public health medicine 2002. PMID: 11939378


  141. Majeed A, Bindman AB, Weiner JP. Use of risk adjustment in setting budgets and measuring performance in primary care I: how it works. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2001. PMID: 11557709


  142. Majeed A, Bindman AB, Weiner JP. Use of risk adjustment in setting budgets and measuring performance in primary care II: advantages, disadvantages, and practicalities. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2001. PMID: 11557710


  143. Bindman AB, Weiner JP, Majeed A. Primary care groups in the United Kingdom: quality and accountability. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2001. PMID: 11585160


  144. Smith MA, Bindman AB, Davis MK, Finch MD. To help or hinder: Which is more important in explaining a physician's willingness to recommend a health plan? Medical care 2001. PMID: 11317095


  145. Fernandez A, Grumbach K, Vranizan K, Osmond DH, Bindman AB. Primary care physicians' experience with disease management programs. Journal of general internal medicine 2001. PMID: 11318911


  146. Majeed A, Bardsley M, Morgan D, O'Sullivan C, Bindman AB. Cross sectional study of primary care groups in London: association of measures of socioeconomic and health status with hospital admission rates. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2000. PMID: 11053180


  147. Fernandez A, Grumbach K, Goitein L, Vranizan K, Osmond DH, Bindman AB. Friend or foe? How primary care physicians perceive hospitalists. Archives of internal medicine 2000. PMID: 11041896


  148. Hecht FM, Chesney MA, Lehman JS, Osmond D, Vranizan K, Colman S, Keane D, Reingold A, Bindman AB. Does HIV reporting by name deter testing? MESH Study Group. AIDS (London, England) 2000. PMID: 10985318


  149. Saha S, Taggart SH, Komaromy M, Bindman AB. Do patients choose physicians of their own race? Health affairs (Project Hope) 2000. PMID: 10916962


  150. Schillinger D, Bibbins-Domingo K, Vranizan K, Bacchetti P, Luce JM, Bindman AB. Effects of primary care coordination on public hospital patients. Journal of general internal medicine 2000. PMID: 10840268


  151. Bindman AB, Weiner JP. The modern NHS: an underfunded model of efficiency and integration. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2000. PMID: 10812785


  152. Bindman AB, Grumbach K, Bernheim S, Vranizan K, Cousineau M. Medicaid managed care's impact on safety-net clinics in California. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2000. PMID: 10645087


  153. Osmond DH, Bindman AB, Vranizan K, Lehman JS, Hecht FM, Keane D, Reingold A. Name-based surveillance and public health interventions for persons with HIV infection. Multistate Evaluation of Surveillance for HIV Study Group. Annals of internal medicine 1999. PMID: 10577302


  154. Grumbach K, Selby JV, Damberg C, Bindman AB, Quesenberry C, Truman A, Uratsu C. Resolving the gatekeeper conundrum: what patients value in primary care and referrals to specialists. JAMA 1999. PMID: 10422995


  155. Bindman AB. Can physician profiles be trusted? JAMA 1999. PMID: 10367827


  156. Saha S, Komaromy M, Koepsell TD, Bindman AB. Patient-physician racial concordance and the perceived quality and use of health care. Archives of internal medicine 1999. PMID: 10326942


  157. Grumbach K, Osmond D, Vranizan K, Jaffe D, Bindman AB. Primary care physicians' experience of financial incentives in managed-care systems. The New England journal of medicine 1998. PMID: 9819451


  158. Bindman AB, Osmond D, Hecht FM, Lehman JS, Vranizan K, Keane D, Reingold A. Multistate evaluation of anonymous HIV testing and access to medical care. Multistate Evaluation of Surveillance of HIV (MESH) Study Group. JAMA 1998. PMID: 9801001


  159. Colfax GN, Bindman AB. Health benefits and risks of reporting HIV-infected individuals by name. American journal of public health 1998. PMID: 9618612


  160. Brown ME, Bindman AB, Lurie N. Monitoring the consequences of uninsurance: a review of methodologies. Medical care research and review : MCRR 1998. PMID: 9615562


  161. Wachter RM, Katz P, Showstack J, Bindman AB, Goldman L. Reorganizing an academic medical service: impact on cost, quality, patient satisfaction, and education. JAMA 1998. PMID: 9605901


  162. Bindman AB, Grumbach K, Vranizan K, Jaffe D, Osmond D. Selection and exclusion of primary care physicians by managed care organizations. JAMA 1998. PMID: 9496985


  163. Lowe RA, Bindman AB. Judging who needs emergency department care: a prerequisite for policy-making. The American journal of emergency medicine 1997. PMID: 9115511


  164. Stewart AL, Grumbach K, Osmond DH, Vranizan K, Komaromy M, Bindman AB. Primary care and patient perceptions of access to care. The Journal of family practice 1997. PMID: 9040521


  165. Grumback K, Vranizan K, Bindman AB. Physician supply and access to care in urban communities. Health affairs (Project Hope) 1997. PMID: 9018945


  166. Osmond DH, Vranizan K, Schillinger D, Stewart AL, Bindman AB. Measuring the need for medical care in an ethnically diverse population. Health services research 1996. PMID: 8943990


  167. Komaromy M, Lurie N, Osmond D, Vranizan K, Keane D, Bindman AB. Physician practice style and rates of hospitalization for chronic medical conditions. Medical care 1996. PMID: 8656725


  168. Komaromy M, Grumbach K, Drake M, Vranizan K, Lurie N, Keane D, Bindman AB. The role of black and Hispanic physicians in providing health care for underserved populations. The New England journal of medicine 1996. PMID: 8609949


  169. Bindman AB, Grumbach K, Osmond D, Vranizan K, Stewart AL. Primary care and receipt of preventive services. Journal of general internal medicine 1996. PMID: 8725975


  170. Grumbach K, Becker SH, Osborn EH, Bindman AB. The challenge of defining and counting generalist physicians: an analysis of Physician Masterfile data. American journal of public health 1995. PMID: 7573625


  171. Bindman AB. Triage in accident and emergency departments. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 1995. PMID: 7640577


  172. Bindman AB, Grumbach K, Osmond D, Komaromy M, Vranizan K, Lurie N, Billings J, Stewart A. Preventable hospitalizations and access to health care. JAMA 1995. PMID: 7609259


  173. Komaromy M, Lurie N, Bindman AB. California physicians' willingness to care for the poor. The Western journal of medicine 1995. PMID: 7725684


  174. Lowe RA, Bindman AB. The ED and triage of nonurgent patients. Annals of emergency medicine 1994. PMID: 7978584


  175. Schiff GD, Bindman AB, Brennan TA. A better-quality alternative. Single-payer national health system reform. Physicians for a National Health Program Quality of Care Working Group. JAMA 1994. PMID: 7741842


  176. Schultz P, Bindman AB, Cooke M. Proficiency of internal medicine residents in outpatient care of patients with HIV infection. Journal of general internal medicine 1994. PMID: 7965242


  177. Bindman AB. Primary and managed care. Ingredients for health care reform. The Western journal of medicine 1994. PMID: 7941522


  178. Luce JM, Bindman AB, Lee PR. A brief history of health care quality assessment and improvement in the United States. The Western journal of medicine 1994. PMID: 8191769


  179. Lowe RA, Bindman AB, Ulrich SK, Norman G, Scaletta TA, Keane D, Washington D, Grumbach K. Refusing care to emergency department of patients: evaluation of published triage guidelines. Annals of emergency medicine 1994. PMID: 8304610


  180. Komaromy M, Bindman AB, Haber RJ, Sande MA. Sexual harassment in medical training. The New England journal of medicine 1993. PMID: 8419819


  181. Bindman AB, Grumbach K, Keane D, Lurie N. Collecting data to evaluate the effect of health policies on vulnerable populations. Family medicine 1993. PMID: 8458540


  182. Shapiro DW, Lasker RD, Bindman AB, Lee PR. Containing costs while improving quality of care: the role of profiling and practice guidelines. Annual review of public health 1993. PMID: 8323588


  183. Bindman AB, Grumbach K. America's safety net. The wrong place at the wrong time? JAMA 1992. PMID: 1404802


  184. Katz MH, Bindman AB, Komaromy MS. Coping with HIV infection: why people delay care. Annals of internal medicine 1992. PMID: 1416593


  185. Lee PR, Lasker RD, Shapiro DW, Bindman AB. Managed care: provider profiling. Journal of insurance medicine (New York, N.Y.) 1992. PMID: 10148486


  186. Bindman AB, Grumbach K, Keane D, Rauch L, Luce JM. Consequences of queuing for care at a public hospital emergency department. JAMA 1991. PMID: 1865541


  187. Bindman AB, Keane D, Lurie N. A public hospital closes. Impact on patients' access to care and health status. JAMA 1990. PMID: 2232084


  188. Bindman AB, Keane D, Lurie N. Measuring health changes among severely ill patients. The floor phenomenon. Medical care 1990. PMID: 2250498


  189. McPhee SJ, Mitchell TF, Schroeder SA, Perez-Stable EJ, Bindman AB. Training in a primary care internal medicine residency program. The first ten years. JAMA 1987. PMID: 3625948


  190. Bindman AB, Eichenfield LF, Geller SA. Diagnosis-related groups: physician and abstractor reliability and financial significance of errors. The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York 1984. PMID: 6431272