Health Services Research (HSR) established the John M. Eisenberg Article-of-the-Year Award in 2003 to recognize excellent and original research among all articles published in the Journal during the year prior to the award.  Awardees are selected by the Co-Editors-in-Chief and the Senior Associate Editors, based on the overall quality of the article and its relevance to policy-relevant areas that Dr. Eisenberg had worked in or promoted during his tenure as Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

2007 John M. Eisenberg Article-of-the-Year Award
Is Some Provider Advice on Smoking Cessation Better Than No Advice? An Instrumental Variable Analysis of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey
Yuhua Bao, Naihua Duan, and Sarah A. Fox

2006 John M. Eisenberg Article-of-the-Year Award
The Causes of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Influenza Vaccination Rates among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries
Paul L. Hebert, Kevin D. Frick, Robert L. Kane, and A. Marshall McBean
 
2005 John M. Eisenberg Article-of-the-Year Award
Do Drug-Free Workplace Programs Prevent Occupational Injuries? Evidence from Washington State
Thomas M. Wickizer, Branko Kopjar, Gary Franklin, and Jutta Joesch
 
2004 John M. Eisenberg Article-of-the-Year Award
Improving Care for Minorities
Jeanne Miranda, Naihua Duan, Cathy Sherbourne, Michael Schoenbaum, Isabel Lagomasino, Maga Jackson-Triche, and Kenneth B. Wells
 
HSR wins Emerald Page Award and claims top honors in research implication, originality, and readability [read more].