July 1, 1997
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Program Result Report
From 1992 to 1995, researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Mich. developed a computer simulation model to evaluate the health, economic, and demographic implications of a worksite smoking cessation program.
May 1, 1997
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Program Result Report
The Corporation for Supportive Housing developed a plan for a nationally replicable model that would offer viable, long-term financing of services linked to permanent housing.
April 1, 1997
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Program Result Report
In 1989, California became the second state in the United States to list maternal insurance data on birth certificates, thus linking self-reported insurance coverage to birth outcomes.
April 1, 1997
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Program Result Report
From 1992 to 1994, staff at the Families USA Foundation prepared, published and disseminated four reports on problems in health insurance coverage and financing.
March 1, 1997
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Program Result Report
From 1993 to 1996, the State of Oregon, Department of Insurance and Finance piloted programs to test an untried approach to contain medical costs, called "24-hour coverage."
January 1, 1997
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Program Result Report
This initiative serves low-income, foreign-born children of elementary school age who have lived in the United States for two years or less and who have unresolved health or medical problems and/or are having difficulty in obtaining the health care services they need.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result Report
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care documented the implicit criteria used to determine "medical necessity" related to mental health, and the influences of financial incentives and organizational arrangements on medical necessity decisions.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result Report
The Boston University School of Management identified the issues that need to be examined in order to determine what organizational characteristics and policies are necessary for the provision of cost-efficient care by physicians.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result Report
The University of Michigan Medical School compared the utilization of all diagnostic imaging and selected laboratory tests for patients from eight hospitals in Canada and the United States.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result Report
The Urban Institute analyzed physician services provided to the elderly in the United States and Canada to determine whether cost or quantity controls (or some mixture of the two) have enabled Canada to hold the line on health care expenditures.
