January 1, 2001
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Program Result
From 1991 to 1995, researchers at the University of Southern Maine, Human Services Development Institute compared health care utilization rates between previously uninsured and previously insured persons enrolled in state-sponsored insurance programs.
October 21, 2011
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Program Result
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) began in 1989 is the nation's largest source of private funding for investigator-initiated health policy research on financing and organization.
April 15, 2011
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Program Result
Victor R. Fuchs studied the factors that affect health care expenditures and health and policy solutions for covering the uninsured and reducing the high cost of health care, resulting in more than 50 publications.
December 1, 2006
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Program Result
The University of Washington examined whether community-level characteristics, such as unequal income distribution and segregation in housing, affect the decision to purchase private health insurance.
January 1, 2004
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Program Result
From 1995 to 2003, the National Academy of Social Insurance convened seven study panels to examine issues pertaining to the restructuring of Medicare.
August 1, 2003
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Program Result
In 1996-1999, investigators at the Urban Institute, Washington, investigated the effectiveness of the nation's health insurance system in providing coverage for older Americans using data from the 1992-1994 Health and Retirement study.
August 1, 2003
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Program Result
This 1998-1999 project, conducted by researchers at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Washington, led by Elliot K. Wicks, PhD, gathered information to help employers, employees, consumer groups and policy-makers better understand the barriers to small-group health insurance purchasing coalitions.
January 1, 2001
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Program Result
From 1996 to 1998, researchers at the University of Alabama studied the effect of any willing provider (AWP) and freedom of choice (FOC) laws on Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and employers.
January 1, 2001
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Program Result
From 1991 to 1996, researchers with Washington-based PDF Incorporated examined the market for Medicare supplemental insurance (Medigap) before and after OBRA-90, which simplified comparison shopping for Medigap, to determine whether changes introduced in Medigap insurance policies decreased marketing abuses as well as confusion among elderly Americans.
January 1, 2001
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Program Result
From 1995 to 1999, researchers from Harvard University School of Public Health evaluated the effectiveness of New Jersey's 1993 implementation of the Individual Health Coverage Program (IHCP).
