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January 18, 2012 | Journal Article
When families are insured by high-deductible health plans (HDHP), they are more likely than families with traditional plans to put off care, or skip it altogether.This pattern was three to times greater in high-deductible plan families than in those with traditional plans, according to this first-of-its-kind, Massachusetts-based study.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
High-deductible health plans—typically with deductibles of at least $1,000 per individual and $2,000 per family—require greater enrollee cost sharing than traditional plans.
January 1, 1997 | Book
This Anthology chapter presents findings from the Foundation's attempt to learn more about chronically ill people and the service arrangements for them. The study focuses on a single community, Springfield, Mass.
May 31, 2009 | Program Result
One of the first Faith in Action projects, located in Boston, has survived, struggled and sometimes thrived since its initial funding in 1983.
May 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs created a conceptual model for a public-private partnership for long-term care.
April 19, 2010 | Program Result
The Diabetes Initiative and its individual projects have contributed to the expansion of diabetes self-management at the state level and nationwide.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
An intervention conducted through a secure Internet portal suggests that providing coaching and advice to patients online may enhance the patient-physician relationship. This study tested digital interactive strategies that promote patient self-management of chronic disease.
September 21, 2009 | Story
Cortes to study strategies to improve healthy eating.
March 30, 2004 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2002, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health led by Rosalie A. Kane, D.S.W., conducted a national research study of apartment-style assisted living for seniors.
March 30, 2004 | Program Result
The University of Massachusetts at Boston's Gerontology Institute conducted a research and demonstration project to encourage the use of low-cost adaptive equipment among older adult home care clients.