Improving Care for Millions of Americans Living with Chronic Illness
August 15, 2012 | Feature/Story
"There had to be better integration and coordination of care, focusing on both medical and nonmedical needs."
Chronic Illness
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Delayed and Forgone Care for Families with Chronic Conditions in High-Deductible Health Plans
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.
Nearly Half of Families in High-Deductible Health Plans Whose Members Have Chronic Conditions Face Substantial Financial Burden
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.
Illness and Injury Can Lead to Personal Bankruptcy
October 29, 2009 | Program Result
Researchers with Harvard Medical School studied the relationship between illness, injury and bankruptcy among more than 1,700 individuals who had filed for personal bankruptcy in federal court in five states in spring and summer 2001.
Chronically Distorted'
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Center for Bioethics and the Annenberg School for Communication, both part of the University of Pennsylvania, examined the content and quality of major news coverage of two key issues: chronic illness and access to health care.
How Do Consumer-Directed Health Plans Affect Vulnerable Populations?
April 20, 2011 | Journal Article
Benefit design has similar effects on health care use for low- and high-risk patients.
State Insurance Exchanges Face Challenges In Offering Standardized Choices Alongside Innovative Value-Based Insurance
February 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Transparency about benefits and cost sharing, and uniform definitions and descriptions of design attributes—in plain English—will be necessary to support informed consumer decision-making.
Urban Institute Identifies a Set of Policy Options for Insuring Adults with High Health Costs or Chronic Conditions
January 31, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers at the Urban Institute estimated the out-of-pocket health care expenses for adults with high health costs or chronic conditions and identified a set of policy options for addressing the problem of insuring these individuals.
Illness, Injury and Medical Expenses Contributed to More Than 60 Percent of 2007 Bankruptcies & Less Than a Quarter Were Uninsured
October 29, 2009 | Program Result
Faculty at Harvard and Ohio Universities studied a national random sample of personal bankruptcy cases to determine the extent to which medical problems contributed to the individuals' financial difficulties.
Who Has Access to Health Care? A National Analysis
May 30, 2009 | Program Result
From 2004 to 2006, staff at the Urban Institute analyzed access to public and private health insurance and to health care among U.S. adults and children, especially those with chronic conditions, and how access has changed over time.