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November 13, 2012 | Program Result
From November 2010 through March 2012, the California Quality Collaborative (CQC) conducted an evaluation of its regional improvement effort aimed at reducing unnecessary services and engaging physicians in improving efficiency of resource use.
September 28, 2012 | Program Result
An analysis of the differences in the way 10 health insurance plans in Massachusetts covered the medical costs associated with serious diseases.
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.
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
Alan B. Cohen, Sc.D., at the Boston University School of Management, examined the relative effectiveness of various cost-containment strategies in controlling the adoption and use of costly medical technology.
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
From 1996 to 2001, the Health Research and Educational Trust evaluated the first phase of its Community Care Network demonstration project.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
From 1994 to 1999, the New York State Department of Health, Albany, N.Y., made a number of grants to sites throughout the state to develop prospectively paid, integrated delivery systems of regional health care providers — i.e., provider-sponsored networks of hospitals, physician groups and other provider groups.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 1995-1997, David Blumenthal, M.D., Ph.D., and researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, evaluated the impact of a major component of managed care - the use of a primary care physician as a gatekeeper to authorize all health services of HMO members.
December 1, 2002 | Program Result
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, New York, conducted an analysis of the impact of substance abuse on spending in 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
November 1, 2001 | Program Result
Columbia University, New York, convened two seminars to help develop a dialogue between members of the business community and medical professionals on how they could work together to have a more positive impact on the quality of health care.
January 1, 1998 | Program Result
Louis Harris and Associates, Inc. (now Harris Interactive Inc.), New York, carried out a 1995 survey of consumer perceptions of health system changes.