Improving Medical Education to Focus on Delivering Value to Patients
October 8, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Health care professionals looking to become a part of the solution to stemming rising costs while still providing high-quality care.
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Research Finds Out-of-Pocket Costs Varied Greatly Among 10 Health Insurance Plans
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.
Hospital Pricing for Appendectomy Varies Widely, RWJF Scholar Finds
April 24, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
An appendectomy in California could cost anywhere from $1,500 to more than $180,000, even at the same hospital or within the same county, according to a study led by RWJF Physician Faculty Scholar Renee Y. Hsia, MD, MSc. The study, published this we ...
The Imperative to Reduce Cost Without Sacrificing Health
January 3, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Poor chronic care management is often associated with systems-level failures such as lack of electronic data sharing among practitioners, or lack of care coordination for patients for multiple chronic conditions who struggle to adhere to complex med ...
What Causes High Health Care Costs in the United States?
September 8, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Let me explain a little more about how the comparison of the cross-national educational cost comparison works. This requires taking account of the length spent in training and education, which is time physicians could have spent earning money doing ...
Access to Prescription Drugs for Medicare Beneficiaries
March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Despite the introduction of a Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit in January 2006, roughly the same proportion of elderly Medicare beneficiaries in 2003 and 2007--about 8 percent--skipped filling at least one prescription drug because of cost concerns, according to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
Obesity, Self-Esteem and Wages
April 1, 2011 | Book
Obesity is associated with serious health problems, and it can generate adverse economic outcomes.
Patient Costs as a Barrier to Intensive Health Behavior Counseling
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the influence of cost on patient use of behavioral counseling services. Smoking and obesity are two major public health challenges, but few health insurance plans cover counseling services to help individuals lose weight or stop smoking. Little is known about how the cost of behavioral counseling services affects the consumption of such services.
Investing In America's Health (April 2013 Update)
April 1, 2013 | Report
Many public health departments are unable to adequately support community health due to limited funding.
Improving Safety and Eliminating Redundant Tests
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Two sources of raised costs and unsafe care are adverse events in hospitals and tests ordered by several different physicians. Addressing these situations could generate major savings to the system while improving patient care.