Helping Policy-Makers Control Health Care Costs
July 14, 2009 | Story
"The program helped me develop my overall work in medical cost-effectiveness analysis, and increased my recognition within the University of Chicago," said Meltzer.
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Transparency in Health Care Pricing
May 8, 2013 | Feature
Newly released federal data shows pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly, and allows consumers to see how hospital charges in their area compare nationally and regionally for the same procedure.
The Value of Personal Health Records and Web Portals to Engage Consumers and Improve Quality
July 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The use of patient-facing health information technology (HIT) platforms, such as personal health records (PHRs) and web portals, holds the promise of engaging patients in their own health care with the ultimate purpose of improving overall quality a ...
A Medicaid Win-Win
February 25, 2013 | Feature
Nirav Shah, MD, New York health commissioner and three-time RWJF grantee, leads a plan that has cut $4 billion in state Medicaid expenditures while adding 154,000 people to the Medicaid rolls.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Efforts to Contain Health Care Costs
January 1, 2004 | Book
This chapter describes the history of the approach taken by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to health care cost containment.
Analysis of Cost Control of New Medical Technology
March 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
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.
Evaluation Finds Local Community Care Networks Do Not Reduce Costs, Show Some Improvement in Health Status
March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1996 to 2001, the Health Research and Educational Trust evaluated the first phase of its Community Care Network demonstration project.
Examining the Impact of Global Budgets on Health Care Costs
August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
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.
Study Shows Physician Gatekeeping May Help Lower Costs, But Questions Remain about Physician and Patient Satisfaction
August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
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.
Survey Says States Spend 13 Percent of Their Budgets on Substance Abuse
December 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
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.