Three State Nursing Workforce Centers Suspend Operations
August 29, 2012 | Story
Nurse leaders say budget shortfalls are to blame for workforce center closures in Massachusetts, North Carolina and Tennessee.
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Using the Web to Improve Juvenile Justice in Massachusetts
June 12, 2012 | Program Result
The Youth Advocacy Department of Massachusetts, the juvenile division of the state's public defender agency, developed a Web-based information system to help manage and assess the impact of its work representing young people in juvenile court.
A Long and Winding Road
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Federally qualified health centers, community variation and prospects under reform.
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
October 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The great recession and passage of national health reform are together altering the calculus of employer approaches to offering health benefits, according to recent findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) visits to 12 nationally representative metropolitan communities.
State Reform Dominates Boston Health Care Market Dynamics
September 1, 2011 | Report
Study examines how Massachusetts' 2006 health reform law has affected the health care arena in Boston.
Health Tracking
March 19, 2012 | Program Result
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
State of Reform
October 1, 2009 | Report
Lab Report #1: Evaluating State Efforts to Improve Access to Health Care
Explaining the Increase in Family Financial Pressures from Medical Bills Between 2003 and 2007
September 9, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines whether affordability thresholds of financial strain due to medical bills change over time. The increasing cost of health care is a central issue in health policy and out-of-pocket spending for families has grown faster than incomes in the past decade.
Rewarding Results: Aligning Incentives with High-Quality Health Care
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
Rewarding Results: Aligning Payments with High-Quality Health Care was a national program of RWJF and California HealthCare Foundation that tested the use of financial incentives to improve the quality of health care.
Massachusetts Program to Promote Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly Sets Contribution Levels for Elders Based on Income and Assets
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.