June 1, 2008
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Issue Brief
This synthesis examines the practice and impact of self-referral, which occurs when a physician refers a patient to a facility in which that physician has an ownership interest. The number of self-referrals has grown substantially in the last decade.
October 1, 2001
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Journal Article
"Why Arrow? Why Now?"
May 1, 2005
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Program Result
In 2004, the Foundation for Accountability (FACCT), Portland, Ore., helped research and supervise content review of a book, Understanding Healthcare, that is designed to help consumers navigate the health care system.
January 1, 2004
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Program Result
In 2002, the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law held a conference to assess where leadership will emerge to shape the health care system, and published conference proceedings.
June 14, 2004
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Program Result
From 1998 to 2003, the Employee Benefit Research Institute conducted six annual Health Confidence Surveys (1998 to 2003) to describe public opinions about health care in the United States and how they change over time.
February 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Deaconess Billings Clinic Foundation, Billings, Mont., sponsored the implementation of a complexity and health institute in 2000 and 2001.
March 1, 2003
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Program Result
The 2002 annual meeting of Programmakers in Health, "On Solid Foundations: Strengthening the Future of Health and Philanthropy," was held in New York City from February 27 to March 1, 2002.
November 1, 2002
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Program Result
To recognize its 25th anniversary as a national philanthropy, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) commissioned the Institute for the Future (IFTF) to forecast the future of health and health care in America, from 1997 to 2010.
November 1, 2001
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Program Result
Families USA, a national consumer advocacy group, organized annual three-day conferences in 1997, 1998, and 1999 in the District of Columbia.
June 1, 2000
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Program Result
Since 1997, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has provided an annual volume called To Improve Health and Health Care: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology.