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.
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Communicating with Physicians about Performance Measurement
December 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Report identifies messages that were most likely to engage physicians to consider becoming early adopters of—and advocates for—performance measurement and public reporting.
Talking with Physicians about Improving Payment and Reimbursement
April 1, 2011 | Report
Report details research conducted to develop and test simple messages that will help local AF4Q leaders begin discussions about payment and delivery reforms with physicians in their community.
Health Tracking
March 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
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.
Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs
February 26, 2009 | Commentary
This article by researchers at the Dartmouth Atlas examines the rapid growth in health care costs in the United States, and suggests the use of information from regions with low growth in costs to find solutions to the problem.
Spending Differences Associated With the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration
September 12, 2012 | Journal Article
In the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration (PGPD), 10 accountable care organization (ACO) physician groups were eligible to receive a portion of savings generated if they also showed improvement on 32 quality measures. The Centers for Me ...
After Hospitalization
September 28, 2011 | Report
First report on recent trends in the effectiveness of care coordination for Medicare patients discharged from hospitals shows stagnant national performance and variations in care.
Spillover Effects of Community Uninsurance on Working-Age Adults and Seniors
September 1, 2011 | Report
This article explores the indirect, or spillover, health care effects of a high uninsurance rates. Working-age adults with private insurance living in areas with a high rate of uninsurance were less likely than their peers in areas with a low uninsurance rate to have a usual source of care, an office-based visit, and any medical care expenditures.
Trends and Variation in End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Severe Chronic Illness
April 12, 2011 | Report
Chronicallyill Medicare patients spent fewer days in the hospital and received more hospice care in 2007 than they did in 2003, but at the same time there was an increase in the intensity of care for patients who were hospitalized, according to a Dartmouth Atlas Project report.
Improving Patient Decision-Making in Health Care
February 24, 2011 | Report
The report compares the rates of elective, or "preference-sensitive," procedures across regions and suggests that differences in clinicians' personal beliefs and opinions contribute to the variation.