Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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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.
HMO Mergers Cut Premiums in Only Most Competitive Markets
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
To understand the effect of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) on both competition and consumers, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, examined data on more than 500 HMOs operating in the United States from 1986 through 1993, focusing on the 90 mergers for which data were available.
Advancing the Role of Rapid Learning in Mainstream Health Care
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Developing and promoting a rapid-learning health system, in which health information in large databases is analyzed to improve health care - the work of Lynn Etheredge and the Health Insurance Reform Project at George Washington University.
The Massachusetts and Utah Health Insurance Exchanges
March 30, 2011 | Report
Report examines, compares and contrasts Massachusetts and Utah health insurance exchanges.
Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions
January 10, 2010 | Issue Brief
Under its Advancing Public Health Policy and Practice solicitation, RWJF funded 16 projects and the Center for Creative Leadership produced Knowledge Assets that synthesize the work and learnings from these projects.
Incubating Innovation in U.S. Health Care Policy
January 11, 2012 | Story
Lynn Etheredge's Ideas Facilitate Policy to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs.
An Emerging Middle Ground?
July 6, 2009 | Report
The report identifies and explores eight areas in which diverse business, medical and consumer interests are beginning to find middle ground and earn the support of bipartisan lawmakers.
Hospital Governance and the Quality of Care
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A new survey shows that half of hospital boards don't rate quality as a top priority. In this article, researchers surveyed a nationally representative sample of board chairs of 1,000 U.S. hospitals to understand their expertise, perspectives and activities in clinical quality.
Getting Past Denial
September 24, 2009 | Journal Article
In this article, the authors discuss regional variations in health care spending. Differences in regional health accounts for only a small part of total cost variation, suggesting that health care costs can be contained by emulating regions with low costs and high quality.
How Physician Compare Could Help Consumers
September 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Related websites Physician Compare Mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Physician Compare website was created to allow consumers to compare physicians based on quality of care. In addition to information such as specialty, location, ...