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February 14, 2013 | Issue Brief
People actively involved in their health and health care tend to have better outcomes—and, some evidence suggests, lower costs. As a result, many public and private health care organizations are employing strategies to better engage patients.
December 13, 2012 | Issue Brief
Eliminating waste in the health care system has become a major focal point in the effort to reduce health care costs. Waste has been broadly defined to many areas: unnecessary services, treatment of avoidable injuries and more.
May 15, 2013 | Issue Brief
Nurse practitioners can help meet the growing need for primary care, if state and federal policy-makers remove barriers that limit their ability to provide, and get paid for, a wider range of preventive services and acute care.
April 29, 2013 | Report
Experts recommend solutions for closing the gaps in quality and efficiency of health care.
April 18, 2013 | Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends ways to contain health care spending while improving the quality and affordability of care.
January 5, 2010 | Journal Article
Increasing clinician awareness of racial disparities and improving communication may enhance diabetes care among Black patients. This study evaluated the effect of cultural competency training and performance feedback for primary care clinicians on diabetes care for Black patients.
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
Between 1997 and 2001 Investigators at the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical Center, Hanover, N.H, conducted two research projects that examined how the increasing availability of health care technology and specialist physicians influence the delivery of health care and health outcomes.
October 1, 2005 | Program Result
Mark Duggan, PhD, at the University of Maryland evaluated how county-level mandates requiring most Medicaid recipients to enroll in a managed care plan affected government spending and health outcomes in 20 California counties.
December 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Jewish Center for Aged, a 275-bed long-term care facility in Chesterfield, Mo., established a restorative nursing program intended to enhance the safety and comfort of residents.
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Examining two 5-year periods, one when HMO enrollment was increasing and one when it was decreasing, shows that HMOs had an effect on lowering hospital costs and revenues, albeit a diminishing one. This study looked at trends in hospital cost and revenue relative to different levels of HMO market structure.