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May 8, 2013 | Feature
Newly released federal data shows pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly, and allows consumers to see how hospital charges in their area compare nationally and regionally for the same procedure.
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
January 29, 2013 | Report
New report from Trust for America's Health provides high-impact recommendations to the public health community to make prevention a priority.
June 18, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 2008 to 2011, National Public Radio expanded its on-air and online reporting on health and health care, and its use of podcasts and social media extended the reach of that reporting.
March 8, 2012 | Issue Brief
Pubic reporting is supposed to better the quality of health care and lower costs by making information about health care providers more transparent. However, it's unclear whether the strategy has impacted consumer choices.
June 15, 2011 | Toolkit
Primer examines three quality improvement strategies and the performance areas that must be measured to ensure their success.
February 1, 2011 | Interactive
An interactive repository of public reports that measure the quality and cost of care physicians and hospitals provide.
November 1, 2010 | Report
The analysis describes the major elements of the EHR incentive programs and their implications for regional health care collaboratives.
November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report
Tanya Ott, a traditional public radio station journalist, and Connie Kohler, Dr.P.H., a professor who produces radio soap operas for an African-American audience, teamed up to take on the stigma and social cost of mental illness in the Bible Belt state of Alabama.
November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report
New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV) built on the awareness of an audience drawn to a previous NHPTV project, the 2004 broadcast of a program called "The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's," and its related outreach throughout the state.
April 16, 2008 | Program Result Report
In 2006, the National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Medicine sponsored four public workshops across the country to engage key policy-makers and stakeholders in a discussion of the state of emergency care in the United States.
February 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 1998, the Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project, a nonprofit educational and charitable corporation, produced award-winning radio coverage of rural health care by the High Plains News Service (HPNS).