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Cost Savings and Cost-Effectiveness of Clinical Preventive Care This synthesis provides policy-makers with a framework for evaluating the cost-effectiveness literature and investigates the economic evidence for investing in clinical preventive care. Published In: The Synthesis Project	Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses	09/22/2009
Tax Subsidies for Private Health Insurance - July 2009 Update This brief is an update of a previous synthesis report published in 2003, and presents essential information about the structure and distribution of existing tax subsidies for ESI and the implications for policy options. Published In: The Synthesis Project	Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses	07/22/2009
Emergency Department Utilization and Capacity This synthesis addresses questions about the performance and sustainability of hospital EDs and what patterns of ED utilization reveal about the functioning of the U.S. health sector overall. Published In: The Synthesis Project	Video, Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses	07/21/2009
High and Rising Health Care Costs This synthesis sheds light on the driving forces behind health care spending and examines the reasons why health care costs continue to rise. Published In: The Synthesis Project	Video, Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses	10/15/2008
Physician Self-Referral and Physician-Owned Specialty Facilities This synthesis examines the practice and impact of self-referral. The number of self-referrals has grown substantially in the last decade. Published In: The Synthesis Project	Video, Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses	06/24/2008
Choosing a Health Care Provider This synthesis examines the kind of quality information available to consumers, and reasons why they do or do not use this information when choosing a provider. Published In: The Synthesis Project	Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses	05/16/2008
Paying for Quality: Understanding and Assessing Physician Pay-for-Performance Initiatives This synthesis reviews available evidence to detail effectiveness of physician pay-for-performance initiatives on quality. Published In: The Synthesis Project	Audio podcasts, Video, Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses	12/19/2007
Revisiting Crowd-Out Recent policy discussions on SCHIP reauthorization have focused attention on how to limit crowd-out, especially as states expand eligibility beyond low-income children. This brief reviews recent findings on the size of crowd-out, the effectiveness of anti-crowd-out... Published In: The Synthesis Project	Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Reports	09/24/2007
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to and Quality of Health Care This synthesis presents findings on the size and causes of racial and ethnic disparities in access to care. Published In: The Synthesis Project	Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses	09/20/2007
The Built Environment and Physical Activity Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States, contributing to more than 100,000 deaths annually and a growing burden of chronic disease. Traditionally, interventions to increase physical activity and combat obesity have targeted... Published In: The Synthesis Project	Synthesis Project, Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses	04/01/2007

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