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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 |
Does Providing Nutrition Information at the Point of Purchase Affect Consumer Behavior? | Research and policy syntheses | 06/30/2009 |
Reauthorizing SCHIP: A Summary of Selected Issues This document provides a brief overview of some of the policy and programmatic issues that were addressed in legislation to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program during the summer and fall of 2007. | Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses, Reports | 01/22/2009 |
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 |
The Links Between the Neighborhood Food Environment and Childhood Nutrition This paper identifies key investigations of the neighborhood food environment, examines current efforts to bring about improvements, and discusses new research and policy priorities. | Issue and policy briefs, Research and policy syntheses, Reports | 11/12/2007 |