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Employers/Consumers
HSC research tracks employers' response to rising premiums, including changes to benefit design and patient cost sharing. Emerging trends, such as consumer-driven health plans and high-performance networks are identified. HSC also studies employers' role in improving quality of health care within local markets.
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| Information Gap: Can Health Insurer Personal Health Records Meet Patients' and Physicians' Needs?Joy M. Grossman, Teresa Zayas-Cabán, Nicole M. Kemper | March/April 2009 | Journal Article Health Affairs |
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| Consumer-Directed Health Care: Promise and PerformanceJames C. Robinson, Paul B. Ginsburg | Jan. 27, 2009 | Journal Article Health Affairs |
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| Massachusetts Health Reform: High Costs and Expanding Expectations May Weaken Employer SupportDebra A. Draper, Laurie E. Felland, Allison Liebhaber, Johanna Lauer | October 2008 | Issue Brief No. 124 |
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| The Transition from Managed Care to Consumerism: A Community-Level Status ReportJon B. Christianson, Paul B. Ginsburg, Debra A. Draper | September/October 2008 | Journal Article Health Affairs |
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| A Health Plan Work in Progress: Hospital-Physician Price and Quality TransparencyAnn Tynan, Allison Liebhaber, Paul B. Ginsburg | August 2008 | HSC Research Brief No. 7 |
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| Striking Jump in Consumers Seeking Health Care InformationHa T. Tu, Genna R. Cohen | August 2008 | Tracking Report No. 20 |
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| Health and Wellness: The Shift from Managing Illness to Promoting HealthDebra A. Draper, Ann Tynan, Jon B. Christianson | June 2008 | Issue Brief No. 121 |
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| Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Mixed Employer Signals, Complex Market DynamicsAnn Tynan, Jon B. Christianson | March 2008 | Issue Brief No. 119 |
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| Effects of Changes in Incomes and Practice Circumstances on Physicians' Decisions to Treat Charity and Medicaid PatientsPeter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley | March 2008 | Journal Article The Milbank Quarterly |
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| Creating Sustainable Local Health Information Exchanges: Can Barriers to Stakeholder Participation be Overcome?Joy M. Grossman, Kathryn L. Kushner, Elizabeth A. November | February 2008 | HSC Research Brief No. 2 |
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| State Prescription Drug Price Web Sites: How Useful to Consumers?Ha T. Tu, Catherine Corey | February 2008 | HSC Research Brief No. 1 |
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| Convergence and Dissonance: Evolution in Private-Sector Approaches to Disease Management and Care CoordinationGlen P. Mays, Melanie Au, Gary Claxton | November/December 2007 | Journal Article Health Affairs |
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| Health Care Cost and Access Challenges PersistDebra A. Draper, Paul B. Ginsburg | October 2007 | Issue Brief No. 114 |
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| Massachusetts Health Reform: Employers, Lower-Wage Workers and Universal CoverageLaurie E. Felland, Debra A. Draper, Allison Liebhaber | July 2007 | Issue Brief No. 113 |
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| HSC's 12th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference | June 14, 2007 | Conference Transcript |
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| High-Performance Health Plan Networks: Early ExperiencesDebra A. Draper, Allison Liebhaber, Paul B. Ginsburg | May 2007 | Issue Brief No. 111 |
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| Consumer Tolerance for Inaccuracy in Physician Performance Ratings: One Size Fits NoneMatthew M. Davis, Judith H. Hibbard, Arnold Milstein | March 2007 | Issue Brief No. 110 |
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| Private Payer Roles in moving to More Efficient Health SpendingPaul B. Ginsburg | March 15, 2007 | Book Chapter |
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| Insurance Premiums and Insurance Coverage of Near-Poor ChildrenJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky, Peter J. Cunningham, Genevieve Kenney, Melanie Au | Winter 2006/2007 | Journal Article Inquiry |
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| Benefit Design Innovations: Implications for Consumer-Directed Health CareHa T. Tu, Paul B. Ginsburg | February 2007 | Issue Brief No. 109 |
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