Journal Articles

bstracts of peer-reviewed journal articles authored by HSC staff members and outside researchers are provided on the web site. To obtain a full copy of the article, please contact the corresponding journal. An e-mail link to the related journal is at the bottom of each abstract for your convenience.

Title	Date	Document Info
The Changing Face of Managed Care	January/February 2002	Health Affairs
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance:	January/February 2002	Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care Costs:	September/October 1998	Health Affairs
Health Plan Switching:	May/June 2000	Health Affairs
Changes in Health Plans Serving Medicaid, 1993-1996	September/October 1997	Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care Costs:	November/December 2000	Health Affairs
Update on the Nation’s Health Care System:	November/December 2000	Health Affairs
Withering on the Vine:	September/October 2000	Health Affairs
The Health Status of Workers Who Decline Employer-Sponsored Insurance:	November 2001	Health Affairs
Contrary to Cost-Shift Theory, Lower Medicare Hospital Payment Rates for Inpatient Care Lead to Lower Private Payment Rates	May 2013	Health Affairs
Achieving Health Care Cost Containment Through Provider Payment Reform that Engages Patients and Providers	May 2013	Health Affairs
High Physician Concern About Malpractice Risk Predicts More Aggressive Diagnostic Testing In Office-Based Practice	August 2013	Health Affairs
After-Hours Access to Primary Care Practices Linked with Lower Emergency Department Use and Less Unmet Medical Need	Dec. 12, 2012	Health Affairs
Despite the Recession's Effects on Incomes and Jobs, the Share of People with High Medical Costs was Mostly Unchanged	Oct. 24, 2012	Health Affairs
Fee-for-Service Will Remain a Feature of Major Payment Reforms, Requiring More Changes in Medicare Physician Payment	September 2012	Health Affairs
Safety-Net Providers in Some U.S. Communities Have Increasingly Embraced Coordinated Care Models	August 2012	Health Affairs
The Growing Power of Some Providers to Win Steep Payment Increases from Insurers Suggests Policy Remedies May be Needed	May 2012	Health Affairs
Durable Medical Equipment and Home Health Among the Largest Contributors to Area Variations in Use of Medicare Services	May 2012	Health Affairs
Hospitals' Geographic Expansion in Quest of Well-Insured Patients: Will the Outcome be Better Care, More Cost, or Both?	April 2012	Health Affairs
Raising Low 'Patient Activation' Rates Among Hispanic Immigrants May Equal Expanded Coverage in Reducing Access Disparities	October 2011	Health Affairs
Improving Health Care Access for Low-Income People: Lessons from Ascension Health's Community Collaboratives	July 2011	Health Affairs
Where Americans Get Acute Care: Increasingly, It's Not at Their Doctor's Office	September 2010	Health Affairs
Physicians' Fears of Malpractice Lawsuits are Not Assuaged by Tort Reforms	September 2010	Health Affairs
Primary Care: Current Problems and Proposed Solutions	May 2010	Health Affairs
The Growing Financial Burden of Health Care: National and State Trends, 2001-2006	March 25, 2010	Health Affairs
Unchecked Provider Clout in California Foreshadows Challenges to Health Reform	Feb. 25, 2010	Health Affairs
Do Reimbursement Delays Discourage Medicaid Participation by Physicians?	Nov. 18, 2008	Health Affairs
Understanding Differences Between High- and Low-Price Hospitals: Implications for Efforts to Rein In Costs	Jan. 29, 2014	Health Affairs
When Medicare Cuts Hospital Prices, Seniors Use Less Inpatient Care	October 2013	Health Affairs
Construction Activity in U.S. Hospitals	May/June 2006	Health Affairs
The Struggle to Provide Community-Based Care to Low-Income People with Serious Mental Illnesses	May/June 2006	Health Affairs
Consumer-Directed Health Insurance Products: Local-Market Perspectives	May/June 2006	Health Affairs
Why Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage Changed, 1997-2003	May/June 2006	Health Affairs
Generosity and Adjusted Premiums in Job-Based Insurance: Hawaii is Up, Wyoming is Down	May/June 2006	Health Affairs
Hospitals' Responses to Nurse Staffing Shortages	June 26, 2006	Health Affairs
Preparing for the Unknown, Responding to the Known: Communities and Public Health Preparedness	July/August 2006	Health Affairs
What Accounts for Differences in the Use of Hospital Emergency Departments Across U.S. Communities?	July 18, 2006	Health Affairs
Specialty-Service Lines: Salvos in the New Medical Arms Race	July 25, 2006	Health Affairs
The Impact of Quality-Reporting Programs on Hospital Operations	September/October 2006	Health Affairs
Health Benefits In 2006: Premium Increases Moderate, Enrollment In Consumer-Directed Health Plans Remains Modest	Sept. 26, 2006	Health Affairs