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.

Title	Date	Document Info
Accountable Communities:Caroline Rossi Steinberg, Raymond J. Baxter	July/August 1998	Health Affairs
Are HMO Enrollees Healthier Than Others? Results from the Community Tracking StudyElizabeth Schaefer, James D. Reschovsky	May/June 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Are Market Forces Strong Enough to Deliver Efficient Health Care Systems? Confidence is WaningLen M. Nichols, Paul B. Ginsburg, Robert A. Berenson, Jon B. Christianson, Robert E. Hurley	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Assessments of Medical Care by Enrollees in For-Profit and Nonprofit Health Maintenance OrganizationsHa T. Tu, James D. Reschovsky	April 25, 2002	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
Association Leaders Speak Out on Health System ChangeJanet M. Corrigan, Paul B. Ginsburg	January/February 1997	Health Affairs
Choosing a Health Plan:Judith Hibbard, Jacquelyn Jewett, Mark W. Legnini, Martin Tusler	November/December 1997	Health Affairs
Competition in Health Care: Its Evolution Over the Past DecadePaul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Consumer Beliefs and Health Plan PerformanceJames D. Reschovsky, J. Lee Hargraves, Albert Smith	June 2002	Journal Article Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Consumer Price Shopping in Health Care	March 15, 2006	Congressional Testimony
Consumer-Directed Health Care: Promise and PerformanceJames C. Robinson, Paul B. Ginsburg	Jan. 27, 2009	Journal Article Health Affairs
Consumer-Directed Health Insurance Products: Local-Market PerspectivesLydia E. Regopoulos, Jon B. Christianson, Gary Claxton, Sally Trude	May/June 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
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
Do Consumers Know How Their Health Plan Works?Peter J. Cunningham, Charles Denk, Michael Sinclair	March/April 2001	Health Affairs
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
Employers' Views on Incremental Measures to Expand Health CoverageHeidi H. Whitmore, Sara R. Collins, Jon R. Gabel, Jeremy D. Pickreign	November/December 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Health Benefits In 2006: Premium Increases Moderate, Enrollment In Consumer-Directed Health Plans Remains ModestGary Claxton, Jon R. Gabel, Isadora Gil, Jeremy D. Pickreign, Heidi H. Whitmore, Benjamin Finder, Samantha Hawkins	Sept. 26, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Hospital Payment Systems: Will Payers Like the Future Better than the Past?Len M. Nichols, Ann S. O'Malley	January/February 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Hospital Spending Drives Largest Health Care Cost Increase in a Decade	September 26, 2001
How Consumers Shop for Health Care When They Pay Out of Pocket: Evidence from the LASIK Self-Pay Market	July 18, 2006	Congressional Testimony
HSC Researchers Testify at FTC Hearings	Winter/Spring 2003	Testimony