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
Economic Downturn Slows Phoenix's Once-Booming Health Care MarketAaron Katz, Robert A. Berenson, Gary Claxton, Marisa K. Dowling, Caroleen W. Quach, Divya R. Samuel	July 2011	Community Report No. 8
Syracuse Faces Rising Health Costs; Hospital Competition GrowsSally Trude, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Jon B. Christianson, Jennifer Coughlan, Peter J. Cunningham, Andrea Staiti	October 2005	Community Report No. 9
HMOs Alive and Well in Orange CountyAaron Katz, Robert E. Hurley, Leslie Jackson Conwell, Bradley C. Strunk, Andrea Staiti, J. Lee Hargraves, Robert A. Berenson, Linda R. Brewster	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 9
Syracuse Health Care Market Works to Right-Size Hospital CapacityHa T. Tu, Robert A. Berenson, Dori A. Cross, Ian Hill, Caroleen W. Quach, Divya R. Samuel	August 2011	Community Report No. 9
Introduction to the Community Reports	Summer 1999	Compilation of Round Two Site Visits
Wall Street Analysts Bullish on Managed Care, Bearish on Revolution Health Care Information Technology	June 22, 2000	Conference Executive Summary
Defining "Defined Contributions":	October 10, 2000	Conference Transcript
Eighth Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington	June 18, 2003	Conference Transcript
HSC's 12th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	June 14, 2007	Conference Transcript
11th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	June 21, 2006	Conference Transcript
Sixth Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington	July 12, 2001	Conference Transcript
Emerging Health Care Market Trends	December 10, 2001	Conference Transcript
10th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	July 13, 2005	Conference Transcript
Fifth Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington:	June 21, 2000	Conference Transcript
Seventh Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington	June 11, 2002	Conference Transcript
Wall Street Comes to Washington	June 24, 2004	Conference Transcript
The Next Generation of Health Information Tools for Consumers	May 10, 2006	Congressional Testimony
Consumer Price Shopping in Health Care	March 15, 2006	Congressional Testimony
Increasing Stress on the U.S. Health Care System: Structural Crisis or Temporary?Len M. Nichols	March 10, 2003	Congressional Testimony
How Consumers Shop for Health Care When They Pay Out of Pocket: Evidence from the LASIK Self-Pay Market	July 18, 2006	Congressional Testimony