Health Care Markets

Ultimately, all health care is organized and delivered at ground level-in local communities-where HSC collects information about the changing health system. HSC research provides perspectives on the role of employers/consumers, health plans, hospitals and physicians in local health care markets.

Title	Date	Document Info
Physician Consideration of Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs in Making Common Clinical DecisionsHoangmai H. Pham, G. Caleb Alexander, Ann S. O'Malley	April 9, 2007	Journal Article Archives of Internal Medicine
Specialty-Service Lines: Salvos in the New Medical Arms RaceRobert A. Berenson, Thomas Bodenheimer, Hoangmai H. Pham	July 25, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Caught in the Competitive Crossfire: Safety-Net Providers Balance Margin and Mission in a Profit-Driven Health Care MarketPeter J. Cunningham, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Aaron Katz	Aug. 12, 2008	Journal Article Health Affairs
Community Approaches to Providing Care for the UninsuredErin Fries Taylor, Peter J. Cunningham, Kelly L. McKenzie	April 11, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Do Primary Care Physicians Treating Minority Patients Report Problems Delivering High-Quality Care?James D. Reschovsky, Ann S. O'Malley	April 22, 2008	Journal Article Health Affairs
Does U.S. Hospital Capacity Need to be Expanded?Gloria J. Bazzoli, Linda R. Brewster, Gigi Y. Liu, Sylvia Kuo	November/December 2003	Journal Article Health Affairs
Hospitals' Responses to Nurse Staffing ShortagesJessica H. May, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Anneliese M. Gerland	June 26, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Back to the Drawing Board: New Directions in Health Plans' Care Management StrategiesSuzanne Felt-Lisk, Glen P. Mays	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Quality Improvements By Providers: Market Developments Hinder ProgressKelly Devers	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Role of Public Employers in a Changing Health Care MarketCarolyn A. Watts, Jon B. Christianson, Lance Heineccius, Sally Trude	January/February 2003	Journal Article Health Affairs
As the Health Insurance Underwriting Cycle Turns: What Next?Joy M. Grossman, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
A Longitudinal Perspective on Health Plan-Provider Risk ContractingRobert E. Hurley, Joy M. Grossman, Timothy K. Lake, Lawrence P. Casalino	July/August 2002	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
Improving Health Care Access for Low-Income People: Lessons from Ascension Health's Community CollaborativesLaurie E. Felland, Paul B. Ginsburg, Gretchen Kishbauch	July 2011	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
Obstacles to Employers' Pursuit of Health Care QualityJ. Lee Hargraves, Sally Trude	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Managed Care Rebound? Recent Changes in Health Plans' Cost Containment StrategiesGlen P. Mays, Gary Claxton, Justin White	Aug. 11, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Unhealthy Trends: The Future of Physician ServicesHoangmai H. Pham, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2007	Journal Article Health Affairs
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
Construction Activity in U.S. HospitalsGloria J. Bazzoli, Anneliese M. Gerland, Jessica H. May	May/June 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs