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
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
Consumer-Directed Health Care: Promise and PerformanceJames C. Robinson, Paul B. Ginsburg	Jan. 27, 2009	Journal Article Health Affairs
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
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
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
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
Shopping for Price in Medical CarePaul B. Ginsburg	Feb. 6, 2007	Journal Article Health Affairs
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
How Consumers Shop for Health Care When They Pay Out of Pocket: Evidence from the LASIK Self-Pay Market	July 18, 2006	Congressional Testimony
Strategies to Enhance Price and Quality Competition in Health Care: Lessons Learned from Tracking Local MarketsCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	June 2006	Journal Article Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
The Next Generation of Health Information Tools for Consumers	May 10, 2006	Congressional Testimony
The Struggle to Provide Community-Based Care to Low-Income People with Serious Mental IllnessesPeter J. Cunningham, Kelly L. McKenzie, Erin Fries Taylor	May/June 2006	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
Consumer Price Shopping in Health Care	March 15, 2006	Congressional Testimony
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
Competition in Health Care: Its Evolution Over the Past DecadePaul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2005	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
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
HSC Researchers Testify at FTC Hearings	Winter/Spring 2003	Testimony