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Impact of the Economy on Health Care HCFO

A recent HCFO policy brief by Jill Bernstein, Ph.D. addresses issues related to the impact of the economy on health care in greater detail. 1 Research on earlier economic cycles found that employers typically respond to the pressures of economic downturns by shifting premium costs to employees rather than dropping insurance benefits altogether.

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Katherine Swartz, Ph.D HCFO

WEBKatherine Swartz, Ph.D. is professor of health policy and economics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her research interests focus on the population without …

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Rising Health Care Costs and the Challenge of Coverage HCFO

WEBJuly 2007. HCFO. Rising health care costs affect individuals, employers, providers, and payers both private and public. Unrestrained medical cost growth makes the search for …

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Health Plan Concentration and Consolidation HCFO

WEBHealth Plan Consolidation in the Current Environment. The role of private health plans in the escalation of health care costs is often scrutinized by policymakers and by …

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Austin Frakt, Ph.D. HCFO

WEBMay 20, 2011. Austin Frakt, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of health policy and management at Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Frakt also serves as a …

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Challenges Facing the Health Care Safety Net HCFO

WEBThe health care safety net is composed of providers, hospitals, and community health centers (CHCs) that by mission or federal mandate provide care to individuals-often …

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Health Care Costs-Challenges and Solutions HCFO

WEBHCFO. Per person spending on health care by individuals and the government is expected to increase from an average of $7,026 in 2006 to $13,101 in 2017, with the burden …

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Consumer Directed Health Plans and the Chronically Ill HCFO

WEBConsumer Directed Health Plans and the Chronically Ill. Disease Management & Health Outcomes. Vol. 15, No. 4. 2007. Parente, S.T., Christianson, J.B., and R. Feldman. pp. …

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Steven Pizer, Ph.D. HCFO

WEBApril 1, 2007. Steven Pizer currently holds a joint appointment as an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management with the Boston University School of Public Health and …

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Susan H. Busch, Ph.D. HCFO

WEBNovember 1, 2007. Susan H. Busch, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Busch is a health economist, whose …

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The Consequences of Reporting on Health Care Quality HCFO

WEBThe Consequences of Reporting on Health Care Quality. With a growing public interest in addressing problems in the current health care system, a variety of health care reform …

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Preventing Disease in a Categorically Funded Public Health Care …

WEBThe American public health system is financed by a complex web of federal, state, and local resources. The contributing funding streams are mostly disease or purpose driven, …

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Regional PPOs in Medicare: What Are The Prospects

WEBOn average, regional PPOs charged $67 per month for comprehensive coverage in 2006, 34% more than the average premium charged by local HMOs.6. Overall, a review of the …

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High Deductible Health Care Coverage: Snapshot of Some Mixed …

WEBFor more than 10 years, there has been movement toward placing greater control of health care in the hands of consumers. A hallmark of this change was the introduction of …

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Possible Geographic Barriers to Trauma Center Access for …

WEBObjective. To study whether traditionally vulnerable populations have worse geographic access to trauma centers. Design. A cross-sectional analysis using data from the …

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Financing End-of-Life Care

WEBMeeting discussion, Financing End-of-Life Care: Challenges for An Aging Population, sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care …

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Brief 1 of 6 issue brief

WEBThere is an emerging consensus in the health policy community that informed and engaged consumers have a vital role to play in improving the quality of care that

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Brief 3 of 6 issue brief

WEBIn February 2007, AcademyHealth con-ducted a meeting on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine the role of consumer engagement in improving

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Journal Article: Geographic Variation in Alcohol, Drug and Mental

WEBGeographic variation in health services utilization for medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions may signal problems in quality. We utilized data from a nationally …

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