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The Robert Wood Johnson Program to Monitor Health System Change
Spring 1995
Health Affairs, vol.14, no.1 (Spring 1995): 287-289
Paul B. Ginsburg, Robert G. Hughes, James R. Knickman
he Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is launching an initiative to track
and report on changes in the American health care system and how these changes affect
people. A key component this initiative is the Center for Studying Health System Change,
which will conduct research, synthesize information and assist the foundation in
coordinating other projects. The Center’s goals are to produce high-quality objective
analysis, identify emerging research questions and foster understanding of the dynamics of
health system change among policymakers, payers, administrators, providers, the media,
researchers and the public. In addition, it seeks to stimulate the health services
research community to address the effects of change on people; to exercise leadership in
synthesizing research findings;
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