Issue Briefs

ssue Briefs are designed to provide readers with relatively short, analytical research results that are policy relevant. Issue Briefs include the broader context for the research and lay out the range of related policy implications. The publications offer original HSC research results, summarize and make more accessible HSC research results that appear in peer-reviewed journals or report HSC conference proceedings. Most of the Issue Briefs are based on data from the CTS household, physician and employer surveys, CTS Site Visits or the Health Tracking Household and Physician Surveys.

Title	Date	Document Info
Getting Along or Going Along? Health Plan-Provider Contract Showdowns Subside	January 2004	Issue Brief No. 74
Growing Physician Access Problems Complicate Medicare Payment Debate	September 2002	Issue Brief No. 55
Has Bioterrorism Preparedness Improved Public Health?	July 2003	Issue Brief No. 65
Health and Wellness: The Shift from Managing Illness to Promoting Health	June 2008	Issue Brief No. 121
Health Care Access For Low-Income People: Significant Safety Net Gaps Remain	June 2004	Issue Brief No. 84
Health Care Cost and Access Challenges Persist	October 2007	Issue Brief No. 114
Health Care Cost and Access Problems Intensify	May 2003	Issue Brief No. 63
Health Care Costs:	June 1997	Issue Brief No. 10
Health Care Perceptions and Experiences	September 2000	Issue Brief No. 30
Health Plan-Provider Showdowns on the Rise	June 2001	Issue Brief No. 40
Health Plans Target Advanced Imaging Services	February 2008	Issue Brief No. 118
High-Performance Health Plan Networks: Early Experiences	May 2007	Issue Brief No. 111
Hospital Emergency On-Call Coverage: Is There a Doctor in the House?	November 2007	Issue Brief No. 115
Hospital Strategies to Engage Physicians in Quality Improvement	October 2009	Issue Brief No. 127
How Physician Organizations Are Responding to Managed Care	May 1999	Issue Brief No. 20
Impact of Health Care Price Transparency on Price Variation: The New Hampshire Experience	November 2009	Issue Brief No. 128
Initial Findings from HSC's 2005 Site Visits: Stage Set for Growing Health Care Cost and Access Problems	August 2005	Issue Brief No. 97
Innovations in Preventing and Managing Chronic Conditions: What's Working in the Real World?	June 2010	Issue Brief No. 132
Insolvency and Challenges of Regulating Providers that Bear Risk	February 2000	Issue Brief No. 26
Insured Americans Drive Surge in Emergency Department Visits	October 2003	Issue Brief No. 70
Key Findings from HSC's 2010 Site Visits	May 2011	Issue Brief No. 135
Leapfrog Patient-Safety Standards are a Stretch for Most Hospitals	February 2004	Issue Brief No. 77
Limited Information Technology for Patient Care in Physician Offices	September 2004	Issue Brief No. 89
Local Innovations Provide Managed Care for the Uninsured	January 2000	Issue Brief No. 25
Managed Care Cost Pressures Threaten Access for the Uninsured	March 1999	Issue Brief No. 19
Managed Care Redux: Health Plans Shift Responsibilities to Consumers	March 2004	Issue Brief No. 79
Managed Care Woes:	May 1998	Issue Brief No. 13
Massachusetts Health Reform: Employers, Lower-Wage Workers and Universal Coverage	July 2007	Issue Brief No. 113
Massachusetts Health Reform: High Costs and Expanding Expectations May Weaken Employer Support	October 2008	Issue Brief No. 124
Medicaid Eligibility Policy and the Crowding-Out Effect:	October 1996	Issue Brief No. 03
Medical Malpractice Liability Crisis Meets Markets: Stress in Unexpected Places	September 2003	Issue Brief No. 68
Medicare Seniors Much Less Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower Costs	June 2005	Issue Brief No. 96
Modest and Uneven: Physician Efforts to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities	February 2010	Issue Brief No. 130
More Americans Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower Medical Costs	March 2005	Issue Brief No. 94
Most Uninsured People Unaware of Health Care Safety Net Providers	November 2004	Issue Brief No. 90
Next Steps in Incremental Health Insurance Expansions:	April 1998	Issue Brief No. 12
Options for Expanding Health Insurance for People with Chronic Conditions	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 50
Patient Cost Sharing: How Much is Too Much?	December 2003	Issue Brief No. 72
Patient Cost-Sharing Innovations: Promises and Pitfalls	January 2004	Issue Brief No. 75
Patients, Profits and Health System Change:	May 1997	Issue Brief No. 09