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
Physicians Key to Health Maintenance Organization Popularity in Orange CountyLaurie E. Felland, Genna R. Cohen, Paul B. Ginsburg, Elizabeth A. November, Ha T. Tu, Tracy Yee	August 2011	Community Report No. 10
Physicians Slow to Adopt Patient E-mailAllison Liebhaber, Joy M. Grossman	September 2006	Data Bulletin No. 32
Population Growth, Economic Downturn Stress Phoenix's Health Care CapacityAshley C. Short, Jon B. Christianson, Debra A. Draper, Linda R. Brewster, Robert E. Hurley, Richard Sorian, Lawrence D. Brown, Gigi Y. Liu	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 10
Portland, Oregon: Health Insurance Market Geared Up for National Health ReformsHa T. Tu, Robert Mechanic, Ellyn R. Boukus, Kevin Draper	July 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Premium Hikes and Malpractice Insurance Disrupt Miami Health Care MarketGlen P. Mays, Sally Trude, Lawrence P. Casalino, Laurie E. Felland, Gary Claxton, Megan McHugh, Hoangmai H. Pham, Jessica H. May	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 11
Private Payer Roles in moving to More Efficient Health SpendingPaul B. Ginsburg	March 15, 2007	Book Chapter
Provider Network Instability: Implications for Choice, Costs and Continuity of CareAshley C. Short, Glen P. Mays, Timothy K. Lake	June 2001	Issue Brief No. 39
Quality Improvements By Providers: Market Developments Hinder ProgressKelly Devers	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Rapid Population Growth Outpaces Phoenix Health System CapacitySally Trude, Jon B. Christianson, Kelly L. McKenzie, Ann S. O'Malley, Andrea Staiti, Erin Fries Taylor	September 2005	Community Report No. 6
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Employer Views on Consumer-Driven Health CareSally Trude, Leslie Jackson Conwell	July 2004	Issue Brief No. 86
Rising Costs Pressure Employers, Consumers in Northern New Jersey Health Care MarketDebra A. Draper, John F. Hoadley, Jessica Mittler, Sylvia Kuo, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Peter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols	Winter 2003	Community Report No. 4
Rules of the Game:Loel S. Solomon	July/August 1998	Health Affairs
San Francisco Bay Area: Health Care Providers Shift Allegiances as Regional Networks EmergeHa T. Tu, Joy M. Grossman, Laurie E. Felland, Dori A. Cross	December 2012	CHCF Regional Markets Issue Brief
Seattle Hospital Competition Heats Up, Raising Cost ConcernsIan Hill, Robert A. Berenson, Jon B. Christianson, Marisa K. Dowling, Ralph C. Mayrell, Tracy Yee	December 2010	Community Report No. 3
Seeking Health Care Information: Most Consumers Still on the SidelinesHa T. Tu, J. Lee Hargraves	March 2003	Issue Brief No. 61
Seventh Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington	June 11, 2002	Conference Transcript
Shopping for Price in Medical CarePaul B. Ginsburg	Feb. 6, 2007	Journal Article Health Affairs
Sixth Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington	July 12, 2001	Conference Transcript
Small Employers and Self-Insured Health Benefits: Too Small to Succeed?Tracy Yee, Jon B. Christianson, Paul B. Ginsburg	July 2012	Issue Brief No. 138
Snapshots of Change in Fifteen Communities:Robert Miller	Summer 1996	Health Affairs