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
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
Consumer Beliefs and Health Plan PerformanceJames D. Reschovsky, J. Lee Hargraves, Albert Smith	June 2002	Journal Article Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Assessments of Medical Care by Enrollees in For-Profit and Nonprofit Health Maintenance OrganizationsHa T. Tu, James D. Reschovsky	April 25, 2002	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
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
The Community Snapshots Project	1995	Minneaoplis, Minn.
Hospital Quality Reporting: Separating the Signal from the NoiseEmily Carrier, Dori A. Cross	April 2013	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 11
Physician Visits After Hospital Discharge: Implications for Reducing ReadmissionsAnna Sommers, Peter J. Cunningham, Deborah Alvarez	December 2011	NIHCR Research Brief No. 6
The Community Snapshots Project	1995	North Centeral Florida
The Community Snapshots Project	1995	Orange County, Calif.
The Community Snapshots Project	1995	Portland, Ore.
Ten Years of Tracking Health System Change: The Evolution of CompetitionPaul B. Ginsburg	Feb. 2, 2005	Presentation
Competitive Albuquerque Health Insurance Market Gears Up for Coverage BoomChapin White, Laurie E. Felland, Ellyn R. Boukus, Kevin Draper	October 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Federal Exchange Option and Indecision on Medicaid Expansion Create Uncertainty for Richmond, Va., MarketLaurie E. Felland, Emily Carrier, Ellyn R. Boukus, Rebecca Gourevitch	October 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Long Island Follows Bumpy New York Road to National Health ReformHa T. Tu, Chapin White, Ellyn R. Boukus, Kevin Draper	September 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Alabama’s Pass on Medicaid Expansion Leaves Birmingham’s Uninsured with Weak Safety NetHa T. Tu, Emily Carrier, Amanda E. Lechner, Kevin Draper	October 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Minneapolis-St. Paul: Health Care Market Overcomes Early State Resistance to National ReformLaurie E. Felland, Robert Mechanic, Amanda E. Lechner, Rebecca Gourevitch	August 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
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
Denver: Competitive Insurance Market Awaits National Health ReformLaurie E. Felland, Emily Carrier, Amanda E. Lechner, Rebecca Gourevitch	June 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Baltimore: Health Insurance Market Primed for National Health ReformLaurie E. Felland, Chapin White, Amanda E. Lechner, Rebecca Gourevitch	May 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
The Community Snapshots Project	1995	San Diego, Calif.