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
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
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
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
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
State Prescription Drug Price Web Sites: How Useful to Consumers?Ha T. Tu, Catherine Corey	February 2008	HSC Research Brief No. 1
State Reform Dominates Boston Health Care Market DynamicsHa T. Tu, Marisa K. Dowling, Laurie E. Felland, Paul B. Ginsburg, Ralph C. Mayrell	September 2010	Community Report No. 1
Striking Jump in Consumers Seeking Health Care InformationHa T. Tu, Genna R. Cohen	August 2008	Tracking Report No. 20
Syracuse Faces Rising Health Costs; Hospital Competition GrowsSally Trude, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Jon B. Christianson, Jennifer Coughlan, Peter J. Cunningham, Andrea Staiti	October 2005	Community Report No. 9
Syracuse Health Care Market Works to Right-Size Hospital CapacityHa T. Tu, Robert A. Berenson, Dori A. Cross, Ian Hill, Caroleen W. Quach, Divya R. Samuel	August 2011	Community Report No. 9
Tax Credits and Purchasing Pools: Will This Marriage Work?Sally Trude, Paul B. Ginsburg	April 2001	Issue Brief No. 36
Ten Years of Tracking Health System Change: The Evolution of CompetitionPaul B. Ginsburg	Feb. 2, 2005	Presentation
The Community Snapshots Project	1995	Portland, Ore.
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The Community Snapshots Project	1995	Boston, Mass.