Health Care Markets

Ultimately, all health care is organized and delivered at ground level-in local communities-where HSC collects information about the changing health system. HSC research provides perspectives on the role of employers/consumers, health plans, hospitals and physicians in local health care markets.

Title	Date	Document Info
Are HMO Enrollees Healthier Than Others? Results from the Community Tracking StudyElizabeth Schaefer, James D. Reschovsky	May/June 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Are Market Forces Strong Enough to Deliver Efficient Health Care Systems? Confidence is WaningLen M. Nichols, Paul B. Ginsburg, Robert A. Berenson, Jon B. Christianson, Robert E. Hurley	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
As the Health Insurance Underwriting Cycle Turns: What Next?Joy M. Grossman, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Association Leaders Speak Out on Health System ChangeJanet M. Corrigan, Paul B. Ginsburg	January/February 1997	Health Affairs
At the Brink:Linda R. Brewster, Paul B. Ginsburg	December 2000	Issue Brief No. 33
Back in the Driver's Seat: Specialists Regaining AutonomyJ. Lee Hargraves, Hoangmai H. Pham	January 2003	Tracking Report No. 7
Back to the Drawing Board: New Directions in Health Plans' Care Management StrategiesSuzanne Felt-Lisk, Glen P. Mays	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Back To The Future? New Cost and Access Challenges EmergeCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	February 2001	Issue Brief No. 35
Balancing Margin and Mission: Hospitals Alter Billing and Collection Practices for Uninsured PatientsAndrea Staiti, Robert E. Hurley, Peter J. Cunningham	October 2005	Issue Brief No. 99
Baltimore: Health Insurance Market Primed for National Health ReformLaurie E. Felland, Chapin White, Amanda E. Lechner, Rebecca Gourevitch	May 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Benefit Design Innovations: Implications for Consumer-Directed Health CareHa T. Tu, Paul B. Ginsburg	February 2007	Issue Brief No. 109
Benefits of and Barriers to Large Medical Group Practice in the United StatesLawrence P. Casalino, Kelly Devers, Timothy K. Lake, Marie C. Reed, Jeffrey Stoddard	Sept. 8 2003	Journal Article Archives of Internal Medicine
Bitter Contract Dispute Reaffirms Blues' Dominant Position in LansingAaron Katz, Robert E. Hurley, Kelly Devers, Leslie Jackson Conwell, Bradley C. Strunk, Andrea Staiti, J. Lee Hargraves, Robert A. Berenson	Spring 2003	Community Report No. 5
Blue Cross Influence Grows in Boston as State Revisits Reform DebatesAaron Katz, Melanie Au, Paul B. Ginsburg, Robert E. Hurley, Jessica H. May, Glen P. Mays, Bradley C. Strunk	December 2005	Community Report No. 11
Blue Plans: Playing the Blues No MoreJoy M. Grossman, Bradley C. Strunk	January 23, 2002
Can Market Competition Cure an Ailing Health System?	March 12, 2004	Conference Transcript
Caught in the Competitive Crossfire: Safety-Net Providers Balance Margin and Mission in a Profit-Driven Health Care MarketPeter J. Cunningham, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Aaron Katz	Aug. 12, 2008	Journal Article Health Affairs
Changes in Career Satisfaction Among Primary Care and Specialist Physicians, 1997-2001Bruce Landon, James D. Reschovsky, David Blumenthal	Janurary 22, 2003	Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Association
Changes in Health Plans Serving Medicaid, 1993-1996Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Sara Yang	September/October 1997	Health Affairs
Changes in Hospital Competitive Strategy: A New Medical Arms Race?Kelly Devers, Linda R. Brewster, Lawrence P. Casalino	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research