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
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Employer Views on Consumer-Driven Health CareSally Trude, Leslie Jackson Conwell	July 2004	Issue Brief No. 86
Wall Street Comes to Washington	August 2004	Issue Brief No. 87
Initial Findings from HSC's 2005 Site Visits: Stage Set for Growing Health Care Cost and Access ProblemsCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg, Laurie E. Felland	August 2005	Issue Brief No. 97
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
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
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
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
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
The Community Snapshots Project	1995	San Diego, Calif.
The Community Snapshots Project	1995	South Florida