Quality and Care Delivery

Increasingly, HSC research focuses on quality improvement and measurement; adoption of information technology; patient-provider relationships; payment policy, care delivery related to chronic conditions; and public health activities.

Title	Date	Document Info
When the Price Isn't Right: How Inadvertent Payment Incentives Drive Medical CarePaul B. Ginsburg, Joy M. Grossman	Aug. 9, 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Delivery of Preventive Services to Older Adults by Primary Care PhysiciansHoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, J. Lee Hargraves, Peter B. Bach	July 27, 2005	Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Association
Most Medicare Outpatient Visits are to Physicians with Limited Clinical Information TechnologyJoy M. Grossman, Marie C. Reed	July 2005	Data Bulletin No. 30
Limited Information Technology for Patient Care in Physician OfficesMarie C. Reed, Joy M. Grossman	September 2004	Issue Brief No. 89
Primary Care Doctors Who Treat Blacks and WhitesPeter B. Bach, Hoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, Ramsey C. Tate, J. Lee Hargraves	Aug. 5, 2004	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
Paying for Quality: Health Plans Try Carrots Instead of SticksBradley C. Strunk, Robert E. Hurley	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 82
How Prepared are Americans for Public Health Emergencies? Twelve Communities Weigh InMegan McHugh, Andrea Staiti, Laurie E. Felland	May/June 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
What is Driving Hospitals' Patient-Safety Efforts?Kelly Devers, Hoangmai H. Pham, Gigi Y. Liu	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Emergency Department Diversions: Hospital and Community Strategies Alleviate the CrisisLinda R. Brewster, Laurie E. Felland	March 2004	Issue Brief No. 78
Leapfrog Patient-Safety Standards are a Stretch for Most HospitalsKelly Devers, Gigi Y. Liu	February 2004	Issue Brief No. 77
Can Hospitals and Physicians Shift the Effects of Cuts in Medicare Reimbursement to Private Payers?Paul B. Ginsburg	Oct. 8, 2003	Journal Article Health Affairs
Has Bioterrorism Preparedness Improved Public Health?Andrea Staiti, Aaron Katz, John F. Hoadley	July 2003	Issue Brief No. 65
Referral Gridlock: Primary Care Physicians and Mental Health ServicesSally Trude, Jeffrey Stoddard	June 2003	Journal Article Journal of General Internal Medicine
Seeking Health Care Information: Most Consumers Still on the SidelinesHa T. Tu, J. Lee Hargraves	March 2003	Issue Brief No. 61
Physicians and Care Management: More Acceptance than You ThinkMarie C. Reed, Kelly Devers, Bruce Landon	January 2003	Issue Brief No. 60
Financial Incentives and Physicians' Perceptions of Conflict of Interest and Ability to Arrange Medically Necessary ServicesJeffrey Stoddard, Marie C. Reed, Jack Hadley	January 2003	Journal Article Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
Who Do You Trust? Americans' Perspectives on Health Care, 1997-2001Marie C. Reed, Sally Trude	August 2002	Tracking Report No. 3
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
Does Career Dissatisfaction Affect the Ability of Family Physicians to Deliver High-Quality Care?Jennifer DeVoe, George E. Fryer, J. Lee Hargraves, Robert L. Phillips, Larry A. Green	March 2002	Journal Article Journal of Family Practice
Power of Information: Closing the Gap Between Research and PolicyRichard Sorian, Terry Baugh	March/April 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs