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
Intense Competition and Rising Costs Dominate Cleveland's Health Care MarketSuzanne Felt-Lisk, Jon B. Christianson, Linda R. Brewster, Ashley C. Short, Richard Sorian, Robert E. Hurley, Lawrence D. Brown, Gigi Y. Liu	Winter 2003	Community Report No. 2
Introduction to the Community Reports	Summer 1999	Compilation of Round Two Site Visits
Key Findings from HSC's 2010 Site VisitsLaurie E. Felland, Joy M. Grossman, Ha T. Tu	May 2011	Issue Brief No. 135
Lansing's Calm Health Care Market Belies Increased Competition, Economic DoldrumsAaron Katz, Melanie Au, Gary Claxton, Joy M. Grossman, Robert E. Hurley, Jessica H. May	October 2005	Community Report No. 8
Lansing's Dominant Hospital, Health Plan Strengthen Market PositionsHa T. Tu, Grace Anglin, Dori A. Cross, Laurie E. Felland, Joy M. Grossman, Lucy B. Stark	March 2011	Community Report No. 7
Leadership Changes Reinvigorate Cleveland's Health Care MarketSally Trude, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Jon B. Christianson, Anneliese M. Gerland, Andrea Staiti, Erin Fries Taylor	June 2005	Community Report No. 1
Little Rock Health Care Safety Net Stretched by Economic DownturnJon B. Christianson, Emily Carrier, Marisa K. Dowling, Ian Hill, Ralph C. Mayrell, Tracy Yee	January 2011	Community Report No. 5
Little Rock Providers Vie for Revenues, as High Health Care Costs ContinueAaron Katz, Joy M. Grossman, Robert E. Hurley, Jessica H. May, Len M. Nichols, Bradley C. Strunk	July 2005	Community Report No. 3
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
Managed Care Rebound? Recent Changes in Health Plans' Cost Containment StrategiesGlen P. Mays, Gary Claxton, Justin White	Aug. 11, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Managed Care Redux: Health Plans Shift Responsibilities to ConsumersDebra A. Draper, Gary Claxton	March 2004	Issue Brief No. 79
Managing Costs, Managing Benefits: Employer Decisions in Local Health Care MarketsJon B. Christianson, Sally Trude	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
Market Developments Signal Cost Hikes in GreenvilleSuzanne Felt-Lisk, Jon B. Christianson, Linda R. Brewster, Ashley C. Short, Richard Sorian, Robert E. Hurley, Lawrence D. Brown, Jessica H. May	Spring 2003	Community Report No. 6
Massachusetts Health Reform: Employers, Lower-Wage Workers and Universal CoverageLaurie E. Felland, Debra A. Draper, Allison Liebhaber	July 2007	Issue Brief No. 113
Massachusetts Health Reform: High Costs and Expanding Expectations May Weaken Employer SupportDebra A. Draper, Laurie E. Felland, Allison Liebhaber, Johanna Lauer	October 2008	Issue Brief No. 124
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
Navigating a Changing Health System	July 2002	2001 Annual Report
Northern New Jersey Health Care Market Reflects Urban-Suburban ContrastsLaurie E. Felland, Grace Anglin, Amelia M. Bond, Gary Claxton, Ann S. O'Malley, Caroleen W. Quach	December 2010	Community Report No. 4
Obstacles to Employers' Pursuit of Health Care QualityJ. Lee Hargraves, Sally Trude	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Physician Visits After Hospital Discharge: Implications for Reducing ReadmissionsAnna Sommers, Peter J. Cunningham, Deborah Alvarez	December 2011	NIHCR Research Brief No. 6