Policy Analyses

olicy Analyses describe and assess potential approaches to addressing a policy issue facing public or other decision makers. Without advocating any particular position, Policy Analyses evaluate alternative policies, using such criteria as how well they meet particular policy goals, and discuss advantages and disadvantages. Policy Analyses draw upon the existing evidence base and may present new information derived from original research.

Title	Date	Document Info
Hospital Quality Reporting: Separating the Signal from the Noise	April 2013	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 11
Adapting Tools from Other Nations to Slow U.S. Prescription Drug Spending	August 2012	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 10
Addressing Hospital Pricing Leverage through Regulation: State Rate Setting	May 2012	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 9
State Benefit Mandates and National Health Reform	February 2012	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 8
Matching Supply to Demand: Addressing the U.S. Primary Care Workforce Shortage	December 2011	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 7
Promoting Healthy Competition in Health Insurance Exchanges: Options and Trade-offs	November 2011	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 6
Policy Options to Encourage Patient-Physician Shared Decision Making	September 2011	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 5
Geographic Variation in Health Care: Changing Policy Directions	April 2011	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 4
Comparative Effectiveness Research and Innovation: Policy Options to Foster Medical Advances	October 2010	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 3
Health Coverage for the High-Risk Uninsured: Policy Options for Design of the Temporary High-Risk Pool	May 2010	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 2
Episode-Based Payments: Charting a Course for Health Care Payment Reform	January 2010	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 1
Rough Passage: Affordable Health Coverage for Near-Elderly Americans	September 2009	HSC Policy Analysis No. 2
Making Medical Homes Work: Moving from Concept to Practice	December 2008	HSC Policy Analysis No. 1