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
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
Tiered-Provider Networks: Patients Face Cost-Choice Trade-OffsGlen P. Mays, Gary Claxton, Bradley C. Strunk	November 2003	Issue Brief No. 71
Health Care Market Stabilizes, but Rising Costs and State Budget Woes Loom in BostonJohn F. Hoadley, Debra A. Draper, Sylvia Kuo, Peter J. Cunningham, Jessica Mittler, Len M. Nichols, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Justin White, Robert A. Berenson	Fall 2003	Community Report No. 12
Premium Hikes and Malpractice Insurance Disrupt Miami Health Care MarketGlen P. Mays, Sally Trude, Lawrence P. Casalino, Laurie E. Felland, Gary Claxton, Megan McHugh, Hoangmai H. Pham, Jessica H. May	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 11
Wall Street Comes to Washington	August 2003	Issue Brief No. 67
Population Growth, Economic Downturn Stress Phoenix's Health Care CapacityAshley C. Short, Jon B. Christianson, Debra A. Draper, Linda R. Brewster, Robert E. Hurley, Richard Sorian, Lawrence D. Brown, Gigi Y. Liu	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 10
HMOs Alive and Well in Orange CountyAaron Katz, Robert E. Hurley, Leslie Jackson Conwell, Bradley C. Strunk, Andrea Staiti, J. Lee Hargraves, Robert A. Berenson, Linda R. Brewster	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 9
Health Care Cost Concerns Intensify in Little RockDebra A. Draper, John F. Hoadley, Jessica Mittler, Sylvia Kuo, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Peter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols, Leslie Jackson Conwell	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 8
Cost Concerns Grow Despite New Health Plan Competition in SyracuseGlen P. Mays, Sally Trude, Lawrence P. Casalino, Laurie E. Felland, Gary Claxton, Jessica H. May, Megan McHugh, Lydia E. Regopoulos	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 7
Eighth Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington	June 18, 2003	Conference Transcript
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
HSC Researchers Testify at FTC Hearings	Winter/Spring 2003	Testimony
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
Health Care Cost and Access Problems IntensifyCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	May 2003	Issue Brief No. 63
Rising Costs Pressure Employers, Consumers in Northern New Jersey Health Care MarketDebra A. Draper, John F. Hoadley, Jessica Mittler, Sylvia Kuo, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Peter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols	Winter 2003	Community Report No. 4
Economic Downturn and State Budget Woes Overshadow Seattle Health Care MarketGlen P. Mays, Sally Trude, Lawrence P. Casalino, Laurie E. Felland, Gary Claxton, Hoangmai H. Pham, Lydia E. Regopoulos, Aaron Katz, Kyle Kinner	Winter 2003	Community Report No. 3
Seeking Health Care Information: Most Consumers Still on the SidelinesHa T. Tu, J. Lee Hargraves	March 2003	Issue Brief No. 61
Increasing Stress on the U.S. Health Care System: Structural Crisis or Temporary?Len M. Nichols	March 10, 2003	Congressional Testimony
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
Managing Costs, Managing Benefits: Employer Decisions in Local Health Care MarketsJon B. Christianson, Sally Trude	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research