Health Care Markets

Ultimately, all health care is organized and delivered at ground level-in local communities-where HSC collects information about the changing health system. HSC research provides perspectives on the role of employers/consumers, health plans, hospitals and physicians in local health care markets.

Title	Date	Document Info
Strategies to Enhance Price and Quality Competition in Health Care: Lessons Learned from Tracking Local MarketsCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	June 2006	Journal Article Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Hospitals' Responses to Nurse Staffing ShortagesJessica H. May, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Anneliese M. Gerland	June 26, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Transition from Excess Capacity to Strained Capacity in U.S. HospitalsGloria J. Bazzoli, Linda R. Brewster, Jessica H. May, Sylvia Kuo	June 2006	Journal Article Milbank Quarterly
The Next Generation of Health Information Tools for Consumers	May 10, 2006	Congressional Testimony
Consumer-Directed Health Insurance Products: Local-Market PerspectivesLydia E. Regopoulos, Jon B. Christianson, Gary Claxton, Sally Trude	May/June 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Construction Activity in U.S. HospitalsGloria J. Bazzoli, Anneliese M. Gerland, Jessica H. May	May/June 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Effects of Compensation Methods and Physician Group Structure on Physicians' Perceived Incentives to Alter Services to PatientsJames D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley, Bruce Landon	April 2006	Journal Article Health Services Research
Community Approaches to Providing Care for the UninsuredErin Fries Taylor, Peter J. Cunningham, Kelly L. McKenzie	April 11, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Effect of Population Aging on Future Hospital DemandBradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, Michelle I. Banker	March 28, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Leaving Medicine: The Consequences of Physician DissatisfactionBruce Landon, James D. Reschovsky, Hoangmai H. Pham, David Blumenthal	March 2006	Journal Article Medical Care
Hospital Payment Systems: Will Payers Like the Future Better than the Past?Len M. Nichols, Ann S. O'Malley	January/February 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
A Widening Rift in Access and Quality: Growing Evidence of Economic DisparitiesRobert E. Hurley, Hoangmai H. Pham, Gary Claxton	Dec. 6, 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Competition in Health Care: Its Evolution Over the Past DecadePaul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Geography and Destiny: Local-Market Perspectives on Developing Medicare Advantage Regional PlansRobert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, Joy M. Grossman	July/August 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Health Care Market Trends and the Evolution of Hospitalist Use and RolesHoangmai H. Pham, Kelly Devers, Sylvia Kuo, Robert A. Berenson	February 2005	Journal Article Journal of General Internal Medicine
The Paradoxical Politics of Provider ReempowermentLawrence D. Brown, Elizabeth Eagan	December 2004	Journal Article Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Community Responses to National Healthcare FirmsDouglas R. Wholey, Jon B. Christianson, Debra A. Draper, Cara S. Lesser, Lawton R. Burns	December 2004	Journal Article Journal of Health and Social Behavior
As the Health Insurance Underwriting Cycle Turns: What Next?Joy M. Grossman, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Managed Care Rebound? Recent Changes in Health Plans' Cost Containment StrategiesGlen P. Mays, Gary Claxton, Justin White	Aug. 11, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Hearing on Pricing Practices of Hospitals	June 22, 2004	Congressional Testimony