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
Growing Physician Access Problems Complicate Medicare Payment DebateSally Trude, Paul B. Ginsburg	September 2002	Issue Brief No. 55
Cutting Back But Not Cutting OutAshley C. Short, Cara S. Lesser	October 2002	Issue Brief No. 56
The Role of Health Insurance BrokersLeslie Jackson Conwell	October 2002	Issue Brief No. 57
Specialty Hospitals: Focused Factories or Cream Skimmers?Kelly Devers, Linda R. Brewster, Paul B. Ginsburg	April 2003	Issue Brief No. 62
Health Care Cost and Access Problems IntensifyCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	May 2003	Issue Brief No. 63
The Health Care Safety Net: Money Matters but Savvy Leadership CountsLaurie E. Felland, Kyle Kinner, John F. Hoadley	August 2003	Issue Brief No. 66
Wall Street Comes to Washington	August 2003	Issue Brief No. 67
Medical Malpractice Liability Crisis Meets Markets: Stress in Unexpected PlacesRobert A. Berenson, Sylvia Kuo, Jessica H. May	September 2003	Issue Brief No. 68
Disease Management: A Leap of Faith to Lower-Cost,Higher-Quality Health CareAshley C. Short, Glen P. Mays, Jessica Mittler	October 2003	Issue Brief No. 69
Tiered-Provider Networks: Patients Face Cost-Choice Trade-OffsGlen P. Mays, Gary Claxton, Bradley C. Strunk	November 2003	Issue Brief No. 71
Getting Along or Going Along? Health Plan-Provider Contract Showdowns SubsideJustin White, Robert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk	January 2004	Issue Brief No. 74
Patient Cost-Sharing Innovations: Promises and PitfallsSally Trude, Joy M. Grossman	January 2004	Issue Brief No. 75
For-Profit Conversions and Merger Trends Among Blue Cross Blue Shield Health PlansJoy M. Grossman, Bradley C. Strunk	January 2004	Issue Brief No. 76
Leapfrog Patient-Safety Standards are a Stretch for Most HospitalsKelly Devers, Gigi Y. Liu	February 2004	Issue Brief No. 77
Emergency Department Diversions: Hospital and Community Strategies Alleviate the CrisisLinda R. Brewster, Laurie E. Felland	March 2004	Issue Brief No. 78
Managed Care Redux: Health Plans Shift Responsibilities to ConsumersDebra A. Draper, Gary Claxton	March 2004	Issue Brief No. 79
Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs to Workers: No Long-term Solution in SightLydia E. Regopoulos, Sally Trude	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 83
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Employer Views on Consumer-Driven Health CareSally Trude, Leslie Jackson Conwell	July 2004	Issue Brief No. 86
Wall Street Comes to Washington	August 2004	Issue Brief No. 87
Physician Incomes in Rural and Urban AmericaJames D. Reschovsky, Andrea Staiti	January 2005	Issue Brief No. 92