Issue Briefs

ssue Briefs are designed to provide readers with relatively short, analytical research results that are policy relevant. Issue Briefs include the broader context for the research and lay out the range of related policy implications. The publications offer original HSC research results, summarize and make more accessible HSC research results that appear in peer-reviewed journals or report HSC conference proceedings. Most of the Issue Briefs are based on data from the CTS household, physician and employer surveys, CTS Site Visits or the Health Tracking Household and Physician Surveys.

Title	Date	Document Info
Paying for Quality: Health Plans Try Carrots Instead of Sticks	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 82
Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs to Workers: No Long-term Solution in Sight	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 83
Health Care Access For Low-Income People: Significant Safety Net Gaps Remain	June 2004	Issue Brief No. 84
Tough Trade-offs: Medical Bills, Family Finances and Access to Care	June 2004	Issue Brief No. 85
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Employer Views on Consumer-Driven Health Care	July 2004	Issue Brief No. 86
Wall Street Comes to Washington	August 2004	Issue Brief No. 87
Rising Health Costs, Medical Debt and Chronic Conditions	September 2004	Issue Brief No. 88
Limited Information Technology for Patient Care in Physician Offices	September 2004	Issue Brief No. 89
Most Uninsured People Unaware of Health Care Safety Net Providers	November 2004	Issue Brief No. 90
Tracking Health Care Costs: Spending Growth Slowdown Stalls in First Half of 2004	December 2004	Issue Brief No. 91
Physician Incomes in Rural and Urban America	January 2005	Issue Brief No. 92
An Update on Medicare Beneficiary Access to Physician Services	February 2005	Issue Brief No. 93
More Americans Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower Medical Costs	March 2005	Issue Brief No. 94
An Update on Americans' Access to Prescription Drugs	May 2005	Issue Brief No. 95
Medicare Seniors Much Less Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower Costs	June 2005	Issue Brief No. 96
Initial Findings from HSC's 2005 Site Visits: Stage Set for Growing Health Care Cost and Access Problems	August 2005	Issue Brief No. 97
Public Coverage Provides Vital Safety Net for Children with Special Health Care Needs	September 2005	Issue Brief No. 98
Balancing Margin and Mission: Hospitals Alter Billing and Collection Practices for Uninsured Patients	October 2005	Issue Brief No. 99