Journal Articles

bstracts of peer-reviewed journal articles authored by HSC staff members and outside researchers are provided on the web site. To obtain a full copy of the article, please contact the corresponding journal. An e-mail link to the related journal is at the bottom of each abstract for your convenience.

Title	Date	Document Info
Understanding Differences Between High- and Low-Price Hospitals: Implications for Efforts to Rein In Costs	Jan. 29, 2014	Health Affairs
When Medicare Cuts Hospital Prices, Seniors Use Less Inpatient Care	October 2013	Health Affairs
How Do Hospitals Cope with Sustained Slow Growth in Medicare Prices?	Oct. 1, 2013	Health Services Research
Using Science to Shape Medicare Physician Payment	Aug. 12, 2013	JAMA Internal Medicine
High Physician Concern About Malpractice Risk Predicts More Aggressive Diagnostic Testing In Office-Based Practice	August 2013	Health Affairs
Geographic Variations in the Cost of Treating Condition-Specific Episodes of Care among Medicare Patients	July 5, 2013	Health Services Research
Geographic Variation in Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries’ Medical Costs Is Largely Explained by Disease Burden	May 28, 2013	Medical Care Research and Review
Geographic Variation in Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries’ Medical Costs is Largely Explained by Disease Burden	May 28, 2013	Supplementary Appendix
Contrary to Cost-Shift Theory, Lower Medicare Hospital Payment Rates for Inpatient Care Lead to Lower Private Payment Rates	May 2013	Health Affairs
Achieving Health Care Cost Containment Through Provider Payment Reform that Engages Patients and Providers	May 2013	Health Affairs
After-Hours Access to Primary Care Practices Linked with Lower Emergency Department Use and Less Unmet Medical Need	Dec. 12, 2012	Health Affairs
Care Coordination Agreements: Barriers, Facilitators and Lessons Learned	November 2012	American Journal of Managed Care
Do Early Career Indicators of Clinical Skill Predict Subsequent Career Outcomes and Practice Characteristics for General Internists?	Nov. 7, 2012	Health Services Research
Despite the Recession's Effects on Incomes and Jobs, the Share of People with High Medical Costs was Mostly Unchanged	Oct. 24, 2012	Health Affairs
Fee-for-Service Will Remain a Feature of Major Payment Reforms, Requiring More Changes in Medicare Physician Payment	September 2012	Health Affairs
Safety-Net Providers in Some U.S. Communities Have Increasingly Embraced Coordinated Care Models	August 2012	Health Affairs
After-Hours Care and its Coordination with Primary Care in the U.S.	June 4, 2012	Journal of General Internal Medicine
The Growing Power of Some Providers to Win Steep Payment Increases from Insurers Suggests Policy Remedies May be Needed	May 2012	Health Affairs
Durable Medical Equipment and Home Health Among the Largest Contributors to Area Variations in Use of Medicare Services	May 2012	Health Affairs
Hospitals' Geographic Expansion in Quest of Well-Insured Patients: Will the Outcome be Better Care, More Cost, or Both?	April 2012	Health Affairs
Medicare Spending, Mortality Rates and Quality of Care	March 8, 2012	International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics
Slower Growth in Medicare Spending—Is This the New Normal?	March 7, 2012	New England Journal of Medicine
A Comparison of Two Approaches to Increasing Access to Care: Expanding Coverage Versus Increasing Physician Fees	Feb. 3, 2012	Health Services Research
Transmitting and Processing Electronic Prescriptions: Experiences of Physician Practices and Pharmacies	Nov. 21, 2011	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Health Care's Role in Deficit Reduction—Guiding Principles	Oct. 27, 2011	New England Journal of Medicine
Raising Low 'Patient Activation' Rates Among Hispanic Immigrants May Equal Expanded Coverage in Reducing Access Disparities	October 2011	Health Affairs
Reforming Provider Payment—The Price Side of the Equation	Oct. 6, 2011	New England Journal of Medicine
The Relationship between Physician Compensation Strategies and the Intensity of Care Delivered to Medicare Beneficiaries	July 25, 2011	Health Services Research
Improving Health Care Access for Low-Income People: Lessons from Ascension Health's Community Collaboratives	July 2011	Health Affairs
Spending to Save—ACOs and the Medicare Shared Savings Program	May 25, 2011	New England Journal of Medicine
Tapping the Unmet Potential of Health Information Technology	March 24, 2011	New England Journal of Medicine
The Elusive Benefits of Chronic Care Management	March 14, 2011	Archives of Internal Medicine
Follow the Money: Factors Associated with the Cost of Treating High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries	Feb. 11, 2011	Health Services Research
Qualitative Methods: A Crucial Tool for Understanding Changes in Health Systems and Health Care Delivery	Jan. 21, 2011	Medical Care Research and Review
Referral and Consultation Communication Between Primary Care and Specialist Physicians: Finding Common Ground	Jan. 10, 2011	Archives of Internal Medicine
Rapidly Evolving Physician-Payment Policy -- More Than the SGR	Dec. 8, 2010	New England Journal of Medicine
Explaining the Increase in Family Financial Pressures from Medical Bills Between 2003 and 2007	Sept. 16, 2010	Medical Care Research and Review
Where Americans Get Acute Care: Increasingly, It's Not at Their Doctor's Office	September 2010	Health Affairs
Physicians' Fears of Malpractice Lawsuits are Not Assuaged by Tort Reforms	September 2010	Health Affairs
Creating a Parsimonious Typology of Physician Financial Incentives	July 10, 2010	Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology