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Durable medical equipment and home health among the largest contributors to area variations in use of Medicare servicesJames D Reschovsky
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, D C, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:956-64. 2012..They may therefore be appropriate targets for policy interventions directed at increasing efficiency...
Paying more for primary care: can it help bend the Medicare cost curve?James D Reschovsky
Center for Studying Health System Change, USA
Issue Brief (Commonw Fund) 5:1-14, 1-12. 2012..The net result would be a drop in Medicare costs of nearly 2 percent. These findings suggest that, under reasonable assumptions, promoting primary care can help bend the Medicare cost curve...
Do primary care physicians treating minority patients report problems delivering high-quality care?James D Reschovsky
Center for Studying Health System Change in Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:w222-31. 2008....
Why do Hispanics have so little employer-sponsored health insurance?James D Reschovsky
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC 20024, USA
Inquiry 44:257-79. 2007..Results suggest that language and job training may be the most effective way to bolster Hispanics' insurance coverage...
Why employer-sponsored insurance coverage changed, 1997-2003James D Reschovsky
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:774-82. 2006..Coverage among low-income people was most affected by economic conditions and premium costs...
Access and quality: does rural America lag behind?James D Reschovsky
Center for Studying Health System Change in Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:1128-39. 2005..However, rural residents have greater difficulty obtaining mental health services and generally face greater financial barriers to care...
The effect of tax credits for nongroup insurance on health spending by the uninsuredJames D Reschovsky
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2004....
Physicians' assessments of their ability to provide high-quality care in a changing health care systemJ Reschovsky
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC 20024, USA
Med Care 39:254-69. 2001..With the growth of managed care, there are increasing concerns but inconclusive evidence regarding deterioration in the quality of medical care...
Assessments of medical care by enrollees in for-profit and nonprofit health maintenance organizationsHa T Tu
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC 20024, USA
N Engl J Med 346:1288-93. 2002..It is uncertain how assessments of medical care differ between enrollees in for-profit and nonprofit health maintenance organizations (HMOs)...
Referral and consultation communication between primary care and specialist physicians: finding common groundAnn S O'Malley
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC 20024 2512, USA
Arch Intern Med 171:56-65. 2011..We examined PCPs' and specialists' perceptions of communication regarding referrals and consultations. We then identified practice characteristics associated with reported communication...
Physicians' fears of malpractice lawsuits are not assuaged by tort reformsEmily R Carrier
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1585-92. 2010..These results suggest that many policies aimed at controlling malpractice costs may have a limited effect on physicians' malpractice concerns...
Rapidity and modality of imaging for acute low back pain in elderly patientsHoangmai H Pham
Center for Studying Health System Change, 600 Maryland Ave SW, Ste 550, Washington, DC 20024, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:972-81. 2009..Most quality metrics focus on underuse of services, leaving unclear what factors are associated with potential overuse...
Are HMO enrollees healthier than others? Results from the community tracking studyElizabeth Schaefer
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:249-58. 2002..To help understand that result, we present evidence suggesting that other factors, including cost considerations, may be more important than health when people are deciding whether to enroll in an HMO...
Consumer beliefs and health plan performance: it's not whether you are in an HMO but whether you think you areJames D Reschovsky
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 27:353-77. 2002..Results suggest that researchers and policy makers should be cautious about using consumer surveys to assess the relative quality of care provided under different types of health insurance...
Predictors of the growing influence of clinical practice guidelinesAnn S O'Malley
Center for Studying Health System Change, 600 Maryland Avenue, Southwest Suite 550, Washington, DC, 20024 2512, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:742-8. 2007..Despite the proliferation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), physicians have been slow to adopt them...
Medicare fees and physicians' medicare service volume: beneficiaries treated and services per beneficiaryJack Hadley
The Urban Institute, and Senior Fellow, Center for Studying Health System Change, 600 Maryland Ave, SW Suite 500, Washington DC 20024, USA
Int J Health Care Finance Econ 6:131-50. 2006..Finally, several market factors appear to influence the quantity of Medicare services physicians provide. Results highlight limitations of the present system for compensating physicians in Medicare's fee-for-service program...
Health and the cost of nongroup insuranceJack Hadley
Urban Institute, Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington DC 20024 2512, USA
Inquiry 40:235-53. 2003..We use the selection-corrected premiums to simulate the effects on the price and affordability of nongroup insurance for the uninsured under two recent tax credit proposals...
Effects of compensation methods and physician group structure on physicians' perceived incentives to alter services to patientsJames D Reschovsky
Center for Studying Health System Change, 600 Maryland Ave, SW Suite 550, Washington, DC 20024, USA
Health Serv Res 41:1200-20. 2006..In the latter case, this adversely affects perceived quality of care and satisfaction, although incentives to increase services may also have adverse implications for quality, cost, and insurance coverage...
Small firms' demand for health insurance: the decision to offer insuranceJack Hadley
Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington DC 20024-2512, USA
Inquiry 39:118-37. 2002..This suggests that premium subsidies to employers would be an inefficient means of increasing insurance coverage. Greater availability of public insurance and safety net care has a small negative effect on offer decisions...
Insurance premiums and insurance coverage of near-poor childrenJack Hadley
Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Inquiry 43:362-77. 2006..Sustained increases in private insurance premiums will continue to create enrollment pressures on state insurance programs for children...
Insurance product design and its effects: trade-offs along the managed care continuumPeter Kemper
Department of Health Policy and Administration, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802 6500, USA
Inquiry 39:101-17. 2002....
Leaving medicine: the consequences of physician dissatisfactionBruce E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Med Care 44:234-42. 2006..6). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that dissatisfied physicians were 2 to 3 times more likely to leave medicine than satisfied physicians. These findings have implications for physician manpower projections and quality of care...
Physicians' views of formularies: implications for Medicare drug benefit designBruce E Landon
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:218-26. 2004....
