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RWJF's Synthesis Project Provides Policy-Makers With User-Friendly Research and Policy Briefs on Perennial Health Policy Issues
Published: Nov 02, 2009
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The Synthesis Project is an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to produce user-friendly briefs that synthesize research findings on perennial health policy issues. These products give policy-makers insights to inform complex policy decisions. Through September 2009, the project has produced 19 reports that are available online.
Key Results
The 19 reports are:
- Cost Savings and Cost-Effectiveness of Clinical Preventive Care (September 2009)
- Emergency Department Utilization and Capacity (July 2009)
- Tax Subsidies for Private Health Insurance: Who Benefits and at What Cost?—Update (originally published in 2008; updated July 2009)
- High and Rising Health Care Costs: Demystifying U.S. Health Care Spending (October 2008)
- Physician Self-Referral and Physician-Owned Specialty Facilities (June 2008)
- Choosing a Health Care Provider: The Role of Quality Information (May 2008)
- Paying for Quality: Understanding and Assessing Physician Pay-for-Performance Initiatives (December 2007)
- Revisiting Crowd-Out (September 2007)
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to and Quality of Health Care (September 2007)
- The Built Environment and Physical Activity: What is the Relationship? (April 2007)
- Medical Malpractice: Impact of the Crisis and Effect of State Tort Reforms (May 2006)
- How Has Hospital Consolidation Affected the Price and Quality of Hospital Care? (February 2006)
- Understanding Medical Malpractice Insurance: A Primer (January 2006)
- How Will Employers Respond to Coverage Reforms: Issues for Policy-Makers and Modelers (December 2005)
- Geographic Variation in Medicare Per Capita Spending: Should Policy-Makers Be Concerned? (July 2004)
- Expanding the Individual Health Insurance Market: Lessons from the State Reforms of the 1990s (June 2004)
- Public Program Crowd-Out of Private Coverage: What Are the Issues? (June 2004)
- Are Health Insurance Premiums Higher for Small Firms? (September 2002)
- From Coverage to Care: Exploring Links Between Health Insurance, a Usual Source of Care, and Access (September 2002)
Funding
RWJF has issued eight grants totaling $3,019,699 to support the project.
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Listed below are 2 of the grants that supported this project, totaling $137,086.
| Grant | Awarded to | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Studying the tax treatment of employer-sponsored health insurance |
Urban Institute (Washington, DC) ID#: 041548 Leonard E. Burman 202-261-5248 lburman@ui.urban.org http://www.urban.org |
Actual award: $99,027 February 2001 to August 2002 |
| Synthesis of research on the small group health insurance market |
AcademyHealth (Washington, DC) ID#: 042453 Jason Lee 202-292-6700 jason.lee@academyhealth.org http://www.academyhealth.org |
Actual award: $38,059 July 2001 to May 2002 |
RWJF may have supported this project with other grants that are not listed.
Grant Results Reports
RWJF produces Grant Results reports on its funded initiatives. External writers and editors read the entire grant to prepare each report, which is then reviewed by RWJF staff and by the director of the initiative. Any reviewer in the chain may ask for changes in the report to improve clarity or accuracy.
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