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March 12, 2006 | Program Result Report
Georgetown University Medical Center's Institute for Health Care Research and Policy created a Web site to provide state-specific guides for consumers on getting and keeping health insurance.
August 1, 2004 | Journal Article
There is wide agreement that patients who are informed, active participants in their own care have better outcomes, and their health care is apt to cost less. This article describes the development of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM), the first ...
January 1, 2002 | Book
An examination of the Foundation's consumer choice programs and preliminary lessons learned from each.
September 26, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Public Policy & Education Fund of New York prepared and distributed two editions - a first version and an update - of The Managed Care Consumers' Bill of Rights: A Health Policy Guide for Consumer Advocates.
January 27, 2009 | Journal Article
This paper analyzes the evolution of consumer-driven health care in terms of its original vision, its subsequent implementation, and the transformations it has endured as it moves into its second decade.
October 1, 2007 | Issue Brief
Recommended Reading The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States There is an emerging consensus in the health policy community that informed and engaged consumers have a vital role to play in improving the quality of care that ...
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice report Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition (2004) recommends a number of market-based reforms to improve the quality of care and reduce the trend in health benefit spending. The authors ...
August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Center of Excellence in Rural and Minority Health, a project of Voorhees College, taught seniors from three rural and impoverished counties how to use computers and access health information databases.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Researchers from the United Hospital Fund of New York and its Chronic Care Quality Consortium developed and tested new tools to manage clinical information about older adults and disabled people in New York City.
June 10, 2013 | Program Result Report
The Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project promotes performance measurement as a tool to increase the transparency and accountability of the health care system, and advocates for more input from health care consumers and purchasers.