Susan Dentzer: Toward a Healthy America
May 9, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
These reports provide an important starting point for the next round of serious health care reforms.
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Cultural Competency Training and Performance Reports to Improve Diabetes Care for Black Patients
January 5, 2010 | Journal Article
Increasing clinician awareness of racial disparities and improving communication may enhance diabetes care among Black patients. This study evaluated the effect of cultural competency training and performance feedback for primary care clinicians on diabetes care for Black patients.
Bending the Curve: Person-Centered Health Care Reform
April 29, 2013 | Report
Experts recommend solutions for closing the gaps in quality and efficiency of health care.
A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-Wide Cost Containment
April 18, 2013 | Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends ways to contain health care spending while improving the quality and affordability of care.
Type of Facility Providing Rehabilitation Care Affects Outcomes
November 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1991 to 1996, researchers at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center compared outcomes among elderly patients in two types of health care settings.
New England Medical Center Analysis Shows No Difference in Health Outcomes Between Fee-for-Service Medicare and Medicare HMOs
April 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
In 2003 investigators at New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, collected four-year follow-up data from a cohort of Medicare beneficiaries under study since 1998 to examine differences in health outcomes related to physical and mental health and death for beneficiaries enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare versus those enrolled in Medicare HMOs.
Elder Health Program in Baltimore Achieves Better Outcomes for Low-Income Elderly Through a Capitated System
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health studied Elder Health, a for-profit managed-care provider in Baltimore, Md., that serves individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (i.e., dually eligible).
Assessing the Quality of Managed Care for Diabetic Patients
April 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The UCLA School of Medicine conducted a study to compare the care received by Medicare patients with diabetes in fee-for-service to that received by patients in managed care health plans.
Disease Management Program Reduces Hospital Days for Chronic Renal Disease Patients
May 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Brandeis University Institute for Health Policy supported a study of the renal disease management program operated by Southern California Kaiser Permanente, a regional, nonprofit HMO.