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August 30, 2011 | News Release
TV's Dr. Oz to work with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and U.S. health agencies to create awareness about what consumers can do to improve their health care.
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 ...
November 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs prepared and disseminated a publication exploring opportunities for patient representation in managed care organizations (MCOs).
April 6, 2009 | Story
60 percent of people say they would choose a hospital based on familiarity, compared to 35 percent who would seek out a higher-rated facility.
October 25, 2007 | Story
Findings Outlined in a New Series of Briefing Papers Sponsored by RWJF and AcademyHealth.
June 10, 2010 | Evaluation
The Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Evaluation Team, led by Dennis P. Scanlon, Ph.D., presents periodic highlights on key findings and policy lessons gleaned from its ongoing mixed-method evaluation of the AF4Q program.
June 30, 2009 | Presentation Material
This slideshow presents the resources that are available to patients, how patients use information on health care, and how the choices people make profoundly affect health outcomes and cost of care.
August 1, 2005 | Program Result
In 1997, Congress approved the Medicare+Choice program, which sought to contain costs and expand seniors' health plan choices by increasing access to managed care plans.
April 22, 2011 | Report/Evaluation
This survey was developed by the National Survey of Small and Medium-Sized Physician Practices (NSSMPP) research team to assess the extent to which physician practices have adopted key components of the Chronic Care Model (CCM).
August 8, 2012 | Program Result
RAND conducted the first large-scale, multi-employer study of the effect of consumer-directed health care plans on the cost and utilization of health care and estimated future national impact of increases in enrollment in such plans.