Do ACOs Raise Anti-Trust Concerns?
October 9, 2012 | Issue Brief
ACOs are promising vehicles for delivering health care more efficiently, but some insurers and regulators worry they could reduce competition and drive up prices.
Quality of Care
Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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Improving Quality and Safety
April 15, 2011 | Issue Brief
The high cost of health care in the U.S. does not result in sufficient quality of care in many cases, but major efforts have been undertaken to better define and measure health care quality.
Comparative Effectiveness Research
October 8, 2010 | Issue Brief
A broad effort is under way to understand what really works in health care, perhaps leading to better value for dollars spent.
Choosing a Health Care Provider
May 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
The Role of Quality Information
Pay-for-Quality Concept Rewards Physicians, Hospitals for Providing Quality Health Care
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
Four organizations planned projects to demonstrate the use of financial incentives to reward providers for delivering high-quality health care.
What Happens to Quality When Physicians are in Charge?
June 1, 2001 | Program Result
Between 1997 and 1998, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, carried out a study exploring whether physician participation in shaping corporate policy in for-profit managed care companies has a positive impact on patient care.
Rural Health Providers Form Networks To Share Resources
August 1, 2004 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2003, project staff from AcademyHealth, Washington, a nonprofit policy institute, and consultants provided technical assistance to 46 rural health networks that were seeking to establish themselves or to embark on specific projects to expand access to services, improve quality of care or strengthen the viability of rural providers.
Is More Medical Care Better Medical Care?
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
Between 1997 and 2001 Investigators at the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical Center, Hanover, N.H, conducted two research projects that examined how the increasing availability of health care technology and specialist physicians influence the delivery of health care and health outcomes.
Researchers Find that Physicians Provide the Same Level of Care Even After Their Compensation Method Changes
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
In this 1998-2001 project, Terry S. Field, DSc, and researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., evaluated how a change in physicians' compensation method in the Fallon Healthcare System correlated with the provision of care for hypertension, diabetes mellitus and congestive heart failure.
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.