January 1, 2001
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Program Result Report
From 1995 to 1998, People-to-People Health Foundation, Millwood, Va., examined the management tools and strategies that managed care organizations use to influence technologies used by primary care physicians — including how to prescribe drugs and make referrals to specialists.
February 28, 2001
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Program Result Report
Investigators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School examined changes in the availability of physicians in U.S. urban areas from 1980 to 1997.
March 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
The Center for Research in Ambulatory Health Care Administration developed, tested and demonstrated a national physician profiling system for ambulatory health care.
June 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention developed strategies for dissemination of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's Clinical Practice Guideline on Smoking Cessation to health care providers.
August 1, 2000
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Program Result Report
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine explored the barriers and incentives to appropriate diffusion of genetic services into mainstream medicine and providers' willingness to participate in clinical studies.
January 1, 1999
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Program Result Report
This grant contributed to the 1995-98 fund drive of the Occupational Physicians Scholarship Fund. The fund was established in 1986 when the late James E. Olson, former chairman and chief executive officer of AT& T, launched its initial funding campaign.
January 1, 1999
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Program Result Report
The People-to-People Health Foundation conducted a national survey of rural physicians in 1993 and 1994 to examine their practice style and supply in medically underserved areas.
October 1, 1998
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Program Result Report
The Foundation for Medical Excellence, Lake Oswego, Ore., examined, through a national survey of physicians, the impact on clinical practice that physicians attribute to witnessing a medical oath or covenant.
April 1, 1997
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Program Result Report
The University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine examined how the structure and intensity of utilization management in physician groups with capitated contracts affect primary care physician and patient satisfaction.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result Report
The Boston University School of Management identified the issues that need to be examined in order to determine what organizational characteristics and policies are necessary for the provision of cost-efficient care by physicians.