PubHub - Health Reports

Virtually Every State Experienced Deteriorating Access to Care for Adults Over the Past Decade

2012-05-18

Publisher: Urban Institute
Author(s): Kenney, Genevieve M.; Dana Goin; Stacey McMorrow; Stephen Zuckerman
Published: May 2012
Presents state-by-state data on 2000-10 changes in the likelihood of non-elderly adults and a subgroup of uninsured adults having unmet medical needs due to cost, receiving a routine checkup, and having a dental visit.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Health; Health, Health Insurance/Coverage; Health, Healthcare Access/Reform

Explaining High Health Care Spending in the United States: An International Comparison of Supply, Utilization, Prices, and Quality

2012-05-15

Publisher: Commonwealth Fund
Author(s): Squires, David A.
Published: May 2012
Compares healthcare spending, supply, utilization, prices, and quality in thirteen industrialized nations and examines the factors behind high U.S. spending, including higher prices and obesity rates, and low spending in Japan, including price regulation.
Funder(s): Commonwealth Fund
Subject(s): Health; Health, Healthcare Access/Reform

Health Affairs/RWJF Health Policy Brief: Essential Health Benefits

2012-05-15

Publisher: Health Affairs
Published: April 2012
Summarizes states' options in choosing benchmarks for essential health benefits covered in the ten categories required of individual and small group insurance plans under federal healthcare reform, such as hospitalization and maternity and neonatal care.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Health; Health, Health Insurance/Coverage; Public Affairs

Potential Savings Through Prevention of Avoidable Chronic Illness Among CalPERS State Active Members

2012-05-12

Publisher: Urban Institute
Author(s): Waidmann, Timothy A.; Barbara A. Ormond; Brenda C. Spillman
Published: April 2012
Analyzes chronic disease-related health expenditures among state employees that can be targeted by lifestyle interventions. Estimates potential savings from reductions in chronic conditions.
Funder(s): California Endowment, Trust for America's Health
Subject(s): Health; Health, Health Insurance/Coverage; Health, Public Health

Limited Options to Manage Specialty Drug Spending

2012-05-12

Publisher: Center for Studying Health System Change
Author(s): Tu, Ha T.; Divya R. Samuel
Published: April 2012
Outlines rising trends in costs of and spending on specialty drugs; health plans' efforts to curb specialty drug spending, including patient cost sharing and utilization management; and efforts to integrate medical and pharmaceutical coverage.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Health; Health, Health Insurance/Coverage

Women's Well-Being: Ranking America's Top 25 Metro Areas

2012-05-11

Publisher: Social Science Research Council
Author(s): Lewis, Kristen; Sarah Burd-Sharps
Published: April 2012
Analyzes American Human Development Index data on women's life expectancy, school enrollment and degree attainment, and median earnings by metropolitan area. Examines contributing factors and disparities by race/ethnicity, location, and marital status.
Funder(s): Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Subject(s): Women; Health; Social Science

The Performance Improvement Imperative: Utilizing a Coordinated, Community-Based Approach to Enhance Care and Lower Costs for Chronically Ill Patients

2012-05-10

Publisher: Commonwealth Fund
Published: April 2012
Proposes principles for federal leadership and a community-level strategy for improving healthcare performance for high-cost patients as a way to curb health spending. Lists programmatic priorities and design considerations for intervention initiatives.
Funder(s): Commonwealth Fund
Subject(s): Health; Health, Healthcare Access/Reform; Public Affairs

Health Information Technology in the United States: Driving Toward Delivery System Change, 2012

2012-05-10

Publisher: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Published: April 2012
Examines progress on electronic health record adoption, health information exchange under the HITECH Act, and models for meaningful delivery system reform through health information technology. Includes interview with former national HIT coordinator.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Health; Science/Technology; Science/Technology, Internet

ACA Implementation Monitoring and Tracking: Declining Health Insurance in Low-Income Working Families and Small Businesses

2012-05-09

Publisher: Urban Institute
Author(s): Holahan, John; Vicki Chen
Published: April 2012
Examines falling employer-sponsored insurance rates among low-wage employees of large firms and high-wage employees of small firms and how provisions of federal healthcare reform address coverage for these groups.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Health; Health, Health Insurance/Coverage; Public Affairs

Insurer Rebates Under the Medical Loss Ratio: 2012 Estimates

2012-05-08

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Published: April 2012
Estimates 2012 rebates to be paid to policy holders by insurers failing to meet federal healthcare reform's requirement that they spend a minimum ratio of 80 to 85 percent of premiums on medical care expenses. Examines data by state and market segment.
Funder(s): Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Subject(s): Health; Health, Health Insurance/Coverage; Public Affairs