Health Affairs Web Exclusives http://content.healthaffairs.org Health Affairs RSS feed -- recent Web Exclusives articles 1544-5208 Health Affairs 0278-2715 Health Affairs http://content.healthaffairs.org/icons/banner/title.gif http://content.healthaffairs.org <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Beyond The Efficiency Index: Finding A Better Way To Reduce Overuse And Increase Efficiency In Physician Care]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/w250?rss=1 Current strategies for addressing health care costs stress physician performance measurement and commonly use an...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.w250 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 w259 2008-07-01 w250 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Pharmaceutical Reform In South Korea And The Lessons It Provides]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/w260?rss=1 Through implementation of its 2000 pharmaceutical reform, the South Korean government expected to reduce the...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.w260 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 w269 2008-07-01 w260 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] On The Road To Universal Coverage: Impacts Of Reform In Massachusetts At One Year]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/w270?rss=1 In April 2006, Massachusetts passed legislation intended to move the state to near-universal coverage within...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.w270 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 w284 2008-07-01 w270 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Massachusetts Health Reform Implementation: Major Progress And Future Challenges]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/w285?rss=1 Since its passage in April 2006, the Massachusetts health reform law (Chapter 58) has expanded...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.w285 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 w297 2008-07-01 w285 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] How Many Are Underinsured? Trends Among U.S. Adults, 2003 And 2007]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/w298?rss=1 With health insurance moving toward greater patient cost sharing, this study finds a sharp increase...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.w298 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 w309 2008-07-01 w298 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Nanomedicine--The Power Of Proteins: A Conversation With Lance Liotta And Emanual Petricoin]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/w310?rss=1 Molecularly targeted cancer drugs have begun to usher in the promise of personalized medicine, where...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.w310 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 w314 2008-07-01 w310 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Is Special FDA Regulation Of Nanomedicine Needed? A Conversation With Norris E. Alderson]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/w315?rss=1 Cutting-edge research in nanomedicine dominates studies in drug delivery, medical imaging, and the development of...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.w315 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 w317 2008-07-01 w315 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Public And Private Health Insurance: Stacking Up The Costs]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/w318?rss=1 Some proposals to expand health insurance coverage for people with low incomes are based on...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.w318 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 w327 2008-07-01 w318 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Where Do I Send Thee? Does Physician-Ownership Affect Referral Patterns To Ambulatory Surgery Centers?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/w165?rss=1 For more than three decades, Congress has struggled with potential financial conflicts of interest when...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.w165 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 w174 2008-05-01 w165 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Transitioning To Medicare Before Age Sixty-Five]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/w175?rss=1 Disabled workers who start receiving Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) must wait twenty-four months...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.w175 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 w184 2008-05-01 w175 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Use Of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs For Schizophrenia In Maine Medicaid Following A Policy Change]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/w185?rss=1 More than one-third of Medicaid programs and Medicare Part D plans use prior authorization (PA)...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.w185 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 w195 2008-05-01 w185 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] A Living Model Of Managed Competition: A Conversation With Dutch Health Minister Ab Klink]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/w196?rss=1 As of 2006, the Netherlands requires all citizens to buy a standard package of health...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.w196 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 w203 2008-05-01 w196 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Shepherding Major Health System Reforms: A Conversation With German Health Minister Ulla Schmidt]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/w204?rss=1 Americans looking for role models among foreign health systems may find Germany’s, along with the...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.w204 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 w213 2008-05-01 w204 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Comparing The Assets Of Uninsured Households To Cost Sharing Under High-Deductible Health Plans]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/w214?rss=1 Financial assets are relevant when one is assessing whether high-deductible plans, which require greater up-front...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.w214 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 w221 2008-05-01 w214 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Do Primary Care Physicians Treating Minority Patients Report Problems Delivering High-Quality Care?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/w222?rss=1 Racial and ethnic disparities in primary health care likely reflect the aggregate socioeconomic composition of...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.w222 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 w231 2008-05-01 w222 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Will Generalist Physician Supply Meet Demands Of An Increasing And Aging Population?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/w232?rss=1 We predict that population growth and aging will increase family physicians’ and general internists’ workloads...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.w232 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 w241 2008-05-01 w232 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] How Risky Is Individual Health Insurance?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/w242?rss=1 This paper describes the relationship between type of insurance coverage in one period and the...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.w242 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 w249 2008-05-01 w242 Web Exclusives