Health Affairs recent issues http://content.healthaffairs.org Health Affairs RSS feed -- recent issues 1544-5208 Health Affairs 0278-2715 Health Affairs http://content.healthaffairs.org/icons/banner/title.gif http://content.healthaffairs.org <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] 'MetLife V. Glenn': The Court Addresses A Conflict Over Conflicts In ERISA Benefit Administration]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w430v1?rss=1

In its June 2008 decision in MetLife v. Glenn, the Supreme Court held that...]]> 2008-09-03 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w430 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-09-03 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Access To Care Among Displaced Mississippi Residents In FEMA Travel Trailer Parks Two Years After Katrina]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w416v1?rss=1

The health care needs of Gulf Coast residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005...]]> 2008-08-29 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w416 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-08-29 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Covering The Uninsured In 2008: Current Costs, Sources Of Payment, And Incremental Costs]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w399v1?rss=1

People uninsured for any part of 2008 spend about $30 billion out of pocket...]]> 2008-08-25 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w399 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-08-25 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Health Information Technology: A Few Years Of Magical Thinking?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w383v1?rss=1

One of the biggest obstacles to expanding the use of information technology (IT) in...]]> 2008-08-19 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w383 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-08-19 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Health Information Technology: Strategic Initiatives, Real Progress]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w391v1?rss=1

We fully agree with Carol Diamond and Clay Shirky that deployment of health information...]]> 2008-08-19 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w391 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-08-19 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] The Alternative Route: Hanging Out The Unmentionables For Better Decision Making In Health Information Technology]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w396v1?rss=1

Expert panels and policy analysts have often ignored potential contributions to health information technology...]]> 2008-08-19 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w396 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-08-19 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Caught In The Competitive Crossfire: Safety-Net Providers Balance Margin And Mission In A Profit-Driven Health Care Market]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w374v1?rss=1

This paper describes how intensifying competitive pressures in the health system are simultaneously driving...]]> 2008-08-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w374 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-08-12 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Use Of Larger Versus Smaller Drug-Safety Databases Before Regulatory Approval: The Trade-Offs]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w360v2?rss=1

Although efforts to revamp the drug-safety system have been directed at strengthening postmarketing surveillance,...]]> 2008-08-05 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w360 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-08-05 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Is Having More Preapproval Data The Best Way To Assure Drug Safety?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w371v1?rss=1

An intensified focus on drug safety often leads to demands for more data collection...]]> 2008-08-05 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w371 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-08-05 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] The Distribution Of Public Spending For Health Care In The United States, 2002]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w349v1?rss=1

U.S. health care spending is projected to approach $2.4 trillion in 2008; a large...]]> 2008-07-29 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w349 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-07-29 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Eroding Access Among Nonelderly U.S. Adults With Chronic Conditions: Ten Years Of Change]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w340v1?rss=1

Both the connection to health care and its affordability worsened for many nonelderly U.S....]]> 2008-07-22 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w340 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-07-22 Web Exclusives <![CDATA[[Web Exclusives] Using Quality Improvement Methods To Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness: PREPARE For Pandemic Influenza]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.5.w328v1?rss=1

Many public health departments seek to improve their capability to respond to large-scale events...]]> 2008-07-15 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w328 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 2008-07-15 Web Exclusives <![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[[From the Editor] Global Health: Challenges Without Borders]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/918?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.918 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 919 2008-07-01 918 From the Editor <![CDATA[[Reform Goes Global] China And India: Reform Goes Global]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/920?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.920 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 920 2008-07-01 920 Reform Goes Global <![CDATA[[Reform Goes Global] The Health Care Systems Of China And India: Performance And Future Challenges]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/921?rss=1 Both China and India have recently committed to injecting new public funds into health care....]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.921 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 932 2008-07-01 921 Reform Goes Global <![CDATA[[Perspective] The State Of Health Services In China And India: A Larger Context]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/933?rss=1 In this paper the problems of health services in China and India are related to...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.933 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 936 2008-07-01 933 Perspective <![CDATA[[Reform Goes Global] From A National, Centrally Planned Health System To A System Based On The Market: Lessons From China]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/937?rss=1 No other country has undergone health care reforms as dramatic as China’s. Starting in 1978,...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.937 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 948 2008-07-01 937 Reform Goes Global <![CDATA[[Perspective] When Incentives And Professionalism Collide]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/949?rss=1 As Jin Ma and colleagues observe, an unfettered market approach in China has reduced access...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.949 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 951 2008-07-01 949 Perspective <![CDATA[[Reform Goes Global] Regulating Health Care Markets In China And India]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/952?rss=1 Health care markets in China and India have expanded rapidly. The regulatory response has lagged...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.952 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 963 2008-07-01 952 Reform Goes Global <![CDATA[[Reform Goes Global] Specialty Care Systems: A Pioneering Vision For Global Health]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/964?rss=1 Successful health-sector reform in developing countries is built on sustainable service delivery models that meet...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.964 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 976 2008-07-01 964 Reform Goes Global <![CDATA[[Paying For Care] Paying For Care]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/977?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.977 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 977 2008-07-01 977 Paying For Care <![CDATA[[Paying For Care] Financing Health Improvements In India]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/978?rss=1 India faces major challenges in sustaining the health gains achieved in the better-performing states and...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.978 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 990 2008-07-01 978 Paying For Care <![CDATA[[Paying For Care] Decentralization And Public Delivery Of Health Care Services In India]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/991?rss=1 This paper examines delivery of public health care services in India, in the broader context...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.991 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1001 2008-07-01 991 Paying For Care <![CDATA[[Perspective] Improving Health Services In India: A Different Perspective]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1002?rss=1 Two papers in this volume focus on public finance and decentralization as central to resolving...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1002 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1004 2008-07-01 1002 Perspective <![CDATA[[Paying For Care] Health Insurance In China And India: Segmented Roles For Public And Private Financing]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1005?rss=1 Surveys suggest that over the past five to ten years, the amount of health insurance...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1005 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1015 2008-07-01 1005 Paying For Care <![CDATA[[Perspective] The Evolution Of Health Insurance In India And China]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1016?rss=1 Health insurance in rapidly developing countries such as India and China needs to be segmented....]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1016 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1019 2008-07-01 1016 Perspective <![CDATA[[Paying For Care] Social Health Insurance And Drug Spending Among Cancer Inpatients In China]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1020?rss=1 A social health insurance (SHI) program has been established in China to ensure that people...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1020 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1027 2008-07-01 1020 Paying For Care <![CDATA[[Biotech & Drugs] Biotechnology And Drugs]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1028?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1028 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1028 2008-07-01 1028 Biotech & Drugs <![CDATA[[Biotech & Drugs] The Indian And Chinese Health Biotechnology Industries: Potential Champions Of Global Health?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1029?rss=1 India and China have made major progress toward establishing research- and innovation-based health biotechnology sectors....]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1029 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1041 2008-07-01 1029 Biotech & Drugs <![CDATA[[Biotech & Drugs] Pharmaceutical Policy In China]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1042?rss=1 Contradictory goals plague China’s pharmaceutical policy. The government wants to develop the domestic pharmaceutical industry...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1042 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1050 2008-07-01 1042 Biotech & Drugs <![CDATA[[Disease & Demography] Disease And Demography]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1051?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1051 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1051 2008-07-01 1051 Disease & Demography <![CDATA[[Disease & Demography] The Health Of Aging Populations In China And India]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1052?rss=1 China and India are home to two of the world’s largest populations, and both populations...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1052 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1063 2008-07-01 1052 Disease & Demography <![CDATA[[Disease & Demography] Will China's Nutrition Transition Overwhelm Its Health Care System And Slow Economic Growth?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1064?rss=1 Rapid social and economic change is transforming China, with enormous implications for its population and...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1064 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1076 2008-07-01 1064 Disease & Demography <![CDATA[[Disease & Demography] Finding A Policy Solution To India's Diabetes Epidemic]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1077?rss=1 In India, thirty-five million people have diabetes—a number expected to more than double by 2025,...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1077 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1090 2008-07-01 1077 Disease & Demography <![CDATA[[Disease & Demography] Tackling HIV In India: Evidence-Based Priority Setting And Programming]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1091?rss=1 In the wake of a downward revision of the number of HIV-infected people, India is...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1091 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1102 2008-07-01 1091 Disease & Demography <![CDATA[[Interview] China's Latest Health Reforms: A Conversation With Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1103?rss=1 Chen Zhu, a hematologist and Ph.D. systems biologist, became Chinese health minister in 2007 after...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1103 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1110 2008-07-01 1103 Interview <![CDATA[[Health Tracking] The Impact Of Consumer-Directed Health Plans On Prescription Drug Use]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1111?rss=1 There has been much debate over the merits of consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs), yet there...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1111 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1119 2008-07-01 1111 Health Tracking <![CDATA[[Health Tracking] Do Consumer-Directed Health Plans Drive Change In Enrollees' Health Care Behavior?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1120?rss=1 Using panel data from two surveys of employees at one large employer from 2004 and...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1120 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1131 2008-07-01 1120 Health Tracking <![CDATA[[Health Tracking] Medicare Psychiatric Admissions, 1987-2004: Does The Past Offer Insights For The Future?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1132?rss=1 In 2005, Medicare implemented a new prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs)....]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1132 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1139 2008-07-01 1132 Health Tracking <![CDATA[[Health Tracking] Rapid Antiretroviral Therapy Scale-Up In Hubei Province, China]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1140?rss=1 In 2003, physicians in China were unprepared to care for people with AIDS. Project HOPE...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1140 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1147 2008-07-01 1140 Health Tracking <![CDATA[[Narrative Matters] Stories Beyond The Box]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1148?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1148 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1153 2008-07-01 1148 Narrative Matters <![CDATA[[Narrative Matters] Disorientation]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1154?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1154 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1159 2008-07-01 1154 Narrative Matters <![CDATA[[DataWatch] Do Managed Care Plans' Tiered Networks Lead To Inequities In Care For Minority Patients?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1160?rss=1 This study examined whether specialists designated as meeting efficiency thresholds in an insurance company’s performance...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1160 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1166 2008-07-01 1160 DataWatch <![CDATA[[DataWatch] The Impact Of Pay-For-Performance On Health Care Quality In Massachusetts, 2001-2003]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1167?rss=1 Pay-for-performance (P4P) has become one of the dominant approaches to improving quality of care, yet...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1167 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1176 2008-07-01 1167 DataWatch <![CDATA[[GrantWatch] Research Glut And Information Famine: Making Research Evidence More Useful For Policymakers]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1177?rss=1 The gap between the two worlds of researchers and policymakers renders the use of research...]]> 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1177 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1182 2008-07-01 1177 GrantWatch <![CDATA[[GrantWatch] GrantWatch: Outcomes]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1183?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1183 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1186 2008-07-01 1183 GrantWatch <![CDATA[[Book Reviews] The Medicaid Enigma]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1187?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1187 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1188 2008-07-01 1187 Book Reviews <![CDATA[[Book Reviews] Baby Boomers: Hope For The Best Or Plan For The Worst?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1189?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1189 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1190 2008-07-01 1189 Book Reviews <![CDATA[[Book Reviews] Wartime Health Disparities And Their Aftermath]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1191?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1191 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1192 2008-07-01 1191 Book Reviews <![CDATA[[Book Reviews] Warning: Side Effects May Include Distorted Vision]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1193?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1193 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1194 2008-07-01 1193 Book Reviews <![CDATA[[Letters] The Hidden Cost Of Progress]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1195?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1195 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1195 2008-07-01 1195 Letters <![CDATA[[Letters] Female Physicians: Paying A Price]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1195-a?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1195-a Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1196 2008-07-01 1195 Letters <![CDATA[[Letters] Caring And Compromise]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1196?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1196 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1196 2008-07-01 1196 Letters <![CDATA[[Letters] Amenable Mortality: A Different View]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1196-a?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1196-a Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1197 2008-07-01 1196 Letters <![CDATA[[Letters] Amenable Mortality: The Authors Respond]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1197?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1197 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1197 2008-07-01 1197 Letters <![CDATA[[Letters] Should Drug Prices Be Negotiated Under Part D?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1197-a?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1197-a Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1198 2008-07-01 1197 Letters <![CDATA[[Letters] Negotiating Drug Prices: The Authors Respond]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1198?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1198 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1198 2008-07-01 1198 Letters <![CDATA[[Letters] SCHIP: Where Are The Data?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1198-a?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1198-a Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1198 2008-07-01 1198 Letters <![CDATA[[Letters] SCHIP Data: An Author Responds]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/4/1199?rss=1 2008-07-07 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.4.1199 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 4 27 1199 2008-07-01 1199 Letters <![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 <![CDATA[[From the Editor] The Health Care Rubik's Cube]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/3/619?rss=1 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.619 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 620 2008-05-01 619 From the Editor <![CDATA[[Taxes & Budgets] Financial Basics: Taxes And Budgets]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/3/621?rss=1 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.621 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 621 2008-05-01 621 Taxes & Budgets <![CDATA[[Taxes & Budgets] Health Reform Through Tax Reform: A Primer]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/622?rss=1 Tax incentives for employer-sponsored insurance and other medical spending cost about $200 billion annually and...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.622 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 632 2008-05-01 622 Taxes & Budgets <![CDATA[[Taxes & Budgets] Health And Budget Reform As Handmaidens]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/633?rss=1 Meeting almost any new major federal budget priority—for children, the elderly, energy independence, budget balance,...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.633 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 644 2008-05-01 633 Taxes & Budgets <![CDATA[[Compromise] Formulas For Compromise]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/3/645?rss=1 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.645 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 645 2008-05-01 645 Compromise <![CDATA[[Formulas For Compromise] Building Blocks For Reform: Achieving Universal Coverage With Private And Public Group Health Insurance]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/646?rss=1 This paper presents a framework for universal health insurance that builds on the current U.S....]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.646 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 657 2008-05-01 646 Formulas For Compromise <![CDATA[[Formulas For Compromise] Formula For Compromise: Expanding Coverage And Promoting High-Value Care]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/658?rss=1 Most people would agree that in the ideal system, everyone would be covered by a...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.658 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 666 2008-05-01 658 Formulas For Compromise <![CDATA[[Formulas For Compromise] Where Does The Insurance Industry Stand On Health Reform Today?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/667?rss=1 With another national health care debate on the horizon, many assume that health plans will...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.667 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 674 2008-05-01 667 Formulas For Compromise <![CDATA[[Formulas For Compromise] Employment-Based Health Benefits Under Universal Coverage]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/675?rss=1 In the context of proposals for universal coverage, a key emerging issue is the role...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.675 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 685 2008-05-01 675 Formulas For Compromise <![CDATA[[Perspective] An American Partnership For Universal Coverage]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/686?rss=1 The United States must address its health care problems head on to ensure a thriving...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.686 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 687 2008-05-01 686 Perspective <![CDATA[[Politics] The Politics Of Health Reform: A Collection Of Perspectives]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/3/688?rss=1 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.688 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 688 2008-05-01 688 Politics <![CDATA[[Perspectives] Finally, Fixing Health Care: What's Different Now?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/689?rss=1 Is now the time to fix the U.S. health care system? Those who remember...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.689 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 692 2008-05-01 689 Perspectives <![CDATA[[Perspectives] Health Care In The 2008 Election: Engaging The Voters]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/693?rss=1 For the first time since the early 1990s, the political environment in the United States...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.693 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 698 2008-05-01 693 Perspectives <![CDATA[[Perspectives] Deja Vu All Over Again: The Similarities Between Political Debates Regarding Health Care In The Early 1990s And Today]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/699?rss=1 With health care vaulting back to a foremost concern for voters, strong similarities exist between...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.699 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 704 2008-05-01 699 Perspectives <![CDATA[[Perspectives] Lessons From The Clinton Plan: Incremental Market Reform, Not Sweeping Government Control]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/705?rss=1 The Clinton health reform attempt in the mid-1990s and the U.S. experience since then suggest...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.705 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 710 2008-05-01 705 Perspectives <![CDATA[[Perspectives] The Long Road To Health Reform Requires Bipartisan Leadership]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/711?rss=1 The United States appears headed toward another national debate about health system reform. Worry about...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.711 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 717 2008-05-01 711 Perspectives <![CDATA[[Perspectives] Putting Politics First]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/718?rss=1 The greatest lesson of the failure of comprehensive health reform in the early 1990s is...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.718 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 723 2008-05-01 718 Perspectives <![CDATA[[States] The Role Of States]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/3/724?rss=1 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.724 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 724 2008-05-01 724 States <![CDATA[[States] A Federalist Approach To Health Reform: The Worst Way, Except For All The Others]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/725?rss=1 Support for state action should be part of any strategy to expand health insurance coverage....]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.725 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 735 2008-05-01 725 States <![CDATA[[States] How Far Can States Take Health Reform?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/736?rss=1 Expectations for state leadership in health reform have never been higher. States are thought to...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.736 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 747 2008-05-01 736 States <![CDATA[[Quality & Accountability] Improving Quality And Accountability]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/3/748?rss=1 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.748 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 748 2008-05-01 748 Quality & Accountability <![CDATA[[Quality & Accountability] Crossroads In Quality]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/749?rss=1 Expanding insurance coverage is a critical step in health reform, but we argue that to...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.749 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 758 2008-05-01 749 Quality & Accountability <![CDATA[[Quality & Accountability] The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/759?rss=1 Improving the U.S. health care system requires simultaneous pursuit of three aims: improving the experience...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.759 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 769 2008-05-01 759 Quality & Accountability <![CDATA[[Global Innovations] Global Innovations In Payment And Coverage]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/27/3/770?rss=1 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.770 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 770 2008-05-01 770 Global Innovations <![CDATA[[Global Innovations] Universal Mandatory Health Insurance In The Netherlands: A Model For The United States?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/771?rss=1 Policy analysts consider the Netherlands health system a possible model for the United States. Since...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.771 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 781 2008-05-01 771 Global Innovations <![CDATA[[Global Innovations] Health Prioritization: The Case Of Chile]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/782?rss=1 This paper examines the introduction of a prioritized list of fifty-six health conditions in Chile,...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.782 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 792 2008-05-01 782 Global Innovations <![CDATA[[Health Tracking] Why Did Medicare Spending Growth Slow Down?]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/793?rss=1 So-called excess growth in Medicare spending per beneficiary has varied widely and has slowed in...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.793 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 802 2008-05-01 793 Health Tracking <![CDATA[[Health Tracking] Hospital-Physician Gainsharing In Cardiology]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/803?rss=1 The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has approved a handful of gainsharing...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.803 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 812 2008-05-01 803 Health Tracking <![CDATA[[Health Tracking] Discretionary Decision Making By Primary Care Physicians And The Cost Of U.S. Health Care]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/813?rss=1 Efforts to improve the quality and costs of U.S. health care have focused largely on...]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.813 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 823 2008-05-01 813 Health Tracking <![CDATA[[Health Tracking] Costs Of Severely Ill Members And Specialty Medication Use In A Commercially Insured Population]]> http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/824?rss=1 This study examines the overall profile and costs associated with severely ill commercially insured people....]]> 2008-05-12 info:doi/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.824 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. 3 27 834 2008-05-01 824 Health Tracking <![CDATA[[Health Tracking] Malpractice Premiums In Massachusetts, A High-Risk State: 1975