In an era of social welfare reform marked by the erosion of a societal safety net, few
institutions remain that can guarantee assistance to those most in need. The hospital …

Purchasers of health care could offer financial incentives to plans or providers in order to
increase quality. Unfortunately, the current health care market, in which quality is rarely …

OBJECTIVE: To examine associations of patient ratings of communication by health care
providers with patient language (English vs Spanish) and ethnicity (Latino vs white) …

Objectives. This study ascertained the separate and combined effects of having insurance
and a usual source of care on receiving preventive services. Methods. Descriptive and …

Objectives To examine the association between provider continuity and future
hospitalization in a Medicaid population, and to determine if this association is greater for …

Objective. Racial/ethnic disparities in hospitalization rates among children with asthma have
been documented but are not well-understood. Medicaid programs, which serve many …

Prologue: One of the current realities of health policy making is that anecdotes far outweigh
solid evidence when it comes to shaping the attitudes of people in relation to the …

Abstract By 1993, over 70% of all Americans with health insurance were enrolled in some
form of managed care plan. The term managed care encompasses a diverse array of …

Beatty PW, Hagglund KJ, Neri MT, Dhont KR, Clark MJ, Hilton SA. Access to health care
services among people with chronic or disabling conditions: patterns and predictors. Arch …

Behavioral economics is a rapidly developing area of psychological science that has
synergistically merged microeconomic concepts with behavioral research methods. A …