New From Health Affairs
New Issue May 2012
Coverage Expansion And Implications
GLOBAL HEALTH
Overprescribing In China
SHARED DECISION MAKING
Obstacles Include Patients' Fear Of Being Called 'Difficult'
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF
Workplace Wellness Programs
Recent Issue April 2012
Issues In Cancer Care: Value, Quality And Costs
- May 16, 2012Web First
Individual Health Insurance Savings
- The author simulated the effects of health reform on individual plans from 2001-08 and found the average annual out-of-pocket saving on medical care and drugs to be $280.
- May 09, 2012Web First
Variations In Total Knee Replacement Delivery
- A study of knee replacement procedures in five leading health care systems showed substantial variations in surgery times, hospital lengths-of-stay, in-hospital complication rates, and several other factors.
- May 16, 2012IN MEMORIAM
Remembering Larry Lewin
- Robert Rubin recalls the life of accomplishment and mentorship led by the cofounder of the Lewin Group.
- May 15, 2012ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS
Assessing An Early Private Sector ACO
- Glenn Melnick interviews participants in an ACO-like initiative begun in 2007 by Blue Shield of California and several partners.
- May 14, 2012COMPARATIVE HEALTH SPENDING
Is The Extra US Cancer Spending 'Worth it'?
- Michael Eber, Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla, and Tomas Philipson respond to criticisms of their recent assessment in Health Affairs of cancer spending in the United States and Europe.
Workplace Wellness Programs
- The Affordable Care Act will expand the ability of employers to reward workers who achieve health improvement goals.May 10, 2012
Essential Health Benefits
- States will determine the minimum set of benefits to be included in individual and small group insurance plans. What lies ahead?April 25, 2012
A Tale Of Dollars, Pediatrics, And Late-Night Calls About Infant Constipation
In accounting terms, nighttime phone help from a doctor was deemed to lose money. In human terms, it was priceless.
Recording on iTunes U
- In this week's free recording, Editor-In-Chief Susan Dentzer, interviewed on WTOP-FM, discusses a new Health Affairs study about barriers to shared decision-making between patients and their doctors.
Current Issue
- From the Editor-in-Chief
- Access Declines for Adults over Past Decade
- Differences in Medicaid Enrollment Rates
- Will ACA Reduce Disparities in Uninsurance?
- Coverage Gains for Ex-Prisoners
- States Shifting Costs for Younger Dual Eligibles?
- A New Look at Variations
- Influence of the Relative Value Update Committee
- Providers' Market Power
- Simplifying the Choices in Insurance Exchanges
- Mental Health Care for Medicaid-Eligible Kids
- Coverage and Addiction Disorders Treatment
- Potential Savings from Consumer-Directed Plans
- 'Grand-Aides' for Primary Care
- Shared Decision Making Obstacles
- Japan's Success in Containing Costs
- China's Health Reforms
- Overprescribing in China
- View Table of Contents »
- How The ACA Would Have Cut 2001-08 Out-Of-Pocket Spending Under Individual Coverage 18 May 2012
- Medicare Physician Payment: A Hollow Victory For The RUC 18 May 2012
- Implementing Health Reform: State-Based, Partnership, And Federally Facilitated Exchanges 17 May 2012
- Remembering Larry Lewin: A Legacy Of Accomplishment And Mentorship 16 May 2012
- Electronic Prescribing: Where We Stand And Lessons For Policymakers 16 May 2012
- Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias: What Are Foundations Doing to Increase Knowledge and Prevent Suffering? 18 May 2012
- Foundation Funding to Eliminate Food Deserts and to Improve Oral Health 15 May 2012
- Should California Establish a Basic Health Program for Certain Low-Income Residents? 10 May 2012
- Foundation Convenes Statewide Conference on End-of-Life Care 05 May 2012
- In Memoriam: E. Richard Brown. Revisiting What He Wrote for the GrantWatch Section of Health Affairs 02 May 2012
- "Value In Cancer Care" Event April 12, 2012
- Amy Berman - "Living Life In My Own Way—And Dying That Way As Well" Narrative Matters April 09, 2012
- Teeb Al-Samarrai - "Adrift In Africa: A US Medical Resident On An Elective Abroad" Narrative Matters April 04, 2012
- Laurie McClellan - "Chronic Lyme Disease: It's Time To Solve The Medical Mystery Inside An Enigma" Narrative Matters March 05, 2012
- Antibiotics being overprescribed for sinusitus - WTOP Interview February 15, 2012
- Trends in The Adoption of Health Information Technology April 25, 2012
- Value In Cancer Care April 12, 2012
- Confronting the Growing Diabetes Crisis January 10, 2012
- Growth In US Health Spending 2010 January 09, 2012
- Growth Of Consumer-Directed Health Plans To One-Half Of All Employer-Sponsored Insurance Could Save $57 Billion Annually
- The Growing Power Of Some Providers To Win Steep Payment Increases From Insurers Suggests Policy Remedies May Be Needed
- Can Electronic Medical Record Systems Transform Health Care? Potential Health Benefits, Savings, And Costs
- Living Life In My Own Way—And Dying That Way As Well
- A Decade Of Health Care Access Declines For Adults Holds Implications For Changes In The Affordable Care Act
- The Growing Power Of Some Providers To Win Steep Payment Increases From Insurers Suggests Policy Remedies May Be Needed
- Authoritarian Physicians And Patients’ Fear Of Being Labeled ‘Difficult’ Among Key Obstacles To Shared Decision Making
- Growth Of Consumer-Directed Health Plans To One-Half Of All Employer-Sponsored Insurance Could Save $57 Billion Annually
- State Spending On Dual Eligibles Under Age 65 Shows Variations, Evidence Of Cost Shifting From Medicaid To Medicare
- Living Life In My Own Way—And Dying That Way As Well
- An Analysis Of Whether Higher Health Care Spending In The United States Versus Europe Is ‘Worth It’ In The Case Of Cancer
- Urologists’ Self-Referral For Pathology Of Biopsy Specimens Linked To Increased Use And Lower Prostate Cancer Detection
- An Actuarial Analysis Shows That Offering Lung Cancer Screening As An Insurance Benefit Would Save Lives At Relatively Low Cost
- Hospitals’ Geographic Expansion In Quest Of Well-Insured Patients: Will The Outcome Be Better Care, More Cost, Or Both?

