The Center for Studying Health System Change released the brief, “Public Health Workforce Shortages Imperil Nation's Health,” by Debra A. Draper, Ph.D., associate director, and colleagues at the Center for Studying Health System Change. This brief is based on findings from a HCFO grant—awarded under the second special topic solicitation in public health systems research and led by Robert E. Hurley, Ph.D., senior consulting researcher—that examines local communities’ strategies for meeting expanding public health workforce needs.
Neal T. Wallace, Ph.D., associate professor at Portland State University, and colleagues recently published an article in the April 2008 issue of Health Services Research titled, “How Effective Are Copayments in Reducing Expenditures for Low-Income Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries? Experience from the Oregon Health Plan.” The article highlights findings from a HCFO-sponsored study led by a collaborative team that examined how benefit reductions and increased cost sharing affected the Oregon Health Plan.
Jessica Greene, Ph.D., assistant professor at The University of Oregon, and colleagues published the article, “Telephone and Web: Mixed-Mode Challenge,” in the February 2008 issue of Health Services Research. The article examines the effectiveness of the data collection method, mixed-mode surveys, used for a HCFO-sponsored study led by Judith H. Hibbard, Dr.P.H., professor at the University of Oregon. This HCFO study assessed whether the underlying assumptions of consumer-driven health plans were true.
