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Spotlight on Grantee Publications
Judith Hibbard, Dr.P.H., and colleagues published two articles in the July/August 2008 issue of Health Affairs. The articles highlight and discuss results from a HCFO-sponsored study that assessed whether the underlying assumptions of consumer-directed health plans were true. Jessica Greene, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Oregon, and colleagues published the article, “The Impact Of Consumer-Directed Health Plans On Prescription Drug Use,” and Anna Dixon and colleagues published the article, “Do Consumer-Directed Health Plans Drive Change In Enrollees’ Health Care Behavior?”
The article, “Episode-Based Physician Profiling: A Guide to the Perplexing,” by Lewis G. Sandy, M.D., executive vice president at UnitedHealth Group, and colleagues was published online by the Journal of General Internal Medicine. This article details findings from HCFO-sponsored research led by J. William Thomas, Ph.D., M.B.A., professor at the University of Southern Maine, that examined physician profiling methodologies. 
Howard K. Koh, M.D., professor and associate dean at Harvard School of Public Health, and colleagues published the article “Regionalization of Local Public Health Systems in the Era of Preparedness,” in the April 2008 volume of Annual Review of Public Health. The article details HCFO-sponsored research led by Michael A. Stoto, Ph.D., formerly at RAND and currently a professor at Georgetown University, that examines the effect of regionalization on public health systems.
David Dranove, Ph.D., of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and colleagues published the article, “Is the Impact of Managed Care on Hospital Prices Decreasing?” in the March 2008 issue of Journal of Health Economics. The article highlights findings from a HCFO-sponsored study led by William White, Ph.D., professor at Cornell University, that examined how demand and supply affect prices for inpatient care for privately insured patients in California and Florida and determined whether the underlying assumptions about managed care's ability to control costs have changed.
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