HRET research findings are regularly published in peer-review journals, newsletters, web sites and other media. Here is a select list of recently published articles, with links when available.
Access and Coverage
G.J. Bazzoli, R. Kang, R. Hasnain-Wynia, and R. C. Lindrooth. "An Update On Safety-Net Hospitals: Coping With The Late 1990s And Early 2000s." Health Aff., Jul 2005; 24: 1047 - 1056.
Community Health
F.S. Margolin, J. Sweney, E. Casey, G.W. Torres, and R. Hasnain-Wynia. "On the Homefront: The Hospital's Role in Community Partnerships," Issue Brief. Chicago: Health Research and Educational Trust, Forthcoming 2004.
R. Hasnain-Wynia. "Overview of the Community Care Network Demonstration Program and Its Evaluation." Medical Care Research and Review 60(4), December 2003.
R.Hasnain-Wynia, S. Sofaer, G.J. Bazzoli, J.A. Alexander, S.M. Shortell, D.A. Conrad, B.Chan, A.P. Zukoski, and J.Sweney, "Members' Perceptions of Community Care Network Partnerships' Effectiveness." Medical Care Research and Review 60(4), December 2003.
F.S. Margolin, R. Hasnain-Wynia, G.W. Torres, and M.A. Pittman, "Perspective: The Value of Collaboration in Eliminating Barriers to Preventive Care and Screening among Underserved Populations." Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 2003.
F.S. Margolin, "Working Well." Hospital and Health Networks, May 2003.
G.W. Torres and K. Barnett, “Hospitals as Community Builders.” Health Forum Journal, 45(6), 2002.
S.M. Shortell, A. Zukoski, J.A. Alexander, G.J. Bazzoli, D. Conrad, R. Hasnain-Wynia, S. Sofaer, B. Chan, E. Casey, and F.S. Margolin, “Evaluating Partnerships for Community Health Improvement: Tracking the Footprints.” Journal of Health Policy, Politics, and Law, 27(1):49-91, 2002.
Disparities
D. W. Baker, K. A. Cameron, J. Feinglass, P. Georgas, S. Foster, D. Pierce, J. A. Thompson, R. Hasnain-Wynia. "Patients' Attitudes Toward Health Care Providers Collecting Information About Their Race and Ethnicity." Journal of General Internal Medicine, Online Early July 2005.
R. Hasnain-Wynia. "Working to Eliminate Racial Disparities." Health Forum Journal, 46(1), Winter 2003.
R. Hasnain-Wynia. "Closing The Gap." Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine, June 2003.
Employer-Based Health Benefits
J. Gabel, H. Whitmore, T. Rice, A. LoSasso, "Employers’ Contradictory Views on Consumer Driven Health Care: Results from a National Survey." Health Affairs, Web Exclusive, April 21, 2004.
L. Shugarman, D. Campbell, C. Bird, J. Gabel, T. Louis, and J. Lynn, "Differences in Medicare Expenditures During the Last Three Years of Life." Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2004 (in press).
M. Morrisey, G. Jensen, and J. Gabel, "Managed Care and Employer Premiums." International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 3(2):95–116, June 2003.
J. Gabel, "The Promise and the Peril of Consumer-Driven Health Plans." Chapter 9 in Consumer-Driven Health Benefits: A Continuous Evolution? Edited by P. Fronstin, Washington, D.C.: Employee Benefit Research Institute and Consumer Health Education Council, 2003.
J. Gabel, G. Claxton, E. Holve, H. Whitmore, J. Pickreign, K. Dhont, S. Hawkins, and D. Rowland, “Health Benefits in 2003: Premiums Reach Thirteen-Year High as Employers Adopt New Forms of Cost-Sharing.” Health Affairs, 22(5):117–26, 2003.
C. Barry, J. Gabel, R. Frank, S. Hawkins, H. Whitmore and J. Pickreign, "Design of Mental Health Benefits: Still Unequal after All These Years," Health Affairs, 22(5):127–37, 2003.
J. Gabel, G. Jensen, and S. Hawkins, "Self-Insurance in Eras of Growing and Retreating Managed Care." Health Affairs, 22(2):202-10, 2003.
J. Gabel and K. Fiztner, “A New Perspective on an Old Problem – Rising Health Care Costs.” Journal of American Managed Care 9(Sp1), 2003.
J. Gabel, "The Next Wave in Payment Looms: Consumer-Driven Health Plans Confer New Risks on Patients and Providers." Modern HealthCare , January 6, 2003.
B. Strunk, P. Ginsburg and J. Gabel, "Tracking Health Care Costs: Growth Accelerates Again in 2001." Health Affairs, Web Exclusive, Sept 25, 2002, w299-w310.
J. Gabel, L. Levitt, E. Holve, J. Pickreign, H. Whitmore, K. Dhont, S. Hawkins, and D. Rowland, "Job-Based Health Benefits in 2002: Some Important Trends." Health Affairs, 21(5):143–51, 2002.
J. Gabel, K. Dhont, H. Whitmore, and J. Pickreign, "Reply: Buy Coverage before You Need It." Health Affairs, Web Exclusive Oct. 28, 2002.
J. Gabel, A. LoSasso, and T. Rice, "Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Are They More than Talk Now?" Health Affairs, Web Exclusive, Nov. 20, 2002.
L. McCormack, J. Gabel, H. Whitmore, W. Anderson, J. Pickreign, "Trends in Retiree Health Benefits." Health Affairs, November/December 2002 pp. 169-76.
J. Gabel, S. Long, and S. Marquis, "Employer-Sponsored Insurance: How Much Financial Protection Does It Provide." Medical Care Research and Review 59(4):440-54, December, 2002.
L. McCormack, J. Gabel, N. Berkman, H. Whitmore, K. Hutchison, W. Anderson, and N. West, "Retiree Health Insurance: Recent Trends and Tomorrow's Prospects." Health Care Financing Review 23(3):17-34, Spring 2002.
T. Rice, J.Gabel, L. Levitt, and S. Hawkins, "Workers and Their Health Plans: Free to Choose?" Health Affairs, 21(1):182-87, 2002.
B. Strunk, P. Ginsburg and J. Gabel, "Tracking Health Care Costs: Growth Accelerates Again in 2001." Health Affairs, Web Exclusive, Sept 25, 2002.
J. Gabel, K. Dhont, H. Whitmore, and J. Pickreign, “Reply: Individual Health Insurance: How Much Financial Protection Does It Provide.” Health Affairs, Web Exclusive Sept. 5, 2002.
J. Gabel, K. Dhont, H. Whitmore, and J. Pickreign, "Individual Health Insurance: How Much Financial Protection Does It Provide?" Health Affairs , Web Exclusive, April 17, 2002.