For more information, see the 2nd Annual EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey, 2006: Early Experience With High-Deductible and Consumer-Driven Health Plans.
For more information, see a summary of the Health Affairs Web Exclusive, On the Front Lines of Care: Primary Care Doctors' Office Systems, Experiences, and Views in Seven Countries.
For more information, see a summary of the Health Affairs Web Exclusive, Toward Higher-Performance Health Systems: Adults' Health Care Experiences in Seven Countries, 2007.
For more information, see a summary of the Health Affairs Web Exclusive In Chronic Condition: Experiences of Patients with Complex Health Care Needs, in Eight Countries, 2008.
For more information, see the Fund report, The 2008 Presidential Candidates' Health Reform Proposals: Choices For America.
For more information, see A Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 11 Countries, 2009: Perspectives on Care, Costs, and Experiences.
January 27, 2012 - An international survey of adults living with health problems and complex care needs found that patients in the United States are much more likely than those in 10 other high-income countries to forgo needed care because of costs and to struggle with medical debt. In all the countries surveyed, patients who have a medical home reported better coordination of care, fewer medical errors, and greater satisfaction with care than those without one.
For more information, see our summary of the Health Affairs article, New 2011 Survey of Patients with Complex Care Needs in Eleven Countries Finds That Care Is Often Poorly Coordinated.
May 17, 2012 - A new analysis of the Commonwealth Fund 2010 Biennial Health Insurance Survey demonstrates that when low-income adults have both health insurance and a medical home, they are less likely to report cost-related access problems, more likely to be up-to-date with preventive screenings, and report greater satisfaction with the quality of their care.
For more information, see the issue brief, "Achieving Better Quality of Care for Low-Income Populations: The Roles of Health Insurance and the Medical Home in Reducing Health Inequities."
September 12, 2011 - For more information, see the full report: Affordable Care Act Reforms Could Reduce the Number of Underinsured U.S. Adults by 70 Percent
For more information, see the Fund report, Aiming Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance.
For more information, see the Fund report, Aiming Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 2009.
For more information, see the Fund report, An Analysis of Leading Congressional Health Care Bills, 2005-2007: Part I Insurance Coverage.
For more information, see the Fund report, An Analysis of Leading Congressional Health Care Bills, 2005-2007: Part II, Quality and Efficiency.
For more information, see the Fund report Bending the Curve: Options for Achieving Savings and Improving Value in U.S. Health Spending.
January 23, 2012 - Health care spending in 2009 and 2010 grew at the slowest rates in 50 years. This startling news was largely attributed to the shrinking economy. In a new blog post, Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis suggests that lower longer-term projections point to a shift in the health system.
For more information, see the Fund blog, Bending the Health Care Cost Curve: New Era in American Health Care?