February 3, 2011 - In this Commonwealth Fund-supported article experts offer a framework to assess the current knowledge about these residential care settings.
In Brief
March 27, 2012 - This study supports use of both the long and short versions of the Care Transitions Measure in national public reporting efforts.
In Brief
April 1, 2002 - This Issue Brief was prepared for The Commonwealth Fund/John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Bipartisan Congressional Health Policy Conference, January 17-19, 2002.
Issue Brief
February 1, 2002 - By enabling foundations to move quickly and flexibly to underwrite very targeted work, small gants can help to inform major program areas, finance key policy research, communicate program findings, promote discourse on health policy issues, and revisit issues addressed by earlier undertakings.
Other
September 21, 2011 - The Commonwealth Fund-supported authors of this study sought to examine the importance of both patient-based and practice infrastructure measures of the patient-centered medical home.
In Brief
June 1, 2000 - This paper discusses four elements of the President's proposal for Medicare reforms: improving the benefit package, enhancing the management tools available for the traditional Medicare program, redirecting competition in the private plan options, and adding further resources to ensure the program's security in the coming years.
Fund Report
December 9, 2008 - An innovative quality improvement collaborative in Vermont and North Carolina shows that if provided assistance, physician practices can successfully implement systems to provide parents of young children with information on healthy development and guidance on childrearing.
In the Literature
January 31, 2007 - When hospitals operate at full capacity or overcapacity, the quality of patient care is often compromised. This Commonwealth Fund-supported study finds overcrowding is also associated with increased patient mortality.
In the Literature
June 26, 2012 - This Commonwealth Fund-supported study of federally funded health centers calls for evidence-based payment for medical homes.
In the Literature
August 23, 2011 - This Commonwealth Fund-supported study found that patients who visited emergency departments during shifts with longer waiting times were at increased risk of death and admission in the subsequent seven days, regardless of their health status at the time of the initial visit.
In Brief
September 13, 2010 - A Commonwealth Fund-supported study found many of the criteria available to patients when selecting a physician—including years of experience, paid malpractice claims, and medical school rankings—are not associated with higher quality care.
In the Literature
October 8, 2009 - The Commonwealth Fund-supported study in Annals of Internal Medicine looks at primary care practices in Massachusetts and finds a strong association between clinicians' frequent use of advanced electronic health records and higher practice performance on quality-of-care measures.
In the Literature
December 1, 1996 - The sweeping reforms contained in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA-87) are now at stake as proposals to repeal or modify the Act are heard in Washington. This paper documents the difficulties encountered in enforcing state and federal nursing home standards before the enactment of OBRA-87 and suggests that a withdrawal or weakening of the new federal-state regulatory system could undermine the quality of nursing home care.
Fund Report
October 1, 1997 - Presented as invited testimony before the House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, on October 28, 1997, as part of a hearing on managed care quality, this report outlines findings from Fund studies over the last five years. The report provides clear evidence that poor quality and barriers to care are significant problems in the managed care marketplace, especially in newer forms of managed care plans. In the absence of employee choice among plans, quality standards, or access to comparative information, the Fund's president warns that competition among health plans will be based only on price.
Fund Report
February 1, 2000 - This issue brief examines opportunities for states to enhance the provision of health-related developmental services to children in low-income families.
Issue Brief