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- Michelle M. Doty
- Vice President, Survey Research and Evaluation
- The Commonwealth Fund
- mmd@cmwf.org
- (212) 606-3800
Michelle M. Doty, Ph.D. is vice president of survey research and evaluation for the Commonwealth Fund. Dr. Doty is responsible for survey design, administration, and analysis across the Fund’s program areas and works closely with the executive vice president for programs and other senior program staff to design research projects and manage survey data analysis. Her research interests include culture change in nursing homes, international health system comparisons, health care access and quality among vulnerable populations, the underinsured and uninsured, and the extent to which the lack of health insurance contributes to barriers to care and inequities in quality of care. Prior to joining the Fund in June 2001, Dr. Doty worked at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health as research manager on a National Institutes of Health–funded multisite research project. Dr. Doty holds a B.A. in anthropology from Barnard College and an M.P.H. and a Ph.D. in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Fund Publications by Michelle M. Doty
- International Survey of Older Adults Finds Shortcomings in Access, Coordination, and Patient-Centered Care
- November 19, 2014
- Too High a Price: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs in the United States
- November 13, 2014
- Catching Up: Latino Health Coverage Gains and Challenges Under the Affordable Care Act
- September 25, 2014
- Are Americans Finding Affordable Coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplaces?
- September 18, 2014
- Gaining Ground: Americans' Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care After the Affordable Care Act's First Open Enrollment Period
- July 10, 2014
- The Adoption and Use of Health Information Technology by Community Health Centers, 2009–2013
- May 16, 2014
- Ready or Not? How Community Health Centers View Their Preparedness to Care for Newly Insured Patients
- May 16, 2014
- Coverage Opportunities and Obstacles for Hispanics Under the ACA
- February 13, 2014
- Where Are We on the Diffusion Curve? Trends and Drivers of Primary Care Physicians' Use of Health Information Technology
- January 24, 2014
- Americans' Experiences in the Health Insurance Marketplaces: Results from the First Three Months
- January 9, 2014
- Access, Affordability, and Insurance Complexity Are Often Worse in the United States Compared to 10 Other Countries
- November 13, 2013
- Americans' Experiences in the Health Insurance Marketplaces: Results from the First Month
- November 4, 2013
- What Americans Think of the New Insurance Marketplaces and Medicaid Expansion: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Health Insurance Marketplace Survey, 2013
- September 30, 2013
- In States' Hands: How the Decision to Expand Medicaid Will Affect the Most Financially Vulnerable Americans
- September 5, 2013
- Covering Young Adults Under the Affordable Care Act: The Importance of Outreach and Medicaid Expansion
- August 21, 2013
- Large Shares of Adults Are Uninsured or Underinsured in the Nation's Largest States
- April 26, 2013
- Insuring the Future: Current Trends in Health Coverage and the Effects of Implementing the Affordable Care Act
- April 26, 2013
- A Survey of Primary Care Doctors in Ten Countries Shows Progress in Use of Health Information Technology, Less in Other Areas
- November 15, 2012
- Jobs Without Benefits: The Health Insurance Crisis Faced by Small Businesses and Their Workers
- November 1, 2012
- Medicare Beneficiaries Less Likely to Experience Cost- and Access-Related Problems than Adults with Private Coverage
- July 18, 2012
- Realizing Health Reform's Potential—Oceans Apart: The Higher Health Costs of Women in the U.S. Compared to Other Nations, and How Reform Is Helping
- July 13, 2012
- Young, Uninsured, and in Debt: Why Young Adults Lack Health Insurance and How the Affordable Care Act Is Helping—Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Health Insurance Tracking Survey of Young Adults, 2011
- June 8, 2012
- Achieving Better Quality of Care for Low-Income Populations: The Roles of Health Insurance and the Medical Home in Reducing Health Inequities
- May 16, 2012
- Gaps in Health Insurance: Why So Many Americans Experience Breaks in Coverage and How the Affordable Care Act Will Help
- April 19, 2012
- The Role of Care Coordinators in Improving Care Coordination: The Patient's Perspective
- March 20, 2012
- The Income Divide in Health Care: How the Affordable Care Act Will Help Restore Fairness to the U.S. Health System
- February 7, 2012
- New 2011 Survey of Patients with Complex Care Needs in Eleven Countries Finds That Care Is Often Poorly Coordinated
- November 9, 2011
- A Common Challenge: Seamless and Patient-Centered Care for Adults with Complex Care Needs
- November 9, 2011
- Affordable Care Act Reforms Could Reduce the Number of Underinsured U.S. Adults by 70 Percent
- September 8, 2011
- Realizing Health Reform's Potential—When Unemployed Means Uninsured: The Toll of Job Loss on Health Coverage, and How the Affordable Care Act Will Help
- August 24, 2011
- Policies to Protect the Unemployed from Becoming Uninsured
- August 24, 2011
- Sharing Resources: Opportunities for Smaller Primary Care Practices to Increase Their Capacity for Patient Care
- March 29, 2011
- Help on the Horizon: How the Recession Has Left Millions of Workers Without Health Insurance, and How Health Reform Will Bring Relief—Findings from The Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey of 2010
- March 16, 2011
- Recession Leads to Insurance Loss, Health Reform to Help
- March 16, 2011
- Millions of Baby Boomers Will Gain Coverage Under Health Reform, Especially Those in Southern and Western States
- December 14, 2010
- Realizing Health Reform’s Potential: Adults Ages 50–64 and the Affordable Care Act of 2010
- December 14, 2010
- How Health Insurance Design Affects Access to Care and Costs, by Income, in Eleven Countries
- November 18, 2010
- How Women Will Benefit from the ACA
- July 30, 2010
- Realizing Health Reform's Potential: Women and the Affordable Care Act of 2010
- July 30, 2010
- Enhancing the Capacity of Community Health Centers to Achieve High Performance: Findings from the 2009 Commonwealth Fund National Survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers
- May 27, 2010
- Coming Out of Crisis: Patient Experiences in Primary Care in New Orleans, Four Years Post-Katrina—Findings from The Commonwealth Fund 2009 Survey of Clinic Patients in New Orleans
- January 15, 2010
- A Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 11 Countries, 2009: Perspectives on Care, Costs, and Experiences
- November 5, 2009
- Out of Options: Why So Many Workers in Small Businesses Lack Affordable Health Insurance, and How Health Care Reform Can Help
- September 9, 2009
- Failure to Protect: Why the Individual Insurance Market Is Not a Viable Option for Most U.S. Families
- July 21, 2009
- Front and Center: Ensuring that Health Reform Puts People First
- June 11, 2009
- Meeting Enrollees' Needs: How Do Medicare and Employer Coverage Stack Up?
- May 12, 2009
- Women at Risk: Why Many Women Are Forgoing Needed Health Care
- May 11, 2009
- Maintaining Health Insurance During a Recession: Likely COBRA Eligibility
- January 1, 2009
- Health Information Technology and Physician Perceptions of Quality of Care and Satisfaction
- January 1, 2009
- In Chronic Condition: Experiences of Patients with Complex Health Care Needs, in Eight Countries, 2008
- November 1, 2008
- Seeing Red: The Growing Burden of Medical Bills and Debt Faced by U.S. Families
- August 1, 2008
- Losing Ground: How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families—Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Surveys, 2001–2007
- August 1, 2008
- Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on the Future of Long-Term Care
- July 1, 2008
- How Many Are Underinsured? Trends Among U.S. Adults, 2003 and 2007
- June 1, 2008
- Culture Change in Nursing Homes: How Far Have We Come? Findings From The Commonwealth Fund 2007 National Survey of Nursing Homes
- May 1, 2008
- Toward Higher-Performance Health Systems: Adults' Health Care Experiences in Seven Countries, 2007
- November 1, 2007
- Closing the Divide: How Medical Homes Promote Equity in Health Care—Results from the Commonwealth Fund 2006 Health Care Quality Survey
- June 1, 2007
- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An International Update on the Comparative Performance of American Health Care
- May 1, 2007
- On the Front Lines of Care: Primary Care Doctors' Office Systems, Experiences, and Views in Seven Countries
- November 1, 2006
- Squeezed: Why Rising Exposure to Health Care Costs Threatens the Health and Financial Well-Being of American Families
- September 1, 2006
- Health Care Disconnect: Gaps in Coverage and Care for Minority Adults: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey (2005)
- August 1, 2006
- Gaps in Health Insurance: An All-American Problem
- April 1, 2006
- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An Update on the Quality of American Health Care Through the Patient's Lens
- April 1, 2006
- Health Coverage for Aging Baby Boomers: Findings from The Commonwealth Fund Survey of Older Adults
- January 1, 2006
- Taking the Pulse of Health Care Systems: Experiences of Patients with Health Problems in Six Countries
- November 1, 2005
- Seeing Red: Americans Driven into Debt by Medical Bills
- August 1, 2005
- A Look at Working-Age Caregivers' Roles, Health Concerns, and Need for Support
- August 1, 2005
- Health and Productivity Among U.S. Workers
- August 1, 2005
- Paying More for Less: Older Adults in the Individual Insurance Market
- June 1, 2005
- Will You Still Need Me? The Health and Financial Security of Older Americans
- June 1, 2005
- Insured But Not Protected: How Many Adults Are Underinsured?
- June 1, 2005
- Measure, Learn, and Improve: Physicians' Involvement in Quality Improvement
- May 1, 2005
- Physicians' Views on Quality of Care: Findings From The Commonwealth Fund National Survey of Physicians and Quality of Care
- May 1, 2005
- How High Is Too High? Implications of High-Deductible Health Plans
- April 1, 2005
- Information Technologies: When Will They Make It Into Physicians' Black Bags?
- December 1, 2004
- Wages, Health Benefits, and Workers' Health
- October 1, 2004
- Primary Care and Health System Performance: Adults' Experiences in Five Countries
- October 1, 2004
- Unequal Access: Insurance Instability Among Low-Income Workers and Minorities
- April 1, 2004
- Job-Based Health Insurance in the Balance: Employer Views of Coverage in the Workplace
- March 1, 2004
- Inequities in Access to Medical Care in Five Countries
- March 1, 2004
- The Affordability Crisis in U.S. Health Care: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey
- March 1, 2004
- Lack of Prescription Coverage Among the Under 65: A Symptom of Underinsurance
- February 1, 2004
- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Looking at the Quality of American Health Care through the Patient's Lens
- January 1, 2004
- Medicare vs. Private Insurance: Rhetoric and Reality
- October 1, 2002
- The Erosion of Employer-Based Health Coverage and the Threat to Workers' Health Care
- August 1, 2002
- Quality of Health Care for Hispanic Populations: A Fact Sheet
- March 1, 2002
- Diverse Communities, Common Concerns: Assessing Health Care Quality for Minority Americans
- March 1, 2002
