• May 16, 2012Web First
  • Individual Health Insurance Savings

  • The author simulated the effects of health reform on individual plans from 2001-08 and found the average annual out-of-pocket saving on medical care and drugs to be $280.
  • Steven C. Hill
  • May 09, 2012Web First
  • Variations In Total Knee Replacement Delivery

  • A study of knee replacement procedures in five leading health care systems showed substantial variations in surgery times, hospital lengths-of-stay, in-hospital complication rates, and several other factors.
  • Ivan M. Tomek, Allison L. Sabel, Mark I. Froimson
  • May 11, 2012INNOVATION
  • Subject Of HA Quality Profile Wins Grant

  • A Health Affairs 2011 article examined Project ECHO, a partnership between rural primary care physicians and an academic medical center that was recently awarded an HHS innovation grant.
  • May 10, 2012IN MEMORIAM
  • Remembering Rick Brown

  • Gerald Kominski and Chris Hafner-Eaton discuss the life and work of E. Richard Brown, founding director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and past President of the American Public Health Association.
  • May 08, 2012DANGEROUS RESEARCH
  • The Pandemic Flu Controversy: Lessons Learned

  • Arthur Caplan says the discussion over potentially dangerous research should focus less on censorship and more on ensuring that research facilities are safe and secure.
  • Workplace Wellness Programs

  • The Affordable Care Act will expand the ability of employers to reward workers who achieve health improvement goals.May 10, 2012
  • Essential Health Benefits

  • States will determine the minimum set of benefits to be included in individual and small group insurance plans. What lies ahead?April 25, 2012
  • Recording on iTunes U

  • In this week's free recording, Editor-In-Chief Susan Dentzer, interviewed on WTOP-FM, discusses a new Health Affairs study about barriers to shared decision-making between patients and their doctors.