Glenn A. Melnick, Ph.D., of RAND, co-authored the February 5, 2008 Health Affairs Web Exclusive titled, “Hospital Pricing and the Uninsured: Do the Uninsured Pay Higher Prices?” This article details HCFO-sponsored research that examines trends in hospital charges and net revenues to determine whether hospital prices paid by uninsured individuals systematically differ from those paid by insured individuals.
Karen Eggleston, Ph.D., formerly of Tufts University and currently at Stanford University, and colleagues published the article, “Hospital Ownership and Quality of Care: What Explains the Different Results in Literature?” in the January 11, 2008 edition of Health Economics. This article highlights HCFO-sponsored research that analyzes the main findings of the empirical literature to determine the effect of hospital ownership on performance.
