This issue brief summarizes findings from a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), on behalf of the National Institute for Health Care Reform, to evaluate how health care is organized, financed, and delivered in the Detroit metropolitan area.

This issue brief summarizes findings from a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), on behalf of the National Institute for Health Care Reform, to evaluate how health care is organized, financed, and delivered in the Detroit metropolitan area.

<Para ID="Par1">We address three questions related to public reports of diabetes quality. First, does clinic quality evolve over time? Second, does the quality of reporting clinics converge to a common standard? Third, how persistent are provider quality rankings across time? Since current methods of public...</para>

This study examines the use of information by employees in the Buyers Health Care Action Group, a purchasing coalition of large employers in Minneapolis. BHCAG employers contract directly with multiple health-care provider systems and attempt to inform employees about those choices. Shortly...

New leaders at Cleveland’s two major hospital systems—the Cleveland Clinic Health System (CCHS) and University Hospitals Health System (UHHS)—have helped strengthen the organizations’ financial positions and soothe long-standing rivalries, according to a new report from the...

New leaders at Cleveland’s two major hospital systems—the Cleveland Clinic Health System (CCHS) and University Hospitals Health System (UHHS)—have helped strengthen the organizations’ financial positions and soothe long-standing rivalries, according to a new report...