Can Private Purchasers Cross the Quality Chasm? Learning from Leaders
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Investigator Award on Health Policy Research
03/01/03 - 02/28/07
Dennis P. Scanlon, Department of Health Policy and Administration
Recent reports from the Institute of Medicine recognize serious problems with the quality of health care delivery in the United States and point to public and private purchasers to act as catalysts of change. This project will examine whether relying on private sector purchasers of health care can lead to demonstrable improvements in quality. Specifically, the project will examine the efforts of the Leapfrog Group on Health, the National Business Coalition on Health's V8 group, the Midwest Business Group on Health and a number of large corporate purchasers.
Related Publications
Scanlon, D.P. (In press) Overcoming Barriers to Managing Health and Productivity in the Workplace. Ronald C. Kessler and Paul D. Stang (Editors). Health and Productivity: Emerging Issues in Research & Policy. University of Chicago Press.
Beich, J.J., Scanlon, D.P., Ulbrecht, J., Ford, E.W., and Ibrahim, I.A. (2006) The Role of Disease Management in Pay-for-Performance Programs for Improving the Care of Chronically Ill Patients. Medical Care Research & Review, 63(1-supp):96S-116S.
Scanlon, D.P. (2005) Evidence for Pay-for-Performance: Hope for the U.S. Health Care System? Managed Care Vol. 14, no. 12 (supplement):6-10.