Consumer-Driven Health Care-Beyond Rhetoric with Research and Experience: Background Material

Background Materials

Consumer-Driven Health Care-Beyond Rhetoric with Research and Experience

Health Services Research (HSR) journal is pleased to offer a Special Issue on Consumer-Driven Health Care [1]. Supported by funding from the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET), this Special Issue is a compilation of articles and commentaries from the “Consumer Driven Health Care: Evidence From the Field” conference on September 15, 2003 in Washington D.C. Conference Co-Sponsors were The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) Initiative and The Commonwealth Fund. Guest Editors for this Special Issue are Carolyn M. Clancy and Anne K. Gauthier.

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Guest Editors’ Introduction

Consumer-Driven Health Care—Beyond Rhetoric with Research and Experience
Anne K. Gauthier and Carolyn M. Clancy

Consumer-Driven Plans: What’s Offered? Who Chooses?

Awakening Consumer Stewardship of Health Benefits: Prevalence and Differentiation of New Health Plan Models
Meredith Rosenthal and Arnold Milstein

Tales from the New Frontier: Pioneers’ Experiences with Consumer-Driven Health Care
Anthony T. Lo Sasso, Thomas Rice, Jon R. Gabel, and Heidi Whitmore

Employee Choice of Consumer-Driven Health Insurance in a Multiplan, Multiproduct Setting
Stephen T. Parente, Roger Feldman, and Jon B. Christianson

Commentary—How Consumer-Driven Health Care Evolves in a Dynamic Market
Greg Scandlen

Commentary—Current MSA Theory: Well-Meaning but Futile
George C. Halvorson

Evidence about Consumer Experiences

Consumer Experiences in a Consumer-Driven Health Plan
Jon B. Christianson, Stephen T. Parente, and Roger Feldman

Early Experience with Employee Choice of Consumer-Directed Health Plans and Satisfaction with Enrollment
Jinnet Briggs Fowles, Elizabeth A. Kind, Barbara L. Braun, and John Bertko

Commentary—Defined Contribution Health Plans: Attracting the Healthy and Well-Off
Gail Shearer

Evidence about Utilization and Expenditures

Risk Segmentation Related to the Offering of a Consumer-Directed Health Plan: A Case Study of Humana Inc.
Laura A. Tollen, Murray N. Ross, and Stephen Poor

Evaluation of the Effect of a Consumer- Driven Health Plan on Medical Care Expenditures and Utilization
Stephen T. Parente, Roger Feldman, and Jon B. Christianson

Commentary—Looking at the Effects of Consumer-Centric Health Plans on Expenditures and Utilization
John Bertko

Concluding Commentary

Consumer-Directed Health Care: Will It Improve Health System Performance?
Karen Davis
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• Overview [3]
• Research Results and Policy Context [4]
• Presenters and Discussants [5]
• Presentation Slides [6]
• Background Materials [7]