Journal Club I:

[Chandra] Tanya GK, Bentley, TK, RM Effros, K Palar, EB. Keeler, “Waste in the U.S. Health Care System: A Conceptual Framework,” The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 86, No. 4, 2008 (pp. 629–659).

[Staiger] Doyle JJ, Ewer SM, Wagner TH, ”Returns to Physician Human Capital: Analyzing Patients Randomized to Physician Teams,” NBER Working Paper, 2009.

Journal Club II:

[Chandra] Samuel H. Preston Jessica Y. How Low Life Expectancy In The United States:Is The Health Care System At Fault? Working Paper 15213.

[Stukel] Campbell SM, Reeves D, Kontopantelis E, Sibbald B, Roland M. Effects of pay for performance on the quality of primary care in England. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jul 23;361(4):368-78.

[Fowler] Kuehn BM States Explore Shared Decision Making JAMA 2009;301 (24):2539-2541.

Short Research Reports I:

[Skinner] Sutherland et.al “The High Cost of Healthcare: Getting Past  Denial,” NEJM 2009.

[Weeks] Weeks, et al., “Does the VA Offer Good Health Care Value?”  J Health Care Finance 2009;35(4):1-12.

[Wunsch] Wunsch, et. al., “Variation in critical care services across North America and Western Europe Crit Care Med 2008 Vol. 36(10).

[Staiger] Staiger DO, Auerbach DI, Buerhaus PI, “Trends in the Work Hours of Physicians in the United States”

[Miller] “Accountable care organizations and specialty care.”

Research Reports II:

[Chang] “Relationship between Area Physician Supply and Elderly Patients Perceptions of Health Care”
[Yasaitis] “Racial Differences in Patients’ Preferences about Care-seeking”

[Gellad] “Variation in prescription drug use and spending in the VA”

Research Reports III:

[Merea] “Can Educational Gradients in Smoking and Obesity Explain Educational Gradients in Mortality?”

[Baker] “The use of CT scanning for diagnosing carotid artery disease”

[Levy] “Medical Imaging and Medical Costs”

[Gottieb] “Patient survey developement”

Research Reports IV:

[Bynum] “Surgical Rates in Extended Hospital/Medical Staff (EHMS) Groups”

[Birkmeyer] “Variation in Hospital Mortality with Inpatient Surgery.”

[Wunsch] “Use of intensive care services during terminal hospitalizations in England and the United States”

Research Reports V:

[Mehrotra] “Physician Level Measures of Quality and Costs”

[Teno] “Changes in  NH Residents Orders to Forgo Resuscitation, 30 day Re-hospitalization Rates, and Terminal Hospitalizations”

[Stukel] “Ontario hospital System Variations in Healthcare Spending: Why is Higher Spending associated with Better Acute Care Outcomes?”

Research Report VI:

[Skinner] Weinstein, M., Skinner, J., “Comparative Effectiveness and Health Care Spending: Implications for Reform” What still needs to be done? The Next Round: Planning for the Great Renewal.