Cost & Quality

Learn more about rising health care costs and private- and public-sector strategies to improve the value of spending.

Research Insights

September 17, 2020

More Evidence That Vertical Integration Increases Market Power and Pricing

This Research Insights explores how primary care physicians’ and specialists’ fees are higher when they combine complementary services in a multispecialty practice.

Cost & Quality / Provider Consolidation

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Grantees Covering Cost & Quality

Tim Brown, University of California, Berkeley

Research Grants

May 01, 2021 - April 30, 2022

The Causal Effect of High-Quality Physician-Patient Relationships on Healthcare Costs and Outcomes: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and the Effect of Racial/Ethnic Concordance

Tim Brown, University of California, Berkeley

Jamie Robinson, University of California, Berkeley

Research Grants

January 01, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Price and Quality for Ambulatory Surgery: Differences Between Hospital-Based and Freestanding Centers

Jamie Robinson, University of California, Berkeley

Jane Zhu, Oregon Health and Science University

Research Grants

January 01, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Private Equity Acquisitions of Physician Medical Practices and Implications for Practice Patterns and Costs of Care

Jane Zhu, Oregon Health and Science University

Nicholas Tilipman, University of Illinois at Chicago

Research Grants

January 01, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Provider Market Power and Adverse Selection in Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from the California Benefits Exchange

Nicholas Tilipman, University of Illinois at Chicago

Cost & Quality

More Evidence That Vertical Integration Increases Market Power and Pricing

More On Cost & Quality

High Deductibles May Encourage Smarter Patient Decisions About Low-Value Care Use

Improving Payment Accuracy In Health Insurance Marketplaces

Better Prediction of Rising Health Spending to Improve Cost Containment

Grantees Covering Cost & Quality

The Causal Effect of High-Quality Physician-Patient Relationships on Healthcare Costs and Outcomes: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and the Effect of Racial/Ethnic Concordance

Price and Quality for Ambulatory Surgery: Differences Between Hospital-Based and Freestanding Centers

Private Equity Acquisitions of Physician Medical Practices and Implications for Practice Patterns and Costs of Care

Provider Market Power and Adverse Selection in Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from the California Benefits Exchange