Publications

Educators

02 Jan 2020
News

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

August 2011 (Revised July 2014)
Case

Amil and the Health Care System in Brazil

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Dr. Edson Bueno created Amil, Brazil's largest health insurer. Unlike many others, it is vertically integrated. Dr. Bueno has two opportunities for growth. Which, if any, should he pursue? View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Opportunities; Insurance; Vertical Integration; Insurance Industry; Brazil

Educators

24 Mar 2014
News

Health Care Transparency: The Fox Is Guarding the Chicken Coop in Washington Again

March 2008 (Revised January 2010)
Background Note

Note on Accountability in the U.S. Health Care System

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Michael Millenson

This note explains how health care providers, health insurers, and consumers are held accountable for their performance and the entrepreneurial opportunities thus created. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Insurance; Corporate Accountability; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Health Industry; United States

Educators

June 1992
Teaching Note

U.S. Health Care Systems, Prospectus and Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., Teaching Note

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry

February 2024
Article

Investing in Long-Term Health

By: Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra

Keywords: Insurance; Outcome or Result; Health Care and Treatment

01 Jun 2010
News

Health IT at the Bedside

moved to Washington to join the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, part of a multi-billion-dollar Obama administration initiative to speed the development of a nationwide,... View Details

Keywords: Sachin H. Jain; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

at Genoa involves communicating with state agencies about remaining regulatory obstacles to telehealth care. He also is a national advocate through Mental Health America, which is using its free online... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

27 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

care, but there is another cost to be accounted for. Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug PricesIn Germany, drugmakers must prove that a new medication’s benefits merit a higher price than existing drugs. Making Health View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Health

November 2024
Article

A National Analysis of General Pediatric Inpatient Unit Closures and Openings, 2011–2018

By: Carolyn San Soucie, Nancy D. Beaulieu, Jason D. Buxbaum, David Cutler, JoAnna K. Leyenaar, Sarah C. McBride, Olivia Zhao and Alyna T. Chien

OBJECTIVES: This paper provides an examination of: (1) the frequency and net rates of change for general pediatric inpatient (GPI) unit closures and openings nationally and by state; (2) how often closures or openings are caused by GPI unit changes only or caused by... View Details

Keywords: Health Industry

05 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA

No one can convey the impact of an MBA from Harvard Business School better than our alumni. And, when it comes to a career health care, there are a multitude of paths that one can choose. From care delivery and View Details

2010
Working Paper

Evaluating the Effects of Large-Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative

By: Nava Ashraf, Gunther Fink and David N. Weil

Since 2003, Zambia has been engaged in a large-scale, centrally coordinated national anti-malaria campaign which has become a model in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims at quantifying the individual and macro level benefits of this campaign, which involved mass... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Performance Evaluation; Programs; Health Industry; Zambia

March 2003
Teaching Note

Tufts Health Plan (TN)

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer

Teaching Note for (9-699-160). View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; Health Industry

20 May 2016
Op-Ed

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

Nutrition and Population Practice of the World Bank. Relevant WHO scientists and field health experts could be seconded to this Unit; they would work out of country offices in partnership with World Bank executives and View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Health

11 Apr 2024
News

“Copay Accumulators” Put Patients in Middle of Battle Between Insurers and Drugmakers

January 2, 2020
Article

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace

The United States has serious health care problems: More than 27 million uninsured people, costs that are growing faster than income, and a staggering $37 trillion of unfunded liabilities in the Medicare program. Perhaps most alarming: The US ranks lowest among... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Public Option; Medicare; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Cost Management; Problems and Challenges; United States

2023
Working Paper

No Mask, No Service: Customer Reaction to Walmart’s 2020 National Mask Mandate

By: Innessa Colaiacovo

Multi-location firms face a complex series of economic tradeoffs when deciding whether to implement standard processes or allow processes to vary across establishments. One element of this tradeoff is customer response. This paper explores customer reaction to a... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Geographic Location; Policy; Health Pandemics; Retail Industry; United States