These rankings are for online readership of papers published in 2006. Web readership is based on data from Health Affairs’ online archive at www.healthaffairs.org from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 and does not take into account print readership or online readership from article aggregators, such as Lexis-Nexis.

1. Jack Needleman, Peter I. Buerhaus, Maureen Stewart, Katya Zelevinsky, and Soeren Mattke
Nurse Staffing In Hospitals: Is There A Business Case For Quality?
Health Affairs 25, no. 1 (January/February 2006): 204-211.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/1/204

2. Christine Borger, Sheila Smith, Christopher Truffer, Sean Keehan, Andrea Sisko, John Poisal, and M. Kent Clemens
Health Spending Projections Through 2015: Changes On The Horizon
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w61-w73 (published online 22 February 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/2/w61

3. Cynthia Smith, Cathy Cowan, Stephen Heffler, Aaron Catlin, and the National Health Accounts Team
National Health Spending In 2004: Recent Slowdown Led By Prescription Drug Spending
Health Affairs 25, no. 1 (January/February 2006): 186-196.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/1/186

4. Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, Sabrina K.H. How, and Stephen C. Schoenbaum
U.S. Health System Performance: A National Scorecard
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w457-w475 (published online 20 September 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/6/w457

5. Jessica H. May, Gloria J. Bazzoli, and Anneliese M. Gerland
Hospitals’ Responses To Nurse Staffing Shortages
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w316-w323 (published online 26 June 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/4/W316

6. Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Cheryl Damberg, Amelia Haviland, Kanika Kapur, Nicole Lurie, Roland McDevitt, and M. Susan Marquis
Consumer-Directed Health Care: Early Evidence About Effects On Cost And Quality
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w516-w530 (published online 24 October 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/6/w516

7. Peter J. Cunningham
What Accounts For Differences In The Use Of Hospital Emergency Departments Across U.S. Communities?
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w324-w336 (published online 18 July 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/5/w324

8. Gerard F. Anderson, Bianca K. Frogner, Roger A. Johns, and Uwe E. Reinhardt
Health Care Spending And Use Of Information Technology In OECD Countries
Health Affairs 25, no. 3 (May/June 2006): 819-831.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/3/819

9. Mark Schlesinger and Bradford H. Gray
How Nonprofits Matter In American Medicine, And What To Do About It
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w287-w303 (published online 20 June 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/4/W287

10. Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, and Michelle I. Banker
The Effect Of Population Aging On Future Hospital Demand
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w141-w149 (published online 28 March 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/3/w141

11. Uwe E. Reinhardt
The Pricing Of U.S. Hospital Services: Chaos Behind A Veil Of Secrecy
Health Affairs 25, no. 1 (January/February 2006): 57-69.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/1/57

12. Cathy Schoen, Robin Osborn, Phuong Trang Huynh, Michelle Doty, Jordon Peugh, and Kinga Zapert
On The Front Lines Of Care: Primary Care Doctors’ Office Systems, Experiences, And Views In Seven Countries
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w555-w571 (published online 2 November 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/6/w555

13. Christopher P. Tompkins, Stuart H. Altman, and Efrat Eilat
The Precarious Pricing System For Hospital Services
Health Affairs 25, no. 1 (January/February 2006): 45-56.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/1/45

14. Kenneth E. Thorpe and David H. Howard
The Rise In Spending Among Medicare Beneficiaries: The Role Of Chronic Disease Prevalence And Changes In Treatment Intensity
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w378-w388 (published online 22 August 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/5/w378

15. Allen Dobson, Joan DaVanzo, and Namrata Sen
The Cost-Shift Payment ‘Hydraulic’: Foundation, History, And Implications
Health Affairs 25, no. 1 (January/February 2006): 22-33.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/1/22

16. Stuart H. Altman, David Shactman, and Efrat Eilat
Could U.S. Hospitals Go The Way Of U.S. Airlines?
Health Affairs 25, no. 1 (January/February 2006): 11-21.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/1/11

17. Jonathan S. Skinner, Douglas O. Staiger, and Elliott S. Fisher
Is Technological Change In Medicine Always Worth It? The Case Of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w34-w47 (published online 7 February 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/2/w34

18. Jaan Sidorov
It Ain’t Necessarily So: The Electronic Health Record And The Unlikely Prospect Of Reducing Health Care Costs
Health Affairs 25, no. 4 (July/August 2006): 1079-1085.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/4/1079

19. Ashish K. Jha, Timothy G. Ferris, Karen Donelan, Catherine DesRoches, Alexandra Shields, Sara Rosenbaum, and David Blumenthal
How Common Are Electronic Health Records In The United States? A Summary Of The Evidence
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w496-w507 (published online 11 October 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/6/w496

20. Robert A. Berenson, Thomas Bodenheimer, and Hoangmai H. Pham
Specialty-Service Lines: Salvos In The New Medical Arms Race
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w337-w343 (published online 25 July 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/5/w337

21. Theodore R. Marmor and Jerry L. Mashaw
Understanding Social Insurance: Fairness, Affordability, And The ‘Modernization’ Of Social Security And Medicare
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w114-w134 (published online 21 March 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/3/w114

22. Barbara J. Culliton
Extracting Knowledge From Science: A Conversation With Elias Zerhouni
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w94-w103 (published online 9 March 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/3/w94

23. Robert A. Berenson, Paul B. Ginsburg, and Jessica H. May
Hospital-Physician Relations: Cooperation, Competition, Or Separation?
Health Affairs 26, no. 1 (2007): w31-w43 (published online 5 December 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.26.1.w31v1

24. Robin Rudowitz, Diane Rowland, and Adele Shartzer
Health Care In New Orleans Before And After Hurricane Katrina
Health Affairs 25 (2006): w393-w406 (published online 29 August 2006).
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/5/w393

25. Dahlia K. Remler and Sherry A. Glied
How Much More Cost Sharing Will Health Savings Accounts Bring?
Health Affairs 25, no. 4 (July/August 2006): 1070-1078.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/4/1070