Luft (Harold) Papers, 1964-2003

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Summary

Title:
Harold Luft papers
Dates:
1964-2003
Abstract:
Materials include correspondence, manuscripts and related files, conference notes, course materials, research project files, consulting files, proposals and related files, committee meeting notes and memos, health care data (including historical data such as American Hospital Association data from 1945-1976) and data run protocols.
Extent:
122.5 Linear Feet (96 cartons, 3 document boxes, 2 oversized boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Harold Luft Papers, MSS 2000-13. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Background

Biographical / historical:

Harold S. Luft, PhD., director of the Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS) at UCSF, has been associated with IHPS since 1978. His research interests are health economics and policy implementation, with a specific focus on medical care utilization, health maintenance organizations, risk adjusting payments to health plans, hospital market competition, quality and outcome of hospital care, including surgical care, and health care market reforms in various states and communities. He has served as principal investigator of research into these areas, producing major reports on health care issues such as competition and complementarity in hospital services, volume-outcome in surgery, and biased selection in health insurance. His early research on HMOs led to a comparison study of HMO performance to fee-for-service medicine. He has been recognized for his significant research to improving health care through various awards, including the 1998 Baxter Allegiance Foundation Prize for Health Services Research. He has served on various advisory boards, including the Robert Wood Johnson Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization and has served on national committees such as the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine Council (1989-94). He is on the editorial board of several health care journals and serves as a reviewer for numerous medical journals, such as the Journal of the American Medical Association and Milbank Quarterly.

Acquisition information:
This collection was transferred to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections from the UCSF Institute of Health Policy Studies (IHPS) in January 2000. Additional materials were transferred in 2004.
Arrangement:

Processing of this collection was started but not completed. A carton-level inventory was created. During the initial processing, the archivist began organizing the materials into three series: Education and Teaching, Professional Organizations, and Projects and Publications. While the contents within each carton generally align with these groupings, they may not be arranged in consecutive order. No further arrangement was carried out beyond documenting the inventory contents.

Material specific details:
Acronyms present throughout: (HIAA) Health Insurance Association of America (CHFC) California Health Facilities Commission (V/O) Volume Outcome (TS/CS) Time Series/Cross Section (PORT) Patient Outcome Research Team (CABG) Coronary artery bypass grafting (C and C) Competition and Complimentarity
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-26 09:31:28 -0700 .

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Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Access to records that contain personal and confidential information about an individual or individuals is restricted for 75 years from date of creation or until the death of the individual mentioned in the records, whichever is longer. Access to medical records is restricted for 100 years from the latest date of the materials in those files. Restrictions are noted at the series level. This collection will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to these files.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Harold Luft Papers, MSS 2000-13. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Location of this collection:
UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections, 530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840, US