The Governor's Commission on Rationalizing Health Care Resources completed its work in 2008. For historical purposes, DOH continues to make this web site available. This site is not being updated.

• Final Report, January 24, 2008 [pdf 7mb]
• Final Report -- Download by Chapters
• Interim Report from the Commission, June 29, 2007  [pdf 1.32m]

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1. "Rationalizing Beds, Services, and Payments for New Jersey Hospitals: Targeting Additional Support to the Neediest Essential Hospitals," Henry J. Amoroso and Terence French, November 2006. [pdf 91k]
2. 2006 New Jersey Health Care Almanac, Avalere Health LLC.
     - Executive Summary [pdf 3m]
     - Report
     For the most up-to-date information, please visit www.njhealthcarealmanac.net
3. "Examining the State of Our Healthcare System: The Unique Challenges Facing Urban Hospitals and Their Importance in Our State" Hospital Alliance of New Jersey, October 2006. [pdf 46m]
4. Statement of the Health Professionals and Allied Employees, March 2007. [pdf 24k]
5. "Certificate of Need Laws: Analysis and Recommendations for the Commission on Rationalizing New Jersey's Health Care Resources," Janelle Sagness, January 12, 2007. [pdf 75k]
6. "Impact of Hospital Consolidations on Availability of Services," Department of the Public Advocate, February 2007. [pdf 2m]
7. Charity Care: An Ailing System, State of New Jersey Commission of Investigation, April 18, 2007. [pdf 301k]
8. Catholic HealthCare Partnership of New Jersey -- Testimony of Rev. Joseph Kukura, President, before the Governor's Commission on Rationalizing Health Care Resources, April 30, 2007. [pdf 34k]
9. New Jersey Hospital Association -- Testimony of Gary Carter, President and CEO, before the Governor's Commission on Rationalizing Health Care Resources, April 30, 2007. [pdf 436k]
10. New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals -- Testimony of J. Richard Goldstein, M.D., President and CEO, before the Governor's Commission on Rationalizing Health Care Resources, April 30, 2007. [pdf 138k]
11. Hospital Alliance of New Jersey -- Testimony of Suzanne Ianni, President and CEO, before the Governor's Commission on Rationalizing Health Care Resources, April 30, 2007. [pdf 138k]
12. Evaluation of the Hospital Charity Care Program in New Jersey, Derek DeLia, Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, January 2007. [pdf 202k]
13. Potentially Avoidable Use of Hospital Emergency Departments in New Jersey: A Report to the New Jersey Department of Health, Derek DeLia, July 2006. [pdf 202k]
14. Emergency Department Utilization and Surge Capacity in New Jersey, 1998-2003: A Report to the New Jersey Department of Health, Derek DeLia, March, 2005. [pdf 308k]
15. Derek DeLia. “Caring for the New Uninsured: Hospital Charity Care for Older People without Coverage”. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 54(12): 1933-1936, 2006.
16. Derek DeLia. “Annual Bed Statistics Give a Misleading Picture of Hospital Surge Capacity.” Annals of Emergency Medicine 48(4):384-388, 2006.
17. Hospital Capacity, Patient Flow, and Emergency Department Use in New Jersey, Derek DeLia, September 2007 [pdf 268k]
18. Insuring the Uninsured, Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey, October 2007. [pdf 57k]
19. The Economics of Employer Versus Individual Mandates, Alan B. Krueger and Uwe E. Reinhardt, Health Affairs/Spring 1994. [pdf 214k]