Much of the current debate about expanding health insurance coverage avoids addressing an uncomfortable trade-off: with a limited budget,…
Book abstract: Increasing economic globalization has made understanding the world economy more important than ever. From trade agreements…
The literature on the use of performance measurement in government has focused much attention on hypothesized unintended dysfunctional…
Americans purchase health insurance in various ways. Some buy individual policies. For them, medical underwriting is common, and…
Background: The net economic value of increased health care spending remains unclear, especially for chronic diseases. Objective: To assess…
The economic value of improvements in health status
for patients with type 2 diabetes seems to exceed or equal increases
in health care…
If Congress creates a public option in health-care insurance, will that inevitably lead to a single-payer system, with the government…
A broad consensus holds that increased medical capability—technology—is the primary driver of health spending growth. However, technology…
Spending on health care in markets with a larger percentage of primary care physicians (PCPs) is lower at any point in time than is true in…