This study assesses the factors influencing the movement of
people across health plans. We distinguish three types of cost-related…
It has become trite to observe that increases in health care costs have become unsustainable. How best for policy to address these…
Since 2006 numerous insurers have stopped serving the low-income segment of the Medicare Part D program, forcing millions of beneficiaries…
To assess U.S. geographic variation in the management of medication in elderly patients, the authors examined performance on two quality…
In this survey chapter on pricing and reimbursement in U.S. pharmaceutical markets, we first provide
background information on important…
Concerns
about reducing the rate of growth of health expenditures have reignited
interest in medical liability reforms and their…
Health reform can be
assessed from the perspective of four groups that collectively include
most Americans. For those who are now in…
Background:
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is more effective on average than fibrinolytic therapy (FT) in the treatment…