Payers are penalizing hospitals for high readmission rates. It is unknown whether major changes in population insurance coverage can affect…
One in twelve Americans suffers from asthma and its annual costs are estimated to exceed $50 billion. Simultaneously, the root causes of…
Unhealthy behaviors are responsible for a large proportion of health care costs and poor health outcomes. Surveys of large employers…
Background: Proposed payment reforms in the US healthcare system would hold providers accountable for the care delivered to an assigned…
Background:
Two prominent challenges in nursing home care are ensuring appropriate medication use and achieving high-quality care as…
Objectives In 2006, Medicare Part D transitioned prescription drug coverage for dual-eligible nursing home residents from Medicaid to…
Left- and right-handed individuals have different neurological wiring, particularly with regard to language processing. Multiple datasets…
Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans (MA-PDs) and standalone prescription drug plans (PDPs) face different incentives for plan design…
Objective: To examine the relationship between insurance market structure and
health care prices, utilization, and spending. Data Sources…
Medicare Part C, or Medicare Advantage (MA), now almost 30 years old, has generally been viewed as a policy
disappointment. Enrollment…