Financing Health Care: Businesses, Households, and Governments, 1987-2003 [0.03%]
1987至2003年的医疗卫生融资：企业、家庭与政府的作用
Cathy A Cowan,Micah B Hartman
Cathy A Cowan
This article provides estimates of health care expenditures by businesses, households, and governments for 1987-2003. Sponsors that finance public and private health insurance programs and other payers face increasing challenges as health c...
Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Early Prenatal Care and Health Outcomes [0.03%]
医疗补助计划的扩展对早孕护理和健康结果的影响
Arnold M Epstein,Joseph P Newhouse
Arnold M Epstein
To assess the impact of Medicaid expansion for pregnant women in South Carolina and California, the authors compared change in rates of timely prenatal care, adverse infant and maternal health outcomes, and use of cesarean section for group...
Nancy A Miller,William D Saunders
Nancy A Miller
High-Risk Pools for Uninsurable Individuals: Recent Growth, Future Prospects [0.03%]
高风险的保险池：近期增长与未来前景
Austin B Frakt,Steven D Pizer,Marian V Wrobel
Austin B Frakt
High-risk pools are State programs that were recently brought under Federal review by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). For a subsidized, yet above-standard premium, they provide coverage to individual...
Health Care Indicators [0.03%]
医疗卫生指标
Carolyn S Donham,Brenda T Maple,Arthur L Sensenig
Carolyn S Donham
THIS REGULAR FEATURE OF THE JOURNAL INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR TOPICS: community hospital statistics; employment, hours, and earnings in the private health sector; health care prices; and national economic indicator...
Clarke Cagey
Clarke Cagey
Over the last 7 years, State and Federal policymakers have reformed State medical assistance programs and, in the process, have grappled with goals of both containing program costs and expanding health insurance coverage to the uninsured. C...
Evolution of Quality Review Programs for Medicare: Quality Assurance to Quality Improvement [0.03%]
医疗保险的质量评审计划的发展：从质量保障到质量提升
Anita J Bhatia,Sheila Blackstock,Rachel Nelson et al.
Anita J Bhatia et al.
This article outlines the development, successes, and future directions of the Medicare Peer Review Organization (PRO) program. As established by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, the purpose of the PRO program is to pro...
Senator David Durenberger
Senator David Durenberger
This executive summary of Senator Durenberger's remarks was prepared by Julie Snyder of the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs. The remarks were given in the context of a panel presentation moderated by Senator Durenberger, en...
Howard L Bailit,Cary Sennett
Howard L Bailit
Utilization management (UM) is now an integral part of most public and private health plans. Hospital review, until recently the primary focus of UM, is associated with a reduction in bed days and rate of hospital cost increases. These redu...
Dennis McIntyre,Lisa Rogers,Ellen Jo Heier
Dennis McIntyre
This article provides an overview of health care performance measurement, including a chronological history of the major developments in the performance measurement field. It is not intended to be all-encompassing in its descriptions of eve...