Gerald S Adler
Gerald S Adler
The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) contains a wealth of information on the health status of Medicare beneficiaries. In particular, the 2004 MCBS included a series of questions about diabetes care for those who reported they had ...
Repricing specialty hospital outpatient services using ambulatory surgery center prices [0.03%]
利用门诊手术中心价格对专科医院门诊服务进行定价改革研究
Deborah Healy,Jerry Cromwell,Frederick G Thomas
Deborah Healy
This article explores whether Medicare pays more for the same outpatient services provided in an acute specialty hospital than in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). How financially dependent a specialty hospital is on ASC-eligible services...
Impact of resource-based practice expenses on the Medicare physician volume [0.03%]
基于资源的实务费用对医疗保险医生服务量的影响
Stephanie Maxwell,Stephen Zuckerman
Stephanie Maxwell
In 1999, Medicare implemented a resource-based relative value unit (RVU) system for physician practice expense payments, and increased the number of services for which practice expense payments differ by site. Using 1998-2004 data, we exami...
Hospital multifactor productivity: a presentation and analysis of two methodologies [0.03%]
医院多因素生产率：两种方法的展示与分析
Jonathan D Cylus,Bridget A Dickensheets
Jonathan D Cylus
In response to recent discussions regarding the ability of hospitals to achieve gains in productivity, we present two methodologies that attempt to measure multifactor productivity (MFP) in the hospital sector. We analyze each method and co...
Discussing Medicare physician productivity and the exploratory analysis [0.03%]
有关Medicare医师生产力的探讨及初步分析
Zachary Dyckman,Michael Harper,Peter McMenamin
Zachary Dyckman
This article provides comments of three conference panel members on the analyses of the productivity adjustment used in the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), and on exploratory estimates of physician-specific productivity measures. Each has a ...
Comment
Health care financing review. 2007;29(2):41-7. DOI: 2007
Joseph P Newhouse,Anna D Sinaiko
Joseph P Newhouse
Fisher (2007-2008) has carried out an analysis of physician productivity that is the most thorough to date. Because of limitations in the data, however, he is forced to make many assumptions to arrive at his estimates. This evaluation descr...
Multifactor productivity in physicians' offices: an exploratory analysis [0.03%]
关于医师诊所的多因素生产率的一项探索性分析
Charles Fisher
Charles Fisher
This article constructs measures of multifactor productivity (MFP) for physicians' offices using a variation of the productivity methodology developed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for other industries. Two alternatives measu...
Productivity adjustment in the Medicare physician fee schedule update [0.03%]
与医疗补助医师费用计划调整相关的生产率系数问题
Joseph P Newhouse,Anna D Sinaiko
Joseph P Newhouse
This article reviews the history of the productivity adjustment in the fee schedule and the literature on measuring productivity in health care. Measuring physician-specific productivity is challenging, a principal reason why the actual upd...
John A Poisal
John A Poisal
The following overview introduces a series of articles that focuses on multifactor productivity (MFP) growth in health care. This edition of the Health Care Financing Review begins with a theoretical discussion of the Medicare Economic Inde...
Partially capitated managed care versus FFS for special needs children [0.03%]
针对特殊需求儿童的按人头管理式医疗与自费制比较研究
Cynthia R Schuster,Jean M Mitchell,Darrell J Gaskin
Cynthia R Schuster
Little research has examined whether Medicaid managed care plans (MCPs) that incorporate case management are effective in coordinating services for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). This study evaluates the effects of enrollm...