Health Care Indicators [0.03%]
医疗卫生指标
Arthur L Sensenig,Stephen K Heffler,Carolyn S Donham
Arthur L Sensenig
This regular feature of the journal includes a discussion of recent trends in health care delivery, employment, and prices. The statistics presented in this article are valuable in their own right for understanding the relationship between ...
Thomas A LaVeist,Janice V Bowie,Michele Cooley-Quille
Thomas A LaVeist
The objective of this article is to describe the racial and ethnic differences in health status during the "middle years" of life. We use data from National Vital Statistics Reports (Hoyert, Kochanek, and Murphy, 1999) to estimate excess mo...
John D Klemm
John D Klemm
Medicaid spending growth has varied greatly over time. This article uses financial and statistical data to trace the history of Medicaid spending in relation to some of the major factors that have influenced its growth over the years. Perio...
Christie Provost,Paul Hughes
Christie Provost
On this 35th anniversary of the enactment of Medicaid, it is important to reflect on the program's role in the U.S. health care system. The Medicaid program is the third largest source of health insurance in the United States-after employer...
William Buczko
William Buczko
The 1997 Balanced Budget Act (BBA) permits private contracting for care between Medicare beneficiaries and providers who have opted out of Medicare. This article examines the number and characteristics of providers who have opted-out, their...
David J Miranda
David J Miranda
Stability of Disability Among PACE Enrollees: Financial and Programmatic Implications [0.03%]
PACE项目参与者残疾状况的稳定性：财务与项目运行层面的影响
Dana B Mukamel,Helena Temkin-Greener,Marleen L Clark
Dana B Mukamel
This article examines the experience of the first 11 Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs. It investigates changes in functional status of participants in relation to length of enrollment in the program and individu...
Steven DiCarlo,Jon Gabel
Steven DiCarlo
In this article, the 1987 conventional health plans are examined and 1987 group health insurance is compared with that of 1977. The source of information for 1987 is the national survey of 771 private and public employers conducted by the H...
Risk Adjustment for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries Using Long-Term Care [0.03%]
长期护理风险调整的双重资格受益人保险制度改革分析
Nelda McCall,Jodi Korb
Nelda McCall
This study explores use of the principal inpatient diagnostic cost groups (PIPDCG) and hierarchical coexisting conditions (HCC) risk-adjustment methodologies for a population of dually eligible beneficiaries receiving chronic long-term care...
Stuart M Butler
Stuart M Butler
The assumption that consumer choice cannot be used to achieve cost control in health care is invalid. It does not do so today because the tax treatment of health care leads to perverse consumer incentives that encourage cost escalation. By ...