Private health insurance plans in 1977: coverage, enrollment, and financial experience [0.03%]
1977年的私营健康保险计划：覆盖面、参保人数及财务状况分析
M S Carroll,R H Arnett rd
M S Carroll
The private health insurance industry collected $47.1 billion in premiums in 1977 and returned $41.6 billion in benefits to their subscribers. Premiums rose 16.3 percent as a direct consequence of rapid claims growth in 1976. After operatin...
Toward developing a relative value scale for medical and surgical services [0.03%]
向制定医学和手术服务相对价值标准的方向发展
W C Hsiao,W B Stason
W C Hsiao
A methodology has been developed to determine the relative values of surgical procedures and medical office visits on the basis of resource costs. The time taken to perform the service and the complexity of that service are the most critica...
Analysis of variations in hospital use by Medicare patients in PSRO areas, 1974-1977 [0.03%]
美国PSRO地区的老年人住院利用情况及其变化分析（1974～1977年）
R Deacon,J Lubitz,M Gurnick et al.
R Deacon et al.
A study of the use of short-stay hospitals in PSRO areas by Medicare enrollees aged 65 and over for the period 1974 through 1977 revealed that discharge rates increased, average length of stay (ALOS) decreased, and days-of-care rates remain...
I L Burney,G J Schieber,M O Blaxall et al.
I L Burney et al.
The incentives in the Medicare and Medicaid physician payment systems and their effects on six interrelated aspects of health care costs and beneficiary access to care were analyzed. Research results and data presented indicate that Medicar...
M S Freeland,G Anderson,C E Schendler
M S Freeland
The national community hospital input price index presented here isolates the effects of prices of goods and services required to produce hospital care and measures the average percent change in prices for a fixed market basket of hospital ...
R M Gibson
R M Gibson
Outlays for health care in the Nation reached $192.4 billion in calendar year 1978--13 percent higher than in 1977, according to preliminary figures compiled by the Health Care Financing Administration. This estimate represented $863 per pe...
A modular case-mix classification system for medical rehabilitation illustrated [0.03%]
模块化病例组合分类系统在医学康复中的应用示例分析
M G Stineman,C V Granger
M G Stineman
The authors present a modular set of patient classification systems designed for medical rehabilitation that predict resource use and outcomes for clinically similar groups of individuals. The systems, based on the Functional Independence M...
Developing Medicare competitive bidding: a study of clinical laboratories [0.03%]
美国联邦医疗保险竞争性招标实证研究——以临床检验项目为例
T J Hoerger,A Meadow
T J Hoerger
Competitive bidding to derive Medicare fees promises several advantages over administered fee systems. The authors show how incentives for cost savings, quality, and access can be incorporated into bidding schemes, and they report on a stud...