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Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
Immigration pediatrics [0.03%]
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Fitzhugh Mullan
Fitzhugh Mullan
Benjamin D Sommers
Benjamin D Sommers
Program fragmentation might exacerbate disenrollment of children from Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Using data from 2001-2004, I estimated the number of children who switched programs and the number who...
Carrie M Carpenter,Geoffrey Ferris Wayne,John L Pauly et al.
Carrie M Carpenter et al.
Tobacco manufacturers have recently introduced a proliferation of exotic brands featuring candylike flavors. We reviewed internal tobacco industry documents and patents to assess the role of flavored cigarettes in the targeting of young smo...
Meredith Rosenthal,Charleen Hsuan,Arnold Milstein
Meredith Rosenthal
We used a series of case studies of first-generation consumer-directed health plans to investigate their early experience and the suitability of their design for reducing the growth in health benefit spending and improving the value of that...
Roger Feldman,Stephen T Parente,Jean Abraham et al.
Roger Feldman et al.
The 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) approved tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSAs) for certain high-deductible health insurance plans. We predict that MMA could lead to approximately 3.2 mil...
Rodney A Hayward,David M Kent,Sandeep Vijan et al.
Rodney A Hayward et al.
Results of randomized clinical trials are the preferred "evidence" for establishing the benefits and safety of medical treatments. We present evidence suggesting that the conventional approach to reporting clinical trials has fundamental fl...
Alice G Gosfield,James L Reinertsen
Alice G Gosfield
The 100,000 Lives Campaign has the attention of U.S. hospitals, professional groups, and the media. Its aim has been endorsed, and its planks are being implemented, by more than 2,300 diverse hospitals in every state. We posit that the six ...
Greg Scandlen
Greg Scandlen
Although some believe that consumer-driven health care amounts to nothing more than a tweak to the current system of third-party payment, others see it as a far more profound development. They argue that enabling patients to control more of...
Robert S Galvin,Suzanne Delbanco
Robert S Galvin
Employers will continue to have a key role in the U.S. health system. Unfortunately, their purchasing practices have fallen far short of ideal. Large employers can lead the way for smaller companies, but by not routinely using competitive b...