Kenneth E Thorpe
Kenneth E Thorpe
Reforms for slowing the growth in health care spending and increasing the value of care have largely focused on insurance-based solutions. Consumer-driven health care represents the most recent example of this approach. However, much of the...
Thomas Bodenheimer
Thomas Bodenheimer
U.S. health policy has been consumed by an ideological divide between conservative and liberal viewpoints. The liberal philosophy, based on both moral principles and utilitarian arguments, attempts to balance the needs of the individual wit...
Donald W Moran
Donald W Moran
Throughout the postwar era in federal health policy, policymakers have sought to expand both public and private insurance coverage, while wrestling with the cost consequences of the demand generated by the insurance-financing mechanisms thu...
Victor R Fuchs,Ezekiel J Emanuel
Victor R Fuchs
Dissatisfaction with the U.S. health care system is widespread, but no consensus has emerged as to how to reform it. The principal methods of finance-employer-based insurance, means-tested insurance, and Medicare-are deeply and irreparably ...
Taking the pulse of health care systems: experiences of patients with health problems in six countries [0.03%]
Cathy Schoen,Robin Osborn,Phuong Trang Huynh et al.
Cathy Schoen et al.
This paper reports on a 2005 survey of sicker adults in Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Sizable shares of patients in all six countries report safety risks, poor care coordination, and def...
Changes in economic conditions and health insurance coverage, 2000-2004 [0.03%]
2000-2004年经济状况和医疗保险覆盖面的变化
John Holahan,Allison Cook
John Holahan
Between 2000 and 2004, the number of uninsured Americans increased by six million, primarily because of a decline in employer-sponsored insurance. All of the increase occurred among adults, for whom the drop in employer coverage was not off...
Allen Dobson,Randall Haught
Allen Dobson
The policy issues surrounding physician-owned specialty hospitals are highly controversial. Central to the controversy is the trade-off between the role these hospitals might play in increasing competition and the impact they might have on ...
Effects of physician-owned limited-service hospitals: evidence from Arizona [0.03%]
基于亚利桑那州的实证研究：医生持股诊所的影响
Jean M Mitchell
Jean M Mitchell
In recent years physician ownership of so-called limited-service hospitals has become commonplace in many states lacking certificate-of-need regulations. Empirical evidence documenting the effects of these facilities is sparse. This study c...
Physician-owned specialty hospitals: a market signal for Medicare payment revisions [0.03%]
医师所有的专科医院：医疗保险支付制度改革的市场信号
Jack Hadley,Stephen Zuckerman
Jack Hadley
Jean Mitchell's findings show that physician-entrepreneurs respond to financial incentives and take advantage of variations in profitability within Medicare's hospital payment system. The growth of physician-owned specialty hospitals can be...
A proposal for financing postmarketing drug safety studies by augmenting FDA user fees [0.03%]
关于通过增加美国食品药品监督管理局使用费来资助药品上市后安全性研究的提案
Daniel Carpenter
Daniel Carpenter
I propose to raise funds for postapproval studies of long-term drug safety by augmenting the existing "user-fee" system. Fees would be raised by an amount deemed optimal for revenue collection, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA...