B Stuart,E Reutzel,T Reutzel
B Stuart
This paper demonstrates the application of a mathematical programming model to a longstanding policy issue in the Medicaid reform debate: the redistribution of program funds necessary to achieve equity in eligibility and benefit coverage ac...
G Ruby,H D Banta,A K Burns
G Ruby
One possible approach to containing Medicare costs involves explicit changes in Medicare's coverage policy with respect to medical technology. This paper first describes the development and diffusion of medical technology in general and the...
Regulating motor vehicle safety maintenance: can we make it cost-effective? [0.03%]
机动车维修安全规范：如何做到成本效益兼得？
F Thompson
F Thompson
Our analysis suggests that a properly designed and implemented safety inspection program for motor vehicles would probably produce benefits in excess of costs, whereas most existing state programs probably produce costs well in excess of be...
R W Rosenblum
R W Rosenblum
This paper examines the elderly's out-of-pocket health care expenditures by category of expense, before and after the inception of Medicare. It describes the shifting of out-of-pocket expenses from hospital care to nursing-home care, while ...
Reducing public expenditures for physician services: the price of paying less [0.03%]
减少医师服务的公共开支：支付能力下降的影响
J R Gabel,T H Rice
J R Gabel
The purpose of this paper is to examine how physicians respond to changes in payment levels from government insurers. Our analysis focuses on two issues: controlling overall program expenditures, and assuring full access to care for program...
L D Brown
L D Brown
For two decades administrators of Medicare have tried to reconcile the competing goals adopted by the program's political creators--meeting obligations to the beneficiaries of a social insurance system, maintaining peace with and the partic...
Medicare reimbursement for hospice care: ethical and policy implications of cost-containment strategies [0.03%]
美国医疗保险对安宁疗护的报销：控制成本策略的伦理与政策影响
I Fraser
I Fraser
In several areas of health policy, current concern over rising costs has generated considerably political support for reforms that many in the business have advocated unsuccessfully on philosophical, ethical, or humanitarian grounds for yea...
Probable future funding priorities in maternal and child health: a modified Delphi National Survey [0.03%]
我国妇幼卫生未来资金优先事项调查研究报告——改进的德尔菲法国家级调查
G P Loos,R G Smith,C Roseman
G P Loos
Recent enactment of program consolidation block grants proposed by the Reagan administration has left many observers of public health services wondering about the impact of such a change on categorical programs in maternal and child health ...
J Holahan
J Holahan
The paper uses data from nursing-home cost reports to analyze the effectiveness of different approaches to nursing-home reimbursement. Our research has produced considerable evidence on the effect of states' efforts to reduce the rate of in...
State responses to the malpractice insurance "crisis" of the 1970s: an empirical assessment [0.03%]
20世纪70年代医疗事故危机中的国家应对措施及实证分析
F A Sloan
F A Sloan
Almost all states enacted legislation in response to the rapid rise in malpractice insurance premiums which occurred during the mid-1970s. After describing the types of statutory changes enacted, this study evaluates the influence of these ...