The Impact of Delayed Hepatitis C Viral Load Suppression on Patient Risk: Historical Evidence from the Veterans Administration [0.03%]
退伍军人事务部门历史上关于延迟抑制丙型肝炎病毒载量对患者风险影响的证据
Tara Matsuda,Jeffrey S McCombs,Ivy Tonnu-Mihara et al.
Tara Matsuda et al.
Background: The high cost of new hepatitis C (HCV) treatments has resulted in "watchful waiting" strategies being developed to safely delay treatment, which will in turn delay viral load suppression (VLS). ...
Physician Self-Referral of Physical Therapy Services for Patients with Low Back Pain: Implications for Use, Types of Treatments Received and Expenditures [0.03%]
医师推荐的物理治疗在低背部疼痛患者中的应用、治疗方法及费用分析
Jean M Mitchell,James D Reschovsky,Luisa Franzini et al.
Jean M Mitchell et al.
Prior research on treatment of low back pain has documented large increases in use of spinal surgery, MRIs and lumbosacral injections linked to physician self-referral arrangements. No recent research has examined whether physician ownershi...
How Effective is Population-Based Cancer Screening? Regression Discontinuity Estimates from the US Guideline Screening Initiation Ages [0.03%]
基于人群的癌症筛查有多大的有效性？来自美国指南筛查初始年龄的回归不连续性估计值
Srikanth Kadiyala,Erin Strumpf
Srikanth Kadiyala
We estimate the marginal benefits of population-based cancer screening by comparing cancer test and detection rates on either side of US guideline-recommended initiation ages (age 40 for breast cancer and age 50 for colorectal cancer during...
Competitive Spillovers and Regulatory Exploitation by Skilled Nursing Facilities [0.03%]
skilled nursing设施的竞争外溢与监管规避行为
John R Bowblis,Christopher S Brunt,David C Grabowski
John R Bowblis
Typically, research on the effect of ownership has considered health care providers in isolation of competitive interaction from other firms. This analysis considers how the selection of Medicare reimbursement codes for skilled nursing faci...
Demand-Side Factors Associated with the Purchase of Long-Term Care Insurance [0.03%]
长期护理保险需求侧影响因素分析——来自中国上海的一项实证研究
Mark A Unruh,David G Stevenson,Richard G Frank et al.
Mark A Unruh et al.
Demand-side barriers are known to be important toward explaining the limited purchase of private long-term care insurance (LTCI). In this study, we examine several factors associated with the demand for LTCI including the availability of le...
Markus Dertwinkel-Kalt
Markus Dertwinkel-Kalt
Motivated by current topics in health economics, we apply the theory of salience to consumer policy. If a government intends to encourage healthier diets without harming consumers by raising taxes, it could initiate information campaigns wh...
Quantifying Gains in the War on Cancer Due to Improved Treatment and Earlier Detection [0.03%]
量化癌症治疗改善和早期检测取得的收益
Seth A Seabury,Dana P Goldman,Charu N Gupta et al.
Seth A Seabury et al.
Introduction: There have been significant improvements in both treatment and screening efforts for many types of cancer over the past decade. However, the effect of these advancements on the survival of cancer patients is...
Amitabh Chandra,Joanna P MacEwan,Avrita Campinha-Bacote et al.
Amitabh Chandra et al.
Background: Since the start of the War on Cancer there have been enormous investments in improving oncology treatment. The return to society generated by this investment is unknown. We estimate the returns generated over ...
Henry J Aaron,Robert Reischauer
Henry J Aaron
Medicare today is a better program on almost every dimension than it was just after July 30, 1965 when Lyndon Johnson signed public law 89-97. Nonetheless, short-comings, limitations, and inadequacies remain. What should be done to make Med...
Could Improving Choice and Competition in Medicare Advantage be the Future of Medicare? [0.03%]
改善MEDICARE优势计划中的选择和竞争或将是MEDICARE的未来方向？
Alice M Rivlin,Willem Daniel
Alice M Rivlin
About 30 percent of Medicare beneficiaries enroll in private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans but do so at a relatively high-cost. This paper explores the advantages and challenges of introducing competitive bidding among MA plans (Plan One) o...