Berndt, E.R.; Cutler, D.M.; Frank, R.G.; Griliches, Z.; … - Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), … - 1998
We review in considerable detail the conceptual and measurement issues that underly construction of medical care price indexes in the U.S., particularly the medical care consumer price indexes (MCPIs) and medical-related producer price indexes (MPPIs). We ouline salient features of the medical...