Show them the money. Health reform will emphasize financial incentives for providers and consumers to promote the use of effective health services and discourage use of marginally effective or inappropriate services. The fifth brief in a new series from Mathematica looks at evidence on the...

Reports on the results of a national demonstration that tested whether paying home health agencies a fixed sum in advance for an episode of care would reduce use of services without adversely affecting quality of care. Finds that most prospectively paid agencies dramatically lowered their visits...

This report compressed the results of a four-month initiative to identify unmet needs and market opportunities in Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs profitably.

This two-page brief is based on a study of the Interim Payment System, which temporarily modified the cost reimbursement system used for Medicare home health care while a prospective payment system was developed. Although IPS led to substantial savings to Medicare, it also led to substantial...

This IDB book includes presentations from the international policy dialogue seminar entitled "New Options for Higher Education in Latin America: Lessons from the Community College Experience." The seminar was sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Harvard University Graduate...

This report compressed the results of a four-month initiative to identify unmet needs and market opportunities in Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs profitably.