This working paper examines how value-added models of performance measurement used in education can apply to health care when measuring and rewarding physician performance, particularly in the Medicare system. The paper finds that value-added models used to measure teacher effects on student...

This paper reviews proposed reforms to strengthen Medicare’s long-term fiscal outlook. Looking beyond provider payment reductions, the author assesses leading strategies to improve quality of care and efficiency within Medicare as well as the overall health care system. The paper argues...

Using Medicaid data from 2003, this article describes the demographics and diagnoses of youth under 22 receiving mental health services in general and psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, and other residential treatment settings. The research found that treatment...