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What Should Macroeconomists Know About Health Care Policy: A Primer

Hsiao, William C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need in situations where they must address issues concerning health sector policy and when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to...

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Valuing health care : costs, benefits, and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals and other medical technologies

Sloan, Frank A. (contributor) - 1995

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Mining medical claims data with exploratory to confirmatory statistical methods

Wan, Thomas T.H.; Shasky, Charles A. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 1/2/3, pp. 122-135

Medical billing errors constitute a major problem in the medical payment system in the USA. Little is known about how …, but also examine how individual, organisational and contextual factors may influence a particular pattern of Medicare …

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The impact of Medicare reimbursement changes on staffing and the quality of care in nursing homes

Unruh, Lynn; Zhang, Ning Jackie; Wan, Thomas T.H. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 1 (2006) 4, pp. 421-434

This study assesses the impact of recent Medicare reimbursement changes on nurse staffing and quality of care in … all three policies. The results should be useful for policy makers considering cuts in Medicare or Medicaid spending for …

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Healthcare as a commodity â€“ a financing mechanism to control costs and ensure access

Liberman, Aaron; Rotarius, Timothy - In: International Journal of Public Policy 1 (2006) 4, pp. 407-420

The US healthcare system is experiencing a funding shortfall that constrains efforts to provide healthcare to our citizens. Patients are no longer sure they will receive adequate healthcare during their senior years. One solution is to create an annuity at birth for each individual. This annuity...

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