"Risk adjustment, risk sharing and premium regulation in health insurance markets: theory and practice" describes the goals, design and evaluation of health plan payment systems. Part I contains 5 chapters discussing the role of health plan payment in regulated health insurance markets, key...

Front Cover -- Risk Adjustment, Risk Sharing and Premium Regulation in Health Insurance Markets -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Regulated Competition in Health Insurance Markets: Foreword by Alain Enthoven -- Acknowledgments -- I: Theory -- 1 Regulated Competition in...

The challenge of health care delivery and health policy -- Organization of care -- Government and health insurance : the policy process -- Comparative health systems -- Population health -- Public health : a transformation for the 21st century -- Health and behavior -- Vulnerable populations :...

Health politics and political action -- Health policy and corporate influences -- Healthcare reform today and for the future -- Health status of the population and vulnerable groups -- Access to care -- Aging and long-term care -- Organizations -- Labor issues -- Quality of care -- Financing...