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August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A small fraction of Medicare beneficiaries use a disproportionate share of the program's resources. This study investigates whether the spending imbalance is more a function of market supply or demand.
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers surveyed physicians and administrators in the province of Ontario, Canada, about time spent interacting with payers and compared the results with a national companion survey in the United States. If U.S. physicians had administrative costs similar to those of Ontario physicians, the total savings would be approximately $27.6 billion per year.
May 12, 2010 | Commentary
Economist Victor Fuchs, Ph.D., outlines what distinguishes health care from other goods and services and why we should be concerned about rising health care expenditures.
October 12, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary identifies methods to slow the increase in health care costs in the United States. The current proposed expansion of health insurance will cost the country an estimated trillion dollars over 10 years. To make this expansion possible, increases in the cost of health care must be curbed.
October 1, 2009 | Evaluation
This paper provides new findings on how low-income parents perceive the quality and affordability of care available to the uninsured.
October 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
As policymakers consider measures to contain health care costs, this brief examines what is driving that spiral and the policy levers that might control it, such as the approval process required for new facilities.
September 2, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary addresses the differences between cost shifting and cost cutting and identifies the reasons why health care in the United States is more expensive per capita than the health care of any other nation.
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Projections show that more personal income and economic resources will shift to health care spending, and the outlook is growing worse.
May 28, 2009 | Issue Brief
Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences
April 19, 2012 | Journal Article
New report examines the impact of the Medicare Modernization Act on access to cancer chemotherapy treatment.