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Author Frontiers in Health Policy Research Conference (7th : 2003 : Washington, D.C.)

Title Frontiers in health policy research. vol. 7 / edited by David M. Cutler and Alan M. Garber
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Contents Introduction / David M. Cutler and Alan M. Garber -- Reference pricing of pharmaceuticals for medicare: evidence from Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand / Patricia M. Danzon and Jonathan D. Ketcham -- Adverse selection and the challenges to stand-alone prescription drug insurance / Mark V. Pauly and Yuhui Zeng -- Disability forecasts and future medicare costs / Jayanta Bhattacharya [and others] -- Benefit plan design and prescription drug utilization among asthmatics: do patient copayments matter? / William H. Crown [and others] -- An economic analysis of health plan conversions: are they in the public interest? / Nancy Dean Beaulieu
Summary This series from the NBER presents new research by leading economists on current health care policy issues. The papers in this seventh volume, originally presented at the annual Frontiers in Health Policy Research conference held in Washington D.C. in the summer of 2003, reflect the economic challenges faced by policymakers and health care professionals in an age of budget deficits. Topics discussed include prescription drug benefits as a stand-alone component of Medicare, disability rates and Medicare costs, and conversion to for-profit health plans
Analysis ECONOMICS/Health Economics
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
Notes "National Bureau of Economic Research."
These papers were presented at the seventh annual Frontiers in Health Policy Research meeting held in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2003
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Health insurance -- United States -- Congresses
Drugs -- Prices -- United States -- Congresses
Pharmaceutical services insurance -- United States -- Congresses
Medicare -- United States -- Costs -- Congresses
Nonprofit organizations -- United States -- Congresses
Privatization -- United States -- Congresses
Insurance -- United States -- Plans -- Congresses
Medical policy -- United States -- Congresses
Medical policy -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses
Medical economics -- United States -- Congresses
Medicare -- Costs -- Congresses
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance -- Health.
Drugs -- Prices
Health insurance
Insurance -- Plans
Medical economics
Medical policy
Medical policy -- Economic aspects
Medicare -- Costs
Nonprofit organizations
Pharmaceutical services insurance
Privatization
United States
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Cutler, David M
Garber, Alan M
National Bureau of Economic Research.
ISBN 9780262271059
0262271052