Add to ORKGAs policymakers consider whether and how to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, they need to understand the relationship between insurance coverage and the adoption of new medical technologies, including drugs. Even the direction of these relationships is not always so clear. In this Issue Brief, Drs. Danzon and Pauly examine the shift from inpatient to outpatient care in the last 20 years, and ask two broad questions: to what extent was this shift encouraged by changes in insurance, and to what extent was insurance coverage influenced by this shift
Background: The study describes the changes resulted from imposition on tertiary hospital outpatient...
fact that public-use Part D data were unavailable until late 2008, researchers have used alternate d...
BackgroundThe Affordable Care Act led to improvements in reporting a usual source of care, but it is...
As policymakers consider whether and how to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, they need to...
In 1965, Congress modeled Medicare’s original package of benefits after those offered by Blue Cross ...
Many U.S. employers have recently adopted less generous prescription drug benefits. In addition, in ...
The continuing debate over the issue of Medicare coverage for outpatient prescription drugs gave ris...
Prescription drug coverage is a central issue in the policy debate over Medicare reform. Proponents ...
A market in play The thin edge of the wedge Managed markets on steroids Changing physician practi...
Nations are struggling to expand access to essential medications while curbing rising health and dru...
The demise of both the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 19881 and the 1993 Clinton plan for hea...
After many years of debate, Congress recently approved a new, voluntary “Medicare Part D” benefit th...
expansion in Medicare’s history. Since its beginning in 1965, Medicare has never covered prescriptio...
This paper studies how insurance coverage policies impact pharmaceutical innovation. In the United S...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest the newly Medicaid insured are more likely to use the emergency...
Background: The study describes the changes resulted from imposition on tertiary hospital outpatient...
fact that public-use Part D data were unavailable until late 2008, researchers have used alternate d...
BackgroundThe Affordable Care Act led to improvements in reporting a usual source of care, but it is...
As policymakers consider whether and how to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, they need to...
In 1965, Congress modeled Medicare’s original package of benefits after those offered by Blue Cross ...
Many U.S. employers have recently adopted less generous prescription drug benefits. In addition, in ...
The continuing debate over the issue of Medicare coverage for outpatient prescription drugs gave ris...
Prescription drug coverage is a central issue in the policy debate over Medicare reform. Proponents ...
A market in play The thin edge of the wedge Managed markets on steroids Changing physician practi...
Nations are struggling to expand access to essential medications while curbing rising health and dru...
The demise of both the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 19881 and the 1993 Clinton plan for hea...
After many years of debate, Congress recently approved a new, voluntary “Medicare Part D” benefit th...
expansion in Medicare’s history. Since its beginning in 1965, Medicare has never covered prescriptio...
This paper studies how insurance coverage policies impact pharmaceutical innovation. In the United S...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest the newly Medicaid insured are more likely to use the emergency...
Background: The study describes the changes resulted from imposition on tertiary hospital outpatient...
fact that public-use Part D data were unavailable until late 2008, researchers have used alternate d...
BackgroundThe Affordable Care Act led to improvements in reporting a usual source of care, but it is...