Objective: To describe the relationship between emergency department resource utilization and admission rate at the level of the individual physician.
Improving the performance of the healthcare sector requires an understanding of the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivered by providers.
Previous work has suggested that Emergency Department rotational patient assignment (a system in which patients are algorithmically assigned to physicians) is associated with immediate (first-year) im
We analyze the evolution of health insurer costs in Massachusetts between 2010 and 2012, paying particular attention to changes in the composition of enrollees.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) attempted to minimize disruptions to employer-sponsored insurance in part by implementing an employer mandate.
In rich and poor countries alike, a core challenge is building the state’s capability for policy implementation.
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.
Medicare Advantage, the private option for Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S., is one of the largest individual health insurance markets in the world, now enrolling more than 19 million Medicare benef
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.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of premature death in most of the world, and lower income households in most societies bear a disproportionate share of the associated preventabl
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