Following through on Good Intentions: The Power of Planning Prompts
We study whether prompts to form and recall a plan can increase individuals’ responsiveness to reminders to make and attend beneficial appointments.
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Mass. Health Care Debate Pits Cost vs. Quality — and Young vs. Old
Though education spared Massachusetts the fate of other former industrial states, like Michigan, we have an odd way of showing that our future depends on human capital.
Saving Money or Just Saving Lives? Improving the Productivity of US Health Care Spending
There is growing concern over the rising share of the US economy devoted to health care spending.
Introduction to Issue on Malnutrition
In poor countries, over a quarter of children under the age of five years are malnourished.
Taking Life: Private Rights in Public Nature
Book abstract: Lively Capital is an urgent and important collection of essays addressing the reconfigured relations between the life sciences and the market.
Transportation of Toxic Inhalant Hazards: Addressing the Double Dichotomy
The transportation of toxic inhalant hazards (TIH), primarily chorine gas and anhydrous ammonia, is a major concern for policy makers as it represents a double dichotomy.
Effects of Medicare Payment Reform: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective Payment Systems
Medicare continues to implement payment reforms that shift reimbursement from fee-for-service towards episode-based payment, affecting average and marginal reimbursement.
Is there a Human Right to Essential Pharmaceuticals? The Global Common, the Intellectual Common, and the Possibility of Private Intellectual Property
Despite the massive scale of global inequalities, until recently few political philosophers or bioethicists addressed their ethical implications.
Perspective: The Sources of the SGR Hole
Recently, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services announced a scheduled cut in Medicare physician fees of 27.4% for 2012.
Health Care Spending Growth
What new theories, evidence, and policies have shaped health economics in the 21st century? Editors Mark Pauly, Thomas McGuire, and Pedro Pita Barros assemble the expertise of leading authorities in
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