Reframing Rights: Bioconstitutionalism in the Genetic Age
Legal texts have been with us since the dawn of human history. Beginning in 1953, life too became textual.
Research
Structure of Risk Adjustment for Private Plans in Medicare
Medicare bases its risk adjustment method for Medicare Advantage plan payment on the relative costs of treating various diagnoses in traditional Medicare.
The Effect of Prospective Payment on Admission and Treatment Policy: Evidence from Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
We examine provider responses to the Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS), which simultaneously reduced marginal reimbursement and increased average reimbu
An Economic History of Medicare Part C
Context: Twenty-five years ago, private insurance plans were introduced into the Medicare program with the stated dual aims of (1) giving beneficiaries a choice of health insurance plans beyond the fe
Incentive Formularies: Spending and Utilization for 3 Common Drug Classes
Objective: To examine the impact of incentive formularies on prescription drug utilization and spending after introduction of new pharmacy benefit designs for proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), statins, a
Are Drugs Substitutes or Complements for Intensive (and Expensive) Medical Treatment
Little is known about the relationship between variation in drug and non-drug medical treatment and how areas may substitute one type of care for the other.
Quality Adjustment for Healthcare Spending on Chronic Disease: Evidence from Diabetes Treatment, 1999-2009
Although US health care expenditures reached 17.6 percent of GDP in 2009, quality measurement in this important service sector remains limited.
The Pragmatist’s Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research
Following an acrimonious healthcare reform debate involving charges of "death panels," in 2010, Congress explicitly forbade the use of cost-effectiveness analysis in government programs of the Patient
Technology Growth and Expenditure Growth in Health Care
In the United States, health care technology has contributed to rising survival rates, yet health care spending relative to GDP has also grown more rapidly than in any other country.
The Pragmatist's Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research
All developed countries have been struggling with a trend toward health care absorbing an ever-larger fraction of government and private budgets.
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