Geographic Correlation Between Large-Firm Commercial Spending and Medicare Spending
The positive correlation in utilization and lack of correlation in spending implies an inverse correlation in prices.
Research
A New Medicare End-Of-Life Benefit For Nursing Home Residents
Many elderly people spend their final days in nursing homes. For them, high-quality end-of-life care is an important component of their overall care.
Toward Closing the Evaluation Gap: Lessons Learned from Three Recent Evaluations of Social Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
Despite recent growing demand from funders and governments, rigorous impact evaluations in Latin America and the Caribbean remain the exception rather than the rule.
What Parents Can Do for Their Kids
Raising the quality of teaching and learning in American schools is a priority.
The Effect of Medicare Part D on Drug and Medical Spending
Background: It is not known what effect the increased use of prescription drugs by enrollees in Medicare Part D has had on spending for other medical care. Methods: We compared spending for prescript
Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment
Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment analyzes the changing economic and demographic environment in which social insurance programs that benefit elderly households will operate.
Criminal Prosecution as a Deterrent to Health Care Fraud
The units of measure for losses due to health care fraud and abuse in this country are hundreds of billions of dollars per year. We just don't know the first digit.
The Effects of the Coverage Gap on Drug Spending: A Closer Look at Medicare Part D
We calculated prescription drug usage in two groups of Medicare beneficiaries: employer group with no coverage gap, and individual Part D group with no coverage or some generic drug coverage in the co
Labor Supply Responses to Marginal Social Security Benefits: Evidence from Discontinuities
Distributing $800 Billion: An Early Assessment Of Medicare Part D Risk Adjustment
The viability and stability of the Medicare Part D prescription drug program depend on accurate risk-adjusted payments.
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