...Philip J. Cook H. Laurence Ross. Confronting Drunk Driving: Social Policy for Saving Lives . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1992. 220 pp. $25.00 cloth. Copyright © 1993 by Duke University Press 1993 Reviews H. Laurence Ross...

... raises a general puzzle: its drive to engage individuals in enrolling for coverage should, according to prior research, be severely hampered by these hurdles and yet, large and sharply rising numbers of people are taking on taxing barriers and enrolling. During the first enrollment period that started in...

... Policy: From “Early Discharge” to “Drive through Deliveries” to a National Law. Maternal and Child Health Journal 3 : 5 -17. Declercq, E., and D. Simmes. 1997 . The Politics of “Drive-through Deliveries”: Putting Early Postpartum Discharge on the Legislative Agenda. Milbank Quarterly 75 : 175...

...: Understanding the Political Calculus That Drives Medicaid Managed Care Reforms Etienne E. Pracht University of South Florida Abstract  The objective of this article is to understand the political...

...J. Paul Leigh; Harold M. Waldon We considered unemployment, an often overlooked covariate of highway fatalities, hypothesizing that (1) as unemployment rises, aggregate driving decreases, especially among the unemployed, and as driving decreases, fatalities should decrease; (2) unemployment may...

... notion that consumers, acting independently, will drive greater competition in health care markets. Rather we suggest an important role remains for trusted agents who can analyze inherently complex price and quality information and negotiate on consumers' behalf. With aggregated information identifying...

... for reform. What drives these divergent perceptions? We suggest that system performance plays a role in driving the long-term trend, but media content may also be an important driver as well, particularly for collective attitudes. Copyright © 2013 by Duke University Press 2013 Although...

... being pursued both to seek efficiencies and to improve the bargaining position of the organization. External forces that are driving these changes include more aggressive activities on the part of purchasers to contain their costs, developments in information technology, management innovation in other...

... a greater impact on utilization than Medicaid-specific eligibility and service decisions do; and that the factors driving utilization (supply, demand, etc.) vary dramatically across acute care settings. The implications for Medicaid policymaking are also discussed. Copyright © 1988 by Duke...

... insurance. Respondents believe inequalities in access to and quality of health care are more unfair than unequal health outcomes. Even after taking into account self-interest considerations and the other usual suspects driving policy opinions, perceptions of the unfairness of inequalities in health care...

... eighteen or prohibiting driving from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. by drivers under eighteen would reduce deaths substantially. Since only 52 percent of motorcyclists under eighteen had a valid motorcyclist license, increased enforcement of motorcyclist licensure laws has the potential to reduce motorcyclists' deaths...

..., which have sometimes helped, but not solved, problems because they are inefficient, tend to drive needed information underground, and complicate needed cultural change. Patients' safety demand is also weak for want of information and market power. Big purchasers' demands, however,quickly influence the...

..., scientific evidence has less power to drive public health policy in the United States than in the United Kingdom, which is used as a comparison case to contextualize US choices within a broader range of options. Second, moral concerns weigh so heavily in the United States that a publicly articulated moral...

...Jacob S. Hacker; Paul Pierson Abstract The 2017 GOP drive to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) arguably constituted the most ambitious effort to dismantle a social program in American history. Certainly it was the most ambitious to come so close to enactment, falling just three...

... ethnic disparities in health status and health care in the United States. We first review the history of the disparities issue to elucidate how the continual and persistent interplay between political action and scientific research drives government policy. We then analyze two recent government-sponsored...

... system. In the absence of a substantial expansion in coverage, reductions in cross-subsidies could limit access to care through the existing safety net. The report argues that insurance mandates limit access to care by driving up cost and reducing choice. In some cases, such as mental health and...

... Wisconsin and direct democracy in Ohio provided additional pressures and divergent starting points. The remaining factors served less as a driving force behind the decision and more as a frame to justify the decision ex post facto. Case studies allow for a more complex view of how political pressures fit...

...Pamela Nadash; Rosemarie Day Abstract Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), consumer choice plays a critical role: it drives the competitive market in health insurance plans that will operate through health insurance exchanges. As the 2014 deadline for establishing exchanges...

... guidance of stakeholders in the research and policy analysis process was vital in driving meaningful results during an important time in health policy making in California. The manuscript discusses lessons learned in building relationships with stakeholders; meeting research and analytic needs; engaging...

...Steven W. Howard; Stephanie L. Bernell; Jangho Yoon; Jeff Luck; Claire M. Ranit Abstract To control Medicaid costs, improve quality, and drive community engagement, the Oregon Health Authority introduced a new system of coordinated care organizations (CCOs). While CCOs resemble traditional Medicaid...