...Keith J. Mueller Steven Eastaugh, Financing Health Care: Economic Efficiency and Equity (Dover: Auburn House, 1987). Copyright © 1988 by Duke University Press 1988 386 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law if the acute care hospital beds are utilized more intensively by high...

... in increasing numbers to stable patients in their homes. This paper examines the medical aspects, the economic issues, and the legal implications of such transfusions. Candidates for home transfusion must be carefully chosen primarily according to the medical guidelines for such treatment. Any legal issues must...

...Mark Schlesinger The U.S. Congress enacted expansive (and expensive) health care reforms amid the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Public acquiescence provided crucial political cover; elites on both sides struggled mightily to sway popular opinion. Were reformers' efforts made...

... Copyright © 1981 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1981 A Bibliography of Dental Economic Research 1. J. Abramowitz and L. E. Berg, “A Four Year Study of the Utilization of Dental Assistants with Expanded Functions,” Journal of the American Dental...

... 1981 by the Dept. of Health Administration, Duke University 1981 Commentary Social, Economic, and Health Aspects of Mandatory Retirement Anne R. Somers, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers Medical School Abstract. The issue of mandatory retirement...

... earnings associated with alternative specialty choices. Economic incentives to specialize rather than enter general/family practice are examined initially. Then the incentives influencing the decision to specialize in either primary care or non-primary care fields are considered. Findings are reviewed...

... Economic Dependency, Health Services, and Health: The Case of Lesotho Oscar Gish, University of Michigan Abstract. This article is concerned with two factors affecting the health status of the people of Lesotho: (1) the nation’s function as a reserve labor economy...

.... This article describes several economic considerations that are fundamental to an analysis of this contractual phenomenon. These considerations imply that there is no general economic basis for suspicion, and that the circumstances under which suspicion would be warranted are likely to be rare. Copyright ©...

...John M. Owen; James W. Vaupel Victor R. Fuchs, How We Live: An Economic Perspective on Americans from Birth to Death (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983), 293 pp., $17.50 Copyright © 1985 by the Department of Health Administration, Duke University Press 1985...

...Bruno Nikolić Abstract Ever-increasing health spending, which, according to future projections, continues to outpace economic growth, will further endanger the financial sustainability of health systems. In a quest to improve the efficacy and efficiency of the health system and thus strengthen its...

.... 1984 . Hospitals That Provide for the Poor are Reeling from Uncompensated Costs. National Journal , 24 November, p. 2248 . Feldstein , R J. 1983 . Health Care Economics. New York: John Wiley. Finkler , S. A. , and S. L. Horowitz. 1985 . Merger and Consolidation: An Overview...

... time and lives. Federalism will shape the long-term health and economic impacts of COVID-19, including plans for the future, for at least two reasons: First, federalism exacerbates inequities, as some states have a history of underinvesting in social programs, especially in certain communities. Second...

... the purview of economics, including effects on health care coverage, access to care, financial security, labor market decisions, health, and health care spending. To varying degrees, legislative, executive, and judicial actions have altered its implementation, affecting the extent to which expectations...

... References Burt , R. 1985 . Pennhurst: A Parable. In In the Interest of Children: Advocacy, Law Reform and Public Policy , ed. R. H. Mnookin. New York: W. H. Freeman. Carrier , J. 1986 . The Political and Economic Context of Mental Health Care in the United Kingdom. Paper presented...

...: An Empirical Analysis of Recent Trends. Journal of Health Economics 10 : 143 -168. Danzon , Patricia Munch . 1984 . The Frequency and Severity of Medical Malpractice Claims. Journal of Law and Economics 27 : 115 . Danzon , Patricia Munch . 1985 . Medical Malpractice. Cambridge, MA...

... for Health Insurance. Journal of Health Economics 3 : 203 -21. Juba , D. , J. Lave, and J. Shaddy. 1980 . An Analysis of the Choice of Health Benefit Plans. Inquiry 17 ( 1 ): 62 -71. Kronick , R. 1991 . Managed Competition: Why We Don't Have It and How We Can Get It. Paper presented...

...Thomas Rice; Lyle Nelson; David C. Colby We assess the potential of increased economic competition by examining whether Medicare beneficiaries are willing to switch to physicians who agree to accept all services on assignment. Data come from a survey of Medicare beneficiaries conducted in November...

... exclusively serve the interests of providers. Copyright © 1990 by Duke University Press 1990 References Begun , J. , and R. Feldman. 1981 . A Social and Economic Analysis of Professional Regulation in Optometry. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Feldstein , P...

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...John A. Rizzo; John H. Goddeeris Legal suits contesting the denial or termination of hospital staff privileges are the most common antitrust cases involving medical markets. There is, however, very little evidence about the economic implications for the physicians of having staff privileges. Using...