...). Role of Budget Impact in Drug Reimbursement Decisions Joshua Parsons Cohen Tufts University Elly Stolk...

... directly with drug manufacturers, as the VA does. In this article we relate the role of interest groups to policy differences between Medicare and the VA and, in doing so, explain why such a large change to the Medicare drug program is unlikely. We argue that key policy differences are attributable...

...Michelle M. Mello Growing awareness of the role that food and beverage advertising plays in the epidemic of childhood obesity has prompted calls for stricter oversight of advertising practices. The food and beverage industries have taken voluntary steps in this direction, but many commentators have...

...Mark A. Hall Abstract United States' courts have played a limited, yet key, role in shaping health equity in three areas of law: racial discrimination, disability discrimination, and constitutional rights. Executive and administrative action has been much more instrumental than judicial decisions...

... as an example of the role evidence plays in policy deliberations. The report addressed the question of whether Medicare's value-based purchasing programs should be adjusted for patients' social risk factors. Despite high-quality and consistent results about the relationship between performance and social risk...

... , Biles Brian , Brown E. Richard , Dideruchsen Finn , and Kuehn Hagen . 2000 . “ Reconsidering the Role of Competition in Health Care Markets .” Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law 25 , no. 5 : 863 – 975 . Royal Commission on Health Services . 1964 . Final Report...

... Feedback and Public Opinion: The Role of Employer Responsibility in Social Policy Michael K. Gusmano International Longevity Center-USA...

... -972. Pollock, Philip H. III. 1994 . Issues, Values, and Critical Moments: Did “Magic” Johnson Transform Public Opinion on AIDS? American Journal of Political Science 38 (2): 426 -446. Price, Vincent, and Mei-Ling Hsu. 1992 . The Role of Misinformation and Attitudes toward Homosexuals...

...John D. Colombo The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice 2004 report on competition in health care raises the issue of nonprofit versus for-profit form in several contexts, including their relative financial performance, pricing behavior, and role in caring for the uninsured poor...

... the report from a European perspective, describes the role of competition in Europe (focusing in particular on European Union law), and suggests that the United States could learn from the European perspective. Duke University Press 2006 Berenson, R. 2004 . Medicare Disadvantaged and the Search...

...Robert A. Berenson Abstract Medicare initiatives have been instrumental in improving care delivery and payment as exemplified by its role in broadly expanding the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicare innovations have been adopted or adapted in Medicaid and by private payers...

... the need for reform, the role of the courts in policing public managed care is circumscribed by several constraints. Barriers to class action litigation and differences in the institutional capacities of courts and administrative agencies mean that litigation is best viewed as a supplement...

... in the context of market forces that are contributing to shifts in the role of EDs and in the moral boundaries of accepted ED practice. If the problem of heavy ED use is more broadly conceptualized in terms of this role shift, not solely in terms of medical care access, a different set of issues and priorities...

...Denis Drechsler; Johannes Jütting This article discusses the role of private health insurance (PHI) in developing countries. Three broad regional clusters are identified that share similar characteristics and policy challenges for the effective integration of private insurance into national health...

...James F. Blumstein This paper initially considers ways of thinking about organ transplantation: Should it be treated as a catastrophic disease or as an ordinary and accepted medical procedure? The analysis then shifts to the role the government has played in influencing organ transplantation policy...

... System . Washington, DC:National Academy Press. ———. 2001 . Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century . Washington, DC: National Academy Press. ———. 2002 . Leadership by Example: Coordinating Government Roles in Improving Health Care Quality . Washington, DC: National...

.... JHPPL 25.4-03.Balbach 7/21/00 12:23 PM Page 689 The Implementation of California’s Tobacco Tax Initiative: The Critical Role of Outsider Strategies in Protecting...

... Innings” Argument. Health Economics 6 : 117 -1320. Reconsidering the Role of Competition in Health Care Markets: Introduction Thomas Rice University of California, Los Angeles...

... The Impact of Federal Alcohol and Drug Abuse Block Grants on State and Local Government Substance Abuse Program Expenditures: The Role of Federal Oversight...

...: A European Perspective on Washington. In Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies, ed. Joel D. Aberbach. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Commentary The Role of Institutions and Ideas in Health Care...