Comparing Health Care Costs Might Get EasierOne year after the signing of a landmark federal health care law, plans are under way in the states to develop virtual marketplaces to cater to the health insurance demands of millions of Americans.Denney, Andrew...
This study was designed to examine the association between health status/behaviors and changes in these measures over time with health costs. This study employed a 6-year (1993-1998) retrospective cohort design to examine the relationship between health indicator variables, health insurance costs, and...
Health insurance coverage has been a hot-button topic for years. Because so many people rely on having quality health insurance to help subsidize their costs for keeping themselves healthy and functioning, it’s important that everyone is able to know how to find a health insurance plan that wi...
In addition to extending health insurance coverage, the Affordable Care Act of 2010 aims to improve quality of care and contain costs. To this end, the act allowed introduction of bundled payments for a range of services, proposed the creation of accountable care organizations (ACOs), and establ...
Health Care Cost Containment Strategies Used In Four Other High-Income Countries Hold Lessons For The United States Around the world, rising health care costs are claiming a larger share of national budgets. This article reviews strategies developed to contain costs in h... M.,Stabile,S.,......
Comparing Cancer Care, Outcomes, and Costs Across Health Systems: Charting the Course Marmor, Theodore (2000) Comparing Global Health Care Systems: Lessons and Caveats. In: Wieners, Walter W, (ed.) Global Health Care Markets: a Comprehensive Guide to Regions, Trends, and Opportunities Shaping th...
We use a calibrated analytical model to compare the welfare costs (gross of externalities) of increasing subsidies for public and private health care in the UK. The model incorporates wait costs for rationed public care, burdens that subsidies impose on the tax system, and distributional weights ...
METHODS: This retrospective analysis of health insurance claims data in the U.S. MarketScan database compared glycemic control and healthcare resource utilization and costs 12 months after adding a GLP-1 RA to BI versus adding a RAI or increasing BI doses. Propensity score matching was used in...
Risk Distribution: Insurance companies bear the risk in fully insured models, while in self-insured models, the employer bears it. Managing Unpredictability: Stop-loss insurance in self-insured models can help cap claim risks, making costs more predictable. ...
For horizontal consolidation, the funding pools, management offices and information systems of three basic health insurance schemes should be merged together to reduce human resources costs [11,12,13]. Experience across the world demonstrates that consolidation of health insurance schemes has a multitude...