September 1, 2006
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Program Result
The Cambridge Medical Care Foundation examined trends in health care administrative costs. Their major focus was a comparison of costs in the United States and Canada for 1999.
February 1, 1999
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Program Result
The University of Maryland Baltimore County's Center for Health Program Development and Management contributed to the design, project management and evaluation of Maryland's High-Risk Patient Management Initiative.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care documented the implicit criteria used to determine "medical necessity" related to mental health, and the influences of financial incentives and organizational arrangements on medical necessity decisions.
November 1, 1996
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Program Result
The Urban Institute analyzed physician services provided to the elderly in the United States and Canada to determine whether cost or quantity controls (or some mixture of the two) have enabled Canada to hold the line on health care expenditures.