Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Higher Fees Paid to US Physicians Drive Higher Spending for Physician Services Compared to Other Countries
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Higher fees, rather than factors such as higher practice costs, volume of services, or tuition expenses, are the main drivers of higher U.S. health care spending, particularly in orthopedics.
Government Payment for Health Care
December 2, 2010 | Commentary
The United States has extremely costly health care relative to countries with national health insurance because of the role of special interests in the American political system and because of a lack of emphasis on redistribution of resources.
Following the Money
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A small fraction of Medicare beneficiaries use a disproportionate share of the program's resources. This study investigates whether the spending imbalance is more a function of market supply or demand.
Health Care is Different--That's Why Expenditures Matter
May 12, 2010 | Commentary
Economist Victor Fuchs, Ph.D., outlines what distinguishes health care from other goods and services and why we should be concerned about rising health care expenditures.
Explaining the Increase in Family Financial Pressures from Medical Bills Between 2003 and 2007
September 9, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines whether affordability thresholds of financial strain due to medical bills change over time. The increasing cost of health care is a central issue in health policy and out-of-pocket spending for families has grown faster than incomes in the past decade.
Geographic Variation and Health Care Cost Growth
October 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
As policymakers consider measures to contain health care costs, this brief examines what is driving that spiral and the policy levers that might control it, such as the approval process required for new facilities.
Increased Spending on Health Care
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Projections show that more personal income and economic resources will shift to health care spending, and the outlook is growing worse.
Getting Past Denial
September 24, 2009 | Journal Article
In this article, the authors discuss regional variations in health care spending. Differences in regional health accounts for only a small part of total cost variation, suggesting that health care costs can be contained by emulating regions with low costs and high quality.
Prevention and Value
September 22, 2009
This synthesis provides policy-makers with a framework for evaluating the cost-effectiveness literature and investigates the economic evidence for investing in clinical preventive care.
Health Care Spending Under Reform
January 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief estimates the cost and coverage implications of the key provisions of the bill passed by the House of Representatives in November 2009.