Journal of Health Care Finance articles from December 2003

Journal of Health Care Finance archives from December 2003

The quality-value proposition in health care.
December 22, 2003... Powerful forces are converging in US health care to finally cause recognition of the inherently logical relationship between quality and money. The forces, or marketplace "drivers," which are converging to compel recognition of the...

Hidden costs in the physician-insurer relationship.
December 22, 2003... Numerous reports document the frictions in health care funding systems, particularly related to the physician-insurer dyad. Efforts to improve efficient patient care by improving interactions between the physician and insurer are ongoing....

A process evaluation of a Health care Balanced Scorecard.
December 22, 2003... The purpose of this study was to assess a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) process in health care. Specifically, this study evaluated how a BSC was implemented by the emergency medicine service line within one integrated delivery system (IDS). The...

Ban or regulate? Costs of dental occupational safety from mercury.
December 22, 2003... Occupational hazard from mercury (Hg) exposure in the dental practice is less well studied than patient and environmental hazard. Developing country evidence on all dimensions of the problem is sparse, as are analyses of cost tradeoffs from...

Do nonprofit HMOs eliminate racial disparities in cardiac care?
December 22, 2003... African-Americans have far less access to treatment for heart disease than similar white Americans. In this article, we explore the sector difference theory hypothesis that treatment provided by a nonprofit Medicaid managed care plan can...