Health Services Research articles from October 1999

Health Services Research archives from October 1999

Simulating the effects of employer contributions on adverse selection and health plan choice.(Health Plan Choice)
October 1, 1999... Architects and proponents of managed competition have argued that employers must contribute equally to ali health plan premiums, a practice that would force employees to bear the real cost differences across health plans (Enthoven and Kronick...

Eliciting consumer preferences for health plans.(Health Plan Choice)
October 1, 1999... Informing consumers about their choice of health plans has become a critical element of current healthcare market reform. The underlying motivation for this is to encourage consumers to make rational, value-based choices. Various efforts are...

Benchmarking organ procurement organizations: a national study.(Public Policy Impact)
October 1, 1999... A major concern to the public, healthcare providers, and policymakers is the well-documented and continuous shortage of organs available for transplantation. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) recorded 56,000 individuals on the waiting...

Commentary: evaluating the efficiency of organ procurement.(Public Policy Impact)(the use of data envelopment analysis on Organ Procurement Organizations)
October 1, 1999... Meeting the increased demand for solid organs has emerged as a new challenge for transplantation. Advances in surgical technique, organ preservation, and anti-rejection therapy have made transplantation a life-saving option for thousands of...

Unequal access to cadaveric kidney transplantation in California based on insurance status.(Public Policy Impact)
October 1, 1999... Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for persons with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), yet the number of kidneys available for transplant is very limited. To ensure the equitable allocation of scarce kidneys and other transplantable...

The effects of fee bundling on dental utilization.
October 1, 1999... Several natural experiments have demonstrated that when physician fees are adjusted or the prices of medical and surgical services are controlled, practitioners alter their style of practice or services billed (Hadley, Holahan, and Scanlon...

Managing hospitals in turbulent times: do organizational changes improve hospital survival?
October 1, 1999... Over the past two decades, American hospitals have experienced dramatic changes in their economic and institutional environments. Government-mandated cost-containment efforts, a shift from cost-based reimbursement to prospective payment,...