Lymphohemopoietic cytokines are now recognized to be central participants in the cellular
communication events underlying the complex and dynamic remodeling processes required …

Executive summary Prompted by the 20th anniversary of the 1993 World Development
Report, a Lancet Commission revisited the case for investment in health and developed a …

This chapter reviews topics related to the demand for health insurance, including the
question of how choice of health insurance should be structured for consumers. After the first …

We analyze Medicare's influence on private insurers' payments for physicians' services.
Using a large administrative change in reimbursements for surgical versus medical care, we …

Mixed payment systems have become a prominent alternative to paying physicians through
fee‐for‐service and capitation. While theory shows mixed payment systems to be superior …

Greater patient cost-sharing could help reduce the fiscal pressures associated with
insurance expansion by reducing the scope for moral hazard. But it is possible that low …

Health policy in the United States has been shaped by the political, socioeconomic, and
ideological environment, with important roles played by public and private actors, as well as …

We analyze how physicians, medical students, and non-medical students respond to
financial incentives from fee-for-service and capitation. We employ a series of artefactual …

Background An early provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) eliminated cost-sharing for
a range of recommended preventive services. This provision took effect in September 2010 …

BACKGROUND A key objective of the Medicare program is to reduce risk of financial
catastrophe due to out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures. Yet little is known about …