| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 180 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Variation in Health Care Spending investigates geographic variation in health care spending and quality for Medicare beneficiaries as well as other populations, and analyzes Medicare payment policies that could encourage high-value care. This report concludes that regional differences in Medicare and commercial health care spending and use are real and persist over time. Furthermore, there is much variation within geographic areas, no matter how broadly or narrowly these areas are defined. The report recommends against adoption of a geographically based value index for Medicare payments, because the majority of health care decisions are made at the provider or health care organization level, not by geographic units. Rather, to promote high value services from all providers, Medicare and Medicaid Services should continue to test payment reforms that offer incentives to providers to share clinical data, coordinate patient care, and assume some financial risk for the care of their patients."--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction and overview -- Empirical analysis of geographic variation -- Indexing value in Medicare: the role of geographic area performance -- Payment and organizational reforms to improve value. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical care, Cost of -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Medical care, Cost of. |
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United States. |
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Evaluation. |
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Medical care -- United States -- Cost effectiveness.
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Medical care. |
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Cost effectiveness. |
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Medical economics -- United States.
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Medical economics. |
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Geography, Medical -- statistics & numerical data. |
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Geography, Medical -- economics. |
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Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data. |
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Health Expenditures -- economics. |
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Medicare -- statistics & numerical data. |
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Medicare -- economics. |
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Quality of Health Care -- economics. |
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Quality of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data. |
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Health Care Reform -- statistics & numerical data. |
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Health Care Reform -- economics. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Medical care. |
| Added Author |
Newhouse, Joseph P., editor.
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Garber, Alan M., editor.
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Graham, Robin P., editor.
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McCoy, Margaret A., editor.
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Mancher, Michelle, editor.
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Kibria, Ashna, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Care. Variation in health care spending. Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2013] 9780309288699 (OCoLC)861216092 |
| ISBN |
9780309288705 |
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0309288703 |
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9780309288699 (paperback) |
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030928869X (paperback) |
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9780309289597 |
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