Download or read book Cost Containment and Health Planning written by United States. Bureau of Health Planning and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unequal Treatment written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-02-06 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the quality of health care received. In Unequal Treatment, a panel of experts documents this evidence and explores how persons of color experience the health care environment. The book examines how disparities in treatment may arise in health care systems and looks at aspects of the clinical encounter that may contribute to such disparities. Patients' and providers' attitudes, expectations, and behavior are analyzed. How to intervene? Unequal Treatment offers recommendations for improvements in medical care financing, allocation of care, availability of language translation, community-based care, and other arenas. The committee highlights the potential of cross-cultural education to improve provider-patient communication and offers a detailed look at how to integrate cross-cultural learning within the health professions. The book concludes with recommendations for data collection and research initiatives. Unequal Treatment will be vitally important to health care policymakers, administrators, providers, educators, and students as well as advocates for people of color.
Download or read book State Health Care Cost Containment written by Laura C. Ronan and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Planning in the United States written by Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Health Planning Goals and Standards and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Care Cost Containment written by Beverly J. Fike and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Planning written by Bonnie Lefkowitz and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 1983 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the experience of the seven-year federal mandate in a way that attempts to inform future choices by decision makers. Chapter 2 examines precedents to the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act, traces the 1974 legislative debate, and summarizes provisions of the statute and of subsequent amendments. Chapter 3 reviews the literature on health planning and supply regulation. Chapter 4 reviews operational theories. Two normative models are developed- a Model 1 approach for a centralized program whose primary purpose is cost containment and redistribution of resources and a Model 2 plan for a program emphasizing pluralism and local choice. Chapter 5 argues that structural mechanisms-the circumvention of states and funding based on formula rather than performance-did not provide incentives to achieve objectives. Chapter 6 addresses the absence of federal targets in many areas where the program was expected to have an impact. Chapter 7 presents state data on intermediate outcomes, such as capital spending rates and bed supply, through 1980. It then relates those outcomes to some of the program and environmental characteristics identified in Chapters 5 and 6. Chapter 8 looks at implications of the analysis in this book for hospitals, given several possible scenarios. Chapter 9 reviews the implications of the analyses for state and local policy makers in shaping their own programs. Finally, it examines state and local actions during the 1982 fiscal year- the "beginning of the end" for the federal mandate- and summarizes discussions of further change by Congress in 1982 in the context of prospects for the future.
Download or read book Health Planning for Effective Management written by William A. Reinke and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1988-04-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emphasizing practical considerations in designing and carrying out primary health care programs, this is a superb introductory text for public health students. It will be of particular interest to those working with rural populations in developing countries with limited resources. Part I covers policy issues and the conceptual framework for planning, management and evaluation. Part II reviews essential methods for effective implementation, considering the economic, political, epidemiologic, demographic and other components that contribute to the assessment of health needs and resource allocation. Part III discusses specific tools and techniques in program management related to decision analysis, network analysis, survey techniques, cost-effectiveness appraisal, and much more. Comprehensive and informative, this highly practical work is the result of many years of experience in teaching and working with health care planners from around the world.
Download or read book Health System Efficiency written by Jonathan Cylus and published by Health Policy. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the authors explore the state of the art on efficiency measurement in health systems and international experts offer insights into the pitfalls and potential associated with various measurement techniques. The authors show that: - The core idea of efficiency is easy to understand in principle - maximizing valued outputs relative to inputs, but is often difficult to make operational in real-life situations - There have been numerous advances in data collection and availability, as well as innovative methodological approaches that give valuable insights into how efficiently health care is delivered - Our simple analytical framework can facilitate the development and interpretation of efficiency indicators.
Download or read book Controlling Costs and Changing Patient Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilization management (UM) has become a strong trend in health care cost containment. Under UM, some decisions are not strictly made by the doctor and patient alone. Instead, they are now checked by a reviewer reporting to an employer or other paying party who asks whether or not the proposed type or location of care is medically necessary or appropriate. This book presents current findings about how UM is faring in practice and how it compares with other cost containment approaches, with recommendations for improving UM program administration and clinical protocols and for conducting further research.
Download or read book Developing the National Health Plan Decision papers for the Secretary written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cost Containment of Health Cost Benefits written by Carlton Harker and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Care Cost Containment written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Policies for the Containment of Health Care Costs and Expenditures written by Stuart O. Schweitzer and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Employment and Health Benefits written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is unique among economically advanced nations in its reliance on employers to provide health benefits voluntarily for workers and their families. Although it is well known that this system fails to reach millions of these individuals as well as others who have no connection to the work place, the system has other weaknesses. It also has many advantages. Because most proposals for health care reform assume some continued role for employers, this book makes an important contribution by describing the strength and limitations of the current system of employment-based health benefits. It provides the data and analysis needed to understand the historical, social, and economic dynamics that have shaped present-day arrangements and outlines what might be done to overcome some of the access, value, and equity problems associated with current employer, insurer, and government policies and practices. Health insurance terminology is often perplexing, and this volume defines essential concepts clearly and carefully. Using an array of primary sources, it provides a store of information on who is covered for what services at what costs, on how programs vary by employer size and industry, and on what governments doâ€"and do not doâ€"to oversee employment-based health programs. A case study adapted from real organizations' experiences illustrates some of the practical challenges in designing, managing, and revising benefit programs. The sometimes unintended and unwanted consequences of employer practices for workers and health care providers are explored. Understanding the concepts of risk, biased risk selection, and risk segmentation is fundamental to sound health care reform. This volume thoroughly examines these key concepts and how they complicate efforts to achieve efficiency and equity in health coverage and health care. With health care reform at the forefront of public attention, this volume will be important to policymakers and regulators, employee benefit managers and other executives, trade associations, and decisionmakers in the health insurance industry, as well as analysts, researchers, and students of health policy.
Download or read book Linking Health Planning and Hospital Rate Regulation written by David A. Spivack and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Plan written by Alain C. Enthoven and published by Beard Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the serious problem of rising health care costs.
Download or read book Health Care Cost Containment Strategies written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
