We examined trends in per capita spending for Medicare beneficiaries ages sixty-five and older in the United States in the period 1999–2012 to determine why spending growth has been declining since ...

Commercial health plans pay higher prices than public payers for hospital care, which accounts for more than 5 percent of US gross domestic product. Crafting effective policy responses requires ...

James J. Crall ([email protected]) is a professor in and chair of the Division of Public Health and Community Dentistry at the School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, in Los Angeles ...

At the request of the Trieste Mental Health Department, the names and some identifying characteristics of patients have been changed to protect their privacy. Subsequent to publication, additional ...

Addressing these gaps begins with recognizing SUD as a chronic condition that requires ongoing management within the scope of nursing facility services. Although not expected to deliver comprehensive ...

David C. Grossman ([email protected]) is senior investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, in Seattle. Bechara Choucair is senior vice president and chief community ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

Genevieve P. Kanter ([email protected]) is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, both at the University of ...

Laurence C. Baker is a professor of health research and policy at Stanford University, in California, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Variation in Medicare payments across ambulatory settings has led to concerns about unnecessary spending and incentives to deliver care in more highly reimbursed settings. Across all settings, ...

Joseph G. P. Hnath ([email protected]), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. J. Michael McWilliams, Harvard University and Brigham and Women’s Hospital ...

Justine Mallatt ([email protected]), Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington, D.C. Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Lasanthi Fernando, Bureau of Economic Analysis. A 2023 KFF survey reported ...