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The cost of health insurance administration in California: estimates for insurers, physicians, and hospitals.

Administrative costs account for 25 percent of health care spending, but little is known about the portion attributable to billing and insurance-related (BIR) functions. We estimated BIR for hospital and physician care in California. Data for physician practices came from a mail survey and interviews; for hospitals, from regulatory reporting; and for private insurers, from a consulting company....

leaders for public health

we need effective leadership for provision of enough resources in public health. recent report of medical institution about public health future include excellent advises for community health nurses activities. in this report not only numerous successes of public health have been identified but also methods which public health leaders can use to complete their mission in community have been exp...

Do Health Insurers Possess Monopsony Power

This paper uses metropolitan data to test empirically if health insurers possess monopsony or monopoly-busting power on the buyer-side of the hospital services market. According to theory, monopsony power is indicated by a fall in output, whereas, monopoly-busting power is shown by an increase in output when buyer concentration rises. The empirical results provide evidence that greater health i...

Why do people sue doctors? A study of patients and relatives taking legal action.

To examine the reasons patients and their relatives take legal action, we surveyed 227 patients and relatives who were taking legal action through five firms of plaintiff medical negligence solicitors. Over 70% of respondents were seriously affected by incidents that gave rise to litigation with long-term effects on work, social life, and family relationships. Intense emotions were aroused and ...