Some models of provider behavior predict that physicians, like other experts, may respond dysfunctionally to financial incentives by recommending unnecessary treatment. We empirically test this relationship using data from inpatient hospitalizations surrounding a 2003 Colorado auto insurance reform. The reform shifted a large fraction of auto injury patients from coverage through auto insurers ...

New York State has the largest, most expensive state Medicaid program in the country. Thus, an examination of its Medicaid program can offer valuable lessons for other states that are considering reform of their health systems, as well as for reform at a nationwide level. Much recent growth in Medicaid in New York stems from shifting state-funded human service programs onto Medicaid and shiftin...

in their 2016 article, saltman and duran provide a thoughtful examination of the governance challenges involved in different care delivery models adopted in primary care and hospitals in two european countries. this commentary examines the limited potential of structural changes to achieve real reform and considers that, unless governance arrangements actually succeed in penetrating organizatio...

The purpose of the paper is to: i) explore how ownership-relationship between public authority and provider service organized managed to secure accountability in those cases ownership remains ii) purchaser-provider relationship so that value are protected iii) what extent NPM still influences reforms conducted within sector. Previous research has only touched upon ownershiprelationship purchasi...

Two decades of China's urban housing reform has produced significant quantitative and qualitative improvements. Despite various policies aimed to promote owner-occupied residential housing, the extent of commodification has been limited, and, in particular, most ownership transactions are independent of market considerations. This paper analyzes the reasons why significant commercial owner-occu...

1 3 3 0 G S T R E E T N W , W A S H I N G T O N , D C 2 0 0 0 5 P H O N E : ( 2 0 2 ) 3 4 7 5 2 7 0 , F A X : ( 2 0 2 ) 3 4 7 5 2 7 4 W E B S I T E : W W W . K F F . O R G / K C M U May 2009 Community Care of North Carolina: Putting Health Reform Ideas into Practice in Medicaid SUMMARY Why is Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) of Interest? As discussion around national health reform contin...

1 3 3 0 G S T R E E T N W , W A S H I N G T O N , D C 2 0 0 0 5 P H O N E : ( 2 0 2 ) 3 4 7 5 2 7 0 , F A X : ( 2 0 2 ) 3 4 7 5 2 7 4 W E B S I T E : W W W . K F F . O R G / K C M U May 2009 Community Care of North Carolina: Putting Health Reform Ideas into Practice in Medicaid SUMMARY Why is Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) of Interest? As discussion around national health reform contin...

of Findings Health care providers in the San Francisco Bay Area weathered the economic downturn better than providers in most other areas of California, in large part because the downturn was less severe in the Bay Area. Still, a number of market trends and the expected effects of health reform have pressured providers, leading to significant organizational change in the provider sector since t...