Reading List on Healthcare Variations and Spending Costs

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health — 2014 No. 1

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The 2014 No. 1 Bulletin includes the articles below:

1) Regional Variation in Health Care: Physician Beliefs or Patient Preferences? by David Cutler, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern, and David Wennberg http://www.nber.org/aginghealth/2014no1/w19320.html

2) The Recent Slowdown in Health Care Spending: Explanations and Predictions by Amitabh Chandra, Jonathan Holmes, and Jonathan Skinner http://www.nber.org/aginghealth/2014no1/w19700.html

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Abstracts of Selected Other NBER Working Papers: http://www.nber.org/aginghealth/2014no1/WorkingPaperSummaries.html

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  1. Ann Miller RN MHA, on August 11, 2014 at 4:38 PM said:

    Six (or more) things to remember when reporting on health care costs

    Health care costs lack transparency and are wildly variable, not just from region to region but sometimes from block to block within the same city.

    http://healthjournalism.org/blog/2014/08/six-or-more-things-to-remember-when-reporting-on-health-care-costs/

    Ann Miller RN MHA

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  2. Ann Miller RN MHA, on September 29, 2014 at 10:48 AM said:

    Introduction to utilization health waste in the US healthcare

    According to Michael Chernew, the American healthcare system is experiencing rapid change, largely driven by the recognition by both public and private payers that the trajectory of healthcare spending growth must be slowed.

    Despite the recent slowdown in healthcare spending growth, which many attribute to the recession, efforts to transform benefit design and payment systems are proceeding rapidly.

    For example, public payers are both cutting payment rates and experimenting with bundled and global payment models. Private payers are adopting similar payment models and developing more sophisticated benefit designs that encourage patients to seek care from low cost and maybe high value providers, and to avoid expensive and maybe low value services.

    http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=7551#sthash.U21slg10.CCwbzfbt.dpuf

    Ann Miller RN MHA

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  3. Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA, on December 16, 2014 at 4:12 AM said:

    The Odd Math of Medical Tests

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-odd-math-of-medical-tests-one-scan-two-prices-both-high/ar-BBgRa7E?ocid=iehp

    One Scan – Two Prices – Both High … and I’m Ashamed

    Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA

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