Frontiers in health policy research. 1 / edited by Alan M. Garber. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �1998. - 1 online resource (xvii, 180 pages) : illustrations

"This volume contains papers presented at "Frontiers in Health Policy Research", a conference held in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 1997"--Page xi.

Includes bibliographical references (page 180).

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Adverse selection in health insurance -- 2. Is price inflation different for the elderly? An empirical analysis of prescription drugs -- 3. Managed care and the growth of medical expenditures -- 4. Managed care and health care expenditures: Evidence from medicare, 1990-1994 -- 5. Persistance of medicare expenditures among elderly beneficiaries.

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Medical care--Congresses.
Medical policy--Research--Congresses.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--General.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL--Diseases.
MEDICAL--Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL--Health Policy.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Disease & Health Issues.
Medical care.
Medical policy.
Medical policy--Research.


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