Frontiers in health policy research
By: edited by David M. Cutler and Alan M. Garber
Contributors: Cutler, David M.; Garber, Alan M.; National Bureau of Economic Research; NetLibrary, Inc
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Pharmaceutical services insurance; Plans; Drugs; Nonprofit organizations; Medical economics; Privatization; Health insurance; Costs; Congresses; Prices; Medicare; Medical policy; Insurance
Notes: "National Bureau of Economic Research."

These papers were presented at the seventh annual Frontiers in Health Policy Research meeting held in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- David M. Cutler and Alan M. Garber; title: Reference pricing of pharmaceuticals for medicare: evidence from Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand  -- Patricia M. Danzon and Jonathan D. Ketcham; title: Adverse selection and the challenges to stand-alone prescription drug insurance  -- Mark V. Pauly and Yuhui Zeng; title: Disability forecasts and future medicare costs  -- Jayanta Bhattacharya ... [et al.]; title: Benefit plan design and prescription drug utilization among asthmatics: do patient copayments matter?  -- William H. Crown ... [et al.]; title: An economic analysis of health plan conversions: are they in the public interest? -- Nancy Dean Beaulieu.