Reducing costs in the health care system : learning from what has been done /

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Author / Creator:	Stanton, Mark W.
Imprint:	Rockville, Md. : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2002]
Description:	11 pages : digital, PDF file.
Language:	English
Series:	Research in action ; issue #9 AHRQ pub. ; no. 02-0046 Research in action (United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) ; issue #9. AHRQ publication ; no. 02-0046.
Subject:	Medical care, Cost of -- United States. Health insurance -- United States -- Costs. Health Care Costs. Health Expenditures. Cost Control -- methods. Health Care Reform -- economics. Insurance, Health. Managed Care Programs -- economics. United States.
Format:	E-Resource U.S. Federal Government Document Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6822889

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Other authors / contributors:	United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Notes:	Title from PDF caption (viewed Mar. 6, 2008). "September 2002." Includes bibliographical references. Mode of access: Internet from the AHRQ web site. Address as of 3/6/08: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/costsria/costsria.pdf; current access available via PURL.
Summary:	This report examines strategies intended to affect health care costs and investigates whether or not they save money. AHRQ funded research has found that some approaches (specific employer contribution methods, competition among health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and behavioral managed care) save money, and others (cost sharing, flexible spending accounts, and hospital mergers) have mixed results. A unique contribution of AHRQ's research is its focus on the dynamic or interactive effects of cost containment strategies; i.e., estimating the likely effects of efforts in one sector on the rest of the system. The report also reviews some of the new research efforts underway.
GPO item no.:	0491-B-35 (online)
Govt.docs classification:	HE 20.6512/10:R 24

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