Geographic Imbalances in Doctor Supply and Policy Responses
By Tomoko Ono, Michael Schoenstein, James Buchan
OECD Health Working Papers No. 69, April 3, 2014
Doctors are distributed unequally
For more than 20 years, PNHP’s Senior Health Policy Fellow Don McCanne, M.D. wrote a daily health policy update, taking an excerpt or quote from a health care news story or analysis and commenting on its significance to the single-payer movement.
PNHP has archived Dr. McCanne’s listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
ACO incentives exceed efficiency gains
Structuring Incentives Within Organizations: The Case of Accountable Care OrganizationsBy Brigham Frandsen, James B. RebitzerNBER, April 2014The growth in the number of accountable care organizations
Lessons from British Columbia
Health-care changes seem to be paying off in B.C.By Keith BaldreySurrey Now, April 8, 2014Have we finally wrestled that voracious gobbler of tax dollars -
Lessons from British Columbia
Health-care changes seem to be paying off in B.C.
By Keith Baldrey
Surrey Now, April 8, 2014
Have we finally wrestled that voracious gobbler of tax dollars -
P4P fails again
Does Winning a Pay-for-Performance Bonus Improve Subsequent Quality Performance? Evidence from the Hospital Quality Incentive DemonstrationBy Andrew Ryan, Matthew Sutton and Tim DoranHSR, April 2014To
P4P fails again
Does Winning a Pay-for-Performance Bonus Improve Subsequent Quality Performance? Evidence from the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration
By Andrew Ryan, Matthew Sutton and Tim Doran
HSR, April 2014
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Paul Krugman on Thomas Piketty’s “Capital”
Why We’re in a New Gilded AgeBy Paul KrugmanThe New York Review of Books, May 8, 2014Review of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century"By Thomas Piketty,
Paul Krugman on Thomas Piketty’s “Capital”
Why We’re in a New Gilded Age
By Paul Krugman
The New York Review of Books, May 8, 2014
Review of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century"
By Thomas Piketty,
New patient? What insurance do you have?
Primary Care Access for New Patients on the Eve of Health Care ReformBy Karin V. Rhodes, MD, MS; Genevieve M. Kenney, PhD; Ari B. Friedman,
New patient? What insurance do you have?
Primary Care Access for New Patients on the Eve of Health Care Reform
By Karin V. Rhodes, MD, MS; Genevieve M. Kenney, PhD; Ari B. Friedman,
Private Medicare Advantage insurers are scamming the nation again
(Unless you are a masochist, skip down to the comment at the end. The following excerpts from the CMS documents are merely to provide verification
Private Medicare Advantage insurers are scamming the nation again
(Unless you are a masochist, skip down to the comment at the end. The following excerpts from the CMS documents are merely to provide verification