…perhaps could be moderated by judicious application of health policy. But let’s not kid ourselves. Those who suggest that, based on the Dartmouth studies, close to 100% of the difference…
When pay-for-performance fails to perform
…treatment of patients with a number of conditions such as acute myocardial infarction and pneumonia. The brief detailed a study from Dartmouth College researchers that demonstrated some P4P success within…
The Cochrane study of general health checkups
General health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from disease
…to be beneficial. Abstract: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009009.pub2/abstract And… Comment on this study by H. Gilbert Welch, MD, The Dartmouth Institute, Community and Family Medicine I think that there has been a growing…
Is accountability for patients? Or for policy wonks?
Accountable Prescribing
…based on quantity of services to payments based on accountability for quality outcomes (certainly a sketchy premise). How is that playing out? This article from the Dartmouth Institute gives a…
MedPAC on variation in service use
…at Dartmouth on regional variation in spending in the Medicare program. It separates the variation in use of services by individuals with comparable health status from other factors that influence…
Insufficient outrage: is health care about helping people or enriching providers?
…the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, “Diagnosis: Insufficient Outrage”, published July 4, 2013. Welch states that he is “…not talking about a violation of federal or state…
Medical students to hold nationwide ‘die-ins’ and protests Wednesday because #BlackLivesMatter
…University, Chicago Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover David Geffen School of Medicine at…
What Happened in Vermont: Implications of the Pullback from Single Payer
…practices. The consolidation of ownership triggered by ACO incentives has raised concern that regionally dominant ACOs will use their market power to drive up costs. In Vermont, Dartmouth Hitchcock and…
Woolhandler and Himmelstein on what happened in Vt. and what now
…will use their market power to drive up costs. In Vermont, Dartmouth Hitchcock and the University of Vermont’s Fletcher Allen system dominate the market, and have initiated a for-profit, joint…
We still know little about accountable care
…Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. This lesson on accountable care, from the Dartmouth Institute, shows us that we still have much to learn. The respected authors state that a long-term…
Why Single-Payer Health Care Could Work in California
…residents receive care at hospitals like Dartmouth, located outside of the state.) But even beyond considerable political obstacles, the bigger hurdles for state single-payer are more likely to be legal,…
Azar Nomination Draws Mixed Reactions from Health Groups
Some welcome an experienced hand, others worry about pharma ties
…Dartmouth University in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a law degree from Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) took a neutral approach. “We…
