Improving health care cost projections for the Medicare population : summary of a workshop

Improving health care cost projections for the Medicare population summary of a workshop

"Developing credible short-term and long-term projections of Medicare health care costs is critical for public- and private-sector policy planning, but faces challenges and uncertainties. There is uncertainty not only in the underlying economic and demographic assumptions used in projection mod...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: National Research Council (U.S.) (-)
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics
Other Authors: Wunderlich, Gooloo S. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press 2010.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Medical care, Cost of > Statistics > Congresses.
Medical care, Cost of > United States > Statistics > Congresses.
Medicare > Costs > Congresses.
Medical policy > United States > Congresses.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622270406719
Table of Contents:
  • ""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Current Models of Health Care Cost Projections""; ""3 Modeling Medical Technology""; ""4 Factors Affecting Health Status""; ""5 Participants' Views on Needed Research""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Predicting Medicare Cost Growth--John N. Friedman""; ""Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Presenters""; ""Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members""; ""Committee on National Statistics""

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