The next ten years of health spending: what does the future hold?
S Smith, M Freeland, S Heffler, D McKusick - Health Affairs, 1998 - search.proquest.com
Throughout this paper managed care is defined broadly to include coverage provided by all
organizations that accept financial risk and exert substantial administrative control over …
organizations that accept financial risk and exert substantial administrative control over …
Productivity growth in the 1990s: technology, utilization, or adjustment?
Measured productivity growth increased substantially during the second half of the 1990s.
This paper examines whether this increase owes to an increase in the rate of technological …
This paper examines whether this increase owes to an increase in the rate of technological …
Estimating a non-minimum cost function for hospitals
BK Eakin, TJ Kniesner - Southern Economic Journal, 1988 - JSTOR
Hospital costs have been rigorously scrutinized by economists and health policy experts for
several decades. Despite the large volume of research, two related problems persist. First …
several decades. Despite the large volume of research, two related problems persist. First …
State health care expenditures under competition and regulation, 1980 through 1991.
GA Melnick, J Zwanziger - American Journal of Public …, 1995 - ajph.aphapublications.org
OBJECTIVES. This paper examines health expenditure growth under two alternative policy
approaches: competition-based managed care and state government rate regulation …
approaches: competition-based managed care and state government rate regulation …
The black box of health care expenditure growth determinants
PP Barros - Health economics, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, the determinants of growth of aggregate health expenditures are investigated.
The study departs from previous literature in that it looks at differences across countries in …
The study departs from previous literature in that it looks at differences across countries in …
Technology adoption costs and productivity growth: The transition to information technology
J Bessen - Review of Economic dynamics, 2002 - Elsevier
Using two panels of US manufacturing industries, this paper estimates capital adjustment
costs from 1961 to 1996. I find that from 1974–1983 adjustment costs rose sharply—they …
costs from 1961 to 1996. I find that from 1974–1983 adjustment costs rose sharply—they …
Technology adoption and growth
S Parente, EC Prescott - 1991 - nber.org
Technology change is modeled as the result of decisions of individuals and groups of
individuals to adopt more advanced technologies. The structure is calibrated to the US and …
individuals to adopt more advanced technologies. The structure is calibrated to the US and …
The health sector's share of the gross national product
VR Fuchs - Science, 1990 - science.org
Between 1947 and 1987 expenditures for health care in the United States grew 2.5 percent
per annum faster than expenditures for other goods and services. The health sector's share …
per annum faster than expenditures for other goods and services. The health sector's share …
Equipment investment and economic growth: how strong is the nexus?
JB De Long, LH Summers, AB Abel - Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1992 - JSTOR
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH is the important dimension of long-run economic performance.
Yet economists have said relatively little about how policies affect the transcendently …
Yet economists have said relatively little about how policies affect the transcendently …