Treatment of depression in primary care: where we are, where we can go

WJ Katon, J Unützer, G Simon - Medical Care, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Depressive and anxiety disorders are major public health problems affecting approximately
16 and 20 million Americans respectively. 1 Two of the most prevalent disorders, major …

Getting Serious About Excessive Medicare Spending: A Purchasing Model: Opportunities for reducing excessive Medicare spending are everywhere.

RA Berenson - Health Affairs, 2003 - healthaffairs.org
It is now well documented that Medicare spending varies widely across the country and that
higher spending does not produce differences in quality, access, or even patient satisfaction …

The Need For Evidence-Based Health Policy To Address Health Care Variations: Until purchasers—including Medicare—seek value rather than price, solutions will …

L Etheredge - Health Affairs, 2003 - healthaffairs.org
Medicare policy making now deals mostly with price-setting issues. However, as Warren
Buffet has noted:“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” Victor Fuchs's studies raise …

[引用][C] Pay for Performance Incentive Programs in Healthcare

B Carter, J Haughton, P Mongroo