Background: Before Canada's single-payer reform, its payment system, health costs, and
number of health administrative personnel per capita resembled those of the United States …

Current surgical devices are mostly rigid and are made of stiff materials, even though their
predominant use is on soft and wet tissues. With the emergence of compliant mechanisms …

A 2003 article titled “It's the Prices, Stupid,” and coauthored by the three of us and the
recently deceased Uwe Reinhardt found that the sizable differences in health spending …

The Economics of Health and Health Care is the market-leading health economics textbook,
providing comprehensive coverage of all the key topics, and balancing economic theory …

The term" patient safety" rose to popularity in the late nineties, as the medical community--in
particular, physicians working in nonmedical and administrative capacities--sought to raise …

Reception is an essential process for patients seeking medical care and a critical
component influencing the healthcare experience. However, current communication …

Importance Administrative costs in the US health care system are an important component of
total health care spending, and a substantial proportion of these costs are attributable to …

This paper is part of the American College of Physicians' policy framework to achieve a
vision for a better health care system, where everyone has coverage for and access to the …

With thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice, this leading
textbook has been widely acclaimed by teachers as the most accessible of any available. It …

Background: Effective breast cancer screening should detect early-stage cancer and prevent
advanced disease. Objective: To assess the association between screening and the size of …