2) Nursing Home Quality studies from Vince Mor
I asked Vince Mor of Brown University the following question:
A speaker the other day stated that Nursing Homes that accept Medicaid only patients have lower quality of care than homes that accept those that have insurance or sufficent resources to pay for nursing home care at the time of admission. The above link provides a list of studies he supplied in response to this question.
5) The Diseases We Spend Our Health Dollars On
National Hospital Ratings Systems Share Few Common Scores And May Generate Confusion Instead Of Clarity
KHN had an report on the above article:
Groups That Rate Hospitals Often Disagree On Rankings
Medicare’s Bundled Payment Initiative: Most Hospitals Are Focused On A Few High-Volume Conditions
English National Health Service’s Savings Plan May Have Helped Reduce The Use Of Three ‘Low-Value’ Procedures
Safety-Net Hospitals More Likely Than Other Hospitals To Fare Poorly Under Medicare’s Value-Based Purchasing
Medicaid Beneficiaries In California Reported Less Positive Experiences When Assigned To A Managed Care Plan
Use Of Intelligent Assignment To Medicare Part D Plans For People With Schizophrenia Could Produce Substantial Savings
Comparing Employer-Sponsored And Federal Exchange Plans: Wide Variations In Cost Sharing For Prescription Drugs
Despite The Spread Of Health Information Exchange, There Is Little Evidence Of Its Impact On Cost, Use, And Quality Of Care
US Hospitals Experienced Substantial Productivity Growth During 2002–11
Narrative Matters: Necessary Steps: How Health Care Fails Older Patients, And How It Can Be Done Better
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