Health Economics Research Profile
Health Insurance, Quality of Care, and Outcomes
Areas of health care with rapid growth
A study to identify the physicians' services that have the highest spending growth within the Medicare program and to analyze the appropriateness of such growth in relation to clinical quality-of-care guidelines and other relevant factors.
Contact: Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, PhD (Melinda_Buntin@rand.org)Health Plan Concentration, Costs, and Outcomes
A study to examine the relationship between health plan consolidation and hospital prices, costs, charity care, and outcomes of care.
Contact: RAND_Health@rand.orgHealth Care Use and Quality in High-Deductible and "Consumer-Directed" Health Plans
An investigation of how new health insurance benefit designs that incorporate financial incentives and information intended to help patients make more cost-conscious health care decisions influence the amount, type, and quality of care used, and how responses differ across population groups, particularly among the sick and the poor.
Contact: Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, PhD (Melinda_Buntin@rand.org)Use of Preventive Services and Prescription Drugs in High-Deductible Health Plans
An examination of the relationship between high medical and pharmaceutical cost sharing and the use of prescription drugs and preventive services.
Contact: RAND_Health@rand.org
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