The use of electronic health records that can securely transmit patient data among physicians
will help coordinate the care of 60 million Americans with multiple chronic conditions. This …

In 2004, the rates charged to many uninsured and other “self-pay” patients for hospital services
were often 2.5 times what most health insurers actually paid and more than three times …

Financing and provision of long-term care is an increasingly important concern for many
middle-income countries experiencing rapid population aging. We examine three countries (…

Objectives : We studied the impact of noncardiac comorbidity on potentially preventable
hospitalizations and mortality in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Background : …

This paper uses the latest data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) to compare the health systems of the thirty member countries in 2000. Total …

Increasing longevity and declining fertility rates are shifting the age distribution of populations
in industrialized countries toward older age groups. Some countries will experience this …

Background The Institute of Medicine has proposed that the amount of disease-specific
research funding provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) be systematically and …

Objectives: To determine whether dementia increases medical expenditures, the probability
of hospitalization, and potentially preventable hospitalization, controlling for variables …

Using the most recent data on health spending published by the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), we explore reasons why US health spending …

In order to examine the proportion of Medicare expenditures attributable to repeated
admissions to the hospital, we assessed the frequency with which 270,266 randomly selected …