TY  - BOOK
AU  - Inhurst,Raymond W.
TI  - Health Care Costs: Outlook and Options
T2  - Health Care Issues, Costs and Access
SN  - 9781613249840
AV  - RA410.53 -- .H363 2009eb 
U1  - 338.4336210973 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Hauppauge
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - Medical care, Cost of - United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- HEALTH CARE COSTS: OUTLOOK AND OPTIONS -- HEALTH CARE COSTS: OUTLOOK AND OPTIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1    EVIDENCE ON THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY∗ -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY -- EVIDENCE ON THE ADOPTION OF  HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- EVIDENCE ON THE BENEFITS OF ADOPTING HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- Estimates of the Potential National Savings from Widespread Adoption of Health IT -- Evidence on Improvements in Efficiency from Adoption of Health IT -- Evidence on Improvements in the Quality of Care from Adoption of Health IT -- THE COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING  HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- The Cost of Health IT Systems for Physicians' Offices -- The Cost of EHR and CPOE Systems for Hospitals -- POSSIBLE FACTORS TO EXPLAIN THE LOW RATES OF ADOPTION OF HEALTH IT -- Challenges in Implementing Health IT Systems -- Providers' Inability to Capture Financial Returns from Health IT -- Competition among Health Insurance Plans -- Regulatory Impediments -- THE FEDERAL ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- Issues for Consideration -- Options for Federal Efforts to Promote Adoption of Health IT -- APPENDIX: COMMON TERMS IN HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2    THE LONG-TERM BUDGET OUTLOOK AND OPTIONS FOR SLOWING THE GROWTH OF HEALTH CARE COSTS∗ -- LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS OF SPENDING,  REVENUES, AND DEBT -- THE EFFECTS OF RISING FEDERAL DEBT ON THE ECONOMY -- POLICY OPTIONS TO CONSTRAIN  FUTURE SPENDING ON HEALTH CARE -- Increasing the Salience of Costs and Improving Efficiency -- Generating More Information About -- Adopting Measures to Promote Healthier Living -- CBO'S ACTIVITIES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3    HEALTH COSTS AND HEALTH  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY∗ -- HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HEALTH IT); FEDERAL SPENDING UNDER CBO'S ALTERNATIVE FISCAL SCENARIO -- ESTIMATED CONTRIBUTIONS OF SELECTED FACTORS TO LONG-TERM GROWTH IN  REAL HEALTH CARE SPENDING PER CAPITA, 1940 TO 1990 -- SOURCES OF GROWTH IN PROJECTED FEDERAL SPENDING ON MEDICARE AND MEDICAID -- MEDICARE SPENDING PER BENEFICIARY IN THE UNITED STATES, BY  HOSPITAL REFERRAL REGION, 2005 -- VARIATIONS AMONG ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS -- UNTAPPED RESOURCE:  HEALTH IT COULD HAVE CRITICAL ROLE IN COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH -- THE RAND CORPORATION STUDY -- POLICIES TO PROMOTE HEALTH IT SYSTEMS -- INDEX -- Blank Page
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