Your Article Summary
The Obama Administration's Options for Health Care Cost Control: Hope Versus Reality
Annals of Internal Medicine, 04/09/09
Marmor T et al. - Controlling the costs of medical care has long been an elusive goal in U.S. health policy. This article examines the options for health care cost control under the Obama administration. The authors argue that the administration's approach to health reform offers some potential for cost control but also embraces many strategies that are not likely to be successful.
Related Articles
Societal cost of rheumatoid arthritis patients in the US
Current Medical Research and Opinion, 11/16/09
Relevance Score: 69%
Cost-effectiveness of an experimental caries-control regimen in a 3.4-yr randomized clinical trial among 11–12-yr-old Finnish schoolchildren
European Journal of Oral Sciences, 11/16/09
Relevance Score: 67%
Integrated Mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Epidemiological Findings and Control Implications for Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State, Southern Sudan
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11/11/09
Relevance Score: 66%
Cost-effectiveness of interventions based on physical exercise in the treatment of various diseases
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 11/02/09
Relevance Score: 66%
Scientific method offers view to solving liability crisis
American Medical News, 10/23/09
Relevance Score: 66%
Today in Economics of Medicine...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
HHS employs new tougher standards in calculation of improper medicare payment rates for 2009
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Press, 12/04/09
Hospitals and communities continue to feel recession's impact
American Hospital Association News, 12/04/09
Medicare Spending for Previously Uninsured Adults
Annals of Internal Medicine, 12/03/09

See Latest Articles