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245 10 a| Reducing costs in the health care system :b| learning from what has been done /c| author, Mark W. Stanton.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

520 a| This report examines strategies intended to affect health care costs and investigates whether or not they save money. AHRQ funded research has found that some approaches (specific employer contribution methods, competition among health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and behavioral managed care) save money, and others (cost sharing, flexible spending accounts, and hospital mergers) have mixed results. A unique contribution of AHRQ's research is its focus on the dynamic or interactive effects of cost containment strategies; i.e., estimating the likely effects of efforts in one sector on the rest of the system. The report also reviews some of the new research efforts underway.;

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Reducing costs in the health care system : learning from what has been done / author, Mark W. Stanton.

Author/creator	Stanton, Mark W.
Other author	United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Rockville, Md. : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2002]
Description	11 p. ; digital, PDF file
Supplemental Content	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS91734
Subjects	Medical care, Cost of--United States. Health insurance--United States. --Costs. Health Care Costs--United States. Health Expenditures--United States. Cost Control--methods. --United States. Health Care Reform--economics. --United States. Insurance, Health--United States. Managed Care Programs--economics. --United States.

Series	Research in action ; issue #9 AHRQ pub. ; no. 02-0046 Research in action (United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) ; issue #9. ^A789298 AHRQ publication ; no. 02-0046. ^A457037
Abstract	This report examines strategies intended to affect health care costs and investigates whether or not they save money. AHRQ funded research has found that some approaches (specific employer contribution methods, competition among health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and behavioral managed care) save money, and others (cost sharing, flexible spending accounts, and hospital mergers) have mixed results. A unique contribution of AHRQ's research is its focus on the dynamic or interactive effects of cost containment strategies; i.e., estimating the likely effects of efforts in one sector on the rest of the system. The report also reviews some of the new research efforts underway.
General note	Title from PDF caption (viewed Mar. 6, 2008).
General note	"September 2002."
General note	GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	Mode of access: Internet from the AHRQ web site. Address as of 3/6/08: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/costsria/costsria.pdf; current access available via PURL.
GPO item number	0491-B-35 (online)
Govt. docs number	HE 20.6512/10:R 24

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