Improving health care cost projections for the Medicare population [[electronic resource] ] : summary of a workshop / / Gooloo S. Wunderlich, rapporteur ; National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465945803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-94863-6; 9786612948633; 0-309-15977-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WunderlichGooloo S
• Disciplina: 338.473621
• Soggetti: Medical care, Cost of - Statistics; Medical care, Cost of - United States; Medicare - Costs; Medical policy - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Current Models of Health Care Cost Projections""; ""3 Modeling Medical Technology""; ""4 Factors Affecting Health Status""; ""5 Participants' Views on Needed Research""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Predicting Medicare Cost Growth--John N. Friedman""; ""Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Presenters""; ""Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members""; ""Committee on National Statistics""
• Sommario/riassunto: "Developing credible short-term and long-term projections of Medicare health care costs is critical for public- and private-sector policy planning, but faces challenges and uncertainties. There is uncertainty not only in the underlying economic and demographic assumptions used in projection models, but also in what a policy modeler assumes about future changes in the health status of the population and the ; factors affecting health status, the extent and pace of scientific and technological breakthroughs in medical care, the preferences of the population for particular kinds of care, the likelihood that policy makers will alter current law and regulations, and how each of these factors relates to health care costs for the elderly population. Given the substantial growth in the Medicare population and the continued increases in Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance spending, the availability of well-specified models and analyses that can provide useful information on the likely cost implications of health care policy alternatives is essential. It is therefore timely to review the capabilities and limitations of extant health care cost models and to identify areas for research that offer the most promise to improve modeling, not only of current U.S. health care programs, but also of policy alternatives that may be considered in the coming years. The National Research Council conducted a public workshop focusing on areas of research needed to improve health care cost projections for the Medicare population, and on the strengths and weaknesses of competing frameworks for projecting health care expenditures for the elderly. The workshop considered major classes of projection and simulation models that are currently used and the underlying data sources and research inputs for these models. It also explored areas in which additional research and data are needed to inform model development and health care policy analysis more broadly. The workshop, summarized in this volume, drew people from a wide variety of disciplines and perspectives, including federal agencies, academia, and nongovernmental organizations."--home page.

Confessions of a military wife [[electronic resource] /] / Mollie Gross

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781896203321
• Autore: Gross Mollie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Savas Beatie, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61121-050-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.808835500973; 355.1/0973
• Soggetti: Military spouses - United States; Marine Corps spouses - United States; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Before""; ""THE DITY MOVE FROM HELL""; ""SETTLING IN: MY FIRST WEEKS""; ""Lifestyles of the Military""; ""Pre-deployment""; ""deployment""; ""REUNION""; ""on the l.a.m. (Life after the Military)""; ""GLOSSARY""
• Sommario/riassunto: "Now in paperback, Confessions of a Military Wife is an honest, witty, and often hilarious look at the life of the new generation military wife. Mollie Gross learned the hard way to laugh instead of cry at what she could not control as a military spouse-and as she quickly discovered, nearly everything was out of her control! A standup comedienne, public speaker, and wife of a Marine Corps officer, Mollie explores everything about the issued spouse, from deployment and the stress of having a husband in a combat zone, to the realization that marriage changes when your husband returns home from war. Nothing is taboo or out-of-bounds in Confessions, including the parties military wives throw for themselves before hubby returns. (You'll have to read the book to find out about those!) More than one million American servicemen have deployed to war over the last few years, which means the lives and lifestyles of military wives are now front and center in the public's curiosity. How do they live? What is their day-to-day life like? How do they interact? How do they deal with weeks and months of separation? The answers will surprise (and in some cases, shock) you. Confessions ; teaches all women, whether civilian or military, that they can learn to find the funny side of anything by embracing the situation and changing their perspective. And now they can do so with humor and levity, and a little wisdom. Evocative and provocative, Confessions of a Military Wife is a can't-put-down book that will leave you laughing and crying at the same time"--Publisher.