02676oam 22005894a 450 991069645680332120080306142827.0(CKB)5470000002378273(OCoLC)57682708(EXLCZ)99547000000237827320030306d2002 ua 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReducing costs in the health care system[electronic resource] learning from what has been done /author, Mark W. StantonRockville, Md. :Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,[2002]11 pages digital, PDF fileResearch in action ;issue #9AHRQ pub. ;no. 02-0046Title from PDF caption (viewed Mar. 6, 2008)."September 2002."Includes bibliographical references.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.Reducing costs in the health care system Medical care, Cost ofUnited StatesHealth insuranceUnited StatesCostsHealth Care CostsHealth ExpendituresCost ControlmethodsHealth Care ReformeconomicsInsurance, HealthManaged Care ProgramseconomicsUnited StatesMedical care, Cost ofHealth insuranceCosts.Health Care Costs.Health Expenditures.Cost Controlmethods.Health Care Reformeconomics.Insurance, Health.Managed Care Programseconomics.Stanton Mark W1403439United States.Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.NLMNLMGPOBOOK9910696456803321Reducing costs in the health care system3476097UNINA