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September Articles and Reports Roundup
Jaime S. King, Executive Editor October 1, 2014
With the end of summer and school in full swing, September brought us a wide range of interesting articles and reports. This month, the Roundup will highlight seven articles and one report on a range of topics, but there were many to choose from, so check out The Source –Perspectives-Articles and Reports to see what else we picked up! Narrow Networks Jonathan Gruber and Robin McKnight posted an NBER Working Paper, Controlling Health Care Costs Through Limited Network Insurance Plans: Evidence from Massachusetts State Employees, which examines the growing trend …
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Articles & Reports Roundup August 2014
Jaime S. King, Executive Editor September 1, 2014
As a lifetime student turned professor, the end of August always makes my heart beat a little quicker as school returns to session. So if you are also looking for a few things to get your brain moving again after the lazy days of summer, check out these articles! First and foremost, Stephanie Alessi, UC Hastings alum and current fellow at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, published Making the Competition for Healthcare Dollars a Fair Fight: The Role of Antitrust Law in Improving Efficiency in the U.S. Healthcare Marketin …
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Academic Articles and Reports Roundup: June 2014
Jaime S. King, Executive Editor June 30, 2014
Articles and Reports Round Up: June 2014 Greetings! In this installment of the Articles and Reports Round Up are the Source’s pick reads from the academic literature and policy reports from June 2014. Academic Articles Health Affairs’ June issue, titled The Economics of Health Care: Costs, Savings, and Value (be still our hearts), had two lead articles on healthcare consolidation and costs (Ginsburg and Pawlson, and Sage) followed by two commentaries. All four are well worth reading. Paul Ginsburg and Gregory Pawlson’s article, Seeking Lower Prices Where Providers Are Consolidated: An …
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