Cost of Care Research
Case Studies: Underlying Medical Costs - AHIP
PricewaterhouseCoopers: Behind the Numbers Medical Cost Trends for 2012
The report shares key findings, which includes an explanation of trends contributing to rising costs as well as decreasing cost trends.
Read more at http://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/publications/behind-the-numbers-medical-cost-trends-2012.jhtml
Read more at http://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/publications/behind-the-numbers-medical-cost-trends-2012.jhtml
Hospital Prices in California and Oregon - AHIP, December 2010
This report presents data on the growth of hospital prices in California and Oregon.
Read more at http://www.ahipresearch.org/pdfs/PricesCaliforniaOregon2010.pdf
Read more at http://www.ahipresearch.org/pdfs/PricesCaliforniaOregon2010.pdf
Hospital Prices for Privately Insured Two to Three Times What Medicare Pays in Some Communities
Read more at
http://www.nihcr.org/news_Spending_Variation.html
Hospital Market Concentration, Pricing, and Profitability in Orthopedic Surgery and Interventional Cardiology
The American Journal of Managed Care
June 2011
This study examines the association between hospital market concentration and pricing.
Read more at http://www.ajmc.com/articles/AJMC_11jun_Robinson_e241_248
June 2011
This study examines the association between hospital market concentration and pricing.
Read more at http://www.ajmc.com/articles/AJMC_11jun_Robinson_e241_248
Wide Variation in Hospital and Physician Payment Rates Evidence of Provider Market Power