Informing American Health Care Policy

Informing American Health Care Policy provides a critical perspective on the National Medical ExpAnditure Surveys (NMES) and how these surveys have responded to the sometimes conflicting challenges of policy and research. Sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and written by a stellar panel of interdisciplinary experts including contributions from nationally known economists, sociologists, and survey researchers, this essential resource is filled with lessons learned and emerging strategies for the future.

Foreword. Preface and Acknowledgments. The Editors. The Contributors. Introduction (A. Monheit & R. Wilson). PAST CHALLLENGES AND CURRENT ISSUES. National Medical ExpAnditure Surveys: Genesis and Rationale (R.Andersen & O. Anderson). Modeling Consumer and Provider Behavior: The First NationalExpenditure Study (G. Wilensky). The Provider System and the Changing Locus of Expenditure Data:Survey Strategies from Fee-for-Service to Managed Care (J. Cohen& A. Taylor). SOURCES OF PAYMENT AND THE STRUCTURE OF HEALTH INSURANCE. Examining Health Insurance Differences: Issues of Public Equity andCost Efficiency (P. Short). Health Insurance, Employment, and the Labor Market (A.Monheit). VULNERABLE POPULATIONS: HEALTH CARE AND MEASURES OF ACCESS. The National ExpAnditure Surveys and Studies of Access to Care byVulnerable Populations (M. Berk). Evaluating Medicare and Medicaid: The Yield in Information from theNational Medical Expenditure Surveys (J. Kasper). SURVEY METHODS, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES. Better Estimates of Populations at Risk and More EfficientSampling: Changing Survey Design Strategies over Time (S.Cohen). Continuity Versus Change: Challenges in Designing a SuccessorSurvey (D. Walden). Survey Integration and End-of-Century Constraints (R.Arnett). THE ROLE OF NATIONAL DATA IN POLICY FORMULATION. Health System Reform Debates and Medical Expenditure Surveys (L.Nichols). Name Index. Subject Index.