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Health Care Financing Review

2003 Edition

Winter 2003-2004, Volume 25, Number 2

Medicare Prescription Drugs (Please see the links in the Downloads section below for entire article)

Page 1Medicare Drugs
Page 7Prescription Drug Benefits: Cost Management Issues for Medicare
Page 23Reporting of Drug Expenditures in the MCBS
Page 37Predictability of Prescription Drug Expenditures for Medicare Beneficiaries
Page 47Participation and Crowd-Out in a Medicare Drug Benefit: Simulation Estimates
Page 63Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prescription Coverage and Medication Use
Page 77Racial Disparities in Prescription Drug Use Among Dually Eligible Beneficiaries

MCBS Highlights

Page 91Medicare Beneficiary's Use of Prescription Drug Discount Cards, CY 2002

Fall 2003, Volume 25, Number 1

General Topics (Please see the links in the Downloads section below for entire article)

Page 1Health Expenditure Trends in OECD Countries, 1990-2001
Page 23Risk Selection and Benefits in the Medicare+Choice Program
Page 37Medicare Calibration of the Clinically Detailed Risk Information System for Cost
Page 55Beneficiary Reported Experience and Voluntary Disenrollment in Medicare Managed Care
Page 67Including Disenrollees in CAHPS® Managed Care Health Plan Assessment Reporting
Page 81Medicare Interim Payment System's Impact on Medicare Home Health Utilization
Page 99Trends in Nursing Home Expenses, 1987 and 1996
Page 115Choosing to Convert to Critical Access Hospital Status

Spring 2003, Volume 24, Number 3

Conference Proceedings Measuring Functional Status (Please see the links in the Downloads section below for entire article)

Page 1Significance of Functional Status Data for Payment and Quality
Page 13Comparison of Functional Status Tools Used in Post-Acute Care
Page 25Measuring Function for Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Payment
Page 45An Assessment Tool Translation Study
Page 61Capturing and Classifying Functional Status Information in Administrative Databases
Page 77WHO's ICF and Functional Status Information in Health Records
Page 89Functional Status and Health Information in Canada: Proposals and Prospects
Page 103From Clinical Records to Regulatory Reporting: Formal Terminologies as Foundation

Also Featuring...

Page 121Medigap Reform Legislation of 1990: A 10-Year Review
Page 139Drug Coverage, Utilization, and Spending by Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Disease

Summer 2003, Volume 24, Number 4

End Stage Renal Disease (Please see the links in the Downloads section below for entire article)

Page 1End Stage Renal Disease and Medicare
Page 7Evaluation of the ESRD Managed Care Demonstration Operations
Page 31Patient Selection in the ESRD Managed Care Demonstration
Page 45Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction: ESRD Managed Care Demonstration
Page 59ESRD Managed Care Demonstration: Financial Implications
Page 77Is Case-Mix Adjustment Necessary for an Expanded Dialysis Bundle?
Page 89Improving the Care of ESRD Patients: A Success Story
Page 101Potential Organ-Donor Supply and Efficiency of Organ Procurement Organizations

Also Featuring...

Page 111Measuring Beneficiary Knowledge of the Medicare Program: A Psychometric Analysis
Page 127Prescription Drug Use in the Elderly: A Descriptive Analysis

MCBS Highlights

Page 143Growth in Residential Alternatives to Nursing Homes: 2001
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Winter 2003 Medicare Prescription Drugs [ZIP, 2.65MB]
Fall 2003 General Topics [ZIP, 3.18MB]
Spring 2003 Conferance Proceedings: Measuring Functional Status [ZIP, 3.82MB]
Summer 2003 End Stage Renal Disease [ZIP, 4.18MB]

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