Economic research

• Health insurance reform
• Medical liability reform
• Managed care
• Medical practice
• Medicare

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Health insurance reform

Keeping Health Insurance Tax Credits on the Table (PDF, 50KB)
JAMA editorial on AMA proposal to reduced the number of people without health insurance.

Health insurance tax credits: comparison of impact estimates (PDF, 101KB)

Medical liability reform

Policy research perspectives: professional medical liability insurance
indemnity and expense payments, 1997-2006
(PDF, 58KB) December 2007

Policy research perspectives: professional liability insurance rates and
distribution of rate changes, 2003-2007
(PDF, 41KB) December 2007

Policy research perspectives: the impact of liability pressure and caps on damages on the health care market: an update of recent literature
(PDF, 63KB) December 2007

Policy research perspectives: the “Angoff Report” a misrepresentation of the medical liability insurance industry
(PDF, 72KB) December 2005

Policy research perspectives: the impact of caps on damages. How are markets for medical liability insurance and medical services affected?
(PDF, 39KB) December 2005

Managed care

Recent trends in managed care contracting
(PDF, 73KB) January 2004

Medical practice

The practice arrangements of patient care physicians, 2001 
(PDF, 61KB) February 2004

The practice arrangements of patient care physicians, 1999 (Revised)
(PDF, 57KB) February 2004

The impact of EMTALA on physician practices 
(PDF, 152KB) February 2003

Review of "Drivers of health care costs associated with physician services" 
(PDF, 119KB) January 2003

Practice location choices of new international medical graduates 
(PDF, 873KB) December 2002

Physician provision of Charity Care, 1988-1999
(PDF, 140KB) April 2002

Medicare

Policy research perspectives: Review of: The long-term outlook for health care spending
(PDF, 32KB) January 2008

Medicare physician payment schedule services for 2001 - a summary of claims data
(PDF, 83KB) December 2003

Research brief - Member Connect® Medicare Physician Payment Cut Survey
(PDF, 121KB) July 2002