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A Test of Alternative Demand-Shift Responses to the Medicare Program

In: The Economics of Health and Medical Care

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  • Bernard Friedman

    (Brown University)

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Introduction of the Medicare program in the United States in 1966 has been associated with an acceleration in the rise in price of health services, particularly hospital care. In part, this reflects large increases in real resources used per patient treated. This paper reviews the aggregate evidence, and examines some data on possible changes in the diagnosis, treatment and survival of women with breast cancer. The data lend some support to a model in which increased employment of resources offers utility benefit to health professionals who have considerable discretionary decision power.

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  • Bernard Friedman, 1974. "A Test of Alternative Demand-Shift Responses to the Medicare Program," International Economic Association Series, in: Mark Perlman (ed.), The Economics of Health and Medical Care, chapter 13, pages 234-247, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-63660-0_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-63660-0_13
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