Informing American health care policy : the dynamics of medical expenditure and insurance surveys, 1977-1996

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 National Expenditure 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 and Cost Efficiency - P. Short Health Insurance, Employment, and the Labor Market - A. Monheit VULNERABLE POPULATIONS: HEALTH CARE AND MEASURES OF ACCESS The National Expenditure Surveys and Studies of Access to Care by Vulnerable Populations - M. Berk Evaluating Medicare and Medicaid: The Yield in Information from the National Medical Expenditure Surveys - J. Kasper SURVEY METHODS, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES Better Estimates of Populations at Risk and More Efficient Sampling: Changing Survey Design Strategies over Time - S. Cohen Continuity Versus Change: Challenges in Designing a Successor Survey - 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.