The RAND Corporation / Harvard University Press / /
Continent
America / /
Country
Germany / New Zealand / Japan / United States / Canada / United Kingdom / /
Currency
cent / USD / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / /
Facility
University of Chicago / University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School / /
IndustryTerm
insurance contract / monopoly public insurer / medical technologies / health insurance approach / lower observable accounting costs / incentive systems / insurance markets / health insurance debate / social insurance premium / lower reported insurer / public health insurance / welfare systems / public insurance / private and public insurance systems / insurance focuses / insurance overhead / reimbursement systems / insurance-induced distortions / less access to services / capital equipment / public insurer / telephone consultations / insurance inputs / public systems / care services / insurance plans / technology-competition / monopoly public insurance / conventional insurance / insurance market / supplementary insurance / insurance change / hospital systems / physician services / budget-constrained health care systems / insurance coverage / provincial health insurance scheme / gross national product / patient-specific information systems / monopoly public insurance program / universal health insurance / pharmaceuticals / health insurance system / affected applications / care hospital services / health insurance / insurance premiums / monopsony public insurer / monopoly public systems / self-insurance / health care systems / provincial gross domestic product / health insurance plans / medical services / insurance-induced moral hazard / insurance system / community-rated insurance pool / hospital services / payroll tax systems / private insurers / to other medical technologies / insurance functions / /
MedicalTreatment
surgery / major surgery / hip replacement / mastectomy / /
Organization
the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School / Harvard University / U.S. Government Accounting Office / Claims administration / provincial government / Medicare / Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / the University of Chicago / Citizens’ Fund / /
Person
David Himmelstein / Steven Globerman / Steffie Woolhandler / Patricia M. Danzon Prologue / Robert Evans / James Hahn / Lorna Hoye / Victor Fuchs / Patricia Danzon / /
Position
general practitioner / low nurse / model for the United States / well-established physician / physician / advocate / author / housekeeper / physiotherapist / high physician / Professor of Health Care Systems and Insurance / Private / /