Geography And The Debate Over Medicare Reform
A reform proposal that addresses some underlying causes of
Medicare funding woes: geographic variation and lack of incentive for efficient medical practices.
by John E. Wennberg, Elliott S. Fisher, and Jonathan S. Skinner
John Wennberg directs the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences and is the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Elliott Fisher is codirector of the Outcomes Group, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and professor of medicine and community and family medicine, Dartmouth Medical School and the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. Jonathan Skinner is the John French Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College; senior research associate, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School; and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Health Affairs, Vol. Suppl Web Exclusives (Jul 2002), pp. W96-114 Key: citeulike:1467138
