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Income, Insurance, And Technology: Why Does Health Spending Outpace Economic Growth? by Smith, Sheila, Newhouse, Joseph P, Freeland, Mark S

“…A broad consensus holds that increased medical capability-technology-is the primary driver of health spending growth. However, technology does not expand…”
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Insurance effects on US medical spending (1960-1993) by Peden, Edgar A., Freeland, Mark S.

“…Regression results show that nearly half of 1960–1993 growth in real per capita medical spending and almost two‐thirds of its 1983–1993 growth were due to…”
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A historical analysis of medical spending growth, 1960-1993 by Peden, E A, Freeland, M S

“…About half the growth in real per capita medical spending from 1960 to 1993 and two-thirds of its growth from 1983 to 1993 resulted from either the level or…”
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National health care spending trends: 1988 by Levit, K R, Freeland, M S, Waldo, D R

“…In 1988, health care spending increased 10.4% over 1987. National health expenditures averaged $2,124 for each of the 254 million people in the US and its…”
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National medical care spending by LEVIT, K.R, FREELAND, M.S

“…In the early 1980s, public and private financers of health care in the US were affected adversely by the rapidly rising cost of health care. Efforts that were…”
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Selective contracting for hospital care based on volume, quality, and price: prospects, problems, and unanswered questions by Freeland, M S, Hunt, S S, Luft, H S

“…There is a burgeoning interest in selective contracting for specialized hospital services based on volume, price, and quality. The systematic exclusion or…”
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Using marginal analysis to evaluate health spending trends by Kowalczyk, G I, Freeland, M S, Levit, K R

“…In summary, the alternative methodology for measuring health spending trends compares the increment in health spending with the increment in the GNP as a…”
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National health expenditures: short-term outlook and long-term projections by Freeland, M S, Schendler, C E

“…This paper presents projections of national health expenditures by type of expenditure and source of funds for 1981, 1985, and 1990. Rapid growth in national…”
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Health spending and ability to pay : business, individuals and government by LEVIT, K.R, FREELAND, M.S, WALDO, D.R

“…Health care spending has grown almost twice as fast as has the gross national product since 1965. Various parties in the health care financing arena have been…”
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National hospital input price index by Freeland, M S, Anderson, G, Schendler, C E

“…The national community hospital input price index presented here isolates the effects of prices of goods and services required to produce hospital care and…”
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Measuring hospital input price increases: the rebased hospital market basket by Freeland, M S, Chulis, G S, Brown, A P, Skellan, D, Maple, B T, Singer, N, Lemieux, J, Arnett, 3rd, R H

“…The input prices indexes used in part to set payment rates for Medicare inpatient hospital services in both prospective payment system (PPS) and PPS-excluded…”
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National Medical Care Spending by Levit, Katharine R, Freeland, Mark S

“…Using data from the National Health Expenditures (NHE) series produced by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) as well as other sources, we present…”
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Measuring Input Prices for Physicians: The Revised Medicare by Freeland, Mark S, Chulis, George S, Arnett, Ross H, Brown, Aaron P

“…Medicare payments for physician services under Part B were restrained historically by capping prevailing charges using the Medicare Economic Index (MEI). The…”
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Health spending in the 1980's: integration of clinical practice patterns with management by Freeland, M S, Schendler, C E

“…Health care spending in the United States more than tripled between 1972 and 1982, increasing from $94 billion to $322 billion. This growth substantially…”
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National health expenditure growth in the 1980's: an aging population, new technologies, and increasing competition by Freeland, M S, Schendler, C E

“…Health care spending in the United States more than tripled between 1971 and 1981, increasing from $83 billion to $287 billion. This growth in health sector…”
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Measuring input prices for physicians: the revised Medicare Economic Index by Freeland, M S, Chulis, G S, Arnett, 3rd, R H, Brown, A P

“…Medicare payments for physician services under Part B were historically restrained by capping prevailing charges using the Medicare Economic Index (MEI). The…”
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Regional hospital input price indexes by Freeland, M S, Schendler, C E, Anderson, G

“…This paper describes the development of regional hospital input price indexes that is consistent with the general methodology used for the National Hospital…”
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Health spending trends in the 1980's: adjusting to financial incentives by Arnett, R H, Cowell, C S, Davidoff, L M, Freeland, M S

“…Health expenditure growth is projected to moderate considerably during 1983-90, reaching $660 billion in 1990 and consuming over 11 percent of the gross…”
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