Balancing the goals of health care provision / Martin Feldstein.
| Author/creator | Feldstein, Martin S. |
| Other author | National Bureau of Economic Research. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, |
| Description | 18 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from NBER Working Papers |
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| Series | NBER working paper series ; no. 12279 Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; working paper no. 12279. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Summary | "A desirable system for providing and financing health care would achieve three goals: (1) preventing the deprivation of care because of a patient's inability to pay; (2) avoiding wasteful spending; and (3) allowing care to reflect the different tastes of individual patients. Although it is not possible to realize fully all three of these goals, they can condition and inform the design of a good system for financing health care. This paper discusses the application of these goals in more detail and use them to consider a reform of the system of Health Savings Accounts that was enacted as part of the 2003 Medicare legislation and, separately, the challenge posed by the very expensive treatments for rare diseases that are becoming more common"--P. [i]. |
| General note | "May 2006." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also available online. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |