Fees and Charges - Trends
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sustaining Medicare through consumer choice of health funds: lessons from the Netherlands.

4 Jul 2009 The current escalation in costs of Australia's health care system does not appear to be sustainable. Sustainable financing requires direct engagement of consumers - instead of the current political process driven by special interest groups, targeted ... Read more...

Annual expenditures for nursing home care: private and public payer price growth, 1977 to 2004.

27 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: Long-term nursing home care is primarily funded by out-of-pocket payments and public Medicaid programs. Few studies have explored price growth in nursing home care, particularly trends in the real cost of a year spent in a nursing home. ... Read more...

From traditional to modern fee systems.

29 Sep 2008 This paper deals with the environmentally important issue regarding how best to motivate citizens to reduce their individual waste production. The paper discusses the pros and cons of the various financial incentives incorporated into the waste ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fees and Charges - Trends'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sustaining Medicare through consumer choice of health funds: lessons from the Netherlands. 4 Jul 2009
• [Medicine beyond the economic peaks] 20 Apr 2009
• Annual expenditures for nursing home care: private and public payer price growth, 1977 to 2004. 27 Feb 2009
• The clinical laboratory fee schedule yesterday, today, tomorrow. 30 Dec 2008
• Migration and the human right to health. 30 Dec 2008
• Up-and-down surgical pack segment posts price rise. Hard-to-track market segment subject to vagaries of hospitals and vendors. 29 Nov 2008
• GPOs say higher prices on the way in 2009. 29 Nov 2008
• Health insurers well positioned, but must plan for cost pressure. 29 Nov 2008
• Price hikes spur Part D debate. 29 Nov 2008
• From traditional to modern fee systems. 29 Sep 2008
• Pay-as-you-throw - a tool for urban waste management. 29 Sep 2008
• Picture this: a sharp drop in contrast media prices. 29 Sep 2008
• Consumer price sensitivity in Dutch health insurance. 15 Aug 2008
• Local veterinary inspector/Official Veterinarian fee review. 31 Jul 2008
• 'We're forced to pay for an organisation that does nothing of any real benefit to us'. 30 Dec 2007
• Malpractice premiums: starting to level off. 5 Dec 2007
• The undercovered class. 29 Nov 2007
• Controlling the US health care system with policy wedges. 29 Nov 2007
• Can the initial success of the Malawi ART scale-up programme be sustained? The example of Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre. 30 Sep 2007
• 2007 JCO Orthodontic Practice Study. Part 1: Trends. 29 Sep 2007

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Technical information about 'Fees and Charges'

Definition: Amounts charged to the patient as payer for health care services.

Descriptor UI: D005249

Alternative terms: Fees and Charges; Charges and Fees; Fees; Fee; Remuneration; Remunerations; Charges; Charge;

Related Mesh Headings: Rate Setting and Review;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.442;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: DF: FEES