The Oregon experiment: The role of cost-benefit analysis in the allocation of Medicaid funds

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 545-554

  Blumstein, James F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit; Disabilities; Medicaid; Oregon; Rationing; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SERVICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; OREGON; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030742842     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00395-4     Document Type: Article

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