The medical arms race Austin Frakt February 29, 2012 This is a TIE-U post associated with Jonathan Kolstad’s The Economics of Health Care and Policy (Penn’s HCMG 903-001, Spring 2012). For other posts in this series, READ MORE
IPAB repeal effort heating up again Don Taylor February 29, 2012 Efforts to repeal the IPAB are heating up again in both the House and Senate (overview from KHN; link to a gated Politico Pro story READ MORE
When is the shared decision-making model appropriate? Austin Frakt February 29, 2012 It’s as if Kenny Lin* read my mind about the PSA test. The answer is that primary care physicians have already been trying this [shared READ MORE