Expansion, Cost Containment and Outcomes

Outcomes of California's Medicaid cost-containment policies, 1981-84

In 1982, California enacted a package of tough Medicaid cost-containment measures. This article examines its effects on program expenditures through 1984 by enrollment group and service category. Total expenditures fell by 19 percent (or $656.5 million) after inflation. Expenditures per enrollee declined for almost every group, with enrollees on cash assistance taking the greatest reductions. A...

Cost-containment and cost-management strategies.

The leadership and boards of trustees of all healthcare organizations are the ultimate stewards of the limited resources available to best meet community needs. The strategic planning process leads the organization down a clear path of setting priorities, making choices, and taking action. The day a new cancer center opens or the latest technology arrives is an exciting one for the community. A...

Medical Inflation and Cost Containment

Concern continues to be expressed about the rapid rise of health care costs in the United States, its present impact, implications for the future, and alternative policies aimed at moderating the increase. For example, a 1990 survey of 821 chief executive officers of businesses in Wisconsin revealed that 67 percent perceived health costs as "substantially out of control" with 96 percent respond...

Psychology intervention and cost containment.

Psychology Intervention, i.e., evaluafion and treatment by Psychologists, can reduce costs of medical rehabilitafion. With rising costs of health care and rapidly shrinking resources, it is imperative that expenditures are carefully monitored for effectiveness and efficiency. The great majority of studies of Psychology intervention have focused on that aspect of effectiveness which relates to o...

Health care cost containment.