Award-winning book looks at responsibility for sick babies in hospitals
...n whether one has ownership of the responsibility, incentives to exceed minimum standards, the resources to secure contributions of others and the authority to follow the responsibility across organizational borders." With that message, the book offers an empirical, sociological answer to contemporary political...UCSF Psychiatry Department receives grant to study innovative drug and substance abuse treatments
...rseeing another study that will test voucher based incentives to encourageHIV/AIDS positive patients enrolled in San Francisco General's methadone program to take theirmedicine on schedule and stay drug free. Patients can receive vouchers redeemable for goods andservices, such as groceries, if their urine sampl...Should banks be liable for pollution caused by companies that borrow from them?
...for firms but not yet extended to banks, firms had incentives to use bank debt since this gave some protection t...ause them to increase interest rates, reducing the incentives for firms to take care. In this case, it may be desirable to set quite low levels of lender liabilit...Global prevention, funding and accountability debated in fight against HIV/AIDS
...to restrict access to innovationto create economic incentives for research and development, she says these"restrictions to access must be reasonable and not create a situation wherelarge numbers of a population are denied effective therapies. Global traderegulation where possible should be used to ensure that ...... referrals. Some managed care groups use financial incentives and other "gatekeeper"policies to limit specialty referrals, said Grumbach, who is also director ofthe UCSF Center for California Health Workforce Studies and research director ofthe UCSF Center for the Health Professions. This can weaken the relati...Hospital study shows more patients could qualify for free care coverage
...e hospitals. Because Massachusetts hospitals have incentives to identify and enroll patientseligible for free care, there was a common belief that those whose unpaid billscame under the category of nonemergent bad debt were able to pay for their carebut simply defaulted on their bills, suggesting that hospital...Better Integration Of Long-Term And Acute Care Of Elderly Needed
...on between the two. They say that there should be incentives for the provision of services aimed at preventing the need for hospital admission as well as improvement in arrangements for early discharge and rehabilitation in the community. Contact: Dr David Melzer, Clinical Senior Research Associate, Department...Patients May Not Be Receiving The Highest Quality Of Care
...ded services frompatients in response to financial incentives to control costs. In a nationwide survey of intern...are may be compromised regardless of whatfinancial incentives are in place," said Steven Pantilat, M.D., lead author andassistant professor of medicine at UCSF. ......ties are inefficient,people haven't been given the incentives to be efficient, and we're going tobring in modern methods to this very old and important but not-yet- up-to-dateindustry.' But what you see here is that the for-profits brought in good methodsfor getting higher reimbursements, but they didn't necess...Managed-Care Incentives Should Be Disclosed, Physician Says
...ddoctors who restrict medical care. Such financial incentives should be disclosedto patients and consumer groups...ght lead plans to be more cautious in the types of incentives theyadopt," says Gallagher, a primary care physician and instructor in medicine atWashington Univers...Future Workers Will Receive MSAs
...om and control over health-care choices, aswell as incentives to stay healthy and keep medical expenses down. At the sametime, they would give employers a way to offer a benefit plan in which they nolonger bear most of the risk of rising premium costs, providing better budgetcontrol and a relief from fast-grow...Forum Urges Medicare Reform To Emphasize Health Promotion
...re to provide coverage for preventive services and incentives for wellness promotion. This was the major messag...otion." Rowe called on Medicare to provide incentives in the form of reduced premiums for individuals who undertake or maintain health lifestyle behaviors......medical groups to determine whether such financial incentives influence theindividual physician's behavior. "We ...it helps provide aclearer picture of the amount of incentives at the level of individual doctorsand their patients." Researchers note that such findings may or ma...Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
...use some retirement programswere set up to provide incentives for early retirement," he said. "Forexample, we've...s out of the labor force. "Certainly, I think the incentives would change if you raise not justthe normal retirement age but also the age at which you can get pa...