CHICAGO, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The demand (click here) for total joint
replacement is expected to increase so dramatically in the next 25 years that
there may not be enough orthopaedic surgeons to perform the surgeries, as
indicated by results from recent research on the topic. As presented at the
73rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the study projects the number of hip and knee replacement procedures that will be performed in the United States through the year 2030....
It is called quality of life and insurance will get you there. Recent history in
the USA in Medicaid expansion in children prove there is higher demand in health care and fends off death. This is called good economics and good policy. No one understands this expansion and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is improving the quality of life of Americans? See, the reality is far different than the rhetoric. Why would that be?
Janet Currie, University of California at Los Angeles and National Bureau of Economic Research and Jonathan Gruber Massachusetts Institute of Technology and National Bureau of Economic Research
We study the effect of public insurance for children (click here) on their utilization of medical care and health outcomes by exploiting recent expansions of the Medicaid program to low-income children. These expansions doubled the fraction of children eligible for Medicaid between 1984 and 1992. Take-up of these expansions was much less than full, however, even among otherwise uninsured children. Despite this take-up problem, eligibility for Medicaid significantly increased the utilization of medical care, particularly care delivered in physicians' offices. Increased eligibility was also associated with a sizable and significant reduction in child mortality.
replacement is expected to increase so dramatically in the next 25 years that
there may not be enough orthopaedic surgeons to perform the surgeries, as
indicated by results from recent research on the topic. As presented at the
73rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the study projects the number of hip and knee replacement procedures that will be performed in the United States through the year 2030....
It is called quality of life and insurance will get you there. Recent history in
the USA in Medicaid expansion in children prove there is higher demand in health care and fends off death. This is called good economics and good policy. No one understands this expansion and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is improving the quality of life of Americans? See, the reality is far different than the rhetoric. Why would that be?
Janet Currie, University of California at Los Angeles and National Bureau of Economic Research and Jonathan Gruber Massachusetts Institute of Technology and National Bureau of Economic Research
We study the effect of public insurance for children (click here) on their utilization of medical care and health outcomes by exploiting recent expansions of the Medicaid program to low-income children. These expansions doubled the fraction of children eligible for Medicaid between 1984 and 1992. Take-up of these expansions was much less than full, however, even among otherwise uninsured children. Despite this take-up problem, eligibility for Medicaid significantly increased the utilization of medical care, particularly care delivered in physicians' offices. Increased eligibility was also associated with a sizable and significant reduction in child mortality.
