Regional Disparities

Regional Disparities in Health Spending: Implications for the Private Market and Medicare

The Tenth Princeton Conference

May 15-16 , 2003

Note: A transcript and streaming video of the conference sessions are available through the HealthCast network of Kaisernetwork.org.
The conference session webcast and transcript can be accessed by clicking here.

Conference Materials:

Papers:

Issue Brief prepared by Michael Doonan, David Shactman and Stuart H. Altman

Variations in Health Care Services: A Quality and Cost Issue in Need of Innovative Solutions , Nancy W. Dickey, M.D., President and Vice Chancellor, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

Presentations:

A Strategic Purchasing Model for Medicare, Robert A. Berenson, Senior Advisor, AcademyHealth

The Canary in the Coal Mine: Doing Something About Regional Disparities in Medical Care, David M. Cutler, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Medicare Area Variations, Lynn M. Etheredge, Consultant, Health Insurance Project

Small Area Variation - Are Employers Making a Difference? William D. Marder, Senior Vice President, Medstat and Kathe P. Fox, Vice President, Medstat
Reducing Variation In The 'Real' World: "It's The Reimbursement System, Stupid", Robert S. Galvin, MD, Director of Global Health Care, General Electric Company

Developing a Value Agenda for Health Care, Margaret E. O'Kane, President, National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Geographic Variation in Per Beneficiary Medicare Expenditures, Daniel Zabinski, Research Analyst, MedPAC and Robert D. Reischauer, President, The Urban Institute