Mechanism
Revenue from the problem
Arrangements in which the parties paid to address a problem earn more while the problem continues.
Information and Perception
Medicine and Public Health
- Finding MED-6.2
- Primary record Under accelerated approval, FDA licenses drugs before their clinical benefit is shown, and confirmation has taken years while patients and public insurers paid for the drugs.
- Finding MED-9.6
- Peer-reviewed In two randomized experiments, more generous insurance increased the use of care without measurably improving average physical health.
- Finding MED-9.7
- Peer-reviewed Medicare patients in the highest-spending regions received about 60 percent more care and had no better survival, quality of care, access or satisfaction.
- Finding MED-9.8
- Peer-reviewed After private equity acquisition, hospital-acquired conditions rose at acquired hospitals and patient mortality rose at acquired nursing homes. A third study found lower heart-attack mortality at acquired hospitals.