Lessons from the first twenty years of Medicare : research implications for public and private sector policy / Mark V. Pauly, William L. Kissick, editors ; Laura E. Roper, associate editor.

Introduction. Research on twenty years of Medicare
the questions posed / Laura E. Roper, Mark V. Pauly, William L. Kissick
I. Medicare policy : past, present, and future
The structure of the Medicare benefits package : evolution and options for change / Judith R. Lave
Vouchers for Medicare : the impossible dream? / Randall R. Bovbjerg
Positive political economy of Medicare, past and future / Mark V. Pauly
An analysis of the welfare component and intergenerational transfers under the Medicare program / Ronald J. Vogel
II. Medicare as insurance in insurance markets
Unresolved risk under Medicare / Charles E. Phelps, Anne L. Reisinger
Should Medicare provide expanded coverage for long-term care? / Bernard S. Friedman, Larry M. Manheim
An analysis of "medigap" enrollment : assessment of current status and policy initiatives / Richard M. Scheffler
III. Medicare payment and provider behavior
The impact of Medicare's prospective payment system on the use of hospital inpatient services / Gerald F. Kominski [and others]
Prospective payment and hospital-medical staff relationships / William S. Custer
Capitation and Medicare : past, present, and future / Judith D. Kasper, Gerald F. Riley, Jeffrey S. McCombs
Direct physician capitation under the Medicare program : evidence and feasibility / Kathryn Langwell, Lyle Nelson, Shelly Nelson
IV. Medicare benefits and private burdens
Employers and Medicare as partners in financing health care for the elderly / Pamela Farley Short, Alan C. Monheit
Increases in beneficiary burdens : direct and indirect effects / Marilyn Moon
V. Medicare and appropriate medical care
Relation of surgical volume to outcomes and charges : pilot study of total hip replacement using North California Medicare data / Jinnet Fowler [and others]
Health promotion and prevention : a Medicare issue / Sheldon Robin, Zoe Boniface
Post-acute care : packages, bows, and strings / Robert L. Kane.