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Informing American Health Care Policy provides a critical perspective on the National Medical ExpAnditure Surveys (NMES) and how these surveys have responded to the sometimes conflicting challenges of policy and research. Sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and written by a stellar panel of interdisciplinary experts including contributions from nationally known economists, sociologists, and survey researchers, this essential resource is filled with lessons learned and emerging strategies for the future.
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This volume analyzes the overall effect of the National Medical Expenditure Surveys (NMES) which have been the main source of information for tracking how individuals and families use and pay for America's health care systems. Public policy and health care specialists describe how the design strategies and methods of NMES have evolved since their implementation in the 1970s, discuss the collection of a wide range of data on employment and insurance status, address issues in defining and measuring access, and argue that NMES data are indispensable in the health care debate. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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