Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Draft Proposal for a Single Payer, Comparative Healthcare Wiki

Comparative Healthcare: Economic, Policy, Provider and Public Perspectives

Nation: General description/overview of system
Economics
Macroeconomic view
Per capita, GDP spending
Financing system
Cost to taxpayers
Cost to employers/employees
Efficiency
Microeconomic view
Business evaluation of efficiency
Citizen evaluation of efficiency
Provider evaluation of efficiency
Hospitals
Other facilities (SNF, surgery centers, testing/imaging)
Providers
Physicians
Nurses
Others: extenders/PT/OT/RT/ Pharmacists

Policy Considerations
Socialized/Single Payer/Hybrid
Private insurers/providers
Federal Perspectives
Perceived shortcomings
Percieved efficiencies
Things to include
Things to avoid
Political pitfalls
Funding
Administration

State/Province/Other Perspectives
Local Administration
Local Governanace

Provider Perspectives
Hospitals
Adminstrators
Nurses and allied healthcare
Physicans
Physicians
Perspectives of Physicians
Timeliness
Effectiveness
Practice Variation
Quality data
Fairness
Access
Research
“High Tech” health care
End-of-Life Care
Reimbursemnet
Bureacracy
Autonomy of decision making
Access to data (quality)
Access to data (EHR)
Mental Health/substance abuse care

Nurses
Physician Extenders
Utilization
Role
Income
Other Allied healthworkers
Pharmacists
Dentists
Optometrists
Psychologists

Public Perspectives
Timeliness
Effectiveness
Access
Out-of-Pocket Costs
Rationing
Spending/Cost to nation
Value

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