1. That was the warning to the conference from Peter West, health economist with Touche Ross management consultants. 2. The cost of each study was calculated with the advice of a health economist and a hospital finance officer. 3. Amid the doom and gloom about the future of Medicare, a health economist on Tuesday said reports of its impending demise are either premature or greatly exaggerated. 4. Aggressive anti-smoking campaigns could sharply cut mortality, as they have done in western countries, says Guy Ellena, a health economist at the World Bank. 5. But many of the views of health economists, grounded in solid research, proved to be well-guarded secrets. 6. But most health economists say the opposite is true. 7. Defined contribution will become a reality in the next few years as health insurance premiums escalate again, adds Uwe Reinhardt, a Princeton University health economist. 8. Donald Shepard, a Brandeis University health economist, buttresses the point with a different sort of analysis. 9. Health economists say that missing a paycheck reflects a dire cash shortage and is often a steppingstone to bankruptcy. |
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