Description: This a book review of 'Synthetic State Estimates of Disability Derived from the National Health Survey' by the National Center for Health Statistics. This paper arose in response to the increasing demand for health statistics on the state level.

Description: This article reviews the results of the first SOA study of large medical claims, defined as claims greater than $25,000.

Description: This article chroncles the law suit that Blue Cross of Minnesota filed against all of the large tobacco companies for fraud and the extra cost incurred by all Blue Cross members. The case was settled for $469 million.

Description: This article is about our dependence on prescription drugs, their cost and the desire for insurance coverage of drugs.

Description: Book review of Employee Benefits, written by Burton T. Beam, Jr., and John J. McFadden. Published in 1985 by Richard D. Irwin, Inc. 486 pages plus bibliography and index.

Description: Early description of a Medicare data source showing geographic differences by county and state.

Description: This is a review of the publication entitled 'Medicare: Health Insurance for the Aged, 1969: Geographic Indices of Reimbursement by State and County.' It is of value to health actuaries because it contains information as to the variation in health insurance claim costs by geographical areas within the United States.

Description: This note compares hospital utilization and average daily hospital costs for persons aged 65 and over as indicated by 1968 data under Medicare's Hospital Insurance Program and from the American Hospital Association.

Description: Article from The Actuary June 1993 – Volume 27, No. 6 is about psychiatric disability claims

Description: This article contains a listing of the publications of the National Center for Health Statistics. Copies of any of the listed publications can be obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics, Rockville, Maryland. In ordering, the series number and the number within the series should be given.