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Paper available from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2381468318809373Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are tax-advantaged savings accounts available only to households with high-deductible health insurance. This paper provides initial answers to two questions: 1) How should a...
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This paper studies the impact of the Health Insurance Marketplace (the Marketplace) on consumers. The aim is to study the motivation behind the consumer choice and the roles that insurers and government play. It also provide insights in improving the efficiency in the Marketplace. This paper...
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This paper presents a forecasting mechanism of operating room workload and dynamic adjustment policy on the staffing level decisions, which may be used by hospitals to better schedule the operating rooms. Staffing levels are usually determined months in advance when little information about the...
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Recent legislations directed Medicare to revamp its decades-old system for reimbursing dialysis treatments, with focus on the risk adjustment of payments and on the transition toward a pay-for-compliance system. To design an optimal payment system that incorporates these features, we develop an...
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Patients suffering from a chronic condition often require periodic treatment. For example, patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) require dialysis three times a week. These patients are also frequently hospitalized for complications from their treatment, resulting in idle capacity at the...
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-25).
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