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The Impact of Increased Access to Telemedicine
Zeltzer, Dan; Einav, Liran; Rashba, Joseph; Balicer, Ran D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We estimate the impact of increased access to telemedicine that followed widespread adoption during the March-April 2020 lockdown period in Israel (due to COVID-19). We focus on the post-lockdown period, which in Israel was characterized by a temporary return to normalcy. Prior to the lockdown,...
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Mortality Effects of Healthcare Supply Shocks : Evidence Using Linked Deaths and Electronic Health Records
Ziedan, Engy; Simon, Kosali Ilayperuma; Wing, Coady - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The contraction in health care consumption at the start of the pandemic provides insight into central economic questions of waste and productivity in the U.S. health care system. Using linked mortality and Electronic Medical Records, we compare people who had outpatient appointments scheduled...
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Encouraging Preventative Care to Manage Chronic Disease at Scale
Boone, Claire E.; Celhay, Pablo A.; Gertler, Paul J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
before preventative care appointments to over 300,000 patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension across 315 public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337875
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The Effect of Medicaid on Care and Outcomes for Chronic Conditions : Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
Allen, Heidi; Baicker, Katherine - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
difficult to establish, but we use Oregon's 2008 Medicaid lottery to assess the management of diabetes and asthma, as well as … medication for diabetes, we show here that it does not significantly increase the likelihood of diabetic patients receiving …
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The Impact of a Private Supplement to Public Health Care : The Mexico Diabetes Experiment
Bronsoler, Ari; Gruber, Jonathan; Seira, Enrique - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
investigate this issue in the context of one of the world's deadliest diseases, diabetes, and one of the countries with the worst … diabetes problems in the world, Mexico. We implement a novel deniers randomization approach to cost-effectively provide a … improved treatment compliance and health behaviors, and that diabetes complications fall even in the short run. The net costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585397
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Are Quality-Adjusted Medical Prices Declining for Chronic Disease? Evidence from Diabetes Care in Four Health Systems
Eggleston, Karen - 2019
outcomes for 123,548 patients with type 2 diabetes in four health systems. Using a "cost-of-living" method that measures value … based on improved survival, we find a positive net value of diabetes care: the value of improved survival outweighs the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479920
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The Effects of Primary Care Chronic-Disease Management in Rural China
Chen, Yiwei - 2019
Health systems globally face increasing morbidity and mortality from chronic disease, yet many--especially in low- and middle-income countries--lack strong primary care. We analyze China's efforts to promote primary care management for insured rural Chinese with chronic disease, analyzing unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480046
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Investment Subsidies and the Adoption of Electronic Medical Records in Hospitals
Dranove, David - 2014
In February 2009 the U.S. Congress unexpectedly passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). HITECH provides up to $27 billion to promote adoption and appropriate use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) by hospitals. We measure the extent to which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458112
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Health Information Technology and Patient Outcomes : The Role of Organizational and Informational Complementarities
McCullough, Jeffrey S. - 2013
Health information technology (IT) adoption, it is argued, will dramatically improve patient care. We study the impact of hospital IT adoption on patient outcomes focusing on the roles of technological and organizational complements in affecting IT's value and explore underlying mechanisms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459958
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Demanding Customers : Consumerist Patients and Quality of Care
Fang, Hai - 2008
the Internet and direct-to-patient advertising. Consumerism has been hailed as a means of improving quality. This need not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464297