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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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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...

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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...

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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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Equity and Efficiency in Technology Adoption : Evidence from Digital Health

Fadlon, Itzik; Agnihotri, Parag; Longhurst, Christopher; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Digital technologies are bringing vast improvements to modern society but also carry the risk of perpetuating disparities if adopted at lower rates by underserved communities. We investigate the efficiency and equity aspects of technological advancement in digital health by studying an...

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Ambulance Utilization in New York City after the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Courtemanche, Charles - 2018

dispatches for more severe injuries, dispatches for minor injuries rose sharply after the implementation of the ACA. By contrast …

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Fifty Ways to Leave a Child Behind : Idiosyncrasies and Discrepancies in States' Implementation of NCLB

Davidson, Elizabeth - 2013

Yearly Progress. While the federal government's legislation provided a framework for NCLB implementation, it also gave states …% across states. In this paper, we explore how states' NCLB implementation decisions affected their schools' failure rates … characteristics like enrollment size, grade span, and ethnic diversity. Subtle differences in policy implementation led to dramatic …

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The Trillion Dollar Conundrum : Complementarities and Health Information Technology

Dranove, David - 2012

We examine the relationship between the adoption of EMR and hospital operating costs. We first identify a puzzle that has been seen in prior studies: Adoption of EMR is associated with a slight cost increase. We draw on the literature on IT and productivity to demonstrate that the average effect...

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What Makes Them Tick? Employee Motives and Firm Innovation

Sauermann, Henry - 2008

We examine the impact of individual-level motives upon innovative effort and performance in firms. Drawing from economics and social psychology, we develop a model of the impact of individuals' motives and incentives upon their innovative effort and performance. Using data on over 11,000...

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Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital : Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs

Gompers, Paul - 2006

This paper argues that a large component of success in entrepreneurship and venture capital can be attributed to skill. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are more likely to succeed than first time entrepreneurs and those who have previously failed. Funding by more...

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