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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 … by a temporary return to normalcy. Prior to the lockdown, telemedicine accounted for about 5% of all primary care visits … and low access to telemedicine, with access defined based on their main primary care physician's propensity to adopt …
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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
from care, and a cascade of delayed or missed follow-up care that lasted for about 3 months. Healthcare spending accounted …
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The Rise of Cloud Computing : Minding Your P’s, Q’s and K’s
Byrne, David - 2018
that cloud service providers are undertaking large amounts of own-account investment in IT equipment and that some of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480840
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Some Facts of High-Tech Patenting
Webb, Michael - 2018
Patenting in software, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence has grown rapidly in recent years. Such patents are acquired primarily by large US technology firms such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, and HP, as well as by Japanese multinationals such as Sony, Canon, and Fujitsu. Chinese...
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Lost in the Clouds : The Impact of Changing Property Rights on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures
Lerner, Josh - 2015
Our analysis seeks to understand the impact of changing allocations of property rights on investment in new firms. We focus on the Cartoon Network, et al. v. Cablevision decision in the U.S., which narrowed the protection enjoyed by content creators (e.g., movie studios) and gave greater rights...
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Automation and the Workforce : A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey
Acemoglu, Daron; Anderson, Gary; Beede, David Nathan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper describes the adoption of automation technologies by US firms across all economic sectors by leveraging a new module introduced in the 2019 Annual Business Survey, conducted by the US Census Bureau in partnership with the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)....
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The Impact of Cloud Computing and AI on Industry Dynamics and Concentration
Lu, Yao - 2024
We examine the rise of cloud computing and AI in China and their impacts on industry dynamics after the shock to the cost of Internet-based computing power and services. We find that cloud computing is associated with an increase in firm entry, exit and the likelihood of M&A in industries that...
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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
detailed hospital discharge data on all Medicare fee-for-service admissions from 2002-2007 to detailed hospital-level IT …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459958
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The Welfare Effect of a Consumer Subsidy with Price Ceilings : The Case of Chinese Cell Phones
Fan, Ying; Zhang, Ge - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Subsidies to consumers may cause firms to charge higher prices, which offsets consumer benefits from subsidies. We study a subsidy program design that mitigates such price increases by making products' eligibility for a subsidy dependent on firms' commitment to price ceilings. To quantify the...
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