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The Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Outpatient Care Utilization
Eisenberg, Matthew; Rabideau, Brendan; Alpert, Abby E.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
substantial spillovers -- a large share of the increased office visits from advertising are associated with use of non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477284
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Monitoring for Waste : Evidence from Medicare Audits
Shi, Maggie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper examines the tradeoffs of monitoring for wasteful public spending. By penalizing unnecessary spending, monitoring improves the quality of public expenditure and incentivizes firms to invest in compliance technology. I study a large Medicare program that monitored for unnecessary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337803
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The Mortality Effects of Healthcare Consolidation : Evidence from Emergency Department Closures
Chatterji, Pinka; Ho, Chun-Yu; Wu, Xue - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We examine whether loss of emergency department services is associated with county-level mortality rates in rural areas over the period 2005-2018. We use a propensity-weighted difference-in-difference approach, comparing counties that lost emergency department services to counties that retained...
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Tunneling and Hidden Profits in Health Care
Gandhi, Ashvin; Olenski, Andrew - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This study examines "tunneling" practices through which health care providers covertly extract profit by making inflated payments for goods and services to commonly-owned related parties. While incentives to tunnel exist across sectors, health care providers may find it uniquely advantageous to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512112
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Optimal Age-based Policies for Pandemics : An Economic Analysis of Covid-19 and Beyond
Brotherhood, Luiz Mário; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cézar - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper investigates the importance of the age composition for pandemic policy design. To do so, it introduces an economic framework with age heterogeneity, individual choice, and incomplete information, emphasizing the value of testing. Calibrating the model to the US Covid-19 pandemic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576587
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Cost-Sharing in Medical Care Can Increase Adult Mortality : Evidence from Colombia
Buitrago, Giancarlo; Amaya-Nieto, Javier; Miller, Grant; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
There is substantial evidence that cost-sharing in medical care constrains total health spending. However, there is relatively little (and unclear) evidence on its health effects, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This paper re-evaluates the link between outpatient cost-sharing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437039
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Externalities from Medical Innovation : Evidence from Organ Transplantation
Callison, Kevin; Darden, Michael; Teltser, Keith F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We evaluate the introduction of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for Hepatitis C (HCV) on liver transplant allocation in the United States. We develop a model of listing and organ acceptance behavior for patients with both HCV-positive and HCV-negative end-stage liver disease. In the model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372430
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Do For-Profit Hospitals Cream-Skim Patients? Evidence from Inpatient Psychiatric Care in California
Lee, Donghoon; Basu, Anirban; Dugan, Jerome A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The paper examines whether, among inpatient psychiatric admissions in California, for-profit (FP) hospitals engage in … driven by FP hospitals' selection (cream skimming) based on unobserved patient case mix. We find that FP hospitals are more … likely to treat high-cost patients than not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals, showing no evidence that FP hospitals engage in cream …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512033
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Alleviating Worker Shortages Through Targeted Subsidies : Evidence from Incentive Payments in Healthcare
Gandhi, Ashvin; Olenski, Andrew; Ruffini, Krista J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Worker shortages are common in many industries. This paper examines the effect of government subsidies to address these shortages in the context of a reform that tied Medicaid payments to nursing home staffing levels. We find that the reform substantially increased staffing, especially for...
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Do E-Cigarette Retail Licensure Laws Reduce Tobacco Use?
Courtemanche, Charles; Liang, Yang; Maclean, Johanna … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
E-cigarette licensure laws (ELLs) require retailers to obtain a state license to sell e-cigarettes over the counter. This study is the first to comprehensively explore the effect of ELL adoption on youth and adult tobacco product use. Using data from the State Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544723