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Exploding Asthma and ADHD Caseloads : The Role of Medicaid Managed Care

Chorniy, Anna - 2017

. This increase has been concentrated in the Medicaid caseload nationwide. One of the most striking changes in Medicaid has … been the transition from fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement to Medicaid managed care (MMC), which had taken place in 80 …% of states by 2016. Using Medicaid claims from South Carolina, we show that this change contributed to the increase in …

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The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Families with Health Shocks

Coile, Courtney; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Su, Amanda - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper analyzes the impact of paid family leave (PFL) policies in California, New Jersey, and New York on the labor market and mental health outcomes of individuals whose spouses or children experience health shocks. We use data from the 1996-2019 restricted-use version of the Medical...

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The Rise in American Pain : The Importance of the Great Recession

Lamba, Sneha; Moffitt, Robert A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

A significant literature has documented trend increases in pain among Americans over the last two or three decades. There is no single explanation seeming to work well for the increase. We show that, rather than resulting from a smooth upward trend, the increase was almost entirely concentrated...

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Reinsuring the Insurers of Last Resort

Dranove, David; Garthwaite, Craig; Ody, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

indigent patients through Medicaid and providing hospitals with supplemental payments through programs such as Medicaid …

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Economics and Mental Health

Frank, Richard G. - 1999

This paper is concerned with the economics of mental health. We argue that mental health economics is like health economics only more so: uncertainty and variation in treatments are greater; the assumption of patient self-interested behavior is more dubious; response to financial incentives such...

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Parity for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care Under Managed Care

Frank, Richard G. - 1998

Background: Parity in insurance coverage for mental health and substance abuse has been a key goal of mental health and substance abuse care advocates in the United States during most of the past 20 years. The push for parity began during the era of indemnity insurance and fee for service...

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Are All Managed Care Plans Created Equal? Evidence from Random Plan Assignment in Medicaid

Geruso, Michael - 2020

Exploiting random assignment of Medicaid beneficiaries to managed care plans, we identify plan-specific effects on …

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Managed Care and Medical Expenditures of Medicare Beneficiaries

Chernew, Michael - 2008

This paper investigates the impact of Medicare HMO penetration on the medical care expenditures incurred by Medicare fee-for-service enrollees. We find that increasing penetration leads to reduced health care spending on fee-for-service beneficiaries. In particular, a one percentage point...

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Socioeconomic Status and Medical Care Expenditures in Medicare Managed Care

Kapur, Kanika - 2004

This study examined the effects of education, income, and wealth on medical care expenditures in two Medicare managed care plans. The study also sought to elucidate the pathways through which socioeconomic status (SES) affects expenditures, including preferences for health and medical care and...

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Competition, Payer, and Hospital Quality

Gowrisankaran, Gautam - 2002

The objective of this study is to estimate the effects of competition for both Medicare and HMO patients on the quality decisions of hospitals in Southern California. We use discharge data from the State of California for the period 1989-1993. The outcome variables are the risk-adjusted hospital...

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