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Measuring Consumer Valuation of Limited Provider Networks
Ericson, Keith Marzilli; Starc, Amanda - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We measure provider coverage networks for plans on the Massachusetts health insurance exchange using a two measures: consumer surplus from a hospital demand system and the fraction of population hospital admissions that would be covered by the network. The two measures are highly correlated, and...
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The Effect of Patient Cost Sharing on Utilization, Health, and Risk Protection
Shigeoka, Hitoshi - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper exploits a sharp reduction in patient cost sharing at age 70 in Japan, using a regression discontinuity design to examine its effect on utilization, health, and financial risk arising from out-of-pocket expenditures. Due to the national policy, cost sharing is 60-80 percent lower at...
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Efficiency versus Equity in the Allocation of Medical Specialty Training Positions in Spain: A Health Policy Simulation Based on a Discrete Choice Model
Harris, Jeffrey E.; López-Valcárcel, Beatriz G.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Background. In Spain's "MIR" system of allocating residency training positions, medical school graduates are ranked according to their performance on a national exam and then sequentially choose from the remaining available training slots. We studied how changes in the MIR system might address...
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To Charge or Not to Charge: Evidence from a Health Products Experiment in Uganda
Karlan, Dean; Fischer, Greg; McConnell, Margaret; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
In a field experiment in Uganda, we find that demand after a free distribution of three health products is lower than after a sale distribution. This contrasts with work on insecticide-treated bed nets, highlighting the importance of product characteristics in determining pricing policy. We put...
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Effects of Pharmaceutical Promotion: A Review and Assessment
Dave, Dhaval M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
and prices is more limited. However, there is no strong evidence that drug promotion deters entry, and there is some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950788
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Specialty drug prices and utilization after loss of U.S. patent exclusivity, 2001-2007
Conti, Rena M.; Berndt, Ernst R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
estimated prices of these drug undergoing LOE fall with generic entry. Second, we estimate reduced form random effects models of … utilization subsequent to LOE. We observe substantial price erosion after generic entry; average monthly price declines appear to … entry, but this result appears to be largely driven by oral drugs. We discuss second-best welfare consequences of these …
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International Health Economics
Philipson, Tomas; Egan, Mark - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Perhaps because health care is a local service sector, health economists have paid little attention to international linkages between domestic health care economies. However, the growth in domestic health care sectors is often attributed to medical innovations whose returns are earned worldwide....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950973
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Public Health Insurance Expansions and Hospital Technology Adoption
Simon, Kosali Ilayperuma; Freedman, Seth; Lin, Haizhen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper explores the effects of public health insurance expansions on hospitals' decisions to adopt medical technology. Specifically, we test whether the expansion of Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women during the 1980s and 1990s affects hospitals' decisions to adopt neonatal intensive...
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Evolving Choice Inconsistencies in Choice of Prescription Drug Insurance
Gruber, Jonathan; Abaluck, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We explore choice inconsistency over time within the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program. Using the full universe of Part D claims data, we revisit our earlier work on partial data to replicate our results showing large "foregone savings" among Part D enrollees. We also document that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951145
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Plan Selection in Medicare Part D: Evidence from Administrative Data
Winter, Joachim; Heiss, Florian; Leive, Adam; McFadden, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We study the Medicare Part D prescription drug insurance program as a bellwether for designs of private, non-mandatory health insurance markets, focusing on the ability of consumers to evaluate and optimize their choices of plans. Our analysis of administrative data on medical claims in Medicare...
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