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Cream skimming by health care providers and inequality in health care access : evidence from a randomized field experiment

Werbeck, Anna; Wübker, Ansgar; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2020

Using a randomized field experiment, we show that health care specialists cream-skim patients by their expected … profitability. In the German two-tier system, outpatient reimbursement rates for both public and private insurance are centrally …. Our findings show that structural differences in reimbursement rates lead to structural differences in health care access. …

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Hospital resources : persistent reallocation under price changes

Wozny, Florian - 2020

Changes in medical expenses may force hospitals to reallocate their resources, which potentially come at the detriment of healthcare quality. Using data on the universe of German hospitals, I investigate resource reallocations between capital stock, human resources, services and the...

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The economics behind the epidemic : Afghan opium price and prescription opioids in the US

Deiana, Claudio; Giua, Ludovica; Nisticò, Roberto - 2019

We investigate the effect of variations in the price of opium in Afghanistan on per capita dispensation of prescription opioids in the US. Quarterly county-level data for 2003-2016 indicate that reductions in opium prices significantly increase the quantity of opioids prescribed. The increase...

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The Affordable Care Act and ambulance response times

Courtemanche, Charles; Friedson, Andrew; Koller, Andrew; … - 2017

This study contributes to the literature on supply-side adjustments to insurance expansions by examining the effect of …

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Did parental involvement laws grow teeth? : the effects of state restrictions on minors' access to abortion

Myers, Caitlin K.; Ladd, Daniel - 2017

We compile data on the locations of abortion providers and enforcement of parental involvement laws to document dramatic increases in the distances minors must travel if they wish to obtain an abortion without involving a parent or judge. Between 1992 - the year the U.S. Supreme Court...

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Gender homophily in referral networks : consequences for the medicare physician earnings gap

Zeltzer, Dan - 2017

In this paper, I assess the extent to which the gender gap in physician earnings may be driven by physicians' preference for working with specialists of the same gender. By analyzing administrative data on 100 million Medicare patient referrals, I provide robust evidence that doctors refer more...

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Moral Nimby-ism? : understanding societal support for monetary compensation to plasma donors in Canada

Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario - 2018

The growing demand for plasma, especially for the manufacture of therapeutic products, prompts discussions on the merits of different procurement systems. We conducted a randomized survey experiment with a representative sample of 826 Canadian residents to assess attitudes toward legalizing...

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Ambulance utilization in New York City after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Courtemanche, Charles; Friedson, Andrew; Rees, Daniel I. - 2018

Expanding insurance coverage could, by insulating patients from having to pay full cost, encourage the utilization of … that expanding insurance coverage encourages the utilization of unnecessary medical services, we find that, as compared to …

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Impacts of shifting responsibility for high-cost individuals on health insurance exchange plan premiums and cost-sharing provisions

Mukhopadhyay, Sankar; Wendel, Jeanne; Zou, Miaomiao - 2018

-cost individuals out of the Health Insurance Exchange (HIX) markets is expected to reduce federal expenditures for Advanced Premium Tax …

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Information provision and streamlined medical service : evidence from a mobile appointment app

Song, Changcheng; Yang, Nan; Yi, Junjian; Yuan, Ye - 2018

improves queuing efficiency in overcrowded hospitals and draws demand for underutilized ones. Supported by additional evidence …

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