decide how aggressively the patient should be treated. Using Florida data on all such patients from 1992-2014, we decompose …. We show that within hospitals and years, patients with more aggressive providers have consistently higher costs and … better outcomes. Since all patients benefit from higher utilization of invasive procedures, targeting procedure use to the …

. For patients with diagnoses of Pneumonia or Acute Myocardial Infarction, an additional day in the hospital could decrease … reducing mortality rates far exceed the cost of keeping these patients in the hospital for an additional day …

patients, providers and the economy. We find strong evidence that the ACA's provisions have increased insurance coverage. There …

,000 patients who were randomly assigned to clinical teams from one of two academic institutions. One institution is among the top … medical schools in the country, while the other institution is ranked lower in the quality distribution. Patients treated by …. Those treated by physicians from the higher-ranked institution have 10-25% shorter and less expensive stays than patients …

physician-patient relationship. We conduct an audit study in which a pair of simulated patients with identical flu …

migration of Medicare patients to separate the role of demand and supply factors. Our approach allows us to account for demand …

human capital (general, hospital-specific and unit or team-specific) of the nursing team on the unit affects patients …

China’s efforts to promote PHC management using unique five-year panel data in a rural county, including health care … intensity generated by administrative and geographic boundaries, we compare hypertension/diabetes patients in villages within … two kilometers distance but managed by different townships. Results show that, compared to patients in townships with …