We examine whether obtaining prescription drug insurance through the Medicare Part D program affected hospital … Medicare Part D was associated with an 8% decrease in the number of hospital admissions, a 7% decrease in Medicare expenditures …

Medicaid expansion on a hospital's incentive to invest in technology. Using American Hospital Association data, we find that on …

first to use hospital data to examine the impact of this legislation on insurance coverage, utilization patterns, and … hospital discharges in Massachusetts, the reform decreased uninsurance by 36% relative to its initial level. We also find that … hospital level and find that hospital cost growth did not increase after the reform in Massachusetts relative to other states …