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hospital admission (that is, via the ED), implying that the entire change in ED use by movers is driven by ED visits that do … not lead to hospital admission. Similar results are obtained in a complementary event study, which uses hospital entry as …
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can attend an in-network hospital, but receive care from an out-of-network physician. Because patients do not choose their …
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We examine whether loss of emergency department services is associated with county-level mortality rates in rural areas over the period 2005-2018. We use a propensity-weighted difference-in-difference approach, comparing counties that lost emergency department services to counties that retained...
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years after UCC entry. The number of emergency room visits that result in a hospital admission also increases by 3.7 percent …. In contrast, there is no change in the number of ER visits that do not result in admission to hospital, in visits to … that UCCs--which are increasingly owned by or contract with hospital systems--induce greater spending on hospital care …
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Urgent care centers (UCCs) are a cost-efficient substitute to the emergency department (ED) for non-emergent conditions, but no study has identified their impact on ED demand. We address this gap using a novel strategy that exploits daily UCC operating times in a differencing framework. After...
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A substantial literature has studied the influence of malpractice pressure on physician behavior. However, these studies generally focus on malpractice pressure stemming from state laws that govern liability exposure, which may be unknown or not salient to physicians. We test how physicians...
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Medicare pricing is known to indirectly influence provider prices and care provision for non-Medicare patients; however, Medicare's regulatory externalities beyond fee-setting are less well understood. We study how physicians' outpatient surgery choices for non-Medicare patients responded to...
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The continuing drug overdose crisis in the U.S. has highlighted the urgent need for greater access to treatment. This paper examines the impact of openings and closings of substance abuse treatment facilities in New Jersey on emergency room visits for substance abuse issues among nearby...
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use birth records from California, merged with hospital and emergency department (ED) visits for infants and mothers in … delivery at a high c-section hospital leads to a significant reduction in infant mortality, driven by lower death rates for …
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Expanding insurance coverage could, by insulating patients from having to pay full cost, encourage the utilization of arguably unnecessary medical services. It could also eliminate (or at least diminish) the need for emergency services through increasing access to preventive care. Using publicly...
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