help explain these variations, we devise a general test for misallocation in input choices - the underuse of effective … is spent, rather than how much money is spent, is central to understanding productivity differences both in health care …

behavior, and patient health. Every dollar Medicare spent on monitoring generated $24-29 in government savings. The majority of … the health of the marginal patient is harmed, indicating that monitoring primarily deters low-value care. Monitoring does …

encountered often in health and other applications. The paper's main motivation is that the applied econometrics literature lacks …

Health care facilities considering mandating staff vaccination face a difficult tradeoff. While additional vaccination … typical facility has around 100 beds. Our results suggest that the health benefits of mandates far outweigh the costs in terms …

gas development (commonly known as "fracking"). Colorado provides a unique research environment to study the health …

High-speed internet has increased the amount of information available in health care markets. Online information may … improve health outcomes if it reduces information frictions and helps patients choose higher quality providers or causes … providers to improve quality. We examine how health outcomes for common procedures in Medicare changed after broadband internet …

multiple dimensions of subjective well-being and objective health behaviors, laying bare gender disparities in health … behaviors, report enhanced self-perceived health, perceive higher relative income and social status, and exude greater … fact, they tend to engage in health-compromising behaviors, such as increased smoking, and exhibit higher rates of obesity …

U.S., their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. We examine the impacts of … by which sentencing policies can affect population health. We provide suggestive evidence that three strikes policies … further interrogate state criminal legal system policies for their impacts on population health, considering whether, how, and …