outcomes: for patients with the same propensity to be treated, prejudice implies a higher return from treatment for treated …

outcomes: for patients with the same propensity to be treated, prejudice implies a higher return from treatment for treated …

HIE, we find large "offset" effects in terms of increased hospital utilization in response to the combination of higher … copayments for physicians and prescription drugs. These offset effects are concentrated in patients for whom medical care is … insurance should be tied to underlying health status, with chronically ill patients facing lower cost-sharing. We also conclude …

patients who have greater scope for hospital choice, suggesting a role for patient demand in allocation in the hospital sector …

patients receive care at lower-performing hospitals than white patients, even when they live in the same hospital market or ZIP … tended to treat Black patients, rather than faster reallocation of Black patients to better hospitals. (4) Hospital …We develop a simple framework to measure the role of hospital allocation in racial disparities in health care and use …