This paper seeks to understand the impact of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexi- bility (Flex) Program on rural resident … hospital choice and welfare. The Flex program created a new class of hospital, the Critical Access Hospital (CAH), which …

This paper seeks to understand the impact of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program on hospital choice … and consumer welfare for rural residents. The Flex Program created a new class of hospital, the Critical Access Hospital …

We evaluate whether hospital adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) leads to increases in billing where … patients at EMR hospitals, consistent with EMRs decreasing coding costs for medical patients. Greater post-reform completeness …

We evaluate whether hospital adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) leads to increases in billing where … patients at EMR hospitals, consistent with EMRs decreasing coding costs for medical patients. Greater post-reform completeness …

This paper seeks to understand the impact of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program on hospital choice … and consumer welfare for rural residents. The Flex Program created a new class of hospital, the Critical Access Hospital …

. However, hospital admission is not random and some hospitals may attract patients with greater unobserved severity of illness … study controls for hospital selection using a model in which distance between the patient?s residence and alternative …This paper develops new econometric methods to estimate hospital quality and other models with discrete dependent …