Research Objective
Coverage policy may be an important tool to reduce spending while discouraging low-value medical services. Government and private insurers may also differ in…
Importance
Limited evidence is available concerning optimal seizure prophylaxis after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH).
Objective
To evaluate which of 4 seizure…
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, many health professionals used social media to promote preventative health behaviors. We conducted a randomized controlled…
Causal analyses typically focus on average treatment effects. Yet for substantive research on topics like inequality, interest extends to treatments’ distributional consequences.…
Throughout history, technological progress has transformed population health, but the distributional effects of these gains are unclear. New substitutes for older, more expensive…
Policy Points Policymakers at federal and state agencies, health systems, payers, and providers need rigorous evidence for strategies to improve health care delivery and…
Social distancing is critical to the control of COVID-19, which has disproportionately affected the Black community. Physician-delivered messages may increase adherence to these…
The papers in this volume examine a series of important questions that influence the transition from full time employment to complete retirement. Retirement is shown to be a…
Background:
Physicians often receive lower payments for dual-eligible Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries versus nondual Medicare beneficiaries because of state reimbursement caps.…
Importance
Health insurers use prior authorization to evaluate the medical necessity of planned medical services. Data challenges have precluded measuring the frequency with which…