Concerns about Patient Access to Biopharmaceuticals and Outcomes
A survey of the NEJM Catalyst Insights Council finds strong support globally for government regulation of biopharmaceutical prices.
Research
The Politics of Prevention: Polarization in How Workplace COVID-19 Safety Practices Shaped the Well-Being of Frontline Service Sector Workers
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically reshaped the labor market, especially for service sector workers.
Joint patient selection and scheduling under no-shows: Theory and application in proton therapy
We study how to admit and schedule heterogeneous patients by using simple, interpretable, yet effective policies when capacity is scarce, no-show behavior is patient- and time-dependent, service durat
Because Data Can't Speak for Itself: A Practical Guide to Telling Persuasive Policy Stories
People with important evidence-based ideas often struggle to translate data into stories their readers can relate to and understand.
The Health of Democracies During the Pandemic: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment
Concerns have been raised about the “demise of democracy”, possibly accelerated by pandemic-related restrictions.
The Fall and Rise of Immigrant Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This book collects the main papers written by George Borjas on the economics of immigration during a decades-long career.
Health Care Spending Growth Has Slowed: Will the Bend in the Curve Continue?
Over 2009-2019 the seemingly inexorable rise in health care’s share of GDP markedly slowed, both in the US and elsewhere.
Reducing Ordeals through Automatic Enrollment: Evidence from a Health Insurance Exchange
Incomplete health insurance enrollment is a persistent U.S. challenge despite large subsidies. We ask whether hassles built into enrollment systems matter for insurance take-up and targeting.
Coverage Parity And Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Mental Health And Substance Use Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Many older Americans do not receive needed care for mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUD), and there are substantial racial and ethnic disparities in receipt of this care across the lifesp
Are Hospital Quality Indicators Causal?
Hospitals play a key role in patient outcomes and spending, but efforts to improve their quality are hindered because we do not know whether hospital quality indicators are causal or biased.
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