Objective: To examine the impact of the Medicare drug benefit (Part D) on the distribution of out-of-pocket pharmacy spending among older adults.
Building on an idea in Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003), this article investigates the application of synthetic control methods to comparative case studies.
Background: Little is known about how Medicare Part D affects the medication refill adherence for cardiovascular and diabetes medications, particularly among beneficiaries without prior drug coverage.
Governments have responded to misleading advertising by banning it, engaging in counter-advertising and taxing and regulating the product.
We examine the effects of exposure to malaria in early childhood on educational attainment and economic status in adulthood by exploiting geographic variation in malaria prevalence in India prior to a
Book abstract: Economists examine the genesis of technological change and the ways we commercialize and diffuse it.
In the Medicare program, increases in cost sharing by a supplemental insurer can exert financial externalities.
The positive correlation in utilization and lack of correlation in spending implies an inverse correlation in prices.
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