Geographic variation in per-beneficiary Medicare spending that cannot be explained by wages and the prices of other inputs to health care…
We examine provider responses to the
Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment
system (PPS), which…
Background: The United States is aiming to achieve nationwide adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) but lacks robust empirical…
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Objective: Medicare Part D provides formulary protections for antipsychotics but does not exempt these drugs from cost-sharing. We…
Health care in the United States is more expensive than in other developed countries, costing $2.7 trillion in 2011, or 17.9 percent of the…
We investigate the role of physician agency and competition in determining health care supply and patient outcomes. A 2005 change to…
With quality-of-care bonus
payments now available for Medicare Advantage health maintenance
organizations (HMOs) and for accountable…
Identifying policies that will cut or constrain US health care spending and spending growth dominates reform efforts, yet little is known…
The article focuses on a study which examined the effects of the expanding Medicaid coverage for low-income adults in the U.S. using the…