“For twenty-five years, Debby Irving sensed inexplicable racial tensions in her personal and professional relationships. As a colleague and…
Background Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality for women in all racial/ethnic groups. We compared use of mammography by race/…
In two important health policy contexts – private plans in Medicare and the new state-run “Exchanges” created as part of the Affordable…
Objective: There is limited information on the protective value of
Medicare Part D low-income subsidies ( LIS). We compared responses to…
Background: Relative to traditional fee-for-service Medicare, managed care plans caring for Medicare beneficiaries may be better positioned…
Geographic variation in per-beneficiary Medicare spending that cannot be explained by wages and the prices of other inputs to health care…
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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…