Research
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Do Health Insurance and Hospital Market Concentration Influence Hospital Patients’ Experience of Care?
The findings from this study add to the evidence on the harms of hospital consolidation but suggest that insurer consolidation may improve patient experience.
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Medicare Physician Payment Reform After Two Years: Examining MACRA Implementation and the Road Ahead
Matthew Fiedler spoke at the Senate Finance Committee on May 8 about the implementation of the Medicare physician payment provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
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Digital Waste? Unintended Consequences of Health Information Technology
Abstract We exploit a large-scale natural experiment – the rollout of a nationwide electronic prescribing system in Finland – to study how digitization of prescriptions affects pharmaceutical use and health outcomes. We use comprehensive administrative data from patients treated with benzodiazepines, which are globally popular, effective but addictive psychotropic medications. We find no impact on […]
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State and Federal Policy Solutions to Rising Prescription Drug Prices in the U.S.
States are addressing drug pricing issues through one of two domains. First, states are targeting drug pricing directly for both branded and generic products. Second, states are exploring topics in drug price transparency. Padula outlines state and federal policy options targeted prescription drugs that are currently being pursued.
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Racial and Educational Disparities in Dementia and Dementia-Free Life Expectancy
We estimate life expectancy with and without dementia for Americans 65 years and older by education and race to examine how these stratification systems combine to shape disparities in later-life cognitive health.
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Geographic Variation in the Delivery of High-Value Inpatient Care
Hospitals in Miami produced 13 percent fewer high-quality hospital stays than the U.S. average, while hospitals in Everett, Washington, a city 25 miles north of Seattle, perform over 20 percent better than average on value.
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Economic Dimensions of Personalized and Precision Medicine
The book explores recent empirical applications of personalized and precision medicine, as well as the intersection of the scientific, clinical, and economic factors affecting the development of PPM.
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Civil Monetary Penalties Resulting From Violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Involving Psychiatric Emergencies, 2002 to 2018
Nearly one in five civil monetary penalty settlements related to EMTALA violations involved psychiatric emergencies.
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Impact of Oncology Drug Shortages on Chemotherapy Treatment
Jacobson and Alpert studied more than 2.4 million monthly claims for chemotherapy treatment and found little impact on outpatient chemotherapy treatment for the majority of oncology drugs identified as experiencing shortages between 2004 and 2011.
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