This dissertation explores how financial incentives affect physician behavior on dimensions
of healthcare quality and spending in privately insured markets, by assessing indirect …

Physician-induced demand, whereby physicians alter patient treatment for personal gain,
lies at the heart of concerns about publicly provided health care. However, little is known …

Objective. To evaluate the impact of offering US $100 each to patients and their obstetricians
or midwives for timely and comprehensive prenatal care on low birth weight, neonatal …

The Donaghue Foundation Co-Investigator (PI: Anna Sinaiko) Major Goal: 1) Produce new
evidence on racial/ethnic differences in out-of-pocket spending for high-value pre-natal care …

Improving birth outcomes, including reducing infant mortality, 1 is a priority of state Medicaid
agencies across the country, which finance nearly half of all births each year. 2 Nationally …

This dissertation studies how payment incentives in health care change clinician and patient
behavior and how different “value-based” payment models may impact outcomes. In …

We study how physicians respond to financial incentives imposed by episode-based
payment (EBP), which encourages lower spending and improved quality for an entire …

Background There are large racial inequities in pregnancy and early childhood health within
state Medicaid programs in the United States. To date, few Medicaid policy interventions …

We examine whether effects of a Medicaid policy that discontinued payment for Early
Elective Deliveries (EEDs)–a low-value mode of childbirth defined as a scheduled, non …

Abstract Objective Traditionally, Canadian physicians provide care on a fee-for-service
(FFS) basis; however, this model has been criticized as it incentivizes quantity of care over …