We review the literature on credence goods since Dulleck and Kerschbamer (2006). We
consider various markets for credence goods and briefly discuss evidence on the extent of …

Workplace wellness programs cover over 50 million US workers and are intended to reduce
medical spending, increase productivity, and improve well-being. Yet limited evidence exists …

The past two decades have seen a rapid increase in Private Equity (PE) investment in
healthcare, a sector in which intensive government subsidy and market frictions could lead …

Introduction: Mother's own milk has long been accepted as the best source of nutrition for the
newborn. In those cases where mother's milk is not available, the best choice is the human …

We describe research on the impact of health insurance on healthcare spending (“moral
hazard”), and use this context to illustrate the value of and important complementarities …

There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care
expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service …

We analyze Medicare's influence on private insurers' payments for physicians' services.
Using a large administrative change in reimbursements for surgical versus medical care, we …

Physicians' professional ethics require that they put patients' interests ahead of their own
and that they should allocate limited medical resources efficiently. Understanding …

We present unique audit-study evidence on health care quality in rural India, and find that
most private providers lacked medical qualifications, but completed more checklist items …

In most US health insurance markets, plans face strong incentives to upcode the patient
diagnoses they report to the regulator, as these affect the risk-adjusted payments that plans …