What happens when patients suddenly stop their medications? We study the health
consequences of drug interruptions caused by large, abrupt, and arbitrary changes in price …

This paper provides empirical evidence on the health behavior effect of prescription drug
insurance. Using the difference in the regression discontinuity research design, I compare …

We examine the effects of a “per-episode fee limit” that was recently implemented as a cost-
control policy in China's health care system. Using hospital administrative data on a rural …

Abstract The Affordable Care Act included a provision to gradually eliminate the Medicare
prescription drug coverage gap between 2011 and 2020, which substantially lower …

This study tests for forward-looking moral hazard in the sickness insurance system by
exploiting a 1991 reform in Sweden. The replacement rate was reduced for short absences …

An estimated 1.7 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in 2016, and nearly 40% of all
men and women will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetimes. 1 The median age at …

PURPOSE: The cost of cancer care is escalating dramatically, in part because of the rising
expense of systemic cancer therapy. This creates financial dilemmas for patients and …

Overdose deaths from prescription opioids are on the rise, and policymakers seek solutions
to curb opioid misuse. Recent proposals call for price-based solutions, such as opioid taxes …

We study medical progress within an economy of overlapping generations subject to
endogenous mortality. Individuals demand health care with a view to lowering mortality over …

Raportti tiivistää tulokset neljästä tuoreesta suomalaisesta tutkimuksesta, jotka tarkastelevat
terveyskeskuksen hoitaja-ja lääkärikäyntien asiakasmaksujen vaikutuksia julkisesti …