Background: Although there is broad policy consensus that both cost containment and
quality improvement are critical, the association between costs and quality is poorly …

Using a random judge design and panel data from Norway, we estimate that imprisonment
discourages further criminal behavior, with reoffense probabilities falling by 29 percentage …

Health insurers increasingly compete on their networks of medical providers. Using data
from Massachusetts's insurance exchange, I find substantial adverse selection against plans …

We draw on macroeconomic models of diffusion and productivity to explain empirical
patterns of survival gains in heart attacks. Using Medicare data for 2.8 million patients from …

We consider the classic problem of estimating group treatment effects when individuals sort
based on observed and unobserved characteristics. Using a standard choice model, we …

Health care is extremely costly in the United States. Although the rate of growth in spending
has attenuated in recent years [1], per capita spending on health care is estimated to be 50 …

Objective: Robotic technology has diffused rapidly despite high costs and limited additive
reimbursement by major payers. We aimed to identify the factors associated with hospitals' …

This paper examines investment choices of nonprofit hospitals. It tests how shocks to cash
flows caused by the performance of the hospitals' financial assets affect hospital …

Medical care represents an important component of workers' compensation benefits with the
potential to improve health and post-injury labor outcomes, but little is known about the …

Objective To examine the long‐term impact of M edicare payment reductions on patient
outcomes for M edicare acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. Data Sources Analysis of …