The use of common surgical procedures varies widely across regions. Differences in illness
burden, diagnostic practices, and patient attitudes about medical intervention explain only a …

Judicious prescribing is a prerequisite for safe and appropriate medication use. Based on
evidence and lessons from recent studies demonstrating problems with widely prescribed …

Importance It remains unclear whether dabigatran etexilate mesylate is associated with
higher risk of bleeding than warfarin sodium in real-world clinical practice. Objective To …

There are widespread differences in health care spending and utilization across regions of
the US as well as in other countries. Are these variations caused by demand-side factors …

Estimates of geographic variation among states and counties in the prevalence of opioid
prescribing are developed using data from a large (135 million) representative national …

A key step to the establishment of a tiered healthcare system is equitable access to basic
primary healthcare services for all. However, no quantitative research on the national status …

Background Opioids are a widely prescribed class of drug with potentially harmful short-term
and long-term side effects. There are concerns about the amounts of these drugs being …

We consider whether hospitals that receive higher payments from Medicare improve patient
outcomes, using exogenous variation in ambulance company assignment among patients …

BACKGROUND Recent studies in the outpatient setting have demonstrated high rates of
opioid prescribing and overdose‐related deaths. Prescribing practices in hospitalized …

Context: Twenty‐five years ago, private insurance plans were introduced into the Medicare
program with the stated dual aims of (1) giving beneficiaries a choice of health insurance …