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Consumer Out-Of-Pocket Drug Prices Grew Faster Than Prices Faced By Insurers After Accounting For Rebates, 2007–20 Open
The rising price of branded drugs has garnered considerable attention from the public and policy makers. This article investigates the complexities of pharmaceutical pricing, with an emphasis on the overlooked aspects of manufacturer rebat…
Are Medicaid and Medicare Patients Treated Equally? Open
We examine whether Medicaid recipients receive the same health care services as those on Medicare. We track the services provided to the same individual as they age into Medicare from Medicaid at age 65. Cost sharing remains negligible acr…
Consequences of a Shortage and Rationing: Evidence from a Pediatric Vaccine Open
Shortages and rationing are common in health care, yet we know little about the consequences.We examine an 18-month shortage of the pediatric Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib) vaccine.Using insurance claims data and variation in shortage…
A Denial a Day Keeps the Doctor Away Open
Who bears the consequences of administrative problems in health care? We use data on repeated interactions between a large sample of U.S. physicians and many different insurers to document the complexity of health care billing, and estimat…
Replication Data for: 'A Denial a Day Keeps the Doctor Away' Open
The programs replicate tables and figures from "A Denial a Day Keeps the Doctor Away", by Dunn, Gottlieb, Shapiro, Sonnenstuhl, and Tebaldi. Please see the README_ADenialADay_QJE file for additional details.
A Denial a Day Keeps the Doctor Away Open
Who bears the consequences of administrative problems in healthcare? We use data on repeated interactions between a large sample of U.S. physicians and many different insurers to document the complexity of healthcare billing, and estimate …
A Denial a Day Keeps the Doctor Away Open
Who bears the consequences of administrative problems in healthcare?We use data on repeated interactions between a large sample of U.S. physicians and many different insurers to document the complexity of healthcare billing, and estimate i…
Administration above Administrators: The Changing Technology of Health Care Management Open
This paper measures the costs and types of administrative inputs in health care. We use data on labor and nonlabor inputs by industry and categorize them as administrative or not. We find that nonlabor inputs are a critical part of adminis…
The Costs of Payment Uncertainty in Healthcare Markets Open
What does it cost healthcare providers to collect payment in the complex U.S. health insurance system? We study this question using rich data on repeated interactions between a large sample of physicians and many different payers, and inve…
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US Health Care Spending by Payer and Health Condition, 1996-2016 Open
Estimates of US spending on health care showed substantial increases from 1996 through 2016, with the highest increases in population-adjusted spending by public insurance. Although spending on low back and neck pain, other musculoskeletal…
Measuring the Gross Domestic Product (GDP): The Ultimate Data Science Project Open
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and Abe Dunn, Assistant Chief Economist at BEA, explain all that goes into capturing economic activity in one single number: the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).Data science can help the next generation of e…
Productivity growth of skilled nursing facilities in the treatment of post-acute-care-intensive conditions Open
There has been substantial productivity growth in recent years among SNFs in the U.S. in the treatment of post-acute-care-intensive conditions.
A practical guide to episode groupers for cost-of-illness analysis in health services research Open
Despite the prominence of episode groupers for analysis and reimbursement in US payer settings, peer-reviewed articles using episode groupers for cost-of-illness analysis that informs public health research and decision-making are uncommon…
Decomposing Medical-Care Expenditure Growth Open
Medical-care expenditures have been rising rapidly, accounting for over 17 percent of GDP in 2012.In this study, we assess the sources of the rising medical-care expenditures in the commercial sector.We employ a novel framework for decompo…
The future of social care funding: who pays? Open
With the UK population ageing, deciding upon a satisfactory and sustainable system for the funding of people’s long-term care ( LTC ) needs has long been a topic of political debate. Phase 1 of the Care Act 2014 (“the Act”) brought in some…
Adjusting Health Expenditures for Inflation: A Review of Measures for Health Services Research in the United States Open
Objective To provide guidance on selecting the most appropriate price index for adjusting health expenditures or costs for inflation. Data Sources Major price index series produced by federal statistical agencies. Study Design We compare t…
Guidelines for Measuring Disease Episodes: An Analysis of the Effects on the Components of Expenditure Growth Open
Objective To provide guidelines to researchers measuring health expenditures by disease and compare these methodologies' implied inflation estimates. Data Source A convenience sample of commercially insured individuals over the 2003 to 200…
Health Care Spending Slowdown From 2000 To 2010 Was Driven By Lower Growth In Cost Per Case, According To A New Data Source Open
In 2015 the Bureau of Economic Analysis released an experimental set of measures referred to as the Health Care Satellite Account, which tracks national health care spending by medical condition. These statistics improve the understanding …