Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "health economics"
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Essays in Public Economics
(2013-02-19)Chapter 1 investigates whether physicians' financial incentives influence health care supply, technology diffusion, and resulting patient outcomes. In 1997, Medicare consolidated the geographic regions across which it ... -
Essays on Adverse Selection and Access to Specialty Care in Medicaid
(2021-11-16)Public health insurance programs in the United States are increasingly administered through the use of private managed care plans. Under this arrangement, private plans compete to offer coverage to beneficiaries, and the ... -
Examining Methods Used to Evaluate the Cost-Effectiveness of Childhood Obesity Interventions
(2013-02-08)This dissertation examines methods used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions in order to help decision-makers prioritize among competing health programs using standardized outcomes. Chapter ... -
Medicines, Markets, and the State
(2023-05-12)This dissertation investigates the dynamics of different market failures in global pharmaceutical markets. It explores how pharmaceutical markets are shaped by state intervention or the absence of state intervention. ... -
Quantitative Approaches Towards Evaluating the Global Burden of Mental Illness
(2023-06-01)Mental disorders are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, affecting over one billion people worldwide. This burden, across all levels of socioeconomic development, is rising, yet the majority of people living with ...