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How does managed care manage care? Evidence from public insurance
(2016-05-17)
In the United States, the fraction of individuals with public insurance is growing and the policies and markets that serve them are changing. Over two-thirds of Medicaid recipients are now enrolled in managed care organizations ...
Variation in Quality and Costs of Care Across Physicians and Its Determinants
(2016-05-06)
This dissertation evaluates one of the key determinants of health care quality and costs – practice patterns of physicians. For decades, rapid health care spending growth and suboptimal quality of care have been fundamental ...
Policy and Methods in Health Services Research
(2016-09-13)
This dissertation consists of two policy papers and one methods paper, all grounded in applied, empirical health-services research. The first two papers concern the influence of medical underwriting in the market for ...