Essays in Health Economics
Essays in Health Economics

Author: David Rosenkranz

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Published: 2022

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In detailed administrative records cataloging when, where, and why diversions occur, as well as who got diverted, I document that diversions commonly last exactly 1 hour, approximately 4 hours, and exactly 8 hours (indicating that managerial frictions may directly affect ED availability); that diverted patients have different characteristics than non-diverted patients (including potentially more severe symptoms); and that diverted patients spend 65% longer on the road to the hospital than non-diverted patients. I also find that diversions often occur not only because of crowdedness, but also because of hospital systems failures. I identify directions for future research.

Essays in the Economics of Health and Medical Care
Essays in the Economics of Health and Medical Care

Author: Victor R. Fuchs

Publisher: New York : National Bureau of Economic Research distributed by Columbia University Press

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 272

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Collection of essays on the economics of health and health services in the USA - covers supply and demand, budgetary resources, cost and objectives with regard to medical care, and considers wages and income distribution among medical personnel, effects of health care on labour productivity, etc. References and statistical tables.

Essays in Health Economics
Essays in Health Economics

Author: Tatyana Avilova

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Published: 2022

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This dissertation consists of three essays in health economics. The three chapters focus specifically on prescription drug use and treatment in various national and state settings and evaluate the impact of government policies and interventions on this sector of the health care market. The first two chapters focus on opioid prescribing in the United States. Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs or PMPs)--online systems that health care providers and pharmacists can use to query patient prescription records--are one of the most widely-used state tools in regulating the prescribing and dispensing of opioids. However, the staggered adoption of PDMPs over time has created opportunities for patients to evade monitoring by going to a state that does not have a PDMP. Chapter 1 evaluates how spillovers attributable to policy non-coordination between neighboring states impact the effectiveness of PDMPs. I find that after prescribers gain access to PDMPs, opioid volume and prescription opioid deaths decrease in counties with a PDMP that are insulated from opportunities for evasion.