Publications
Publications
The Forum for Health Economics & Policy
To foster dialogue and collaboration in the health economics community, RAND’s Bing Center is sponsoring an online, peer-reviewed journal in conjunction with BE Press: The Forum for Health Economics & Policy. The journal offers papers, articles, and commentary on important health care issues.
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Labor Supply and Weight
Lakdawalla D, Philipson T. Journal of Human Resources, 42(1): 85-116. Winter 2007.
Consequences of Health Trends and Medical Innovation for the Future Elderly
Goldman D, et al. Health Affairs, W5-R5, 2005.
The Reallocation of Compensation in Response to Health Insurance Premium Increases
Goldman D, Sood N, Leibowitz A. Economics Letters, 88(5):147-151, 2005.
Socioeconomic Differences in the Adoption of New Medical Technologies
Goldman D, Smith J. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 95(2):234-237, 2005.
Are the Young Becoming More Disabled?
Lakdawalla D, Bhattacharya J, Goldman D. Health Affairs, 23(1): 168-176. January/February 2004.
Pharmacy Benefits and the Use of Drugs by the Chronically-Ill
Goldman D, Joyce G, et al. Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(19):2344-50, 2004.
Price Regulation in Secondary Insurance Markets
Bhattacharya J, Goldman D, Sood N. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 71(4): 643-75, 2004.
Employer Drug Benefit Plans and Spending on Prescription Drugs
Joyce G, Escarce J, Solomon M, Goldman D. Journal of the American Medical Association, 288(14):1733-1739, 2002.
Can Patient Self-Management Help Explain the SES Health Gradient?
Goldman D, Smith J. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99(16):10929-10934, 2002.
Can Medical Savings Accounts Reduce Health Care Costs for Non-Elderly Employed Americans?
Keeler E, Malkin J, Goldman D, Buchanan J. JAMA, 275:1666-71, 1996.
The Effects of Benefit Design and Managed Care on Health Care Costs
Goldman D, Hosek S, Dixon L, Sloss E. Journal of Health Economics, 14(4):401-418, 1995.
Simulating Health Expenditures Under Alternative Insurance Plans
Buchanan JL, Keeler EB, et al. Management Science, (37) 1067-1090, 1991.
The Taxes of Sin: Do Smokers and Drinkers Pay their Way
Manning W, Keeler E, et al. Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 261, pp. 1604-1609, March 17, 1989.
The Demand for Episodes of Treatment in the Health Insurance Experiment
Keeler E, Rolph J. Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 7, pp. 337-367, 1988.
Insurance Aspects of DRG Outlier Payments
Keeler E, Carter G, Trude S. Journal of Health Economics, pp. 193-214, 1988.
Discounting of Life-Saving and Other Non-monetary Effects
Keeler E, Cretin S. Management Science, 29:300-306, 1983.
Deductibles and the Demand for Medical Services: The Theory of a Consumer Facing a Variable Price Schedule Under Uncertainty
Keeler E, Newhouse J, Phelps C. Econometrica, 45:3, April 1977, pp. 641-655. August 1977.
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Research Briefs
Behavioral Health Parity: Consequences for Federal Employee Health Plans — 2007
Consumer-Directed Health Care: Early Evidence Shows Lower Costs, Mixed Effects on Quality of Care — 2007
Are Small Businesses Riskier Than Larger Ones? — 2006
Consumer Decisionmaking in the Insurance Market — 2006
Cutting Drug Co-Payments for Sicker Patients on Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Could Save a Billion Dollars Every Year — 2006
Effects of Medicare's Prospective Payment System on the Quality of Hospital Care — 2006
Integrating Treatment for People with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders in Public Systems of Care — 2006
Redefining and Reforming Health Care for the Last Years of Life — 2006
Analyzing—and Influencing—How the VA Allocates Its Health Care Dollars — 2005
Cost-Effective Allocation of Government Funds for Preventing HIV — 2005
Future Health and Medical Care Spending of the Elderly — 2005
Health Information Technology: Can HIT Lower Costs and Improve Quality? — 2005
How Cost Sharing Affects Use of Drugs by the Chronically Ill — 2005
The Managed Care Backlash: Did Consumers Vote with Their Feet? — 2005
State Efforts to Insure the Uninsured: An Unfinished Story — 2005
Will Smallpox Vaccinations Save Lives? — 2005
Changing the Medical Malpractive Dispute Process What Have We Learned From California's MICRA? — 2004
Inside the Black Box of Managed Care Decisions: Understanding Patient Disputes Over Coverage Denials — 2004
Obesity and Disability: The Shape of Things to Come — 2004
Prospects for Change in the Individual Health Insurance Market — 2004
Cost Sharing Cuts Employers' Drug Spending—But Employees Don't Get the Savings — 2002
Costs of a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: A Comparison of Alternatives — 2002
The Health Risks of Obesity: Worse than Smoking, Drinking, or Poverty — 2002
Improving Access to Drugs for Medicare Beneficiaries: Can State Laws Help? — 2002
Low Levels of Insurance Reimbursement Impede Access to Cochlear Implants — 2002
Health Maintenance Organizations and the Changing Physician Workforce — 2001
Access to HIV Care: Initial Results from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study — 2000
Are People with Mental Illness Getting the Help They Need? — 2000
Extending Health Care Insurance to Specific Populations — 2000
Health Care Coverage for the Nation's Uninsured: Can We Get to Universal Coverage? — 2000
Helping Adolescents Resist Drugs — 2000
Tracking Changes in Behavioral Health Services: How Has Managed Care Changed Care? — 2000
The Benefits and Costs of Drug Use Prevention — 1999
Binding Arbitration Is Not Frequently Used to Resolve Health Care Disputes — 1999
Caring for HIV Patients: Good News and Bad News — 1999
Introducing Managed Care in the Military Health System — 1999
A Portrait of the HIV+ Population in America: Initial Results from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study — 1999
Prescription Drugs and the Elderly: Policy Implications of Medicare Coverage — 1999
Compensating Permanent Workplace Injuries — 1998
Effects of Access to Post-Retirement Health Insurance on Retirement Behavior and Insurance Coverage — 1998
Effects of Medicare's Prospective Payment System on the Quality of Hospital Care — 1998
How Does Managed Care Affect the Cost of Mental Health Services? — 1998
How Much Would Individual Insurance Premiums Cost Under Kassebaum-Kennedy? — 1998
Improving Block Grant Allocation Formulas — 1998
Preventing Very Low Birthweight Births: A Bundle of Savings — 1998
Government Policy and the Cost and Quality of Nursing Homes — 1996
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