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Health Insurance
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Innovation and the Welfare Effects of Public Drug Insurance — 2009
Journal of Public Economics, [Epub Nov 20 2008], Vol. 93, No. 3-4, April 2009, pp. 541-548
Does How Much and How You Page Matter? Evidence from the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System and Costs of Care — 2008
Journal of Health Economics, Vol 27 (4), pp 1046-59
Behavioral Health Parity: Consequences for Federal Employee Health Plans
M. Susan Ridgely, Howard H. Goldman, M. Audrey Burnam, Colleen L. Barry, Kevin D. Hennessy, Richard D. Frank, Haiden A. Huskamp, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Alexander Young, Vanessa Azzone, Alisa B. Busch, Susan T. Azrin, Garrett Moran, Carolyn Lichtenstein, Margaret Blasinsky, RAND, 2007
The Effects of Multi-Hospital Systems on Hospital Prices
Melnick M, Keeler, E. Journal of Health Economics, 26(2): 400–413, March 2007.
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
Does Medicare Benefit the Poor?
Bhattacharya J, Lakdawalla D. Journal of Public Economics, 90(1-2): 277-292. January 2006.
The Reallocation of Compensation in Response to Health Insurance Premium Increases — 2005
Economics Letters, 88(5):147-151, 2005
State Efforts to Insure the Uninsured: An Unfinished Story — 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
Prescription Drugs
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Prescription Drug Cost Sharing: A Powerful Policy Lever to Use with Care — 2009
RAND, RB-9474, Oct 28 2009.
Cost Sharing and the Initiation of Drug Therapy for the Chronically Ill — 2009
Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol. 169, No. 8, April 27 2009, pp. 740-748
The Effect of Pharmaceutical Regulation on Revenues: Experience in Nineteen Countries — 2008
Health Affairs, Web Exclusives, [Epub Dec 16 2008], Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. w125-w137
Impact of Specialty Drugs on the Use of Other Medical Services for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis — 2008
The American Journal of Managed Care, Vol. 14, No. 12, Dec 2008, pp. 821-828
Pharmacy Benefits and the Use of Drugs by the Chronically-Ill — 2004
Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(19):2344-50, 2004
Health Behaviors
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HIV Breakthroughs and Risky Sexual Behavior
Lakdawalla D, Sood N, Goldman D. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(3): 1063-1102, August 2006.
Read abstract at the Quarterly Journal of Economics website
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
Socioeconomic Differences in the Adoption of New Medical Technologies — 2005
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 95(2):234-237, 2005
Will Smallpox Vaccinations Save Lives? — 2005
Are the Young Becoming More Disabled? — 2004
Health Affairs, 23(1): 168-176. January/February 2004
Obesity and Disability: The Shape of Things to Come — 2004
Healthcare Financing
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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.
View journal online at bepress.com
Life Expectancy Is Better Than Age as a General Predictor of Health Care Expenditures — 2008
RAND RB-9362, 2008
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
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
How Cost Sharing Affects Use of Drugs by the Chronically Ill — 2005
The Managed Care Backlash: Did Consumers Vote with Their Feet? — 2005
Healthcare Markets
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U.S. Pharmaceutical Policy In A Global Marketplace — 2008
Health Affairs, Web Exclusives, [Epub Dec 16 2008], Vol. 28, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2009, pp. w138-w150
Discounting of Life-Saving and Other Non-monetary Effects — 2008
Management Science, 29:300-306, 1983
Labor Supply and Weight — 2007
Journal of Human Resources, 42(1): 85-116. Winter 2007
Are Small Businesses Riskier Than Larger Ones? — 2006
Consumer Decisionmaking in the Insurance Market — 2006
Nonprofit Production and Industry Performance
Lakdawalla D, Philipson T. Journal of Public Economics, 90:1681-1698. 2006.
Health Information Technology: Can HIT Lower Costs and Improve Quality? — 2005
Consequences of Health Trends and Medical Innovation for the Future Elderly — 2005
Health Affairs, W5-R5, 2005
Price Regulation in Secondary Insurance Markets — 2004
Journal of Risk and Insurance, 71(4): 643-75, 2004
Prospects for Change in the Individual Health Insurance Market — 2004
In Preparation
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Health Psychology Citation Analysis 2002-Present — Date Pending
Manuscript in Preparation
HIV Risk Behaviors and Health Status in Adult Film Performers — Date Pending
Manuscript in Preparation
Incentives for cancer screening: Can first-day coverage mediate the negative impact higher deductibles? — 2008
Manuscript in preparation
Open-source software for web-based collaborative meta-analysis and systematic literature review: An example from Health Psychology — Date Pending
Manuscript in Preparation
Open-source software for online survey design and administration: An example from an HIV Risk Behavior Survey — Date Pending
Manuscript in Preparation
US Pharmaceutical Policy in a Global Marketplace — 2008
Forthcoming
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