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Setting a research agenda for medical overuse Page 1 Setting a research agenda for
medical overuse Although overuse in medicine is gaining increased attention, many …

We develop a framework for welfare analysis of interventions designed to increase take-up
of social safety net programs in the presence of potential behavioral biases. We calibrate the …

We study the drivers of geographic variation in US health care utilization, using an empirical
strategy that exploits migration of Medicare patients to separate the role of demand and …

Objectives To ascertain the absolute number of M edicare beneficiaries surviving at least 3
years after severe sepsis and to estimate their burden of cognitive dysfunction and disability …

There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care
expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service …

We estimate the effect of current location on elderly mortality by analyzing outcomes of
movers in the Medicare population. We control for movers' origin locations as well as a rich …

Life expectancy varies substantially across local regions within a country, raising
conjectures that place of residence affects health. However, population sorting and other …

Importance The Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model aims to drive health
care organizations to reduce expenditures while improving quality for fee-for-service (FFS) …

In most US health insurance markets, plans face strong incentives to upcode the patient
diagnoses they report to the regulator, as these affect the risk-adjusted payments that plans …