Background: International food standards set by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC),
have become more prominent in international trade politics, since being referenced by …

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) directly determines nearly $200 billion in
Medicare spending and indirectly affects an additional $600 billion or more in payments to …

This panel paper is the fifth installment in a six-part Nursing Outlook special edition based
on the 2022 Emory Business Case for Nursing Summit. The 2022 summit convened national …

We show that the demand shocks associated with the US Civil War and World War I led to
substantial increases in prosthetic device patenting (relative to patenting in other medical …

Policy Points Strategically purchasing health care has been and continues to be a popular
policy idea around the world. Key asymmetries in information, market power, political power …

Health care is becoming increasingly unaffordable for both individuals and employers and
prices vary in nearly incomprehensible ways that do not correlate with quality. In many …

Is government guiding the invisible hand at the top of the labor market? We use new
administrative data to measure physicians' earnings and estimate the influence of …

This paper explores the economic incentives for medical procedure innovation. Using a
proprietary dataset on billing code applications for emerging medical procedures, we …

We draw upon newly merged administrative data sets to study the relationship between
payments from medical technology firms to physicians and medical device procurement by …

In this report, we analyze the spending impact of policy options to reduce hospital prices
paid by private health plans. We consider three policy options—regulating hospital prices …