Health Economics Seminar with Dan Zeltzer

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Dan Zeltzer is currently a Koret Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and SIEPR, Stanford University (2023-2024), and a Senior Lecturer with tenure at The Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University. Zeltzer's research explores the intersections of Health Economics, Networks, and Machine Learning. His scholarly contributions include telemedicine, digital health technologies, end-of-life spending, and physician networks as moderators of technology diffusion and gender homophily in patient referrals. Zeltzer received his BSc in Mathematics from Tel Aviv University and completed his PhD in Economics at Princeton University.

Talk Abstract: This seminar will feature three papers examining the impacts of enhanced access to health care through telemedicine and urgent care centers. Utilizing Israeli data, the first two papers explore how the adoption of telemedicine and its augmentation with digital devices affect healthcare utilization and cost. The third paper investigates how the entry of urgent care centers into local markets influences primary care utilization and antibiotics prescribing for Medicare beneficiaries. Together, these studies provide insights into the impacts of healthcare delivery innovations on care provision, utilization, and costs.

Here are links to the first two papers (the third paper, Urgent Care Center Entry and Antibiotics Prescribing is still in draft:

The Impact of Increased Access to Telemedicine

Adoption and Utilization of Device-Assisted Telemedicine