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Health Care Reform
Scholarly Publications
ACA Marketplace Premiums and Competition Among Hospitals and Physician Practices
July 2018
In this study published in the American Journal of Managed Care, the authors found that premiums for ACA Marketplace plans were higher in rating areas in which physician, hospital, and insurance...
Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland
June 2018
We study the effect of diversity in the physician workforce on the demand for preventive care among African-American men.
Association of a Bundled-Payment Program With Cost and Outcomes in Full-Cycle Breast Cancer Care
October 2016
Importance:Value-driven payment system reform is a potential tool for aligning economic incentives with the improvement of quality and efficiency of health care and containment of cost.
Other Publications
Beyond the Public Plan: Pathway to Control Costs & Transform the Delivery System
July 2009
The current focus of the health reform debate is rightfully beginning to shift to the need to transform the delivery system to contain the long run growth in costs.
News
Poor, Older Americans Healthier If They Live in More Affluent Communities
September 2019
New research by Maria Polyakova shows that older, low-income Americans tend to be healthier if they live in more affluent areas of the country.
Stanford Legal Experts on the Oklahoma Opioids Verdict and Ongoing Litigation
August 2019
On August 26, Judge Thad Balkman delivered a $572 million judgment against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson for the company’s role in fueling the opioid epidemic in Oklahoma.
All Adults Should Be Tested for Hepatitis C; It Now Kills More Americans Than All Other Reportable Infectious Diseases Combined
August 2019
A task force of national health experts has released a draft recommendation to screen all adults 18 to 79 years for the hepatitis C virus (HCV), noting the opioid epidemic has fueled what has...
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