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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
Physicians with multiple malpractice claims are more likely to stop practicing or go solo
March 2019
Stanford researchers find that physicians with poor malpractice liability records are no more likely than physicians who did not experience claims to relocate for a fresh start elsewhere.
Machine-learning expert recommendations can influence Medicare Part D choice
March 2019
Stanford Health Policy’s M.
Rhode Island adopts regulations to slow health-care costs — and they appear to work
February 2019
As the price of health care in the United States continues to accelerate — to the consternation of both patients and providers — it’s refreshing to find one state pilot project that appears to...
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