Health Care Economics and Policy
Introduction
This special issue is edited by Albert Ma of Boston University and refereed as any other issue of our journals. Papers in this collection represent the latest research on markets related to health care. They also contribute to the current debates on health care policies.
Advances
Health Care Economics and Policy: An Introduction
Ching-to Albert Ma
How Did SCHIP Affect the Insurance Coverage of Immigrant Children?
Thomas C. Buchmueller, Anthony T. Lo Sasso, and Kathleen N. Wong
The Shape of Demand: What Does It Tell Us about Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Antidepressants?
Chad D. Meyerhoefer and Samuel H. Zuvekas
Stemming the Tide? The Effect of Expanding Medicaid Eligibility On Health Insurance Coverage
Lara D. Shore-Sheppard
Contributions
Sequential Patterns of Drug Use Initiation – Can We Believe In the Gateway Theory?
Anne L. Bretteville-Jensen, Hans O. Melberg, and Andrew M. Jones
The Effect of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985 on Health Care Utilization of Employment Separators
David M. Zimmer
Did ‘Targets and Terror’ Reduce Waiting Times in England for Hospital Care?
Carol Propper, Matt Sutton, Carolyn Whitnall, and Frank Windmeijer
Mitigating the Problem of Unmeasured Outcomes in Quality Reports
Jacob Glazer, Thomas McGuire, and Sharon-Lise T. Normand
Advertising, Free-Riding, and Price Differences in the Market for Prescription Drugs
Ismo Erkki Linnosmaa
Patient Welfare under the Legal Standard of Care
Anja Olbrich