Frontiers of Health Policy Research
Frontiers in Health Policy Research publishes innovative research presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research's annual Frontiers in Health Policy Research Conference.
Volume 12 (2009)
The Impact of Children's Public Health Insurance Expansions on Educational Outcomes
Phillip B. Levine and Diane Schanzenbach
Hospital Competition and Charity Care
Chris Garmon
A Bargain at Twice the Price? California Hospital Prices in the New Millennium
Yaa Akosa Antwi, Martin S. Gaynor, and William B. Vogt
The Cost of Primary Care Doctors
Sherry Glied, Ashwin G. Prabhu, and Norman Edelman
`Me-Too' Innovation in Pharmaceutical Markets
Anupam B. Jena, John E. Calfee, Edward C. Mansley, and Tomas J. Philipson
Volume 10 (2007)
Pharmaceutical Innovation and U.S. Cancer Survival, 1992-2003: Evidence from Linked SEER-MEDSTAT Data
Frank R. Lichtenberg
Can Multi-payer Financing Achieve Single-Payer Spending Levels?
Joseph P. Newhouse and Anna Sinaiko
Health Status, Health Care and Inequality: Canada vs. the U.S.
June E. O'Neill and Dave M. O'Neill
Public Support for National Health Insurance: The Roles of Attitudes and Beliefs
M. Kate Bundorf and Victor R. Fuchs
State and Federal Approaches to Health Reform: What Works for the Working Poor?
Ellen Meara, Meredith B. Rosenthal, Anna D. Sinaiko, and Katherine Baicker
Volume 9 (2006)
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management for Managed Care Organizations
Nancy Beaulieu, David M. Cutler, Katherine Ho, George Isham, Tammie Lindquist, Andrew Nelson, and Patrick O'Connor
Who Pays? The Incidence of High Malpractice Premiums
Mark Pauly, Christy Thompson, Thomas Abbott, James Margolis, and William Sage
Is Managed Care Still an Effective Cost Containment Device?
Yu-Chu Shen and Glenn Melnick
Adverse Selection in Retiree Prescription Drug Plans
Dana P. Goldman, Geoffrey Joyce, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, and Neeraj Sood
Real Output in Mental Health Care during the 1990s
Ernst R. Berndt, Alisa B. Busch, Richard G. Frank, and Sharon-Lise Normand
Volume 8 (2005)
Introduction to Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 8
David M. Cutler and Alan M. Garber
Assessing the Impacts of the Prescription Drug User Fee Acts (PDUFA) on the FDA Approval Process
Ernst R. Berndt, Adrian H. B. Gottschalk, Tomas Philipson, and Matthew W. Strobeck
Wage and Benefit Changes in Response to Rising Health Insurance
Dana P. Goldman, Neeraj Sood, and Arleen Leibowitz
The Effect of Malpractice Liability on the Delivery of Health Care
Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra
Welfare Reform and the Health Insurance Coverage of Women and Children
John H. Cawley, Mathis Schroeder, and Kosali Ilayperu Simon
Volume 7 (2004)
Introduction to Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 7
David M. Cutler and Alan M. Garber
Reference Pricing of Pharmaceuticals for Medicare: Evidence from Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand
Patricia M. Danzon and Jonathan D. Ketcham
Adverse Selection and the Challenges to Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Insurance
Mark V. Pauly and Yuhui Zeng
Disability Forecasts and Future Medicare Costs
Jayanta Bhattacharya, David M. Cutler, Dana P. Goldman, Michael D. Hurd, Geoffrey F. Joyce, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Constantijn W. A. Panis, and Baoping Shang
Benefit Plan Design and Prescription Drug Utilization Among Asthmatics: Do Patient Copayments Matter?
William H. Crown, Ernst R. Berndt, Onur Baser, Stan N. Finkelstein, Whitney P. Witt, Jonathan Maguire, and Kenan E. Haver
An Economic Analysis of Health Plan Conversions: Are They in the Public Interest?
Nancy Dean Beaulieu
Volume 6 (2003)
Introduction to Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 6
David M. Cutler and Alan M. Garber
Demand Effects of Recent Changes in Prescription Drug Promotion
Meredith B. Rosenthal, Ernst R. Berndt, Julie M. Donohue, Arnold M. Epstein, and Richard G. Frank
Employee Costs and the Decline in Health Insurance Coverage
David M. Cutler
Health Insurance Expansions and the Content of Coverage: Is Something Better Than Nothing?
Sherry Glied
The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Health Insurance Coverage of Americans
John Cawley and Kosali I. Simon
Smoking Cessation and Lifestyle Changes
Gabriel Picone and Frank Sloan
Volume 5 (2002)
CMS Payments Necessary to Support HMO Participation in Medicare Managed Care
John Cawley, Michael Chernew, and Catherine McLaughlin
The Effects of Medicare on Health Care Utilization and Outcomes
Frank R. Lichtenberg
Effects of Competition Under Prospective Payment on Hospital Costs Among High- and Low-Cost Admissions: Evidence from California, 1983 and 1993
David Meltzer and Jeanette Chung
Tax Credits, the Distribution of Subsidized Health Insurance Premiums, and the Uninsured
Mark V. Pauly, Bradley Herring, and David Song
Volume 4 (2001)
How Costly Are Smokers to Other People? Longitudinal Evidence on the Near Elderly
Gabriel Picone and Frank Sloan
The Health Care Consequences of Smoking and Its Regulation
Michael J. Moore and James W. Hughes
Public Financing and the Market for Long-Term Care
Darius Lakdawalla and Thomas Philipson
Trends in the Use of Intensive Procedures at the End of Life
Amber E. Barnato, Alan M. Garber, Christopher R. Kagay, and Mark C. McClellan
Creating Price Indexes for Measuring Productivity in Mental Health Care
Susan H. Busch, Ernst R. Berndt, and Richard G. Frank
Volume 3 (2000)
Why Do Some Firms Spend So Much on Medical Care? Accounting for Variation
Matthew Eichner, Mark McClellan, and David A. Wise
The Technology of Birth: Is It Worth It?
David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara
Regional Inequality in Medicare Spending: The Key to Medicare Reform?
Jonathan Skinner and John E. Wennberg
Comparing the Quality of Health Care Providers
Mark McClellan and Douglas Staiger
Volume 1 (1998)
Adverse Selection in Health Insurance
David M. Cutler and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Is Price Inflation Different for the Elderly? An Empirical Analysis of Prescription Drugs
Ernst R. Berndt, Iain M. Cockburn, Douglas L. Cocks, Arnold M. Epstein, and Zvi Griliches
Managed Care and the Growth of Medical Expenditures
David M. Cutler and Louise Sheiner
Managed Care and Health Care Expenditures: Evidence from Medicare, 1990-1994
Laurence C. Baker and Sharmila Shankarkumar
Persistence of Medicare Expenditures among Elderly Beneficiaries
Alan M. Garber, Thomas E. MaCurdy, and Mark B. McClellan