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Gender Income Disparities Can Be Explained by Alternative Factors—Reply

In Reply: The purpose of our study was to assess whether differences in income between male and female physicians present in the late 1980s are still present today.

Assessing Incentives for Service-level Selection in Private Health Insurance Exchanges

Even with open enrollment and mandated purchase, incentives created by adverse selection may undermine the efficiency of service offerings by plans in the new health insurance Exchanges created by

Philanthropy for Health in China

Drawing on the expertise of Chinese and Western academics and practitioners, the contributors to this volume aim to advance the understanding of philanthropy for health in China in the 20th century an

The Economic Burden of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the associations between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses and service use, caregiver time, and cost outcomes. METHODS: We used national data from the Medical Expenditur

Effects of Medicare Payment Reform: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective Payment Systems

Medicare continues to implement payment reforms that shift reimbursement from fee-for-service toward episode-based payment, affecting average and marginal payment.

Regulating Ambiguous Risks: The Less than Rational Regulation of Pharmaceuticals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) balances risks and benefits before approving pharmaceuticals, as rationality would require.

The Impact of Patient Cost-Sharing on Low-Income Populations: Evidence from Massachusetts

Greater patient cost-sharing could help reduce the fiscal pressures associated with insurance expansion by reducing the scope for moral hazard.

Bioethical Prescriptions: To Create, End, Choose, and Improve Lives

Bioethical Prescriptions collects F.M. Kamm's articles on bioethics, which have appeared over the last twenty-five years and which have made her among the most influential philosophers in this area.

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Use of Mammography Between Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare

Background Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality for women in all racial/ethnic groups.

The Economics of Medical Care