Do Ordeals Work for Selection Markets? Evidence from Health Insurance Auto-Enrollment
Are application hassles, or “ordeals,” an effective way to limit public program enrollment?
Research
Productivity Variation and Input Misallocation: Evidence from Hospitals
There are widespread differences in total factor productivity across producers in the U.S. and around the world.
A 50-state survey study of thoughts of suicide and social isolation among older adults in the United States
Background We aimed to characterize the prevalence of social disconnection and thoughts of suicide among older adults in the United States, and examine the association between them in a large naturali
The Affordability Of Individual-Market Health Insurance In California Under The American Rescue Plan Act, 2021
In 2021 the American Rescue Plan Act increased premium subsidies for people purchasing insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces and provided zero-premium Marketplace plans that covered 9
Reevaluating the Role of Race and Ethnicity in Diabetes Screening
Key Messages • There is active debate over whether to consider patient race and ethnicity when estimating disease risk.
Severe Depressive Symptoms Exacerbate the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Voting for Election Doubters
Two of the most significant concerns about the contemporary United States are the erosion of democratic institutions and the increase in rates of depression.
What Can Economics Say about Alzheimer's Disease?
Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects one in ten people aged 65 or older and is the most expensive disease in the United States. We describe the central economic questions raised by AD.
Physician-Driven Early Evaluation: Encounters Seen in a Vertical Model
Background: Although many emergency departments (EDs) employ some form of vertical patient flow, there is limited published literature describing variations of vertical pathways.
Health Rights for All: The Imperative of Including All Migrants
At the start of the 2022–2023 academic year, a group of Harvard T.H.
Who should see the patient? on deviations from preferred patient-provider assignments in hospitals
Abstract In various organizations including hospitals, individuals are not forced to follow specific assignments, and thus, deviations from preferred task assignments are common.
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