We calculated prescription drug usage in two groups of Medicare beneficiaries: employer group with no coverage gap, and individual Part D group with no coverage or some generic drug coverage in the co
Fifteen papers, originally presented at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference held in October 2004, examine the improvements over time in the functional abilities of older people,
Background— In patients with a major cardiac event, the first priority is to minimize time to treatment.
In his papers, Richard Cooper finds positive associations between health care quality and both specialist and generalist physicians, but he misinterprets his results.
The viability and stability of the Medicare Part D prescription drug program depend on accurate risk-adjusted payments.
This Perspective reviews critically the work on price control impacts by Darius Lakdawalla and colleagues.
Richard Cooper has shown a positive association between health care quality and "total spending" at the state level, but he does not appear to understand the limitations of this total spending measure
The federal tax reform act of December 2017 eliminated the penalty for noncompliance with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate (also known as the shared responsibility requirement) start
This article explores the tension between granting patent protection under the TRIPS Agreements and the availability of medicines at affordable prices to developing countries.
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