Day: November 26, 2010

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Austin Frakt November 26, 2010

Beyond Repeal — The Future of Health Care Reform, by Jonathan Oberlander Expect the Unexpected? Physicians’ Responses to Payment Changes, by Mireille Jacobson and Joseph

The stethoscope and the dawn of information asymmetry

Austin Frakt November 26, 2010

The stethoscope entered commercial production in the middle of the 19th century. It is among the early diagnostic instruments of medicine, the use of which

Hospital prices today

Austin Frakt November 26, 2010

Recently, with some help from a reader and others, I exerted great effort (you have no idea!) to recreate the early history of Medicare hospital

Day: November 26, 2010

Reading list

The stethoscope and the dawn of information asymmetry

Hospital prices today

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