Cost Effectiveness Analysis and the Design of Cost-Sharing in Insurance: Solving a Puzzle, by Mark Pauly (The National Bureau of Economic Research) The conventional model
I’ve written previously about how I feel like residency can often dampen empathy. But that’s after graduation. Medical school is no picnic either. I remember
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden, by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer: It beats me why this
I’ll be on NPR’s Talk of the Nation today from 3.15 – 4 pm ET, discussing the regulation of compounding pharmacies. Prior TIE coverage here. UPDATE:
New study published in the NEJM. “Patients’ Expectations about Effects of Chemotherapy for Advanced Cancer“: BACKGROUND: Chemotherapy for metastatic lung or colorectal cancer can prolong
Hey, homo economicus, you looking for a good time? Then try a little bit of Mark Pauly’s Wussinomics: the state of competitive efficiency in private health
Yeah, there’s an election going on. I’m still going to bring you research. I saw another great study yesterday that you should know about. “Empirical
A new paper in Health Services Research by Michael Morrisey and colleagues examines favorable selection experienced by Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Though there is much more
Steve Parente’s Health economics and policy: towards the undiscovered country of market based reform (IHFE, 2012) is dense with quotable goodies. Here are some of them: “The
I do a lot of posting on my annoyance at doctors’ complaining a bit too much about their financial and professional problems. I’ve said many
A longtime reader of the blog laments to me that it’s too bad politics is overshadowing clinical and policy news right now. I couldn’t agree
