… ’Malley and Reschovsky. Drafting of the manuscript: O’Malley and Reschovsky. Critical
revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: O’Malley and Reschovsky. Statistical …

Background: During the past decade, a confluence of forces has changed the practice of
medicine in unprecedented ways. Anecdotal reports suggest that, in response, some …

This article investigates the use of market incentives to encourage household waste recycling
by pricing waste-disposal services according to the quantity of waste generated. We use a …

Physicians contend that the threat of malpractice lawsuits forces them to practice defensive
medicine, which in turn raises the cost of health care. This argument underlies efforts to …

Numerous state and federal programs and policies aim to improve rural health care. This
study compares access to and quality of medical care in urban and rural areas from the …

Racial and ethnic disparities in primary health care likely reflect the aggregate socioeconomic
composition of a physician's patient panels as well as differences in individual patients’ …

Private insurers pay widely varying prices for inpatient care across hospitals. Previous research
indicates that certain hospitals use market clout to obtain higher payment rates, but there …

Background Most quality metrics focus on underuse of services, leaving unclear what factors
are associated with potential overuse. Methods We analyzed Medicare claims from 2000-…

Despite widespread agreement that physicians who practice defensive medicine drive up
health care costs, the extent to which defensive medicine increases costs is unclear. The …

Understanding health disparity causes is an important first step toward developing policies
or interventions to eliminate disparities, but their nature makes identifying and addressing …