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Working Papers

2015

1. Assessing Incentives for Adverse Selection in Health Plan Payment Systems
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (13)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (15)
2. Global Risk-Adjusted Payment Models
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
3. Health Plan Type Variations in Spells of Health Care Treatment
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Health Plan Type Variations in Spells of Health-Care Treatment, American Journal of Health Economics, MIT Press (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
4. Mispricing in Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
5. Optimal health insurance for multiple goods and time periods
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Optimal health insurance for multiple goods and time periods, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (10) (2015)
6. Provider Payment Methods and Incentives
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (1)
7. ‘Good-Enough’ Risk Adjustment Models for Physician Payment and Performance Assessment
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics

2014

8. Comparisons of Health Insurance Systems in Developed Countries
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (4)
9. Risk Selection and Risk Adjustment
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (7)

2013

10. Bending the Cost Curve? Results from a Comprehensive Primary Care Payment Pilot
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
11. K-Fold Cross-Validation is Superior to Split Sample Validation for Risk Adjustment Models
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
12. Risk Selection, Risk Adjustment and Choice: Concepts and Lessons from the Americas
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Risk Selection, Risk Adjustment and Choice: Concepts and Lessons from the Americas, IJERPH, MDPI (2013) (2013)

2012

13. Explaining Health Care Expenditure Variation: Large-sample Evidence Using Linked Survey and Health Administrative Data
    Working Paper Series, Economics Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article EXPLAINING HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE VARIATION: LARGE‐SAMPLE EVIDENCE USING LINKED SURVEY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATIVE DATA, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2013) View citations (15) (2013)

2008

14. Run for Cover Now or Later? The impact of premiums, threats and deadlines on supplementary private health insurance in Australia
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (35)

2007

15. Does service-level spending show evidence of selection across health plan types?
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Does service-level spending show evidence of selection across health plan types?, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) View citations (16) (2013)
16. Health Insurance, Cost Expectations, and Adverse Job Turnover
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Health insurance, cost expectations, and adverse job turnover, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2011) View citations (3) (2011)
17. Prevention and Dynamic Risk Adjustment
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
18. Response: Activity-Based Payments and Reforms of the English Hospital Payment System
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
19. Response: Run for Cover Now or Later?The impact of premiums, threats and deadlines on supplementary private health insurance in Australia
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics

2006

20. Predictability and Predictiveness in Health Care Spending
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Predictability and predictiveness in health care spending, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (58) (2007)

2005

21. Health Insurance, Expectations, and Job Turnover
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (3)
22. Where do you run after you run for cover? The impact on premium changes on the characteristics of the privately insured in Australia
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (4)

2004

23. The Demand for Outpatient Medical Care in Rural Kenya
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme (1991) View citations (9)
    Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development (1991) View citations (9)

2000

24. Using Diagnoses to Describe Populations and Predict Costs
    Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme View citations (27)

1999

25. Cost-Minimizing Risk Adjustment
    Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme
    See also Journal Article Cost-minimizing risk adjustment, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2002) View citations (18) (2002)

1998

26. Using the Diagnostic Cost Group (DCG) Model to Measure Risk Selection in the Massachusetts State Employee Health Insurance Program
    Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme
    Also in Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme (1998)

1996

27. Health Premium Payment Systems for State Employees
    Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme (1996)

1994

28. Hospital Response to Prospective Payment: Moral Hazard, Selection, and Practice-Style Effects
    Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Hospital response to prospective payment: Moral hazard, selection, and practice-style effects, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (1996) View citations (91) (1996)

1991

29. Hospital Cost Function Estimation When Firms May Not Try to Minimize Total Costs
    Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme View citations (6)
30. Medicare Payment to Psychiatric Facilities: Unfair and Inefficient?
    Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme View citations (2)
31. Mental Health Provider Response to the Reimbursement System
    Working Papers, Boston University - Industry Studies Programme View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Comment on “Sustainable Health Financing for COVID‐19 Preparedness and Response in Asia and the Pacific”
   Asian Economic Policy Review, 2022, 17, (1), 157-158
2. Primary healthcare effects of a well-designed anti-corruption program
   World Development Perspectives, 2022, 25, (C)

2017

3. Demand elasticities and service selection incentives among competing private health plans
   Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 56, (C), 352-367 View citations (4)
4. Health care demand elasticities by type of service
   Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, (C), 232-243 View citations (27)
5. Measuring efficiency of health plan payment systems in managed competition health insurance markets
   Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 56, (C), 237-255 View citations (20)

2016

6. Health Plan Type Variations in Spells of Health-Care Treatment
   American Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 2, (4), 399-430 View citations (2)
   Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 2, (4), 399-430 (2016) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Health Plan Type Variations in Spells of Health Care Treatment, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2015) (2015)

2015

7. Optimal health insurance for multiple goods and time periods
   Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 41, (C), 89-106 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper Optimal health insurance for multiple goods and time periods, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2015) View citations (5) (2015)

2013

8. Does service-level spending show evidence of selection across health plan types?
   Applied Economics, 2013, 45, (13), 1701-1712 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Does service-level spending show evidence of selection across health plan types?, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2007) View citations (5) (2007)
9. EXPLAINING HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE VARIATION: LARGE‐SAMPLE EVIDENCE USING LINKED SURVEY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
   Health Economics, 2013, 22, (9), 1093-1110 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Explaining Health Care Expenditure Variation: Large-sample Evidence Using Linked Survey and Health Administrative Data, Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (4) (2012)
10. Risk Selection, Risk Adjustment and Choice: Concepts and Lessons from the Americas
    IJERPH, 2013, 10, (11), 1-34
    See also Working Paper Risk Selection, Risk Adjustment and Choice: Concepts and Lessons from the Americas, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2013) View citations (4) (2013)

2012

11. Five questions for health economists
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2012, 12, (3), 217-233 View citations (5)
12. Risk adjustment and prevention
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2012, 45, (4), 1586-1607 View citations (1)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2012, 45, (4), 1586-1607 (2012) View citations (1)

2011

13. Health insurance, cost expectations, and adverse job turnover
    Health Economics, 2011, 20, (1), 27-44 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Health Insurance, Cost Expectations, and Adverse Job Turnover, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2007) View citations (1) (2007)

2008

14. Run for cover now or later? The impact of premiums, threats and deadlines on private health insurance in Australia
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2008, 8, (4), 257-277 View citations (37)

2007

15. Activity-based payments and reforms of the English hospital payment system
    Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2007, 2, (4), 435-444 View citations (4)
16. Optimal health insurance for prevention and treatment
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (6), 1128-1150 View citations (38)
17. Predictability and predictiveness in health care spending
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (1), 25-48 View citations (58)
    See also Working Paper Predictability and Predictiveness in Health Care Spending, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2006) View citations (2) (2006)
18. Risk adjustment policy options for casemix funding: international lessons in financing reform
    The European Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 8, (3), 195-212 View citations (7)

2002

19. Cost-minimizing risk adjustment
    Journal of Health Economics, 2002, 21, (3), 515-530 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Cost-Minimizing Risk Adjustment, Working Papers (1999) (1999)
20. How profitable is risk selection? A comparison of four risk adjustment models
    Health Economics, 2002, 11, (2), 165-174 View citations (28)

1998

21. Creaming, skimping and dumping: provider competition on the intensive and extensive margins1
    Journal of Health Economics, 1998, 17, (5), 537-555 View citations (230)

1996

22. Hospital response to prospective payment: Moral hazard, selection, and practice-style effects
    Journal of Health Economics, 1996, 15, (3), 257-277 View citations (91)
    See also Working Paper Hospital Response to Prospective Payment: Moral Hazard, Selection, and Practice-Style Effects, Working Papers (1994) View citations (1) (1994)

1994

23. Inpatient and outpatient health care demand in Cairo, Egypt
    Health Economics, 1994, 3, (3), 183-200 View citations (12)

1993

24. Supply-Side and Demand-Side Cost Sharing in Health Care
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1993, 7, (4), 135-151 View citations (121)

1990

25. Optimal payment systems for health services
    Journal of Health Economics, 1990, 9, (4), 375-396 View citations (179)

1989

26. Employee Choice of Health Insurance
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1989, 71, (2), 215-23 View citations (19)

1988

27. Incentives to transfer patients under alternative reimbursement mechanisms
    Journal of Public Economics, 1988, 37, (3), 381-394 View citations (6)
28. Insurance principles and the design of prospective payment systems
    Journal of Health Economics, 1988, 7, (3), 215-237 View citations (20)

1987

29. The revenue generating potential of user fees in Kenyan government health facilities
    Social Science & Medicine, 1987, 25, (9), 995-1002 View citations (5)

1986

30. Cost Sharing and Patterns of Mental Health Care Utilization
    Journal of Human Resources, 1986, 21, (3), 359-379 View citations (6)
31. Provider behavior under prospective reimbursement: Cost sharing and supply
    Journal of Health Economics, 1986, 5, (2), 129-151 View citations (438)
32. Rational Behavior in the Presence of Coverage Ceilings and Deductibles
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1986, 17, (2), 158-175 View citations (42)

1983

33. What Happened to Nuclear Power: A Discrete Choice Model of Technology Adoption
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1983, 65, (2), 234-42 View citations (4)

Chapters

2012

1. risk adjustment
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (15)

2000

2. Risk adjustment in competitive health plan markets
   Chapter 14 in Handbook of Health Economics, 2000, vol. 1, pp 755-845 View citations (198)