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Workplace:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, (more information at EDIRC) Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2022

1. Health Care Spending Growth Has Slowed: Will the Bend in the Curve Continue?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

2. An Ounce of Prevention
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2021)

2019

3. Are Quality-Adjusted Medical Prices Declining for Chronic Disease? Evidence from Diabetes Care in Four Health Systems
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in The European Journal of Health Economics (2020)

2018

4. The Comparative Advantage of Medicare Advantage
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in American Journal of Health Economics (2019)

2014

5. How Much Favorable Selection Is Left in Medicare Advantage?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in American Journal of Health Economics (2015)

2013

6. Physician Agency and Competition: Evidence from a Major Change to Medicare Chemotherapy Reimbursement Policy
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2012

7. Effects of Medicare Payment Reform: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective Payment Systems
   Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2014)

2011

8. A Primer on the Economics of Prescription Pharmaceutical Pricing in Health Insurance Markets
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
   See also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2011)
9. The Effect of Prospective Payment on Admission and Treatment Policy: Evidence from Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2013)
10. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2012)

2010

11. Pricing and Reimbursement in U.S. Pharmaceutical Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2010) View citations (5)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2010) View citations (5)

2003

12. The Relationship Between Health Policies, Medical Technology Trends and Outcomes
    Post-Print, HAL

2001

13. Medical Care Price Indices: Problems and Opportunities / The Chung-Hua Lectures
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
14. Medicare Policy in the 1990s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
15. Technological Change Around The World: Evidence From Heart Attack Care
    Post-Print, HAL

2000

16. How Good a Deal Was the Tobacco Settlement?: Assessing Payments to Massachusetts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2000)
17. The Economic Impacts of the Tobacco Settlement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2002)

1999

18. Pricing Heart Attack Treatments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    See also Chapter (2001)

1998

19. Price Indexes for Medical Care Goods and Services: An Overview of Measurement Issues
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (7)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (6)
    See also Chapter (2001)
20. Prices and Productivity in Managed Care Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
21. The Costs and Benefits of Intensive Treatment for Cardiovascular Disease
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)

1997

22. Physician Fee Policy and Medicaid Program Costs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (1997)

1996

23. Are Medical Prices Declining?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (43)

Journal Articles

2022

1. MADELINE PUCKETTE and JUSTIN HAMMACK: Wine Folly: The Master Guide. Avery - A Penguin Imprint, New York, NY, 2018, 320 pp., ISBN 978-0525533894 (hardcover), $35.00
   Journal of Wine Economics, 2022, 17, (1), 81-83

2021

2. An Ounce of Prevention
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35, (2), 101-18 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2020)
3. Retirement decisions in a changing labor market
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2021, 20, (3), 337-340
   See also Chapter (2019)

2020

4. Are quality-adjusted medical prices declining for chronic disease? Evidence from diabetes care in four health systems
   The European Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 21, (5), 689-702
   See also Working Paper (2019)
5. The impact of funding for federally qualified health centers on utilization and emergency department visits in Massachusetts
   PLOS ONE, 2020, 15, (12), 1-14 View citations (1)

2019

6. Fiscal difficulties of cities, the labor market, and health care
   Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2019, 18, (4), 565-578
   See also Chapter (2018)
7. Parent Preferences for Health Outcomes Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders
   PharmacoEconomics, 2019, 37, (4), 541-551 View citations (1)
8. The Comparative Advantage of Medicare Advantage
   American Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 5, (2), 281-301
   Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 5, (2), 281-301 (2019)
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2017

9. Physician agency and patient survival
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 134, (C), 27-47 View citations (9)
10. Risk adjustment with an outside option
    Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 56, (C), 256-258 View citations (3)

2016

11. Challenges facing public retirement plans
    Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 2016, 15, (3), 249-253
    See also Chapter (2015)

2015

12. How Much Favorable Selection Is Left in Medicare Advantage?
    American Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 1, (1), 1-26 View citations (30)
    Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 1, (1), 1-26 (2015) View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper (2014)

2014

13. Assessing incentives for service-level selection in private health insurance exchanges
    Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 35, (C), 47-63 View citations (28)
14. Effects of Medicare payment reform: Evidence from the home health interim and prospective payment systems
    Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 34, (C), 1-18 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2013

15. Do Medicare Advantage plans select enrollees in higher margin clinical categories?
    Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (6), 1278-1288 View citations (13)
16. Integrating risk adjustment and enrollee premiums in health plan payment
    Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (6), 1263-1277 View citations (23)
17. The effect of prospective payment on admission and treatment policy: Evidence from inpatient rehabilitation facilities
    Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (5), 965-979 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2012

18. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, 127, (3), 1057-1106 View citations (400)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2011

19. A Primer on the Economics of Prescription Pharmaceutical Pricing in Health Insurance Markets
    Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2011, 14, (2), 1-30 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
20. Are Drugs Substitutes or Complements for Intensive (and Expensive) Medical Treatment
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 393-97 View citations (3)
21. Quality Adjustment for Health Care Spending on Chronic Disease: Evidence from Diabetes Treatment, 1999-2009
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 206-11 View citations (9)

2010

22. How the Medicare Part D Drug Benefit Changed the Distribution of Out-of-Pocket Pharmacy Spending Among Older Beneficiaries
    Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2010, 65B, (4), 502-507

2008

23. A Cost-Effectiveness Framework for Profiling the Value of Hospital Care
    Medical Decision Making, 2008, 28, (3), 419-434 View citations (2)
24. Can Multi-payer Financing Achieve Single-Payer Spending Levels?
    Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2008, 10, (1), 1-13
    See also Chapter (2007)

2007

25. Using performance measures to motivate `report-averse' and `report-loving' agents
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (6), 1170-1189 View citations (2)

2006

26. Reconsidering the moral hazard-risk avoidance tradeoff
    Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (5), 1005-1014 View citations (29)

2002

27. Perspective: tobacco manufacturers are now compensating states for smoking-related costs: how will this affect the economy?
    Regional Review, 2002, 12, (Q 2), 2-3
28. The Economic impacts of the tobacco settlement
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2002, 21, (1), 1-19 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

29. How Does Managed Care Do It?
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2000, 31, (3), 526-548 View citations (117)
30. How Good a Deal Was the Tobacco Settlement? Assessing Payments to Massachusetts
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, 21, (2-3), 235-61 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

1999

31. Response to Paul Dolan
    Health Economics, 1999, 8, (2), 179-180

1998

32. A model of the impact of reimbursement schemes on health plan choice
    Journal of Health Economics, 1998, 17, (3), 297-320 View citations (26)
33. Are Medical Prices Declining? Evidence from Heart Attack Treatments
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (4), 991-1024 View citations (105)
34. US and UK health economics: Two disciplines separated by a common language?
    Health Economics, 1998, 7, (S1), S79-S92 View citations (5)
35. What Has Increased Medical-Care Spending Bought?
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 132-36 View citations (16)

1997

36. Physician Fee Policy and Medicaid Program Costs
    Journal of Human Resources, 1997, 32, (4), 611-634 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
37. The marginal cost-effectiveness of medical technology: A panel instrumental-variables approach
    Journal of Econometrics, 1997, 77, (1), 39-64 View citations (29)

1996

38. Health Reform in the United States
    Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (439), 1713-24 View citations (1)
39. Policy Watch: Medicare
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (3), 159-167 View citations (6)
40. Reimbursing Health Plans and Health Providers: Efficiency in Production versus Selection
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1996, 34, (3), 1236-1263 View citations (274)

1994

41. Frontier estimation: How useful a tool for health economics?
    Journal of Health Economics, 1994, 13, (3), 317-322 View citations (108)
42. Symposium on Health Care Reform
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (3), 3-11 View citations (9)

1993

43. How urgent is medical care cost containment?
    Japan and the World Economy, 1993, 5, (2), 93-106 View citations (1)
44. Los costes de la atención médica: ¿Cuál es la magnitud de la pérdida de bienestar?
    EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, 1993, 25, (01), 231-250

1992

45. Distinguished Fellow: In Honor of Victor Fuchs
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (3), 179-189 View citations (1)
46. Estimating the indirect costs of teaching
    Journal of Health Economics, 1992, 11, (2), 153-171 View citations (18)
47. Hospital expenditures in the United States and Canada: do hospital worker wages explain the differences?
    Journal of Health Economics, 1992, 11, (4), 453-465 View citations (2)
48. Medical Care Costs: How Much Welfare Loss?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (3), 3-21 View citations (451)

1991

49. Effects of cost sharing in health insurance on disability days
    Health Policy, 1991, 18, (2), 131-139 View citations (1)
50. Letter from the editors
    Journal of Health Economics, 1991, 10, (4), 383-383
51. The effects of excise taxes and regulations on cigarette smoking
    Journal of Health Economics, 1991, 10, (1), 43-64 View citations (155)

1989

52. How free care improved vision in the health insurance experiment
    American Journal of Public Health, 1989, 79, (5), 640-642 View citations (6)
53. The external costs of a sedentary life-style
    American Journal of Public Health, 1989, 79, (8), 975-981 View citations (15)

1988

54. Did Medicare's Prospective Payment System cause length of stay to fall?
    Journal of Health Economics, 1988, 7, (4), 413-416 View citations (33)
55. Do second opinion programs improve outcomes?
    Journal of Health Economics, 1988, 7, (3), 285-288 View citations (2)

1987

56. Cross national differences in health spending what do they mean?
    Journal of Health Economics, 1987, 6, (2), 159-162 View citations (26)
57. Health Economics and Econometrics
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (2), 269-74 View citations (6)
58. Health Insurance and the Demand for Medical Care: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (3), 251-77 View citations (753)
59. Medical malpractice: Theory, evidence, and public policy, by Patricia M. Danzon. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985, 264pp. Price: $25.00 cloth
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987, 6, (2), 261-265

1985

60. The demand for prescription drugs as a function of cost-sharing
    Social Science & Medicine, 1985, 21, (10), 1063-1069 View citations (56)

1984

61. Cream skimming, asymmetric information, and a competitive insurance market
    Journal of Health Economics, 1984, 3, (1), 97-100 View citations (12)

1983

62. A Comparison of Alternative Models for the Demand for Medical Care
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1983, 1, (2), 115-26 View citations (283)
63. Two prospective difficulties with prospective payment of hospitals, or, it's better to be a resident than a patient with a complex problem
    Journal of Health Economics, 1983, 2, (3), 269-274 View citations (11)

1982

64. Austerity in public medical care programs: Miseriiness or economic response?
    Journal of Health Economics, 1982, 1, (2), 209-214
65. Does the Geographical Distribution of Physicians Reflect Market Failure?
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1982, 13, (2), 493-505 View citations (37)
66. Is competition the answer?
    Journal of Health Economics, 1982, 1, (1), 109-116 View citations (6)

1980

67. On having your cake and eating it too: Econometric problems in estimating the demand for health services
    Journal of Econometrics, 1980, 13, (3), 365-390 View citations (28)
68. The Relationship between Medical Resources and Measures of Health: Some Additional Evidence
    Journal of Human Resources, 1980, 15, (2), 200-218 View citations (17)

1979

69. Measurement issues in the second generation of social experiments: The health insurance study
    Journal of Econometrics, 1979, 11, (1), 117-129 View citations (1)

1978

70. Copayments and Demand for Medical Care: The California Medicaid Experience
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1978, 9, (1), 192-208 View citations (11)

1977

71. Deductibles and the Demand for Medical Care Services: The Theory of a Consumer Facing a Variable Price Schedule under Uncertainty
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (3), 641-55 View citations (74)
72. Medical-Care Expenditure: A Cross-National Survey
    Journal of Human Resources, 1977, 12, (1), 115-125 View citations (230)
73. The Demand for Supplementary Health Insurance, or Do Deductibles Matter?
    Journal of Political Economy, 1977, 85, (4), 789-801 View citations (7)

1974

74. Coinsurance, the Price of Time, and the Demand for Medical Services
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1974, 56, (3), 334-42 View citations (44)

1973

75. The Economics of Group Practice
    Journal of Human Resources, 1973, 8, (1), 37-56 View citations (38)

1972

76. A suggestion on the positive theory of redistribution
    Public Choice, 1972, 12, (1), 115-118

1971

77. A Simple Hypothesis of Income Distribution
    Journal of Human Resources, 1971, 6, (1), 51-74

1970

78. The Subsidy Problem in Hospital Insurance: A Proposal
    The Journal of Business, 1970, 43, (4), 452-56
79. Toward a Theory of Nonprofit Institutions: An Economic Model of a Hospital
    American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (1), 64-74 View citations (56)

1969

80. On the Long-Run and Short-Run Demand for Money: A Comment
    Journal of Political Economy, 1969, 77, (5), 851-56 View citations (1)

Books

2021

1. Incentives and Limitations of Employment Policies on Retirement Transitions: Comparisons of Public and Private Sectors
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

2. Incentives and Limitations of Employment Policies on Retirement Transitions
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter (2018)

2016

3. The Impact of Reforms of State Retirement Plans
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2014

4. State and Local Health Plans for Active and Retired Public Employees
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2004

5. Pricing the Priceless: A Health Care Conundrum, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (37)

1978

6. The Economics of Physician and Patient Behavior
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

Edited books

2000

1. Handbook of Health Economics, vol 1
   Handbook of Health Economics, Elsevier View citations (805)

Chapters

2019

1. Retirement Decisions in a Changing Labor Market
   A chapter in Incentives and Limitations of Employment Policies on Retirement Transitions: Comparisons of Public and Private Sectors, 2019
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (2021)

2018

2. Fiscal Difficulties of Cities, the Labor Market, and Health Care
   A chapter in Incentives and Limitations of Employment Policies on Retirement Transitions, 2018
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (2019)
3. Incentives and Limitations of Employment Policies on Retirement Transitions
   A chapter in Incentives and Limitations of Employment Policies on Retirement Transitions, 2018 View citations (1)
   See also Book (2019)

2015

4. Challenges Facing Public Retirement Plans
   A chapter in The Impact of Reforms of State Retirement Plans, 2015, pp 249-253
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (2016)

2011

5. Health Care Spending Growth
   Elsevier View citations (34)

2007

6. Can Multi-payer Financing Achieve Single-Payer Spending Levels?
   A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 10, 2007
   See also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2008)

2001

7. Price Indexes for Medical Care Goods and Services -- An Overview of Measurement Issues
   A chapter in Medical Care Output and Productivity, 2001, pp 141-200 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper (1998)
8. Pricing Heart Attack Treatments
   A chapter in Medical Care Output and Productivity, 2001, pp 305-362 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper (1999)

2000

9. Medical care prices and output
   Chapter 03 in Handbook of Health Economics, 2000, vol. 1, pp 119-180 View citations (38)

1982

10. The Status of Health in Demand Estimation; or, Beyond Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor
    A chapter in Economic Aspects of Health, 1982, pp 141-184 View citations (19)

1978

11. The Conference and Unresolved Problems
    A chapter in The Economics of Physician and Patient Behavior, 1978, pp 5-18 View citations (3)
12. The Norms Hypothesis and the Demand for Medical Care
    A chapter in The Economics of Physician and Patient Behavior, 1978, pp 159-182 View citations (9)

1976

13. New Estimates of Price and Income Elasticities of Medical Care Services
    A chapter in The Role of Health Insurance in the Health Services Sector, 1976, pp 261-320 View citations (30)

1974

14. Price and Income Elasticities for Medical Care Services
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (15)

Editor

1. Handbook of Health Economics
   Elsevier
2. Handbook of Health Economics
   Elsevier
3. Journal of Health Economics
   Elsevier