Health Care

March 11, 2016
Jonathan Gruber of MIT, Organizer

Leila Agha and James B. Rebitzer, Boston University and NBER, and Brigham Frandsen, Brigham Young University

Causes and Consequences of Fragmented Care Delivery: Theory, Evidence and Public Policy


Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin and NBER, and Timothy J. Layton, Harvard Medical School

Upcoding or Selection? Evidence from Medicare on Squishy Risk Adjustment


Hummy Song, Harvard University; Robert Huckman, Harvard University and NBER; and Jason Barro, Bain and Company

Cohort Turnover and Operational Performance: The July Phenomenon in Teaching Hospitals (NBER Working Paper No. 11182)


Mark L. Egan, University of Minnesota, and Tomas Philipson, University of Chicago and NBER

Health Care Adherence and Personalized Medicine (NBER Working Paper No. 20330)

Jishnu Das and Alaka Holla, The World Bank; Aakash Mohpal, University of Michigan; and Karthik Muralidharan, University of California at San Diego and NBER

Quality and Accountability in Healthcare Delivery: Audit-Study Evidence from Primary Care in India (NBER Working Paper No. 21405)


David C. Chan, Jr, Stanford University and NBER

The Efficiency of Slacking Off: Evidence from the Emergency Department (NBER Working Paper No. 21002)


Leila Agha, Keith Marzilli Ericson, and James B. Rebitzer, Boston University and NBER; Kimberley Geissler, UMass Amherst; and Benjamin Lubin, Boston University

Coordination within Teams and the Cost of Health Care