Affiliates' Research in Medical Journals, Fall 2025

11/05/2025

Many NBER-affiliated researchers publish some of their health-related findings in journals that preclude pre-publication distribution, and thus do not post them as NBER Working Papers. This is a partial listing of recent papers in this category by NBER affiliates.

Medicare-Covered Innovation and US Disability, 1997–2019: Evidence from Healthcare Procedure Codes and Health Survey Data 
Lichtenberg FR, Yang YT. Health Policy and Technology 15(1), February 2026, Article 101125.

The Impact of Biomedical Innovation on Cancer Mortality in 37 Countries, 2003–2017 
Lichtenberg FR. Economics & Human Biology 59, December 2025, Article 101534. 

Insights from Refusal Patterns for Deceased Donor Kidney Offers 
Guan G, Neelam S, Studnia J, Cheng XS, Melcher ML, Rees MA, Roth AE, Somaini P, Ashlagi I. Transplantation 109(11), November 2025, pp. 1774–1782. 

Early Effects of Cognitive-Impairment Friendly Community on Health Care Utilization in China: Evidence from Administrative Data in Shanghai 
Ai J, Chen X, Feng J, Xie Y. Social Science & Medicine 385, November 2025, Article 118570. 

Attention Problems in Childhood and Subsequent Health Risk Behaviors in Adolescence 
Casseus M, Corman H, Noonan K, Reichman NE. Journal of Attention Disorders 29(12), October 2025, pp. 1134–1147. 

Improving Policy Design and Epidemic Response Using Integrated Models of Economic Choice and Disease Dynamics with Behavioral Feedback 
Du H, Zahn MV, Loo SL, Alleman TW, Truelove S, Patenaude B, Gardner LM, Papageorge N, Hill AL. PLOS Computational Biology 21(10), October 2025.

The Impact of Air Pollution on Petcare Utilization 
Jarvis S, Deschenes O, Jha A, Radford AD. PNAS 122(40), September 2025, Article e2504553122.

State Public Coverage of Pregnant Undocumented Immigrants and Prenatal Insurance Uptake 
Bellerose M, Zheng L, Desir A, Fabi RE, Wherry LR, Steenland MW. The Milbank Quarterly 103(3), September 2025, pp. 831–856. 

Extended Hospital Stays in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare 
McGarry BE, Wilcock AD, Gandhi AD, Grabowski DC, Barnett ML. JAMA Internal Medicine 185(11), September 2025, pp. 1362–1369. 

Effects of a Lottery Incentive on STI/HIV Incidence Among Female Sex Workers in Tanzania: Outcomes of Rewarding STI Prevention and Control in Tanzania (RESPECT-2) 
Balampama M, de Walque D, Dow WH, Hémono R. AIDS and Behavior 29, September 2025, pp. 3852–3865. 

Interventions to Bolster Benefits Take-Up: Assessing Intensity, Framing, and Targeting of Government Outreach 
Linos E, Lasky-Fink J, Dorie V, Rothstein J. PNAS 122(37), September 2025, Article e2504747122. 

Telehealth Emergency Department Transition-of-Care Program: A Value-Based Innovation 
Kreshak A, Fadlon I, Malaviya K, Tolia V, Pierce L, Chan T, Agnihotri P, Tai-Seale M. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health 26(5), September 2025. 

Economic Benefit of Implementation of Pediatric Transnasal Endoscopy in Eosinophilic Esophagitis 
Joseph M, Steinberg J, Mark JA, Wallach T, Nguyen N. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 23(9), August 2025, pp. 1662–1664. 

Inequalities in the Duration and Lifetime Risk of Dementia in the United States 
Hudomiet P, Hurd MD, Rohwedder S. Demography 62(4), August 2025, pp. 1389–1412. 

The State of Insurance Coverage of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide-Targeted Medications and Its Impact on the Implementation of the American Headache Society’s 2024 Consensus Statement: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis 
Moskatel LS, Slusky DJG. Headache July 2025, pp. 1–12. 

The Changing Landscape of Primary Care: An Analysis of Payer-Primary Care Integration 
Adler L, Crow S, Fiedler M, Frank R, Fernandez R, Lake D, Braun RT. Health Affairs Scholar 3(7), July 2025, Article qxaf120. 

The Failure of Life Expectancy to Fully Rebound to Prepandemic Levels 
Schwandt H, Currie J, von Wachter T, Kowarski J, Woolf SH. JAMA 334(10), July 2025, pp. 915–918. 

Financial Ties, Market Structure, Commercial Prices, and Medical Director Compensation in Dialysis 
Xia X, Deng W, Eliason PJ, League RJ, McDevitt RC, Roberts JW, Wong H. JAMA Health Forum 6(6), June 2025, Article e252659. 

Insurance Churn and the COVID-19 Pandemic 
Shubeck SP, Crawford E, Notowidigdo MJ. JAMA Health Forum 6(6), June 2025, Article e251467. 

Investigating Socioeconomic Deprivation and Antibiotic Prescribing Among Older Medicare Patients Using an Instrumental Variable Approach 
Al Mohajer M, Slusky D, Nix D, Nicodemo C. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology 5(1), May 2025, Article e110. 

How Should We Assess Quality of Health Care Services in Organizations Owned by Private Equity Firms? 
La Forgia A, McDevitt RC. AMA Journal of Ethics 27(5), May 2025, pp. E385-E391.