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An econometric method for estimating population parameters from non‐random samples: An application to clinical case finding
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Centre for Tuberculosis, 2017-09)
The problem of sample selection complicates the process of drawing inference about populations. Selective sampling arises in many real world situations when agents such as doctors and customs officials search for targets ...
The Effect Of Hospital–Physician Integration On Health Information Technology Adoption
(Princeton University PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2013-10)
The US federal government has recently made a substantial investment to enhance the US health information technology (IT) infrastructure. Previous literature on the impact of IT on firm performance across multiple industries ...
The effect of organized breast cancer screening on mammography use: Evidence from France
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2018-12)
In 2004, France introduced a national program of organized breast cancer screening. The national program built on preexisting local programs in some, but not all, départements. Using data from multiple waves of a nationally ...
Selected Problems for High-Dimensional Data - Quantile and Errors-in-Variables Regressions.
(2016)
This dissertation addresses two problems. First, we study joint quantile regression at multiple quantile levels with high dimensional covariates. Variable selection performed at individual quantile levels may lack stability ...
How well do doctors know their patients? Evidence from a mandatory access prescription drug monitoring program
(Stata PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2020-09)
Many opioid control policies target the prescribing behavior of health care providers. In this paper, we study the first comprehensive state‐level policy requiring providers to access patients’ opioid history before making ...
Population health and the economy: Mortality and the Great Recession in Europe
(Oxford University PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2017-12)
We analyze the evolution of mortality‐based health indicators in 27 European countries before and after the start of the Great Recession. We find that in the countries where the crisis has been particularly severe, mortality ...
Informal Care and Caregiver's Health
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2015-02)
This study aims to measure the causal effect of informal caregiving on the health and health care use of women who are caregivers, using instrumental variables. We use data from South Korea, where daughters and daughters‐in‐law ...
Social Contagion Of Mental Health: Evidence From College Roommates
(MIT PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2013-08)
From a policy standpoint, the spread of health conditions in social networks is important to quantify, because it implies externalities and possible market failures in the consumption of health interventions. Recent studies ...
Practice Patterns among Entrants and Incumbents in the Home Health Market after the Prospective Payment System was Implemented
(ElsevierWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2015-03)
Home health care expenditures were the fastest growing part of Medicare from 2001–2009, despite the implementation of prospective payment. Prior research has shown that home health agencies adopted two specific strategies ...
Testing for family influences on obesity: The role of genetic nurture
(McGraw HillWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2019-07)
A large literature has documented strong positive correlations among siblings in health, including body mass index (BMI) and obesity. This paper tests whether that is explained by a specific type of peer effect in obesity: ...