Improving health and the efficiency of health care service delivery are among today's most vexing public policy problems. RAND economists have a long and distinguished history of applying innovative research methods to such problems. With the help of a generous donation from former RAND trustee Peter Bing, RAND created the Bing Center for Health Economics to continue and strengthen this tradition of innovative, high-profile research in health economics and health services research.
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Recent Publications *
Medical Expenditure Risk and Household Portfolio Choice, Dana P. Goldman and Nicole Maestas, Forthcoming, Journal of Applied Econometrics (2012)
Household Portfolio Choices, Health Status and Health Care Systems: A Cross-Country Analysis Based on SHARE, Vincenzo Atella, Brunetti Marianna, and Nicole Maestas, Forthcoming, Journal of Banking and Finance (2012)
Closing schools in a shrinking district: Do students outcomes depend on which schools are closed?, John Engberg, Brian Gill, Gema Zamarro, and Ron Zimmer, Journal of Urban Economics (2012)
Inequalities in mortality in the US and Denmark: More alike than different. A commentary on Hoffman., Titus Galama and Mauricio Avendano, Social Science and Medicine (2011)
Medicare’s Bundled Payment Pilot For Acute And Postacute Care: Analysis And Recommendations On Where To Begin, Neeraj Sood, Peter J. Huckfeldt, Jose J. Escarce, David C. Grabowski, and Joseph P. Newhouse, Health Affairs (2011)
Grossman's missing health threshold, Titus Galama and Arie Kapteyn, Journal of Health Economics (2011)
The Effects of Motherhood Timing on Career Path, Amalia Miller, Journal of Population Economics (2011)
Encryption and the Loss of Patient Data, Amalia R. Miller and Catherine Tucker, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2011)
A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health, Titus Galama (2011)
Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt, Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen, and Alexander Strand, RAND Working Paper Series (2011)
- * Based on date of publication.
- Updated as of 02/07/12
Top 10 Papers in RAND Health — Bing Center for Health Economics *
- State medical marijuana laws: understanding the laws and their limitations, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Jamie F. Chriqui, Deborah A. Reichmann, and Yvonne M. Terry-McElrath, Journal of Public Health Policy (2002).
- The Impact of Nearly Universal Insurance Coverage on Health Care Utilization and Health: Evidence from Medicare, David Card, Carlos Dobkin, and Nicole Maestas, American Economic Review (2008).
- The Effect of Prohibition on Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from Drunkenness Arrests, Mireille Jacobson, Economic Letters (2005).
- Welfare-Enhancing Technological Change and the Growth of Obesity, Darius Noshir Lakdawalla, Tomas J. Philipson, and Jay Bhattacharya, American Economic Review: AEA Papers and Proceedings (2006).
- The Nonprofit Sector and Industry Performance, Darius Noshir Lakdawalla and Tomas Philipson, Journal of Public Economics (2006).
- CHILD GENDER AND PARENTAL INVESTMENTS IN INDIA: ARE BOYS AND GIRLS TREATED DIFFERENTLY?, Silvia Helena Barcellos, Leandro Carvalho, and Adriana Lleras-Muney, Working Paper (2011).
- Comparison of Medicare Spending and Outcomes for Beneficiaries with Lower Extremity Joint Replacements, Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Partha Deb, José Escarce, Carrie Hoverman, Susan Paddock, and Neeraj Sood, RAND Health working paper series (2005).
- Do Police Discriminate? Evidence from Multiple-Offender Crimes, Paul Heaton and Charles Loeffler (2008).
- The Rise in Old-Age Longevity and the Market for Long-Term Care, Darius Noshir Lakdawalla and Tomas Philipson, The American Economic Review (2002).
- No-Fault Insurance and Automobile Accidents, Paul Heaton and Eric Helland (2010).
- * Based on the average number of full-text downloads per day since the paper was posted.
- Updated as of 02/07/12