01Are Guidelines Worth Following? Decision-Making Under Incomplete EvidenceWith Jason Abaluck and Leila Agha · NBER Working Paper 35798NBER Working PaperPDF
02Choice Between Public and Private Healthcare Systems: Evidence from VeteransWith Marika Cabral and Seth Neller · NBER Working Paper 35440NBER Working PaperPDF
01The Productivity of Professions: Evidence from the Emergency DepartmentWith Yiqun Chen · American Economic Review, 2026ArticlePDFAppendixData & Code
02Subspecialization of Surgical Specialties in the USWith René Karadakic, Bruce E. Landon, Nancy L. Keating, Christopher Manz, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Thomas C. Tsai, Yuhua Zhang, and Michael L. Barnett · JAMA Health Forum, 2025ArticlePubMed
03Geographic Variation in the Utilization of Cancer Care From Subspecialized Medical Oncologists in the United States, 2008 to 2020With René Karadakic, Christopher Manz, Arno Cai, Bruce E. Landon, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Nancy L. Keating, and Michael L. Barnett · Annals of Internal Medicine, 2025ArticlePubMed
04Differences by Physician Seniority in Race and Ethnicity and Insurance Coverage of Treated PatientsWith Hannah T. Neprash, Ateev Mehrotra, and Michael L. Barnett · JAMA Network Open, 2023ArticlePubMed
05Is There a VA Advantage? Evidence from Dually Eligible VeteransWith David Card and Lowell Taylor · American Economic Review, 2023ArticlePDFAppendixData & Code
06Inappropriate Prescribing to Older Patients by Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care PhysiciansWith Johnny Huynh, Sahil A. Alim, and David M. Studdert · Annals of Internal Medicine, 2023ArticlePubMed
07Selection with Variation in Diagnostic Skill: Evidence from RadiologistsWith Matthew Gentzkow and Chuan Yu · Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2022ArticleUngated ManuscriptAppendixData & Code
08Mortality among US Veterans after Emergency Visits to Veterans Affairs and Other Hospitals: Retrospective Cohort StudyWith Kaveh Danesh, Sydney Costantini, David Card, Lowell Taylor, and David M. Studdert · BMJ, 2022ArticlePubMed
09Influence and Information in Team Decisions: Evidence from Medical ResidencyAmerican Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021ArticlePDFAppendixData & Code
10Effects of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health, Health Beliefs, and Medical Use: A Randomized Clinical TrialWith Julian Reif, Damon Jones, Laura Payne, and David Molitor · JAMA Internal Medicine, 2020ArticlePubMed
11Provider Discretion and Variation in Resource Allocation: The Case of Triage DecisionsWith Jonathan Gruber · AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020ArticlePDFData & Code
12Industry Input in Policy Making: Evidence from MedicareWith Michael J. Dickstein · Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2019ArticleUngated ManuscriptAppendixData & Code
13Accuracy of Valuations of Surgical Procedures in the Medicare Fee ScheduleWith Johnny Huynh and David M. Studdert · New England Journal of Medicine, 2019ArticlePubMed
14The Efficiency of Slacking Off: Evidence from the Emergency DepartmentEconometrica, 2018ArticlePDFData & Code
15Teamwork and Moral Hazard: Evidence from the Emergency DepartmentJournal of Political Economy, 2016ArticlePDFAppendix
16The Impact of Massachusetts Health Care Reform on Access, Quality, and Costs of Care for the Already-InsuredWith Karen E. Joynt, Jie Zheng, E. John Orav, and Ashish K. Jha · Health Services Research, 2015ArticlePubMed
17Insurance Expansion in Massachusetts Did Not Reduce Access Among Previously Insured Medicare PatientsWith Karen E. Joynt, E. John Orav, and Ashish K. Jha · Health Affairs, 2013ArticlePubMed
18How Sensitive Are Low Income Families to Health Plan Prices?With Jonathan Gruber · American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2010ArticlePDF
19Patient, Physician, and Payment Predictors of Statin AdherenceWith William H. Shrank, David Cutler, Saira Jan, Michael A. Fischer, Jun Liu, Jerry Avorn, Daniel Solomon, M. Alan Brookhart, and Niteesh K. Choudhry · Medical Care, 2010ArticlePubMed
20Improving Safety and Eliminating Redundant Tests: Cutting Costs in U.S. HospitalsWith Ashish K. Jha, Abigail B. Ridgway, Calvin Franz, and David W. Bates · Health Affairs, 2009ArticlePubMed
21Quantitative Risk Stratification in Markov Chains with Limiting Conditional DistributionsWith Philip K. Pollett and Milton C. Weinstein · Medical Decision Making, 2009ArticlePubMed
22Heart Failure Disease Management Programs: A Cost-Effectiveness AnalysisWith Paul A. Heidenreich, Milton C. Weinstein, and Gregg C. Fonarow · American Heart Journal, 2008ArticlePubMed
01Organizational Economics and the US Healthcare SystemWith Brigham Frandsen, Michael Powell, and James B. Rebitzer · The Economics of U.S. Healthcare: Competition, Innovation, Regulation, and Organizations, 2023Publication
02Improving Efficiency in Medical DiagnosisWith Leila Agha and Jonathan Skinner · JAMA, 2022PublicationPubMed
04Soldiering On: Improving Policies to Benefit America’s VeteransWith Mark Duggan and Audrey Guo · Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Policy Brief, 2021Publication