Replication data for: Tradeoffs from Integrating Diagnosis and Treatment in Markets for Health Care
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Christopher C. Afendulis; Daniel P. Kessler
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Project Citation:
Afendulis, Christopher C., and Kessler, Daniel P. Replication data for: Tradeoffs from Integrating Diagnosis and Treatment in Markets for Health Care. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116267V1
Project Description
Summary:
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To identify the important tradeoffs in consulting a single expert for both diagnosis and treatment, we examine the costs and health outcomes of elderly Medicare beneficiaries with coronary artery disease. We compare the empirical consequences of diagnosis by cardiologists who can provide surgical treatment – "integrated" cardiologists – to the consequences of diagnosis by a nonintegrated cardiologist. Diagnosis by an integrated cardiologist leads, on net, to higher health spending but similar health outcomes. The net effect contains three components: reduced spending and improved outcomes from better allocation of patients to surgical treatment options; increased spending conditional on treatment option; and worse outcomes from poorer provision of nonsurgical care. (JEL I11, I18)
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I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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