“...This paper analyzes hospital cost shifting using a natural experiment generated by the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997. I find evidence that urban hospitals...”

“...BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The Affordable Care Act enacted significant Medicare payment reductions to providers, yet long-term effects of such major reductions...”

“...The association between schizophrenia and cancer risk is contentious in the clinical and epidemiological literature. Studies from different populations, tumor...”

“...CONTEXT: Few data are available regarding the consequences of patients’ problems with interpersonal aspects of medical care. OBJECTIVE: To assess the...”

“...This paper analyzes the anti-competitive effect of hospital closures between 1993 and 1998. Using a modified rival analysis with difference-in-differences (DD)...”

“...Objective To examine the impact of the Affordable Care Act's coverage expansion on safety‐net hospitals (SNHs). Study Setting Nine Medicaid expansion states...”

“...Previous studies suggested that antidepressants augmented with second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs), including aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, and...”

“...This study examines the long-term impact of Medicare payment reductions on patient outcomes using a natural experiment - the Balance Budget Act (BBA) of 1997...”

“...Following Medicaid expansion, non safety-net hospitals experienced a greater percentage increase in Medicaid stays than did safety-net hospitals, which may...”

“...To analyze whether mortality trends diverge over the years between hospitals facing different levels of payment cuts because of the BBA for 5 leading...”