Published in Health Economics, 2023
We examine whether the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions affected maternal morbidity using difference-in-difference and event study models with birth certificate and hospital discharge data.
I study how executive backgrounds influence hospital responses to pay-for-performance incentives. Hospitals led by non-clinical executives react more strongly to quality-based financial incentives than those led by clinically trained leaders, underscoring the role of managerial expertise in shaping organizational behavior.
This paper investigates non-merger affiliations among U.S. nonprofit hospitals by measuring leadership overlap through shared directors or executives. While local overlap does not affect patient volumes or capital purchases, it is followed by increases in service offerings and operating expenses, suggesting strategic expansion and highlighting governance ties as potential early signals of consolidation.
This paper examines how electronic health record (EHR) adoption in U.S. hospitals affects physician behavior. I find that EHRs increase hospitalists’ likelihood of leaving clinical work or shifting to office settings, while those who remain in hospitals see more patients, highlighting trade-offs in technology adoption.