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Podcast Nov 12, 2024

Deadly Prescriptions: What Happens When Doctors Compete for Patients

Tess Vigeland and Molly Schnell
When some US states allowed nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances without physician oversight, a serious unintended consequence took hold:...
Topics: Health care
Podcast Oct 15, 2024

How Do Buyouts Impact Hospital Performance? Evaluating the Role of Private Equity in Healthcare

Tess Vigeland and Maggie Shi
Private equity investors made some $200 billion worth of healthcare acquisitions in 2021, and $1 trillion worth in the 10...
Topics: Health care
Research Briefs·Sep 25, 2024

Investing in Vaccines to Mitigate Harm from COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

Rachel Glennerster, Catherine Che, Sarrin Chethik, Claire McMahon, and Christopher M. Snyder
During pandemics, rapid vaccination can significantly reduce mortality, economic losses, and societal disruptions. Vaccine manufacturers often lack incentives to expand...
Topics: Health care
Research Briefs·Sep 4, 2024

Managing Margins: PE Effects on Financial, Physical, and Human Capital

Michael R. Richards, Maggie Shi, and Christopher M. Whaley
Private equity’s influence on hospital performance includes permanent improvements in hospital patient volumes and revenues, reductions in full-time employees, restrained...
Topics: Health care
Research Briefs·Jul 25, 2024

Who Pays for Rising Health Care Prices? Evidence from Hospital Mergers

Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Zack Cooper, Stuart V. Craig, Lev R. Klarnet, Ithai Lurie, and Corbin L. Miller
Rising health care prices are passed onto employers as higher insurance premiums, which decreases their demand for labor and reduces...
Topics: Health care
Interactive Research Briefs·May 14, 2024

Return to Office and the Tenure Distribution

Austin Wright, David Van Dijcke, and Florian Gunsilius
Return-to-office (RTO) mandates drive employees away from firms, with senior employees leaving at the highest rates, likely leading to significant...
Topics: COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·May 13, 2024

Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector?

Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Zack Cooper, Stuart V. Craig, Stuart V. Craig, and Lev Klarnet
Twenty percent of US hospital mergers that occurred between 2002 and 2020 could have been predicted to lessen competition using...
Topics: Health care
Research Briefs·Mar 7, 2024

What Drives Inflation? Lessons from Disaggregated Price Data

Elisa Rubbo
US inflation in the early phases of the COVID pandemic was entirely driven by disruptions in supply and demand across...
Topics: COVID-19, Monetary Policy
Research Briefs·Feb 1, 2024

Quantifying the Social Value of a Universal COVID-19 Vaccine and Incentivizing Its Development

Rachel Glennerster, Thomas Kelly, Claire T. McMahon, and Christopher M. Snyder
A universal COVID-19 vaccine that is effective against existing and future variants could provide the United States population with $1.5–$2.6...
Topics: COVID-19