Browsing by Author "Cutler, David"
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Meaningful use: Floor or ceiling?
Botta, Michael; Cutler, David M. (Elsevier BV, 2014)Background: In 2011, federal incentive payments for meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) began. This study evaluates the impact of the program on hospitals and EHR vendors, identifying how it affects EHR ... -
Medical Spending Differences in the United States and Canada: The Role of Prices, Procedures, and Administrative Expenses
Pozen, Alexis; Cutler, David M. (Taylor & Francis, 2010)The United States far outspends Canada on health care, but the sources of additional spending are unclear. We evaluated the importance of incomes, administration, and medical interventions in this difference. Pooling various ... -
A New Federal Health Care Strategy
Cutler, David M. (American Medical Association (AMA), 2015)Although Ebola has consumed the health care headlines of late, US consumers are worried about more than this dangerous viral disease. The cost and quality of medical care remain paramount in people’s minds. -
The Next Wave of Corporate Medicine -- How We All Might Benefit
Cutler, David M. (Massachusetts Medical Society, 2009) -
Paper Cuts: Reducing Health Care Administrative Costs
Wikler, Elizabeth; Bausch, Peter; Cutler, David M. (Center for American Progress, 2012) -
Patient, Physician, and Payment Predictors of Statin Adherence
Chan, David Chimin; Shrank, William H.; Cutler, David M.; Jan, Saira; Fischer, Michael Adam; Liu, Jun; Avorn, Jerry Lewis; Solomon, Daniel Hal; Brookhart, Alan; Choudhry, Niteesh K (American Public Health Association, 2010)BACKGROUND: Although many patient, physician, and payment predictors of adherence have been described, knowledge of their relative strength and overall ability to explain adherence is limited. OBJECTIVES: To measure the ... -
Payment Reform Is About to Become a Reality
Cutler, David M. (American Medical Association (AMA), 2015) -
Potential Consequences of Reforming Medicare Into a Competitive Bidding System
Song, Zirui; Cutler, David M.; Chernew, Michael Esman (American Medical Association (AMA), 2012) -
The Potential for Cost Savings through Bundled Episode Payments
Cutler, David M.; Ghosh, Kaushik (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2012) -
Preference Heterogeneity and Insurance Markets: Explaining a Puzzle of Insurance
Cutler, David; Finkelstein, Amy; McGarry, Kathleen (American Economic Association, 2008)Standard theories of insurance, dating from Rothschild and Stiglitz (1976), stress the role of adverse selection in explaining the decision to purchase insurance. In these models, higher risk people buy full or near-full ... -
Productivity Change in Health Care
Cutler, David; McClellan, Mark (American Economic Association, 2001) -
Reducing Administrative Costs and Improving the Health Care System
Cutler, David M.; Wikler, Elizabeth; Basch, Peter (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2012) -
The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto
Cutler, David; Glaeser, Edward; Vigdor, Jacob (University of Chicago Press, 1999)This paper examines segregation in American cities from 1890 to 1990. From 1890 to 1940, ghettos were born as blacks migrated to urban areas and cities developed vast expanses filled with almost entirely black housing. ... -
The Role of Information in Medical Markets: An Analysis of Publicly Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery
Cutler, David; Huckman, Robert; Landrum, Mary Beth (American Economic Association, 2004)During the past two decades, several public and private organizations have initiated programs to report publicly on the quality of medical care provided by specific hospitals and physicians. These programs have sparked ... -
Selection Stories: Understanding Movement Across Health Plans
Cutler, David M.; Lincoln, Bryan; Zeckhauser, Richard Jay (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2009)This study assesses the factors influencing the movement of people across health plans. We distinguish three types of cost-related transitions: adverse selection, the movement of the less healthy to more generous plans; ... -
Technological Development and Medical Productivity: The Diffusion of Angioplasty in New York State
Cutler, David; Huckman, Robert (Elsevier, 2003)A puzzling feature of many medical innovations is that they simultaneously appear to reduce unit costs and increase total costs. We consider this phenomenon by examining the diffusion of percutaneous transluminal coronary ... -
Thinking Outside the Pillbox — Medication Adherence as a Priority for Health Care Reform
Cutler, David M.; Everett, Wendy (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2010) -
Trends in Mortality and Medical Spending in Patients Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia: 1993–2005
Ruhnke, Gregory W.; Coca-Perraillon, Marcelo; Kitch, Barrett Tyler; Cutler, David M. (American Public Health Association, 2010)Background: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most common infectious cause of death in the United States. To understand the impact of efforts to improve quality and efficiency of care in CAP, we examined trends ... -
Trends in Stroke Rates, Risk, and Outcomes in the United States, 1988 to 2008
Fang, Margaret C.; Coca Perraillon, Marcelo; Ghosh, Kaushik; Cutler, David M.; Rosen, Allison B. (Elsevier BV, 2014)Background Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. We describe trends in the incidence, outcomes, and risk factors for stroke in the US Medicare population from 1988 to 2008. Methods We analyzed data from a ... -
Trends in Thrombolytic Use for Ischemic Stroke in the United States
Fang, Margaret C.; Cutler, David M.; Rosen, Allison B. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)BACKGROUND: Although recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) improves outcomes from ischemic stroke, prior studies have found low rates of administration. Recent guidelines and regulatory agencies have advocated for ...