Raising the Stakes: Physician Facility Investments and Provider Agency, with Michael Richards, Christopher Whaley, and Xiaoxi Zhao. Conditionally accepted, American Economic Review.
Pricing and Insurance Networks in Outpatient Surgery Markets, with Zhao, Xiaoxi, Ashley Kranz, Jessica Lee, and Christopher Whaley. Accepted, American Journal of Managed Care.
Pediatric Dental Surgery Prices: Comparing Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgery Centers, with Ashley Kranz, Jessica Lee, Christopher Whaley, and Xiaoxi Zhao. Accepted, Medical Care Research and Review.
Medicaid Managed Care and Pediatric Dental Emergency Department Visits in Florida, with Lawrence Baker and Ashley M. Kranz. JAMA Health Forum, 5(6), 2024.
Outside Equity and Healthcare Firm Behavior, with Haizhen Lin, Michael Richards, Christopher Whaley, and Xiaoxi Zhao. Journal of Health Economics, 91, 2023.
National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation 2024 Research Award Finalist
Provider Turf Wars and Medicare Payment Rules, with Alice Chen, Stephen Parente, and Michael Richards. Journal of Public Economics, 218, 2023.
Do Physicians Warm Up to Higher Medicare Prices? Evidence From Alaska, with Alice Chen, Stephen Parente, and Michael Richards. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 41(2), 2022.
Long-Run Growth of Ambulatory Surgery Centers 1990-2015 and Medicare Payment Policy, with Michael Richards. Health Services Research, 57(1), 2022.
Reducing Readmissions by Addressing the Social Determinants of Health, with Bill Evans, Sarah Kroeger, Grace Ortuzar, and Kathryn Wagner). American Journal of Health Economics, 7(1), 2021.
National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation 2021 Research Award Finalist
Treatment Flows After Outsourcing Public Insurance Provision: Evidence from Florida Medicaid, with Michael Richards. Health Economics, 29(11), 2020.
What Explains the Rising Share of U.S. Men in Registered Nursing? with Abigail Wozniak. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 73(1), 2020.
Washington Center for Equitable Growth Working Paper 2017-10.
Media Coverage: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Louisville Business First, WDRB
Returns to Specialization: Evidence from the Outpatient Surgery Market, with Stephen Parente. Journal of Health Economics, 57, 2018.
Former title: “Costs and Benefits of Competing Health Care Providers: Trade-Offs in the Outpatient Surgery Market"
Effects of Educational Messaging on Urgent and Emergent Care Seeking Behaviors, with Jesse Cambon, Tristan Cordier, Andrew Renda, Bobby Kapur, Shkelzen Hoxhaj, and Meredith Williams. American Health & Drug Benefits,11(2), 2018.
The Labor Market Effects of California’s Minimum Nurse Staffing Law. Health Economics, 23(8), 2014.
Procedures Take Less Time at Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Keeping Costs Down and Ability to Meet Demand Up, with Stephen Parente. Health Affairs, 33(5), 2014.
Media Coverage: Courier-Journal, Louisville Business First, Modern Healthcare, TheStreet
Birth Spacing and Sibling Outcomes, with Kasey Buckles. The Journal of Human Resources, 47(3), 2012.
Media Coverage: New York Times, Freakonomics blog, NBC Nightly News, TIME, ABC News, Jezebel, Daily Mail
Pricing Innovation in Surgical Care Markets, with Alice Chen, Seth Freedman, and Michael Richards. Revise and resubmit, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. NBER Working Paper w32439.
Cross-Industry Consolidation in Healthcare: Evidence from Outpatient Surgery, with Michael Richards, Christopher Whaley, and Xiaoxi Zhao.
Changes in the Air Ambulance Market and Effects on Individual Health Outcomes, with Melanie Guldi and Steven Talbert.
Mark Berger Best Paper Award, Kentucky Economic Association (2019)
State Regulation and Competition in Outpatient Surgery Markets, with Luke Chicoine.
Economic Conditions, International Medical Graduate Training, and the U.S. Physician Workforce, with Emily Davis and José Fernandez.
Using Social Workers to Manage Inpatient Care Transitions: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment, with William Evans and Kathryn Wagner.
Comparing Quality of Care for Pediatric Dental Procedures Conducted in Ambulatory Surgical Centers and Hospital Outpatient Departments, with Ashley Kranz, Jessica Lee, Christopher Whaley, and Xiaoxi Zhao. Supported by AHRQ Health Services Research Project R01 Grant.
The Role of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in Infant and Maternal and Health, with José Fernandez, Jessica Kiser, and Katherine Yewell.
Rural Disparities in Ambulatory Surgery Center Access: Trends and Associations with Market-Level Factors, with Anthony Yu.
Slicing the Ownership Pie: Physician Specialty and Ambulatory Surgery Center Ownership Over Time, with Yaa Akosa Antwi and Ellerie Weber.
Medicare Certification in Ambulatory Surgery Center Markets, with Eric Barrette and Anthony Yu.