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200911The Effects of Health On WealthCookKeziah

November 2009

The Effects of Health On Wealth200911CookKeziah

The Effects of Health On Wealth
Americans without health insurance are one major illness away from financial catastrophe. David Dranove and his co-authors found uninsured middle aged people suffer lose nearly half their assets if they experience a major illness.

CookKeziah200911The Effects of Health On Wealth

Keziah Cook

David Dranove

Andrew Sfekas

200705Are Healthcare "Report Cards" Good for Patients?DranoveDavid

May 2007

Are Healthcare "Report Cards" Good for Patients?200705DranoveDavid

Are Healthcare "Report Cards" Good for Patients?
Report cards may improve access to information in the market for healthcare, but also give doctors and hospitals incentives to decline to treat more difficult, severely ill patients. Whether the net impact for society is positive or detrimental depends on whether their financial and health benefits outweigh their costs in terms of quantity, quality, and the appropriateness of the medical treatment they induce.

DranoveDavid200705Are Healthcare "Report Cards" Good for Patients?

David Dranove

Daniel Kessler

Mark McClellan

Mark Satterthwaite

200704Healthcare Gets a Check-upDranoveDavid

April 2007

Healthcare Gets a Check-up200704DranoveDavid

Healthcare Gets a Check-up
At issue is the reality that today's Americans are part of a healthcare system ridden with maladies, says Dranove, whose upcoming book takes readers on a journey through the barriers that prevent many from accessing quality care at reasonable cost. Employing an economic framework, Dranove chronicles the rise and fall of managed care, discusses ongoing changes (for better or worse, as he puts it) and concludes with his recommendations.

DranoveDavid200704Healthcare Gets a Check-up

David Dranove