Generic Entry and The Effect on Prices in the Prescription Drug Market
by Sahana Giridharan Abstract Drug firms have utilized a variety of strategies that contribute to rising drug prices in the U.S. for the last few years. Strategic entry timing and number of indications a drug is approved might be two factors that contribute to this rise in prices. While there have been some studies uncovering […]
The Effects of Pharmaceutical Price Regulation on Probability of Patenting in OECD Countries
by Rachel Korn Abstract The introduction of parallel trade mechanisms allowing for the free trade of pharmaceutical goods in the European Economic Area represents a significant departure from the standard monopolistic competition pricing structure in the pharmaceutical market, in which firms have a great deal of control over pricing. Another mechanism, external reference pricing, also […]
Analysis of Brain Diagnoses and the Incidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
by Arjun Lakhanpal Abstract Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has become a significant area of scientific inquiry in relation to various sports with contact exposure, specifically boxing and professional football, resulting from many individuals who participated in these sports being diagnosed with CTE neuropathology after death. This paper contributes to the CTE literature by analyzing the […]
Myocardial Infarction, Health Behavior, and the Grossman Model
by Emma Mehlhop Abstract This paper contributes an empirical test of Michael Grossman’s model of the demand for health and a novel application of the model to myocardial infarction (MI) incidence. Using data from the University of Michigan’s Health and Retirement Study (HRS), I test Grossman’s assumptions regarding the effects of hourly wage, sex, educational […]
The Effects of Leveraged Buyouts on Health Outcomes
by Robert Williams Abstract Private equity firms first began acquiring hospitals in the United States during the early 1990s, yet the effects of private equity ownership on patient outcomes and treatment costs are still not clear. Some argue that although private equity firms are adept at improving operating efficiencies and introducing managerial expertise, these cost-cutting […]
The Effects of Health IT Innovation on Throughput Efficiency in the Emergency Department
by Michael Levin Abstract Overcrowding in United States hospitals’ emergency departments (EDs) has been identified as a significant barrier to receiving high-quality emergency care, resulting from many EDs struggling to properly triage, diagnose, and treat emergency patients in a timely and effective manner. Priority is now being placed on research that explores the effectiveness of […]
Incentive Programs for Neglected Diseases
By Pranav Ganapathy We propose and evaluate an auction mechanism for the priority review voucher program. The 2007 voucher program rewards drug developers for regulatory approval of novel treatments for neglected tropical diseases. Previous papers have proposed auctioning vouchers for the priority review voucher program but have offered neither a mathematical model nor a […]
The Impact of Medicare Nonpayment: A Quasi-Experimental Approach
By Audrey Kornkven In October 2008, a provision of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 known as Medicare “Nonpayment” went into effect, eliminating reimbursement for the marginal costs of preventable hospital-acquired conditions in an effort to correct perverse incentives in hospitals and improve patient safety. This paper contributes to the existing debate surrounding Nonpayment’s […]
The Effect of Early Life Economic Conditions on Child Health in Post-Soviet Russia
By Hemal Pragneshbhai Patel The effect of the economic collapse on health has been extensively documented in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The proportion of stunted children in Russia increased substantially in this period, but no study has investigated the mechanisms by which this economic collapse impacted child health outcomes. This paper […]
The Effect of Tourism on Child Health Outcomes in Roatán, Honduras
By Hemal Pragneshbhai Patel Increased tourism, especially in developing economies, brings with it more economic opportunities and avenues for development. In Roatán, the largest of Honduras’ Caribbean Bay Islands, tourism has brought economic development that the island had never before experienced. However, the impact of this economic development brought by increasing cruise ship tourism on […]
