Massachusetts Institute of Technology
14.21J - Health Economics, Fall 2009
READINGS

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UNIT #1     Lectures: September 9 - 23     Exam #1: September 28

  • Fuchs, Victor R. "The proposed government health insurance company. No substitute for real reform." New England Journal of Medicine 2009 (May 28). ©
  • Gruber, Jonathan. "A win-win approach to financing health care reform." New England Journal of Medicine 2009 (July 2). ©
  • Editorial. "The Truth About Health Insurance. Only nine states have the costly rules that Obama wants to impose nationwide." Wall Street Journal 2009 (August 11). ©
  • Gottlieb, Scott. "Obama and the practice of medicine." Wall Street Journal 2009 (August 14). ©
  • Obama, Barack. "Why we need health care reform." New York Times 2009 (August 16). ©
  • Feldstein, Martin. "ObamaCare is all about rationing." Wall Street Journal 2009 (August 18). ©
  • Harrop, Froma. "Private insurers' death panels." Providence Journal 2009 (August 20). ©
  • Dow, William H., Dube, Arindrajit, and Carrie Hoverman Colla. "A public option that works." New York Times 2009 (August 22). ©
  • Editorial. "The competition cure. A better idea to make health insurance affordable everywhere. Wall Street Journal 2009 (August 23). ©
  • Rosch, J. Thomas. "Yes to interstate health insurance competition, but..." Wall Street Journal 2009 (August 30). ©
  • Editorial. "Whoa, Trigger. The latest gimmick to disguise a health-care 'public option'." Wall Street Journal 2009 (September 8). ©
  • Harris, Jeffrey E. "American health reform from the eye of the storm." Economía y Salud 2009 (October). ©
  • Audio Excerpts from President Obama's Address to a Joint Session of Congress. 2009 (September 9).

UNIT #2     Lectures: September 30 - October 14     Exam #2: October 19

  • Klick, J. and S. Markowitz, Are mental health insurance mandates effective? Evidence from suicides. Health Economics 2006; 15: 83-97. ©
  • Schmidt, L., Effects of infertility insurance mandates on fertility. Journal of Health Economics 2007; 26: 431-46. ©

UNIT #3     Lectures: October 21 - November 4     Exam #3: November 9

  • Chen, L., et al., The effects of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on access and health status of the elderly. Health Economics 2007; 16: 223-42. ©
  • Atella, V., et al., Drug compliance, co-payment and health outcomes: evidence from a panel of Italian patients. Health Economics 2006; 15: 875-92. ©
  • Sapelli, C., Risk segmentation and equity in the Chilean mandatory health insurance system. Social Science & Medicine 2004; 58: 259-65. ©

UNIT #4     Lectures: November 16 - 30     Exam #4: December 2

  • Madden, D., A. Nolan, and B. Nolan, GP reimbursement and visiting behaviour in Ireland. Health Economics 2005; 14(10): 1047-60.©
  • Chalkley, M. and Tilley, C., Treatment intensity and provider remuneration: dentists in the British National Health Service. Health Economics 2006. 15: 933-46.©
  • Dumont, E. et al., Physicians' multitasking and incentives: Empirical evidence from a natural experiment. J Health Econ 2008; 27: 1436-50. ©
  • Devlin, R.A. and S. Sarma, Do physician remuneration schemes matter? The case of Canadian family physicians. J Health Econ 2008; 27: 1168-81. ©

UNIT #5     Lectures: December 7 - 9

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