2008

Alan M. Garber and Jonathan Skinner “Is American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient?” Journal of Economic Perspectives. 2008;22(4):27-50.

Sirovich B, Gallagher PM, Wennberg DE, and Fisher ES, “Discretionary decision making by primary care physicians and the cost of U.S. Health care.”, Health Affairs. 2008;27(3): 813–823.

Fowler FJ, Gallagher PM, Anthony DL, Larsen K, Skinner JS, “Relationship Between Regional Per Capita Medicare Expenditures and Patient Perceptions of Quality of Care.” JAMA. ,2008;299(20):2406-2412.

Malenka DJ, Kaplan AV, Lucas FL, Sharp SM, Skinner JS, “Outcomes Following Coronary Stenting in the Era of Bare-Metal vs the Era of Drug-Eluting Stents.” JAMA ,2008;299(24):2868-2876.

Baicker, K. and A. Chandra, “Myths and Misconceptions about U.S. Health Insurance”, Health Affairs. , 2008;27(6):w533-w543.

Drake, R, J Skinner, H Goldman, “What Explains the Diffusion of Treatments for Mental Illness?” American Journal of Psychiatry, 2008;165(11):1385-92.

Tosteson, ANA, JD Lurie, TD Tosteson, JS Skinner, et al., “Cost-Effectiveness of Spine Surgery for Spinal Stenosis and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis at Two Years in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial”, Annals of Internal Medicine, 2008;149(12):845-853.

Fisher, ES, “Building a Medical Neighborhood for the Medical Home,” New England Journal of Medicine, 2008:1202-05.