2004

Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra,“Medicare Spending, The Physician Workforce, And Beneficiaries’ Quality of Care.” Health Affairs Web Exclusive.  2004;Suppl Web Exclusives:W184-97.

Wennberg JE, Fisher ES, Stukel TA, Skinner J S, Sharp SM, Bronner KK.  “Use of hospitals, physician visits, and hospice care during last six months of life among cohorts loyal to highly respected hospitals in the United States.” BMJ. 2004;328(7440):607.

Baicker K., Chandra A. “The Productivity of Physician Specialization: Evidence from the Medicare Program.” The American Economic Review,  2004; 94(2):357-361.

Fuchs, Victor, Mark McClellan, and Jonathan Skinner, “Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly” in D. Wise (ed.) Perspectives on the Economics of Aging, Chicago: University of Chicago Press and NBER (2004).

Elaine Silverman and Skinner, Jonathan, “Medicare upcoding and hospital ownership.” Journal of Health Economics, 2004; 23(2);369-389.

Karen E. Dynan, Jonathan Skinner, Stephen P. Zeldes. “Do The Rich Save More?” The Journal of Political Economy, Chicago. 2004; 112(2);397-444.

Andrew Samwick and Jonathan Skinner, “How Will 401(k) Plans Affect Retirement Security?” American Economic Review, 2004; 94(1):329-343.

Fisher ES, Wennberg D, Stukel T, Gottlieb D. “Variations in the Longitudinal Efficiency of Academic Medical Centers.” Health Affairs, 2004;Suppl Web Exclusives:VAR 19-32.

Wennberg J, Fisher ES, Stukel T, Sharp S, “Use of Medicare Claims Data to Monitor Provider-Specific Performance Among Patients with Severe Chronic Illness.” Health Affairs ,2004;Suppl Web Exclusives:VAR 5-18.

Baicker K, Chandra A, Skinner J, Wennberg J, “Who You Are and Where You Live: How Race and Geography Affect the Treatment of Medicare Beneficiaries.” Health Affairs 2004;Suppl Web Exclusives: VAR 33-44.