RESEARCH
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Medicare Advantage and Dialysis Facility Choice (with Jeff Marr and Dan Polsky) accepted Health Services Research (2023)
The Impact of Nurse Turnover and Quality of care: Evidence from the Great Recession (with John Bowblis) American Journal of Health Economics 2018 4(2), 131-163
Access to health insurance and utilization of public sector substance use treatment: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act dependent coverage provision (with Ben Cook, Catherine Maclean, and Brendan Saloner) Health Economics 2018 27(1) 50-75
The Use and Out-of-Pocket Cost of Urgent Care Clinics and Retail-Based Clinics by Adolescents and Young Adults Compared With Children (with Charlene Wong, , Alexander Bain, Daniel Polsky, Raina M. Merchant, Gail Slap, David Rubin, and Carol A. Ford) Journal of Adolescent Health, 2017 60(1), pp.107-112.
Common and costly hospitalizations among insured young adults since the Affordable Care Act (with Charlene Wong, , Alexander Bain, Daniel Polsky, Raina M. Merchant, Gail Slap, David Rubin, and Carol A. Ford) Journal of Adolescent Health, 2016 59(1), pp.61-67.
Dependent Coverage under the ACA and Medicaid Coverage for Childbirth (with Aaron Carroll, Jie Ma, Kosali Simon) New England Journal of Medicine (correspondence) 2016 374:194-196
Changes in Emergency Department Use among Young Adults after the ACA’s Dependent Coverage Provision (with Asako Moriya, Kosali Simon and Ben Sommers) Annals of Emergency Medicine 2015 65(6), 664-672
Access to Health Insurance and the Use of Inpatient Medical Care: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act Young Adult Mandate (with Asako Moriya and Kosali Simon) Journal of Health Economics 2015 39:171–187.
Media coverage: Kaiser Health News; NPR; Modern Healthcare; Medical Daily; NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health
Variation in Charges for Emergency Department Visits across California (with Renee Hsia) Annals of Emergency Medicine 2014 64(2):120-126.
Variation in charges for 10 common blood tests in California hospitals: a cross-sectional analysis (with Renee Y. Hsia and Julia Brownell Nath). BMJ Open 2014 4(8) e005482.
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Variation in Charges and Prices across California for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (with Renee Y. Hsia, Ellerie Weber and Julia Brownell Nath).PloS one 2014 9(8) e103829
Analysis of variation in charges and prices paid for vaginal and caesarean section births: a cross-sectional study (with Renee Hsia and Ellerie Weber). BMJ open 2014 4(1), e004017
Media coverage: Pew Research; WebMD
Effects of Federal Policy to Insure Young Adults: Evidence from the 2010 Affordable Care Act's Dependent-Coverage Mandate (with Asako Moriya and Kosali Simon) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2013 5(4): 1-28.
Media coverage: New York Times; Forbes
A Bargain at Twice the Price? California Hospital Prices in the New Millennium. (with Martin Gaynor and William B. Vogt) Forum for Health Economics & Policy 2009 12(1):1-21.
WORKING PAPERS
How did the Affordable Care Act Affect Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Visits among Older Adults? (with Giacomo Meille and Asako Moriya) Revise and resubmit.
The Impact of Income on the use of Medical Care: Evidence from the Social Security Notch Cohort Revise and resubmit
I've Got 99 Problems But a Bill Ain't One: Hospital Billing Caps and Financial Distress in California (with Marion Aouad and Nathan Blascak)
Till Bad Health Do us Part? Gender Differences in Spousal Abandonment after Health Shocks? (with Lauren Nicholas)
Does Physician Reimbursement Affect Treatment? Evidence from Restricting Surprise Billing in California (with Jaesoo Kim)