Publications

[JMP] Separated at Birth: The Fragmentation of Health Insurance and Underinvestment in Preventative Care

Health insurance in the United States is fragmented. Americans, and especially low-income groups, receive their insurance coverage …

Sarah Kotb

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Social Risk Adjustment: Evidence from Medicare

One in four people in the United States has health insurance that is funded by public taxes and administered by private insurance. The …

Sarah Kotb, Tim Layton, Mark Shephard

Does Informing Employees about Tax Benefit Increase Take-Up? Evidence from EITC Notification Laws

Incomplete take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a source of persistent policy concern, with an estimated one-fifth of …

Taylor Cranor, Jacob Goldin, Sarah Kotb

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Diagnostic Ability and Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Primary Care Providers in Rural China

China has one of the highest rates of antibiotic resistance. Existing studies document high rates of antibiotic prescription by primary …

Hao Xue, Yaojiang Shi, Lei Huang, Hongmei Yi, Huan Zhou, Chengchao Zhou, Sarah Kotb, Joseph D Tucker, Sean Y Sylvia.

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