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Are for-profit hospital conversions harmful to patients and to Medicare?
(Rand J Econ, 2002)
We examine how changes in hospital ownership to and from for-profit status affect
quality and Medicare payments per hospital stay. We hypothesize that hospitals converting
to for-profit ownership boost post acquisition ...
Are mature smokers misinformed?
(J Health Econ, 2009-03)
While there are many reasons to continue to smoke in spite of its consequences for
health, the concern that many smoke because they misperceive the risks of smoking
remains a focus of public discussion and motivates tobacco ...
High and far: biases in the location of protected areas.
(PLoS One, 2009-12-14)
BACKGROUND: About an eighth of the earth's land surface is in protected areas (hereafter
"PAs"), most created during the 20(th) century. Natural landscapes are critical for
species persistence and PAs can play a major role ...