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Treatment effects of selection behavior in managed care plans : evidence from Medicaid

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dc.contributor.authorGomes, Carla S.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-23T14:37:44Z
dc.date.available2018-05-23T14:37:44Z
dc.date.issued2003-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper tests whether capitated payments to Medicaid managed care plans induce to plans’ strategic undercutting of treatment for specific diagnostic groups. I focus on treatment (measured by length of stay and cost) in acute care hospitals in Massachusetts. I use a “differences-in-differences-in-differences” ap- proach, where the third differences compare treatment patterns between managed care plans that receive capitated payments with those that do not. I find that the first reduce treatment significantly more to mental health patients than to patients in other disease groups, whereas the latter reduce hospital resource use more uniformly across disease groups. These results highlight the importance of using payment mechanisms in public programs that reflect the variability in costs of beneficiaries.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationGomes, Carla S. (2003). "Treatment effects of selection behavior in managed care plans : evidence from Medicaid". Portuguese Economic Journal, 2(2):109-129pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10258-003-0021-8pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1617-982X (print)
dc.identifier.issn1617-9838 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/15473
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagpt_PT
dc.relationB.D. 5910/95pt_PT
dc.relationNIMH R01 MH59254pt_PT
dc.subjectCapitationpt_PT
dc.subjectManaged carept_PT
dc.subjectMedicaidpt_PT
dc.titleTreatment effects of selection behavior in managed care plans : evidence from Medicaidpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLisboapt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage129pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage109pt_PT
oaire.citation.titlePortuguese Economic Journalpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume2pt_PT
rcaap.rightsclosedAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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Portuguese Economic Journal, 2003, Volume 2, Nº 2