New homepage: jasonshafrin.com
The Healthcare Economist, Jason Shafrin, has a new homepage available at jasonshafrin.com. The homepage has links to my recent drafts of my research and a brief bio. Blog posting will continue on this site.
Month: September 2008
NFL Season Begins
The NFL season began yesterday. To celebrate, here are three football related links: Football and Randomness Two quarterbacks? Six eligible receivers? An undermanned California high school football teamed use the untraditional A-11 formation to win 7 of 11 games. The key? “In a standard formation with five fixed linemen, a play can unfold with 36…
Health Wonk Review is up
The latest edition of the Health Wonk Review has been posted at InsureBlog. Some of my favorite articles include: Joe Paduda on Sarah Palin’s health care record in Alaska, Health Care Renewal criticizes Carilion’s vertically integrated health system. The Disease Management Care Blog looks at Emergency Physician’s “NIMBY“-like attitudes. InsureBlog discusses the Dutch health care…
Germany: Public Hospitals are more efficient than Private Hospitals
Between 1992 to 2003, the share of public hospitals in Germany has decreased from 45% to 36%, while the proportion of for-profit hospitals rose from 15% to 25%. Is this a good thing? The economic literature has mixed findings with respect to efficiency and ownership structure. In general, economic theory predicts that private ownership is…
Google has a web browswer
Google has a new web browser called Chrome. More information is available at the following sites: N.Y. Times – David Pogue CNet Google Blogoscoped
Expectations and Prostate Surgery
The N.Y. Times Well Blog writes that 19% of men regretted having prostate surgery. What is interesting is that men who underwent a newer, less invasive, robotic surgery were four times more likely to regret the prostate surgery than those who underwent the older, more invasive “open” procedure. Is this increase in regret due to…
How does having health insurance affect the probability children recieve needed care
A recent Robert Wood Johnson Report (see also press release) finds that uninsured children receive less needed medical care than individuals with health insurance. The report finds that 91% of children who are insured have had a physician visit in the last year compared to only 69% of uninsured children. Seventy seven percent of children…
Risk-loving bullies
Here is an interesting post on risk preferences and physical strength. Hat-tip: Marginal Revolution
The worst of capitalism: Fannie and Freddie
Should the Treasury bail out Fannie and Freddie? A recent Economist article gives a level-headed solution: nationalize and then dismantle them. Most libertarians would say that Fannie and Freddie should fail. Having these two giant players collapse, however, add dynamite to an already explosive mortgage finance market. Thus, the short term solution must be to…