Comments on: Effect of Regulation on Health Care Quality: U-Shaped? http://healthcare-economist.com/2009/01/07/effect-of-regulation-on-health-care-quality-u-shaped/ Tue, 22 May 2012 08:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Who’s Blogging about Cato | Think Tank West http://healthcare-economist.com/2009/01/07/effect-of-regulation-on-health-care-quality-u-shaped/comment-page-1/#comment-849 Who’s Blogging about Cato | Think Tank West Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:57:47 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=1705#comment-849 [...] Jason Shafrin cites a December Cato forum in which panelists Glen Whitman and Ezra Klein debated the state of the nation’s health care. A podcast from the forum, “Does America’s Health Care Sector Produce More Health?” is available here. [...] [...] Jason Shafrin cites a December Cato forum in which panelists Glen Whitman and Ezra Klein debated the state of the nation’s health care. A podcast from the forum, “Does America’s Health Care Sector Produce More Health?” is available here. [...]

]]> By: Jason Shafrin http://healthcare-economist.com/2009/01/07/effect-of-regulation-on-health-care-quality-u-shaped/comment-page-1/#comment-851 Jason Shafrin Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:01:25 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=1705#comment-851 You are exactly correct. I did not have any data to prove this point; doing so empirically would be extremely difficult. However, it was an interesting philosophical point to consider. You are exactly correct. I did not have any data to prove this point; doing so empirically would be extremely difficult. However, it was an interesting philosophical point to consider.

]]> By: Justin Cress http://healthcare-economist.com/2009/01/07/effect-of-regulation-on-health-care-quality-u-shaped/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Justin Cress Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:48:34 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=1705#comment-850 Tsai: The graph above doesnt seem to be the result of a regression, simply a hypothetical possibility... The biggest problem with running that regression would be quantifying the x axis (not to mention the well documented difficulty with quantifying the y axis) Tsai: The graph above doesnt seem to be the result of a regression, simply a hypothetical possibility…

The biggest problem with running that regression would be quantifying the x axis (not to mention the well documented difficulty with quantifying the y axis)

]]> By: Jerry Tsai http://healthcare-economist.com/2009/01/07/effect-of-regulation-on-health-care-quality-u-shaped/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Jerry Tsai Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:08:20 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=1705#comment-852 Hmmm.... no points on the graph. Graph exhibits beautifully drawn curve, with no apparent empirical evidence to support it. Is this the health economics version of the Laffer curve? Could there be a sweet spot between regulated and unregulated extremes? Sure. Keep in mind, however, that trying to solve the principal-agent problem in health care treatment suggests the spot is a lot closer to the regulated extreme. Hmmm…. no points on the graph. Graph exhibits beautifully drawn curve, with no apparent empirical evidence to support it. Is this the health economics version of the Laffer curve?

Could there be a sweet spot between regulated and unregulated extremes? Sure. Keep in mind, however, that trying to solve the principal-agent problem in health care treatment suggests the spot is a lot closer to the regulated extreme.

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