MPH’s Graves: Uncovering waste in US healthcare: Evidence from ambulance referral patterns
Hospitals that spend more on initial care following patient emergencies have better outcomes than hospitals that spend less at first and rely more on additional forms of long-term care, according to a new study co-authored by MIT economists.
The paper, "Uncovering waste in US healthcare: Evidence from ambulance referral patterns," appears in the July issue of the Journal of Health Economics. The co-authors are Doyle; John A. Graves, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University; and Jonathan Gruber, the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT.