Data on Economics and Statistics Discussed by Researchers at University of Michigan (Reconciling Seemingly Contradictory Results From the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment and the Massachusetts Health Reform): Economics – Economics and Statistics

2023 JUN 16 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators publish new report on Economics - Economics and Statistics. According to news originating from Ann Arbor, Michigan, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “A headline result from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment is that emergency room (ER) utilization increased. A seemingly contradictory result from the Massachusetts health reform is that ER utilization decreased.”

Financial supporters for this research include NSF - Office of the Director (OD), Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Michigan, “I reconcile both results by identifying treatment effect heterogeneity within the Oregon experiment and extrapolating it to Massachusetts. Even though Oregon compliers increased their ER utilization, they were adversely selected relative to Oregon never takers, who would have decreased their ER utilization. Massachusetts expanded coverage from a higher level to healthier compliers.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Therefore, Massachusetts compliers are comparable to a subset of Oregon never takers, which can reconcile the results.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Reconciling Seemingly Contradictory Results From the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment and the Massachusetts Health Reform. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023;105(3):646-664. The Review of Economics and Statistics can be contacted at: Mit Press, One Rogers St, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Amanda E. Kowalski, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01069. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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