Browsing by Subject "Medicare"

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Calibration of the CD-RISC risk adjustment methodology for the Medicare population

Kapur, Kanika (Health Care Financing Administration, 2001)
Job lock : evidence from a regression discontinuity design

Fairlie, Robert W. ; Kapur, Kanika ; Gates, Susan M. (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-04)

Employer-provided health insurance in the United States is suspected of restricting job mobility, resulting in “job lock.” Previous research on job lock finds mixed results using several methodologies. We take a new ...
Medicare calibration of the clinically detailed risk information system for cost

Kapur, Kanika ; Tseng, Chien-Wen ; Rastegar, Afshin ; Carter, Grace ; Keeler, Emmett (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003)

The clinically detailed risk information system for cost (CD-RISC) contains definitions for several hundred severity-adjusted conditions that can be used to predict future health care costs. We develop a prospective Medicare ...
Socioeconomic status and medical care expenditures in Medicare managed care

Kapur, Kanika ; Escarce, José J. ; Rogowski, Jeannette ; Freedman, Vicki A. ; Wickstrom, Steven L. ; Adams, John L. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006)

This study examined the effects of education, income, and wealth on medical care expenditures in two Medicare managed care plans. The study also sought to elucidate the pathways through which socioeconomic status (SES) ...