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José J. Escarce
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 300
Citations - 15331
José J. Escarce is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Health equity. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 292 publications receiving 14178 citations. Previous affiliations of José J. Escarce include Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School & RAND Corporation.
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The effect of prospective payment on admission and treatment policy: Evidence from inpatient rehabilitation facilities
Neeraj Sood,Peter J. Huckfeldt,David C. Grabowski,Joseph P. Newhouse,Joseph P. Newhouse,José J. Escarce,José J. Escarce,José J. Escarce +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine provider responses to the Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS), which simultaneously reduced marginal reimbursement and increased average reimbursement.
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Use of Preventive Services by Men Enrolled in Medicare+Choice Plans
Leo S. Morales,Leo S. Morales,Jeannette Rogowski,Vicki A. Freedman,Steven L. Wickstrom,John L. Adams,José J. Escarce,José J. Escarce +7 more
TL;DR: Age, marital status, educational attainment, and household wealth were associated with receipt of one or more preventive services, but the effects of these variables were substantially attenuated relative to earlier studies of Medicare.
Indications for and Outcomes of Cholecystectomy
Judy A. Shea,Jesse A. Berlin,Dale R. Bachwich,Rudolf N. Staroscik,Peter F. Malet,Maryanne McGuckin,J. Sanford Schwartz,José J. Escarce +7 more
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Thirty-Day Postdischarge Mortality Among Black and White Patients 65 Years and Older in the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
TL;DR: It is suggested that value-based payment policy was not associated with an increase in mortality among black populations, but causes of increasing mortality among white patients warrant investigation.
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Trends and variability in individual insurance products in California.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined recent trends in benefits and premiums for individual health insurance products purchased by Californians and found that there is much variability in the coverage available in the state.