Schnell, Molly 2024 Alexander, Diane <br/><br/>
The Impacts of Physician Payments on Patient Access, Use, and Health 

 -  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics  2024 
 - 142-177 
<br/><br/> We examine how supply-side health insurance generosity affects patient access, use, and health. Exploiting large, exogenous changes in Medicaid reimbursement rates for physicians, we find that increasing payments for new patient office visits reduces reports of providers turning away beneficiaries: closing the gap in payments between Medicaid and private insurers would reduce more than half of disparities in access among adults and would eliminate such disparities among children. We further find that higher physician reimbursement leads to more office visits, better self-reported health, and reduced school absenteeism among the program's beneficiaries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1945-7782 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Actuarial Studies, National Government Expenditures and Health, Analysis of Health Care Markets, Health Insurance, Public and Private, Health: Government Policy<br/> Insurance<br/> Insurance Companies<br/> Occupational Licensing<br/> Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs, Professional Labor Markets<br/>Regulation