Hospitals Are Facing New Price Transparency Requirements, But Will They Truly Help Patients Shop for Care?

Come January 1, CMS will begin enforcing new price transparency requirements for hospitals. Experts doubt that these regulations will do much to help patients shop for care, but they are optimistic that increasing the amount of publicly available pricing data will help tech companies develop tools that simplify pricing for patients. The post Hospitals Are…

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Financial Incentives and Caregiving Decisions

This is the subtitle of a study by Rebaudo et al. (2024) that aims to examine how different factors impact individual willingness to provide caregiving. The study is focused on potential caregivers in Germany. Before we get to the statistical analysis, first some background: Informal Caregiving in Germany The article provides a nice summary of…

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