Abaluck, Jason; Agha, Leila; Kabrhel, Christopher; Raja, Ali - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We develop a model of the efficiency of medical testing based on the frequency of negative CT scans for pulmonary embolism. The model is estimated using a 20% sample of Medicare claims from 2000-2009. We document enormous heterogeneity in testing conditional on patient population. Less...