This paper studies the impact of the Health Insurance Marketplace (the Marketplace) on consumers. The aim is to study the motivation behind the consumer choice and the roles that insurers and government play. It also provide insights in improving the efficiency in the Marketplace. This paper...

Paper available from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2381468318809373Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are tax-advantaged savings accounts available only to households with high-deductible health insurance. This paper provides initial answers to two questions: 1) How should a...

This paper presents a forecasting mechanism of operating room workload and dynamic adjustment policy on the staffing level decisions, which may be used by hospitals to better schedule the operating rooms. Staffing levels are usually determined months in advance when little information about the...