Medicare Example
Camilleri and Diebold (2019)
\[\text{UncompensatedCare} \rightarrow \text{PatientExperience}\]
- Exogenous source:
MedicareExpansion
\[\text{MedicareExpansion} \rightarrow \text{UncompensatedCare} \rightarrow \text{PatientExperience}\]
But adoption of
MedicaidExpansionby US states was not random- Also several paths to
PatientExperience
- Also several paths to
Controlled for state and local characteristics
- Study works when working only with hospital compensation