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 MedicaidExpansion by US states was not random

    • Also several paths to PatientExperience
  • Controlled for state and local characteristics

    • Study works when working only with hospital compensation