Posts tagged Economics

Methods to detect and measures the impact of a policy instrument on a time series

What are the methods used to detect the impact of a policy instrument on a time series? This post tracks my notes on the different existing methods : Interrupted Time Series (with ARIMA modelisation), Difference-In-Diffrence, synthetic controls, state-space models.

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Atlas des variations de pratiques médicales

Quelles sont les variations de pratiques médicales en France ? Quels sont les facteurs qui les expliquent ?

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Advantages and limits of double machine learning in economics

What is the practical usage of double machine learning in economics and other applied quantitative sciences (environment, healthcare, …)? Is it often used? Are the best practices well established?

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The end of an era? Activity-based funding based on diagnosis-related groups (DRG)

Four exit paths from a full activity-based inpatient sector explored by ten OECD countries in the last decade.

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(Draft) Machine learning to detect and quantify low-value care

Paper: Mullainathan, S., & Obermeyer, Z. (2019). A machine learning approach to low-value health care: wasted tests, missed heart attacks and mis-predictions. National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Is Public-Private Mix in French Health System Sustainable?

Three major values –solidarity, liberalism, and pluralism– underpins the French Health System. Despite low out-of-pocket payments,its joint reimbursement of the same health service by both private and public insurance raises equity, efficiency, and sustainability challenges.

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