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Zarek Brot

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Assistant professor at University of Chicago, Harris Public Policy. Occasional raconteur at NBER/Chicago Fed. Health care policy “expert.” https://sites.google.com/site/zarekcb/

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selecting on the dependent variable

14.03.2025 22:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So on the margin, there’s a small chance that a faculty member might see these posts, become aware of a candidate, and ask for the committee to consider them.

21.11.2024 14:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don’t know how other departments work. But in our group, the interviews/flyouts are chosen by a small committee. That means there are a bunch of faculty who aren’t reading packets. If I saw a good health candidate I might take action bc otherwise the committee might not care.

21.11.2024 14:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Reining in costs is hard. But (paraphrasing my coauthor Boris) in a world with finite resources where providers have no qualms about prescribing low-value care, policies that discipline the use of care may be necessary.

03.10.2023 14:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This great article by Betsy Cliff (tradeoffs.org/2023/10/03/p...) discussed our recent paper about prior auth of drugs.

She makes a point I feel strongly about: PA is not ideal, but the alternatives are 1) cost sharing, which is worse; or 2) do nothing and let premiums explode, which is bad too.

03.10.2023 14:14 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

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