Christopher Whaley
Biographic Data
| ID | 5541674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Whaley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Whaley |
| SIGNATURE | WHALEY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9405-1989 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Growth of Private Equity and Hospital Consolidation in Primary Care and Price Implications
In this cross-sectional study, nearly one-half of all PCPs were affiliated with hospitals, while PE-affiliated PCPs were growing and concentrated in certain regional markets. Relative to PCPs in independent settings, hospital-affiliated PCPs and PE-affiliated PCPs had higher prices for the same services
Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the Health Care Sector
This cross-sectional study examines artificial intelligence use in health care and other industries according to US firms participating in the 2023 to 2025 Business Trends and Outlook Survey
Trends in Private Equity Consolidation in Cardiovascular Care
This cross-sectional study examines the growth in numbers and geographic locations of private equity acquisitions in cardiology across the US
Financial Performance Gaps Between Critical Access Hospitals and Other Acute Care Hospitals
This cross-sectional study compares financial measures, including margins and commercial prices, between critical access hospitals and other acute care hospitals and examines how these comparisons vary by system affiliation
Nursing Home Certificate of Need Moratoria During the Covid-19 Pandemic Had Little Impact on Access
In over half of US states, health planning boards monitor and control the supply of health care through certificate of need (CON) laws. The COVID-19 pandemic led several states to impose moratoria on CON regulations, hoping to bolster hospital and skilled nursing facility (SNF) beds. Using a difference-in-difference research design, we leverage 2015 to 2021 cost report data from SNFs to study the association between COVID-related CON moratoria an…
Commercial Payments for Covid-19–Associated Inpatient Stays in 2020
This cross-sectional study reports the allowed reimbursement amounts for inpatient COVID-19 care for different types of hospitals
Mental Health Service Utilization Rates Among Commercially Insured Adults in the US During the First Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic
In this cohort study of US adults, we found that the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a rapid increase in telehealth services for mental health conditions, offsetting a sharp decline in in-person care and generating overall higher service utilization rates for several mental health conditions compared with prepandemic levels
US Health Care Workforce Changes During the First and Second Years of the Covid-19 Pandemic
This article quantifies changes in employment and average wages of employees of 6 key health care organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic
If Patients Don’t Use Available Health Service Pricing Information, Is Transparency Still Important
The US health system is replete with health service pricing idiosyncrasies and opacity unrelated to quality. Online tools intended to make health care purchasing resemble consumerism by making prices transparent have had little if any effect on improving health care market functioning and changing patient behavior. Although price transparency is still in its infancy, it holds promise to be as useful to patient-consumers as it has been to large pu…
Delivery of fluoride varnish during pediatric medical visits by rurality
All young children are recommended to receive fluoride varnish applications in medical settings, yet overall rates were low. For privately insured young children, pediatric well-child medical visits were more likely to include fluoride varnish in rural and rural remote counties than metropolitan counties
Association Between Covid-19 Relief Funds and Hospital Characteristics in the US
In this cross-sectional study of US hospitals and health systems, findings suggest that High-Impact Distribution CARES Act funds may have disproportionately gone to hospitals that were in a stronger financial situation prior to the pandemic compared with those that were not, but funds also went disproportionately to those that eventually had the most cases
Novel entities and technologies
Novel technologies are continually being developed every day. Lessons from the past show that some resulted in unintended harm to the Earth’s system. The challenge for organizations working at the interface of the environment, technology, and society is, therefore, how to best harness the environmental benefits from new technologies while minimizing their potential adverse effects. Here, we identify some of the emerging technologies that the inte…
Medical Practice Consolidation and Physician Shared Patient Network Size, Strength, and Stability
BACKGROUND: Properties of social networks and shared patient networks of physicians are associated with important outcomes, including costs, quality, information exchange, and organizational effectiveness. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether practice consolidation affects size, strength, and stability of US practice-based physician shared patient networks. RESEARCH DESIGN: We used a dynamic difference-in-differences (event study) design to determine…
Reference Pricing, Consumer Cost-Sharing, and Insurer Spending for Advanced Imaging Tests
BACKGROUND: Fees charged for similar imaging tests often vary dramatically within the same market, leading to wide variation in insurer spending and consumer cost-sharing. Reference pricing is an insurance design that offers good coverage to patients up to a defined contribution limit but requires the patients who select high-priced facilities to pay the remainder out of pocket. OBJECTIVES: To measure the association between implementation of ref…
Novel entities and technologies
Novel technologies are continually being developed every day. Lessons from the past show that some resulted in unintended harm to the Earth’s system. The challenge for organizations working at the interface of the environment, technology, and society is, therefore, how to best harness the environmental benefits from new technologies while minimizing their potential adverse effects. Here, we identify some of the emerging technologies that the inte…
Reference Pricing, Consumer Cost-Sharing, and Insurer Spending for Advanced Imaging Tests
BACKGROUND: Fees charged for similar imaging tests often vary dramatically within the same market, leading to wide variation in insurer spending and consumer cost-sharing. Reference pricing is an insurance design that offers good coverage to patients up to a defined contribution limit but requires the patients who select high-priced facilities to pay the remainder out of pocket. OBJECTIVES: To measure the association between implementation of ref…
Novel entities and technologies
Novel technologies are continually being developed every day. Lessons from the past show that some resulted in unintended harm to the Earth’s system. The challenge for organizations working at the interface of the environment, technology, and society is, therefore, how to best harness the environmental benefits from new technologies while minimizing their potential adverse effects. Here, we identify some of the emerging technologies that the inte…
Medical Practice Consolidation and Physician Shared Patient Network Size, Strength, and Stability
BACKGROUND: Properties of social networks and shared patient networks of physicians are associated with important outcomes, including costs, quality, information exchange, and organizational effectiveness. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether practice consolidation affects size, strength, and stability of US practice-based physician shared patient networks. RESEARCH DESIGN: We used a dynamic difference-in-differences (event study) design to determine…
Association Between Covid-19 Relief Funds and Hospital Characteristics in the US
In this cross-sectional study of US hospitals and health systems, findings suggest that High-Impact Distribution CARES Act funds may have disproportionately gone to hospitals that were in a stronger financial situation prior to the pandemic compared with those that were not, but funds also went disproportionately to those that eventually had the most cases
US Health Care Workforce Changes During the First and Second Years of the Covid-19 Pandemic
This article quantifies changes in employment and average wages of employees of 6 key health care organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic
If Patients Don’t Use Available Health Service Pricing Information, Is Transparency Still Important
The US health system is replete with health service pricing idiosyncrasies and opacity unrelated to quality. Online tools intended to make health care purchasing resemble consumerism by making prices transparent have had little if any effect on improving health care market functioning and changing patient behavior. Although price transparency is still in its infancy, it holds promise to be as useful to patient-consumers as it has been to large pu…
Delivery of fluoride varnish during pediatric medical visits by rurality
All young children are recommended to receive fluoride varnish applications in medical settings, yet overall rates were low. For privately insured young children, pediatric well-child medical visits were more likely to include fluoride varnish in rural and rural remote counties than metropolitan counties
Commercial Payments for Covid-19–Associated Inpatient Stays in 2020
This cross-sectional study reports the allowed reimbursement amounts for inpatient COVID-19 care for different types of hospitals
Mental Health Service Utilization Rates Among Commercially Insured Adults in the US During the First Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic
In this cohort study of US adults, we found that the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a rapid increase in telehealth services for mental health conditions, offsetting a sharp decline in in-person care and generating overall higher service utilization rates for several mental health conditions compared with prepandemic levels
Trends in Private Equity Consolidation in Cardiovascular Care
This cross-sectional study examines the growth in numbers and geographic locations of private equity acquisitions in cardiology across the US
Financial Performance Gaps Between Critical Access Hospitals and Other Acute Care Hospitals
This cross-sectional study compares financial measures, including margins and commercial prices, between critical access hospitals and other acute care hospitals and examines how these comparisons vary by system affiliation
Nursing Home Certificate of Need Moratoria During the Covid-19 Pandemic Had Little Impact on Access
In over half of US states, health planning boards monitor and control the supply of health care through certificate of need (CON) laws. The COVID-19 pandemic led several states to impose moratoria on CON regulations, hoping to bolster hospital and skilled nursing facility (SNF) beds. Using a difference-in-difference research design, we leverage 2015 to 2021 cost report data from SNFs to study the association between COVID-related CON moratoria an…
Growth of Private Equity and Hospital Consolidation in Primary Care and Price Implications
In this cross-sectional study, nearly one-half of all PCPs were affiliated with hospitals, while PE-affiliated PCPs were growing and concentrated in certain regional markets. Relative to PCPs in independent settings, hospital-affiliated PCPs and PE-affiliated PCPs had higher prices for the same services
Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the Health Care Sector
This cross-sectional study examines artificial intelligence use in health care and other industries according to US firms participating in the 2023 to 2025 Business Trends and Outlook Survey
Business (11 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Health care (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Finance (5 works) · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts (4 works)