Thomas Buchmueller
Biographic Data
| ID | 5545978 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Buchmueller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Buchmueller |
| SIGNATURE | BUCHMUELLER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Thomas Buchmueller is with the Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Christopher S. Carpenter is with the Department of Economics and Public Policy, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Jama Health Forum Peer Reviewers in 2021
The Affordable Care Act Has Led To Significant Gains In Health Insurance And Access To Care For Young Adults
The Affordable Care Act enables young adults to remain as dependents on their parents' health insurance until age twenty-six, and recent evidence suggests that as many as three million young adults have gained coverage as a result. However, there has been no evidence yet on the policy's effect on access to care, and questions remain about the coverage impact on important subgroups. Using data from two nationally representative surveys, comparing …
Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage, Access, and Outcomes for Individuals in Same-Sex Versus Different-Sex Relationships, 2000–2007
Objectives. We used data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare health insurance coverage, access to care, and women's cancer screenings for individuals in same-sex versus different-sex relationships. Methods. We estimated logistic regression models by using data on 5265 individuals in same-sex relationships and 802 659 individuals in different-sex relationships. Results. Compared with women in different-sex relationships,…
The Effect of SCHIP Expansions on Health Insurance Decisions by Employers
This study uses repeated cross-sectional data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC), a large nationally representative survey of establishments, to investigate the effect of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) on health insurance decisions by employers. The data span the years 1997 to 2001, the period when states were implementing SCHIP. We exploit cross-state variation in the timing of SCHIP im…
Health Care Factors Related to Stage at Diagnosis and Survival Among Medicare Patients With Colorectal Cancer
BACKGROUND: With the growth in enrollment of Medicare patients in HMOs the effectiveness of care received by Medicare/HMO patients continues to be of concern. By considering the relationship of insurance to stage at diagnosis, this study inquires whether HMOs emphasize early diagnosis of colorectal cancer to a greater extent than FFS plans, if particular HMO types (group/nongroup models) are more successful in doing so, and how this pertains to s…
The Relationship of HMOs, Health Insurance, and Delivery Systems to Breast Cancer Outcomes
BACKGROUND: The current climate of anger and frustration with managed care has heightened interest in the quality of health care provided by managed-care plans, particularly health maintenance organizations (HMOs). This breast cancer outcomes study, investigating relationships of health insurance and delivery systems to stage at diagnosis, treatment selected, and survival, is based in a heavily penetrated, highly competitive HMO market. METHODS: …
Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage, Access, and Outcomes for Individuals in Same-Sex Versus Different-Sex Relationships, 2000–2007
Objectives. We used data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare health insurance coverage, access to care, and women's cancer screenings for individuals in same-sex versus different-sex relationships. Methods. We estimated logistic regression models by using data on 5265 individuals in same-sex relationships and 802 659 individuals in different-sex relationships. Results. Compared with women in different-sex relationships,…
The Relationship of HMOs, Health Insurance, and Delivery Systems to Breast Cancer Outcomes
BACKGROUND: The current climate of anger and frustration with managed care has heightened interest in the quality of health care provided by managed-care plans, particularly health maintenance organizations (HMOs). This breast cancer outcomes study, investigating relationships of health insurance and delivery systems to stage at diagnosis, treatment selected, and survival, is based in a heavily penetrated, highly competitive HMO market. METHODS: …
Health Care Factors Related to Stage at Diagnosis and Survival Among Medicare Patients With Colorectal Cancer
BACKGROUND: With the growth in enrollment of Medicare patients in HMOs the effectiveness of care received by Medicare/HMO patients continues to be of concern. By considering the relationship of insurance to stage at diagnosis, this study inquires whether HMOs emphasize early diagnosis of colorectal cancer to a greater extent than FFS plans, if particular HMO types (group/nongroup models) are more successful in doing so, and how this pertains to s…
The Effect of SCHIP Expansions on Health Insurance Decisions by Employers
This study uses repeated cross-sectional data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC), a large nationally representative survey of establishments, to investigate the effect of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) on health insurance decisions by employers. The data span the years 1997 to 2001, the period when states were implementing SCHIP. We exploit cross-state variation in the timing of SCHIP im…
Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage, Access, and Outcomes for Individuals in Same-Sex Versus Different-Sex Relationships, 2000–2007
Objectives. We used data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare health insurance coverage, access to care, and women's cancer screenings for individuals in same-sex versus different-sex relationships. Methods. We estimated logistic regression models by using data on 5265 individuals in same-sex relationships and 802 659 individuals in different-sex relationships. Results. Compared with women in different-sex relationships,…
The Affordable Care Act Has Led To Significant Gains In Health Insurance And Access To Care For Young Adults
The Affordable Care Act enables young adults to remain as dependents on their parents' health insurance until age twenty-six, and recent evidence suggests that as many as three million young adults have gained coverage as a result. However, there has been no evidence yet on the policy's effect on access to care, and questions remain about the coverage impact on important subgroups. Using data from two nationally representative surveys, comparing …
Jama Health Forum Peer Reviewers in 2021
Health care (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Health insurance (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Cancer (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)