2019, 11th Annual Feldstein Lecture, Katherine Baicker, "Economic Analysis for Evidence-Based Health Policy: Progress and Pitfalls"

Recent research harnesses large datasets containing information on the presenting conditions, insurance status, treatment, and health outcomes of patients to offer insights on the productivity of the health care system. Katherine Baicker, dean of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, described some of the lessons of this research as well as the challenges of using this research to inform policy when she presented the 11th Annual Martin Feldstein Lecture at the 2019 NBER Summer Institute. Her remarks followed a program of reminiscences of NBER President Emeritus Feldstein, who died June 11th.

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