Health economics

Winter, J., Balza, R., Caro, F., Heiss, F., Jun, B., Matzkin, R., McFadden, D.: “Medicare prescription drug coverage: Consumer information and preferences.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(20), 7929-7934 (2006).
Available online: doi:10.1073/pnas.0601837103

Heiss, F., McFadden, D., Winter, J.: “Who failed to enroll in Medicare Part D, and why? Early results.” Health Affairs, 25, w344-w354 (2006).
Available online: doi:10.1377/hlthaff.25.w344
Heiss, F., McFadden, D., Winter, J.: “Regulation of health insurance markets: Lessons from enrollment, plan choice, and adverse selection in Medicare Part D.” (2009)
Available online: NBER Working Paper No. 15392

Heiss, F., McFadden, D., Winter, J.: “Mind the gap! Consumer perceptions and choices of Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.” In: D. A. Wise, ed., Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, Chicago and London: Chicago University Press, 413-481 (2010).
Earlier version available online: NBER Working Paper No. 13627

Stowasser, T., Heiss, F., McFadden, D., Winter, J.: “'Healthy, wealthy, and wise?' revisited: An analysis of the causal pathways from socio-economic status to health.” In: D. A. Wise, ed., Investigations in the Economics of Aging, Chicago and London: Chicago University Press, 267-317 (2012).
Earlier version available online: NBER Working Paper No. 17273

Vetter, S., Heiss, F., McFadden, D., Winter, J.: “Risk attitudes and Medicare Part D enrollment decisions.” Economics Letters, 119, 128-132 (2013).
Available online: doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2013.01.033

Farbmacher, H., Winter, J.: “Per-period co-payments and the demand for health care: Evidence from survey and claims data.” Health Economics, 22, 1111–1123 (2013).
Available online: doi:10.1002/hec.2955

Kesternich, I., Heiss, F., McFadden, D., Winter, J.: “Suit the action to the word, the word to the action: Hypothetical choices and real decisions in Medicare Part D.” Journal of Health Economics, 32, 1313-1324 (2013).
Available online: doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.11.006

Heiss, F., Leive, A.; McFadden, D., Winter, J.: “Plan selection in Medicare Part D: Evidence from administrative data.” Journal of Health Economics, 32, 1325-1344 (2013).
Available online: doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.06.006

Kesternich, I., Siflinger, B., Smith, J., Winter, J.: “The effects of World War II on economic and health outcomes across Europe.” Review of Economics and Statistics, 96, 103-118 (2014).
Available online: doi:10.1162/REST_a_00353

Barcellos, S. H., Wuppermann, A., Carman, K. G., Bauhoff, S., McFadden, D., Kapteyn, A., Winter, J., Goldman, D. “Preparedness of Americans for the Affordable Care Act.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (PNAS), 111, 5497-5502 (2014).
Available online: 10.1073/pnas.1320488111

Winter, J., Wuppermann, A.: “Do they know what's at risk? An empirical analysis of health risk perception among the obese.” Health Economics, 23, 564-585 (2014).
Available online: doi:10.1002/hec.2933

Stowasser, T., Heiss, F., McFadden, D., Winter, J.: “Understanding the SES gradient in health among the elderly: The role of childhood circumstances.” In: D. A. Wise, ed., Discoveries in the Economics of Aging, Chicago and London: Chicago University Press, 187-219 (2014).

Hoffmann, S., Caro, F. G., Gottlieb, A. S., Kesternich, I., Winter, J.: “Contributions of second opinions, outcome forecasts, and testimonials to patient decisions about knee-replacement surgery.” Medical Decision Making, 34, 603-614 (2014).
Available online: doi:10.1177/0272989X14527796
Kesternich, I., Schumacher, H., Winter, J.: “Professional norms and physician behavior: Homo Oeconomicus or Homo Hippocraticus?” Journal of Public Economics, 131, 1–11 (2015).
Available online: doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.08.009

Kesternich, I., Siflinger, B., Smith, J., Winter, J.: “Individual behavior as a pathway between early-life shocks and adult health: Evidence from hunger episodes in post-war Germany.” Forthcoming, Economic Journal.
Earlier version available online: RAND Working Paper No. WR-1015
Kesternich, I., Caro, F. G., Gottlieb, A. S., Hoffmann, S., Winter, J.: “The role of outcome forecasts in patients’ treatment decisions: Evidence from a survey experiment on knee replacement surgery.” Health Services Research, 51:1, 302–313 (2016).
Available online: doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12311
Hoerl, M., Wuppermann, A., Barcellos, S. H., Bauhoff, S., Winter, J., Carman, K. G. “Knowledge as a predictor of insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act.” Medical Care, 55:4, 428–435 (2017).
Available online: doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000000671
Farbmacher, H., Ihle, P., Schubert, I., Winter, J., Wuppermann, A. “Heterogeneous effects of a nonlinear price schedule for outpatient care.” Health Economics, 26:10, 1234–1248 (2017).
Available online: doi:10.1002/hec.3395

Heiss, F., McFadden, D., Winter, J.: “Regulation of health insurance markets: Lessons from enrollment, plan choice, and adverse selection in Medicare Part D.” Revise and resubmit, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Available online: NBER Working Paper No. 15392

Heiss, F., McFadden, D., Scarpati, L., Winter, J., Wuppermann, A.: “The effects of the housing crisis on health and mortality outcomes.” Work in progress.
Hartung, C., Manski, C. F., Winter, J., Wuppermann, A.: “Personalized health risk assessment.” Work in progress.