Publications by authors named "Evan Flack"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the health consequences of sudden medication interruptions due to arbitrary price changes in Medicare’s drug budget for 65-year-olds, revealing significant adverse effects on mortality.
- A decrease of $100 in monthly budget leads to a 13.9% increase in mortality risk, highlighting the vulnerability of patients who are unaware of the serious consequences of stopping medications.
- Machine learning identifies high-risk patients who disproportionately reduce usage of critical drugs, countering standard economic predictions and demonstrating that cost-sharing strategies can be inefficient and harmful to patient health.
