Alan M. Garber

Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research

M.D., Ph.D., Hen. J. Kaiser, Jr. Professor & Professor of Medicine

179 Encina Commons

Stanford, CA 94305-6019

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Government of the United States of America - Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center

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Palo Alto, CA 94304

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Director, Health Care Program

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Cambridge, MA 02138

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Nudges in Exercise Commitment Contracts: A Randomized Trial

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Nudges in Exercise Commitment Contracts: A Randomized Trial

Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2017
Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber and Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and Stanford University - Department of Medicine
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Nudges in Exercise Commitment Contracts: A Randomized Trial

NBER Working Paper No. w21406
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2023
Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber and Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and Stanford University - Department of Medicine
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Advances in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Health Interventions

NBER Working Paper No. w7198
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 31 Aug 1999 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2022
Alan M. Garber
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research
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Economic Foundations of Cost Effective Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w4164
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2022
Alan M. Garber and Charles E. Phelps
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and University of Rochester - Provost's Office
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Is American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient?

NBER Working Paper No. w14257
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 01 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2022
Alan M. Garber and Jonathan S. Skinner
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Insurance and Incentives for Medical Innovation

NBER Working Paper No. w12080
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 May 2006 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2022
Alan M. Garber, Charles I. Jones and Paul M. Romer
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford Graduate School of Business and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Medical Care at the End of Life: Diseases, Treatment Patterns, and Costs

NBER Working Paper No. w6748
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Nov 1998 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2022
Alan M. Garber, Thomas E. MaCurdy and Mark B. McClellan
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University and Brookings Institution
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Forecasting Nursing Home Utilization of Elderly Americans

NBER Working Paper No. w4107
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
Andrew R. Dick, Alan M. Garber and Thomas E. MaCurdy
Government of the United States of America - Economic Analysis Group, Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and Stanford University
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Committing to Exercise: Contract Design for Virtuous Habit Formation

NBER Working Paper No. w16624
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert, Erik Blumenkranz and Alan M. Garber
Stanford University - Department of Medicine, Yale University and Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research
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Persistence of Medicare Expenditures Among Elderly Beneficiaries

NBER Working Paper No. w6249
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2022
Alan M. Garber, Thomas E. MaCurdy and Mark B. McClellan
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University and Brookings Institution
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Coping with Chronic Disease? Chronic Disease and Disability in Elderly American Population 1982-1999

NBER Working Paper No. w14811
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2022
Gabriel Aranovich, Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber and Thomas E. MaCurdy
University of California, San Francisco - Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and Stanford University
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Predicting Nursing Home Utilization Among the High-Risk Elderly

NBER Working Paper No. w2843
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2022
Alan M. Garber and Thomas E. MaCurdy
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and Stanford University
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Long-Term Care, Wealth, and Health of the Disabled Elderly Living in the Community

NBER Working Paper No. w2328
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2022
Alan M. Garber
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research
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To Comfort Always: The Prospects of Expanded Social Responsibility for Long-Term Care

NBER Working Paper No. w5034
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2022
Alan M. Garber
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research
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Cause-Specific Mortality Among Medicare Enrollees

NBER Working Paper No. w5409
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2022
Jay Bhattacharya, Alan M. Garber and Thomas E. MaCurdy
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and Stanford University
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Case Mix, Costs, and Outcomes: Differences between Faculty and Community Services in a University Hospital

NBER Working Paper No. w1159
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2022
Alan M. Garber, Victor R. Fuchs and James F. Silverman
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Independent
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Costs and Benefits of Prenatal Screening for Cystic Fibrosis

NBER Working Paper No. w2749
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2022
Joseph P. Fenerty and Alan M. Garber
Independent and Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research
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Nursing Home Discharges and Exhaustion of Medicare Benefits

NBER Working Paper No. w3639
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2022
Alan M. Garber and Thomas E. MaCurdy
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and Stanford University
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Coverage of New Health Care Technologies in the US: An Investigation of Principles, Processes and the Use of Cost-Effectiveness Information

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Posted: 16 Jun 2007
Stirling Bryan, Alan M. Garber and Marthe Gold
University of Birmingham, Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and City University of New York (CUNY)

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Evidence-Based Coverage Policy

Posted: 23 Oct 2001
Alan M. Garber
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research

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