Healthcare Openness and Access Project: Methodology

37 Pages Posted: 20 Jan 2023

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Kofi Ampaabeng

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Liam Sigaud

George Mason University - Mercatus Center

Date Written: October 2022

Abstract

Government regulations influence virtually every interaction between a health care provider and a patient in the United States. Yet researchers have often struggled to capture the systematic role healthcare regulations play in health outcomes. The Healthcare Openness and Access Project (HOAP), launched in 2016 by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, seeks to fill this gap by measuring the openness and access of healthcare regulations across states. In this paper, we present the evidence-based framework that underpins HOAP’s methodology. Each state is assigned a score on 42 indicators across six categories: professional regulations, healthcare-delivery regulations, patient regulations, payments regulations, institutional regulations, and pharmaceutical regulations.

Keywords: access, health, openness, policy, regulation

JEL Classification: I18, J08, R59

Suggested Citation

Ampaabeng, Kofi and Sigaud, Liam, Healthcare Openness and Access Project: Methodology (October 2022). Mercatus Research Paper , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4327420 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4327420

Kofi Ampaabeng (Contact Author)

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Liam Sigaud

George Mason University - Mercatus Center ( email )

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