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1974
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Overview

Thomas C. Buchmueller is currently affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on the intersections of economics, health professions, and medicine, with a substantial publication record in these fields.

Their research spans topics including healthcare policy and management, global health care issues, primary care and health outcomes, patient satisfaction in healthcare, opioid use disorder treatment, pharmaceutical economics and policy, and pharmaceutical practices and patient outcomes.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Helen Levy, Giacomo Meille, Colleen Carey, Theodoros V. Giannouchos, and Benjamin Ukert.

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on health insurance, healthcare access, and prescription drug monitoring practices. These include:

  • The ACA's Impact On Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Health Insurance Coverage And Access To Care, 2020, Health Affairs
  • Hospital-physician integration and Medicare's site-based outpatient payments, 2021, Health Services Research
  • How well do doctors know their patients? Evidence from a mandatory access prescription drug monitoring program, 2020, Health Economics
  • Provider Compliance With Kentucky's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program's Mandate To Query Patient Opioid History, 2021, Health Affairs
  • Health Insurance Coverage And Access To Care Among LGBT Adults, 2013-19, 2023, Health Affairs

Thomas C. Buchmueller's frequent publication venues include:

  • Health Affairs
  • Health Services Research
  • Journal of Health Economics
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Health Economics

Their work primarily contributes to several fields of study, notably:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Health Professions
  • Medicine

Within these broader categories, their subfield focus areas include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Family Practice

Best Publications

  • Effect of the Affordable Care Act on racial and ethnic disparities in health insurance coverage.

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Zachary M. Levinson;Helen G. Levy;Barbara L. Wolfe

  • The Affordable Care Act Has Led To Significant Gains In Health Insurance And Access To Care For Young Adults

    Benjamin Daniel Sommers;Thomas Buchmueller;Sandra Decker;Colleen Carey

  • Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage, Access, and Outcomes for Individuals in Same-Sex Versus Different-Sex Relationships, 2000–2007

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Christopher S. Carpenter

  • How far to the hospital?: The effect of hospital closures on access to care

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Mireille Jacobson;Cheryl Wold

  • The effect of the State Children's Health Insurance Program on health insurance coverage.

    Anthony T. Lo Sasso;Thomas C. Buchmueller

  • Switching costs, price sensitivity and health plan choice.

    Bruce A Strombom;Thomas C Buchmueller;Paul J Feldstein

  • The Effect of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Opioid Utilization in Medicare

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Colleen Carey

  • Dental Care Presents The Highest Level Of Financial Barriers, Compared To Other Types Of Health Care Services

    Marko Vujicic;Thomas Buchmueller;Rachel Klein

  • The effect of health insurance on medical care utilization and implications for insurance expansion: a review of the literature.

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Kevin Grumbach;Richard Kronick;James G. Kahn

  • Access to physician services: does supplemental insurance matter? Evidence from France

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Agnès Couffinhal;Michel Grignon;Marc Perronnin

  • The effect of price on switching among health plans.

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Paul J. Feldstein

  • Did Community Rating Induce an Adverse Selection Death Spiral? Evidence from New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut

    Thomas Buchmueller;John DiNardo

  • The effect of health insurance on married female labor supply

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Robert G. Valletta

  • The ACA's Impact On Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Health Insurance Coverage And Access To Care.

    Thomas C Buchmueller;Helen G Levy

  • THE EFFECTS OF EMPLOYER-PROVIDED HEALTH INSURANCE ON WORKER MOBILITY

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Robert G. Valletta

  • The Effect of an Employer Health Insurance Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage and the Demand for Labor: Evidence from Hawaii

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;John DiNardo;Robert G. Valletta

  • UNION EFFECTS ON HEALTH INSURANCE PROVISION AND COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;John Dinardo;Robert G. Valletta

  • Effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Emergency Department Visits: Evidence From State-Level Emergency Department Databases

    Sayeh Nikpay;Seth Freedman;Helen Levy;Tom Buchmueller

  • Graduate training and the early career productivity of Ph.D. economists

    Thomas C. Buchmueller;Jeff Dominitz;W. Lee Hansen

  • Vertical Integration of Hospitals and Physicians: Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence on Spending and Quality.

    Brady Post;Tom Buchmueller;Andrew M. Ryan

  • Medicaid and crowding out of private insurance: a re-examination using firm level data.

    Lara Shore-Sheppard;Thomas C. Buchmueller;Gail A. Jensen

  • The Effect of the State ChildrenAS Health Insurance Program on Health Insurance Coverage

    Anthony T. Lo Sasso;Thomas C. Buchmueller;Thomas C. Buchmueller;Thomas C. Buchmueller

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert G. Valletta
Robert G. Valletta Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
John DiNardo
John DiNardo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christopher S. Carpenter
Christopher S. Carpenter Vanderbilt University
Richard A. Hirth
Richard A. Hirth University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John C. Ham
John C. Ham New York University Abu Dhabi
Andrew M. Ryan
Andrew M. Ryan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sherry Glied
Sherry Glied New York University
Kosali Simon
Kosali Simon Indiana University
Edward C. Norton
Edward C. Norton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Vicki A. Freedman
Vicki A. Freedman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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