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Provider Discretion and Variation in Resource Allocation: The Case of Triage Decisions
| dc.contributor.author | Chan, David C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gruber, Jonathan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-03T18:20:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-03T18:20:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-05-01 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2574-0768 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2574-0776 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/137290 | |
| dc.description.abstract | <jats:p>One of the most challenging environments in health care is the emergency department (ED) A key decision-maker in that context is triage nurses, who assess patient illness severity and influence wait times for medical attention. We gather novel data on the triage process across 108 EDs, including wait times, triage nurse identities and assessments, and detailed patient information and outcomes. Using quasi-random assignment to ED, we find a striking rate of “inversions,” where patients who are sicker based on either ex ante information or ex post outcomes are scored as sicker and wait longer than their healthier counterparts.</jats:p> | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | American Economic Association | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1257/pandp.20201032 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | American Economic Association | en_US |
| dc.title | Provider Discretion and Variation in Resource Allocation: The Case of Triage Decisions | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chan, David C. and Gruber, Jonathan. 2020. "Provider Discretion and Variation in Resource Allocation: The Case of Triage Decisions." American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 110. | |
| dc.relation.journal | American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-04-02T16:46:49Z | |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Chan, DC; Gruber, J | en_US |
| dspace.date.submission | 2021-04-02T16:46:50Z | |
| mit.journal.volume | 110 | en_US |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | |
| mit.metadata.status | Authority Work and Publication Information Needed | en_US |
