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

United States

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

Staff Physician

Palo Alto, CA 94304

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Director, Health Care Program

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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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 Dec 2021

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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Economic Foundations of Cost Effective Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w4164

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2021

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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Advances in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Health Interventions

NBER Working Paper No. w7198

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 31 Aug 1999 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2022

Alan M. Garber

Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research

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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 2021

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: 03 Jan 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 2021

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: 24 Mar 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

Downloads 51 (508,127)

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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 Dec 2021

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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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: 14 May 2022

Alan M. Garber

Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research

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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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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: 04 Apr 2022

Alan M. Garber

Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research

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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: 04 Apr 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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Persistence of Medicare Expenditures Among Elderly Beneficiaries

NBER Working Paper No. w6249

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 29 Jan 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 2021

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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Cause-Specific Mortality Among Medicare Enrollees

NBER Working Paper No. w5409

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 14 Apr 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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Costs and Benefits of Prenatal Screening for Cystic Fibrosis

NBER Working Paper No. w2749

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 11 Apr 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: 13 Jun 2021

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

Alan M. Garber

Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research

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

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

Staff Physician

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Director, Health Care Program

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