How habit affects continuous use: evidence from Jordan’s national health information system

National Health Insurance Scheme: How Protected Are Households in Oyo State, Nigeria from Catastrophic Health Expenditure?

Background The major objective of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria is to protect families from the financial hardship of large medical bills. Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) is rampart in Nigeria despite the take-off of the NHIS. This study aimed to determine if households enrolled in the NHIS were protected from having CHE.   Methods The study took place among 714 h...

Combination Use of Geographical Information System & Epidemiology Methods In Health System- An Essential Need

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How Self-Affirmation Affects Implicit Health Information Processing

How Public Information Affects Asymmetrically Informed Lenders : Evidence from a Credit Registry

Chapter 1 (co-authored with Ali Choudhary) exploits exogenous variation in the amount of public information available to banks about a firm to empirically evaluate the importance of adverse selection in the credit market. A 2006 reform introduced by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reduced the amount of public information available to Pakistani banks about a firm's creditworthiness. Prior to 20...

Nber Working Paper Series How Product Standardization Affects Choice: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange

Standardization of complex products is touted as improving consumer decisions and intensifying price competition, but evidence on standardization is limited. We examine a natural experiment: the standardization of health insurance plans on the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange. Prestandardization, firms had wide latitude to design plans. A regulatory change then required firms to standard...