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Incentives and Information Affect Consumers' Choices of Providers

Wednesday, June 26, 2019: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Wilson A - Mezzanine Level (Marriott Wardman Park Hotel)
Chair:
Jeffrey Kling
8:00 AM
Paying Patients to Switch: Impact of a Rewards Program on Choice of Providers, Prices, and Utilization

Author(s): Christopher Whaley; Neeraj Sood; Ateev Mehrotra; Michael E. Chernew; Lan Vu; Leanne Metcalfe

Discussant: Jeffrey Kling

8:30 AM
Information, switching costs, and consumer choice: Evidence from two randomized field experiments in Swedish primary health care

Author(s): Gustav Kjellsson; Anders Anell; Jens Dietrichson; Lina Maria EllegÄrd

Discussant: Sebastian Fleitas

9:00 AM
Do Price Shopping Opportunities Justify the Hype Around Price Transparency?

Author(s): Alex L. Woersching

Discussant: Christopher Whaley