Ching-To Albert Ma
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Recent Articles
1.
Byambadalai U, Ma C, Wiesen D
J Health Econ
. 2023 Sep;
92:102808.
PMID: 37738704
This paper studies how altruistic preferences are changed by markets and incentives. We conduct a laboratory experiment with a within-subject design. Subjects are asked to choose health care qualities for...
2.
Iversen T, Ma C
Health Econ
. 2021 Nov;
31(3):443-465.
PMID: 34847265
We study primary care physicians' prevention and monitoring technology adoption. Physicians' adoption decisions are based on benefits and costs, which depend on payment incentives, educational assistance, and market characteristics. The...
3.
Fan E, Lien H, Ma C
J Health Econ
. 2019 May;
66:1-17.
PMID: 31071646
Taiwanese Labor, Government Employee, and Farmer Insurance programs provide 5 to 6 months of salary to enrollees who undergo hysterectomies or oophorectomies before their 45th birthday. These programs create incentives...
4.
Godager G, Iversen T, Ma C
J Health Econ
. 2014 Dec;
39:159-70.
PMID: 25544400
We study gatekeeping physicians' referrals of patients to specialty care. We derive theoretical results when competition in the physician market intensifies. First, due to competitive pressure, physicians refer patients to...
5.
Iversen T, Ma C, Meyer H
Econ Hum Biol
. 2012 Mar;
11(1):1-7.
PMID: 22425439
We study Body Mass Index (BMI) changes among immigrants from Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Vietnam relative to native Norwegians in Oslo. We assess the effect of acculturation on...
6.
Iversen T, Ma C
Int J Health Care Finance Econ
. 2011 Oct;
11(4):245-65.
PMID: 22009482
We study how market conditions influence referrals of patients by general practitioners (GPs). We set up a model of GP referral for the Norwegian health care system, where a GP...
7.
Grassi S, Ma C
J Health Econ
. 2011 Oct;
30(6):1197-206.
PMID: 21974868
We study optimal public health care rationing and private sector price responses. Consumers differ in their wealth and illness severity (defined as treatment cost). Due to a limited budget, some...
8.
Ellis R, Ma C
Health Econ
. 2010 Jan;
20(1):27-44.
PMID: 20104505
Because less healthy employees value health insurance more than the healthy ones, when health insurance is newly offered job turnover rates for healthier employees decline less than turnover rates for...
9.
Lien H, Lu M, Ma C, McGuire T
J Health Econ
. 2009 Dec;
29(2):213-25.
PMID: 20031241
Improving patient compliance with physicians' treatment or prescription recommendations is an important goal in medical practice. We examine the relationship between treatment progress and patient compliance. We hypothesize that patients...
10.
Godager G, Iversen T, Ma C
Int J Health Care Finance Econ
. 2008 Jul;
9(1):39-57.
PMID: 18604606
We model physicians as health care professionals who care about their services and monetary rewards. These preferences are heterogeneous. Different physicians trade off the monetary and service motives differently, and...