Research

Selected Working Papers

Abby Alpert, Stephen D. Schwab, and Ben Ukert “Opioid Abuse and Employment Outcomes: Evidence from the U.S. Military” (revisions requested by Review of Economics and Statistics)

Publications

Stephen D. Schwab The Value of Specific Knowledge: Evidence from Disruptions to the Patient- Physician Relationship (accepted in Management Science)

Stephen D. Schwab and Manasvini Singh “How Power Shapes Behavior: Evidence from Physicians”, Science, 384(6697), 802-808, 2024

Kimberly Decker, Stephen D. Schwab, Gloria Bazzoli, Askar Chukmaitov, and Christian Wernz “The Impact of Performance-Based Budgeting on Health Care Outcome”, Health Care Management Review, 48(3), 2023

Robert J Walter, Stephen D Schwab , Matt Wilkes, Daniel Yourk, Nicole Zahradka, Juliana Pugmire, Adam Wolfberg, Amanda Merritt, Joshua Boster, Kevin Loudermilk, Sean J Hipp, Michael J Morris “Financial and Clinical Impact of Virtual Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Difference-in-Differences Analysis,” Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25 e44121, 2023

Timothy J Schaffner, Matt Wilkes, Robert Laverty, Stephen D Schwab ,, Nicole Zahradka, Juliana Pugmire, Dan Yourk, Pamela C Masella, Robert Walter “Remote patient monitoring to facilitate same-day discharge following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a pilot evaluation,” Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, March 2023

Brad Beauvais, Glen Gilson, Steve Schwab , Brittany Jaccaud, Taylor Pearce, and Thomas Holmes “Overpriced? Are Hospital Prices Associated with the Quality of Care?,” Healthcare, 8(2), May 2020.

Amelia M. Bond, Stephen D Schwab “Utilization Variaton in Military versus Civilian Care: Evidence from Tricare,” Health Affairs, 38(8), August 2019.

Kevin D Broom, Jason S Turner, Stephen D Schwab, and Michael P Pesely “Does Quality Matter? A Study of Stock Price Reactions and the Implications for Healthcare Organizations,” Journal of Health Care Finance, Vol 42, Issue 2, 2015.