Benjamin Ukert

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 965 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Ukert is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Ukert has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 965 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 31 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Ukert's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (34 papers), Global Health Care Issues (16 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (14 papers). Benjamin Ukert is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (34 papers), Global Health Care Issues (16 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (14 papers). Benjamin Ukert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Benjamin Ukert's co-authors include Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata, Elena Andreyeva, Theodoros V. Giannouchos, Rusty Tchernis, Michael J. Moss, Diana Brixner and Joseph Biskupiak and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Medical Care and Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Ukert

52 papers receiving 920 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Early Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non‐Expansion States

2016 270 citations Charles Courtemanche, James Marton et al. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Ukert United States	15	604	550	139	115	81	58	965
Leonie Sundmacher Germany	18	633 1.0×	371 0.7×	152 1.1×	154 1.3×	51 0.6×	92	1.1k
Alison Galbraith United States	20	737 1.2×	655 1.2×	74 0.5×	122 1.1×	76 0.9×	80	1.4k
Brystana G. Kaufman United States	17	524 0.9×	390 0.7×	86 0.6×	240 2.1×	37 0.5×	74	1.1k
Anna Sagan United Kingdom	16	544 0.9×	342 0.6×	88 0.6×	108 0.9×	114 1.4×	57	1.1k
Laura Wherry United States	18	1.1k 1.8×	1.1k 2.0×	223 1.6×	150 1.3×	110 1.4×	37	1.5k
Jacqueline Cumming New Zealand	20	697 1.2×	388 0.7×	79 0.6×	225 2.0×	49 0.6×	101	1.2k
Joseph J. Sudano United States	14	885 1.5×	427 0.8×	316 2.3×	101 0.9×	89 1.1×	20	1.3k
Kees Van Gool Australia	18	402 0.7×	331 0.6×	52 0.4×	102 0.9×	100 1.2×	66	846
Sandra García-Armesto Spain	12	513 0.8×	343 0.6×	87 0.6×	81 0.7×	39 0.5×	28	865
Suhas Gondi United States	14	396 0.7×	371 0.7×	159 1.1×	77 0.7×	22 0.3×	47	898

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Ukert

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Giannouchos, Theodoros V., et al.. (2025). Changes in Emergency Department Payer Mix Among Children Following Medicaid Unwinding in Texas. Health Services Research. 61(1). 1–8.

Mullangi, Samyukta, Benjamin Ukert, David Debono, et al.. (2024). Association of Participation in Medicare's Oncology Care Model With Spending, Utilization, and Quality Outcomes Among Commercially Insured and Medicare Advantage Members. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 43(2). 133–142. 1 indexed citations

Ukert, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Who do freestanding emergency departments treat? Comparing Texas hospitals to satellite and independent freestanding departments in 2021 and 2022. Health Services Research. 59(4). e14304–e14304. 2 indexed citations

Ukert, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Geographic disparities in telemedicine mental health use by applying three way ANOVA on Medicaid claims population data. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 494–494. 1 indexed citations

Giannouchos, Theodoros V., Benjamin Ukert, & Brad Wright. (2024). Concordance in Medical Urgency Classification of Discharge Diagnoses and Reasons for Visit. JAMA Network Open. 7(1). e2350522–e2350522. 2 indexed citations

Ukert, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prior Authorizations for Patients With Cancer. The American Journal of Managed Care. 30(10). 494–499.

Dague, Laura & Benjamin Ukert. (2023). Pandemic-Era Changes to Medicaid Enrollment and Funding: Implications for Future Policy and Research. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Giannouchos, Theodoros V., Benjamin Ukert, Ronald G. Pirrallo, et al.. (2023). Determinants of Persistent, Multi-Year, Frequent Emergency Department Use Among Children and Young Adults in Three US States. Academic Pediatrics. 24(3). 442–450.

Ukert, Benjamin, John M. MacDonald, & Michelle C. Kondo. (2023). The Impact of Renovating Vacant Properties into Low-Income Housing Units on Neighborhood Crime. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Mullangi, Samyukta, Benjamin Ukert, Gosia Sylwestrzak, et al.. (2023). Association of participation in Medicare’s Oncology Care Model with spending, utilization, and quality outcomes among commercially insured and Medicare Advantage members: A national difference-in-differences analysis.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(16_suppl). 1596–1596. 1 indexed citations

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Ukert, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Do payor‐based outreach programs reduce medical cost and utilization?. Health Economics. 29(6). 671–682. 2 indexed citations

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Courtemanche, Charles, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, & Daniela Zapata. (2020). The impact of the Affordable Care Act on health care access and self‐assessed health in the Trump Era (2017‐2018). Health Services Research. 55(S2). 841–850. 17 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Gregory T., Xin Zheng, Benjamin Ukert, et al.. (2019). Factors associated with nodal metastasis in 2-centimeter or less non–small cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 159(3). 1088–1096.e1. 14 indexed citations

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Clark, D.G., et al.. (2019). Predictors of Return Visits to Trails with Self-Guided Materials for Children. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration. 2 indexed citations

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Andreyeva, Elena & Benjamin Ukert. (2019). The Impact of Medical Marijuana Laws and Dispensaries on Self-Reported Health. Forum for Health Economics & Policy. 22(2). 10 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Gregory T., Benjamin Ukert, Jarrod D. Predina, et al.. (2018). Implications of Hospital Volume on Costs Following Esophagectomy in the United States. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 22(11). 1845–1851. 9 indexed citations

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Ukert, Benjamin, Douglas J. Wiebe, & David K. Humphreys. (2018). Regional differences in the impact of the “Stand Your Ground” law in Florida. Preventive Medicine. 115. 68–75. 12 indexed citations

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Courtemanche, Charles, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, & Daniela Zapata. (2017). Early Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access, Risky Health Behaviors, and Self-Assessed Health. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Courtemanche, Charles, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, & Daniela Zapata. (2016). Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non-Expansion States. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Courtemanche, Charles, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, & Daniela Zapata. (2016). Early Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non‐Expansion States. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 36(1). 178–210. 270 indexed citations breakdown →

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