Katherine Baicker

18.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
115 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Katherine Baicker is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine Baicker has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 83 papers in General Health Professions and 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Katherine Baicker's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (85 papers), Global Health Care Issues (34 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (28 papers). Katherine Baicker is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (85 papers), Global Health Care Issues (34 papers) and Primary Care and Health Outcomes (28 papers). Katherine Baicker collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Katherine Baicker's co-authors include Amitabh Chandra, Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman, Bill Wright, Zirui Song, Heidi Allen, Benjamin D. Sommers, Joseph P. Newhouse, David Cutler and Jonathan Gruber and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Katherine Baicker

110 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

  1. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year*
    2012 1.0k citations Amy Finkelstein, Sarah Taubman et al. profile →
  2. The Oregon Experiment — Effects of Medicaid on Clinical Outcomes
    2013 783 citations Katherine Baicker, Sarah Taubman et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  3. Workplace Wellness Programs Can Generate Savings
    2010 686 citations Katherine Baicker et al. profile →
  4. Mortality and Access to Care among Adults after State Medicaid Expansions
    2012 427 citations Benjamin D. Sommers, Katherine Baicker et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  5. Medicaid Increases Emergency-Department Use: Evidence from Oregon's Health Insurance Experiment
    2014 386 citations Sarah Taubman, Heidi Allen et al. profile →
  6. Health Insurance Coverage and Health — What the Recent Evidence Tells Us
    2017 304 citations Benjamin D. Sommers, Katherine Baicker et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  7. Effect of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health and Economic Outcomes
    2019 207 citations Katherine Baicker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katherine Baicker United States 38 5.0k 5.0k 706 691 507 115 7.8k
Benjamin D. Sommers United States 48 5.5k 1.1× 5.8k 1.2× 531 0.8× 806 1.2× 758 1.5× 212 8.4k
Thomas G. McGuire United States 48 5.0k 1.0× 4.8k 1.0× 499 0.7× 626 0.9× 637 1.3× 227 8.9k
Michael E. Chernew United States 55 6.3k 1.2× 7.4k 1.5× 435 0.6× 374 0.5× 913 1.8× 305 11.8k
Hugh Gravelle United Kingdom 47 4.4k 0.9× 3.7k 0.8× 529 0.7× 876 1.3× 321 0.6× 167 6.5k
Matt Sutton United Kingdom 44 4.6k 0.9× 3.2k 0.7× 462 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 918 1.8× 315 8.3k
Amy Finkelstein United States 49 5.5k 1.1× 6.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.7× 725 1.0× 329 0.6× 126 9.7k
Kosali Simon United States 36 2.5k 0.5× 2.8k 0.6× 345 0.5× 597 0.9× 771 1.5× 186 5.4k
Thomas C. Buchmueller United States 35 2.7k 0.5× 2.8k 0.6× 334 0.5× 268 0.4× 393 0.8× 113 4.5k
Cathy Schoen United States 40 4.4k 0.9× 3.3k 0.7× 374 0.5× 463 0.7× 677 1.3× 144 7.0k
Willard G. Manning United States 54 6.7k 1.3× 7.3k 1.5× 1.0k 1.4× 940 1.4× 917 1.8× 167 13.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rokicki, Slawa, et al.. (2025). Impact of nurse home visiting on take-up of social safety net programs in a Medicaid population. Health Affairs Scholar. 3(4). qxaf038–qxaf038. 1 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine & Amitabh Chandra. (2025). Can Prevention Save Money?. JAMA Health Forum. 6(4). e251464–e251464.
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Inoue, Kosuke, Susan Athey, Katherine Baicker, & Yusuke Tsugawa. (2024). Heterogeneous effects of Medicaid coverage on cardiovascular risk factors: secondary analysis of randomized controlled trial. BMJ. 386. e079377–e079377. 3 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine & Kosali Simon. (2024). Developing Evidence-Based Health Policy for Dementia Care. JAMA Health Forum. 5(12). e245252–e245252. 1 indexed citations
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Steenland, Maria W., et al.. (2024). Effect of an Intensive Nurse Home Visiting Program on Postpartum Contraceptive Use and Birth Spacing. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 145(1). 3–12. 1 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine, Amitabh Chandra, & Mark Shepard. (2023). Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 37(2). 99–122. 3 indexed citations
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McConnell, Margaret, Slawa Rokicki, S. Henry Ayers, et al.. (2023). Effect of an Intensive Nurse Home Visiting Program on Adverse Birth Outcomes in a Medicaid-Eligible Population: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 78(1). 7–9. 2 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine. (2023). How Much Safety Did the Social Safety Net Provide During the COVID-19 Pandemic?. JAMA Health Forum. 4(10). e234237–e234237. 1 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine & Amy Finkelstein. (2019). The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Voter Participation: Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 14(4). 383–400. 23 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine, Heidi Allen, Bill Wright, Sarah Taubman, & Amy Finkelstein. (2018). The Effect of Medicaid on Management of Depression: Evidence From the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment. Milbank Quarterly. 96(1). 29–56. 39 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine, Michael E. Chernew, & Jacob A. Robbins. (2013). The spillover effects of Medicare managed care: Medicare Advantage and hospital utilization. Journal of Health Economics. 32(6). 1289–1300. 90 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine, et al.. (2012). Demanding Value from Our Health Care: Motivating Patient Action to Reduce Waste in Health Care. NAM Perspectives. 2(7). 9 indexed citations
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Sommers, Benjamin D., Katherine Baicker, & Arnold M. Epstein. (2012). Mortality and Access to Care among Adults after State Medicaid Expansions. New England Journal of Medicine. 367(11). 1025–1034. 427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baicker, Katherine & Jonathan Skinner. (2011). The effect of rising health care costs on U.S. tax rates.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine & Amitabh Chandra. (2011). ASPIRIN, ANGIOPLASTY, AND PROTON BEAM THERAPY: THE ECONOMICS OF SMARTER HEALTH CARE SPENDING. Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole. 197–235. 10 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine & Michael E. Chernew. (2011). The Economics of Financing Medicare. New England Journal of Medicine. 365(4). e7–e7. 15 indexed citations
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Chernew, Michael E., Katherine Baicker, & John Hsu. (2010). The Specter of Financial Armageddon — Health Care and Federal Debt in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine. 362(13). 1166–1168. 49 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuting, Katherine Baicker, & Joseph P. Newhouse. (2010). Geographic Variation in the Quality of Prescribing. New England Journal of Medicine. 363(21). 1985–1988. 97 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine & Amitabh Chandra. (2009). Uncomfortable Arithmetic — Whom to Cover versus What to Cover. New England Journal of Medicine. 362(2). 95–97. 9 indexed citations
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Baicker, Katherine & Amitabh Chandra. (2004). Medicare Spending, The Physician Workforce, and Beneficiarie' Quality of Care. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations

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