• Net Neutrality or Minimum Quality Standards: Network Effects vs. Market Power Justifications 

  Brennan, Timothy J. (2010-06-08)

  Net neutrality - all bits should be treated identically by broadband Internet service providers regardless of source - is hotly debated. Proponents find adequate competition among broadband providers to prevent harm from ...

• Ahead of His Time: The Singular Contributions of Richard Markovits 

  Brennan, Timothy J. (Sage Journals, 2016-02-09)

  Prof. Markovits has been a prescient commenter on antitrust. His early and insightful characterization of the harm from merger as the loss to consumers from being able to trade off their two top choices can be seen in the ...

• Vertical Mergers, The Coase Theorem, And The Burden of Proof 

  Brennan, Timothy J. (Oxford University Press, 2020-06-10)

  The challenge by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner, and a prior challenge by DOJ and Federal Communications Commission to Comcast’s acquisition of NBC-Universal, has increased attention ...

• Pricing “Competitive” Postal Products 

  Brennan, Timothy J. (Springer Nature, 2020-04-07)

  The US Postal Service (USPS) provides “market-dominant” services on an exclusive basis, e.g., first class mail, and “competitive” services in markets with rivals, e.g., parcel delivery. Rivals have long complained that ...

• Emergency Department Visits Related to Suicidal Ideation, 2006–2013 

  Owens, Pamela L.; Fingar, Kathryn R.; Heslin, Kevin C.; Mutter, Ryan; Booth, Chelsea L. (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2017-01)

• Use of Pharmacotherapy and Psychosocial Therapy for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder 

  Mutter, Ryan (Academy Health, 2019-12-15)

• Application of Hierarchical Bayesian Models with Poststratification for Small Area Estimation from Complex Survey Data 

  Beresovsky, Vladislav; Burt, Catharine W.; Parsons, Van; Schenker, Nathaniel; Mutter, Ryan (American Statistical Association, 2011)

  Small area estimation from stratified multilevel surveys is well known to be challenging because of extreme variability of survey weights and the high level of data clustering. These challenges complicate county- and ...

• Suicide Prevention: Access To Behavioral Health Services Lacking 

  Mutter, Ryan; Lynch, Sean; Ali, Mir M.; Gibbons, Brent; McKeon, Richard; Carroll, Christopher (Project HOPE, 2016-08-10)

• Prescriptions Filled Following an Opioid-Related Hospitalization 

  Naeger, Sarah; Ali, Mir M.; Mutter, Ryan; Mark, Tami L.; Hughey, Lauren (American Psychiatric Association, 2016-06-01)

  Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify patterns of postdischarge prescription fills following an opioid-related hospitalization. Methods: Using the 2010–2014 MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters ...

• Payers of Emergency Department Care, 2006 

  Owens, Pamela L.; Mutter, Ryan (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2009-07)

• Emergency Department Visits for Injurious Falls among the Elderly, 2006 

  Owens, Pamela L.; Russo, C. Allison; Spector, William; Mutter, Ryan (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2009-10)

• Mental Health and Substance Abuse-Related Emergency Department Visits among Adults, 2007 

  Owens, Pamela L.; Mutter, Ryan; Stocks, Carol (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2010-07)

• Emergency Department Visits for Adults in Community Hospitals, 2008 

  Owens, Pamela L.; Mutter, Ryan (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2010-11)

• Impact of Mental Health Treatment on Suicide Attempts 

  McClellan, Chandler; Ali, Mir M.; Mutter, Ryan (Springer Nature, 2020-06-08)

  This paper analyzes the impact of mental health treatment on suicide attempts. While prior work demonstrates the effectiveness of mental health treatment at reducing suicide risk, few studies examine nationally representative ...

• The Evolving Science of Quality Measurement for Hospitals: Implications for Studies of Competition and Consolidation 

  Romano, Patrick S.; Mutter, Ryan (Springer Nature, 2004-06)

  The literature on hospital competition and quality is young; most empirical studies have focused on few conditions and outcomes. Measures of in-hospital mortality and complications are susceptible to bias from unmeasured ...

• Do Different Measures of Hospital Competition Matter in Empirical Investigations of Hospital Behavior 

  Wong, Herbert S.; Zhan, Chunliu; Mutter, Ryan (Springer Nature, 2005-02)

  Considerable controversy exists about the appropriate way hospital competition should be measured and whether findings are accurate if certain methods are employed. Data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project ...

• Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Stays Related to Back Problems, 2008 

  Owens, Pamela L.; Woeltje, Maeve; Mutter, Ryan (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2011-02)

• Emergency Department Visits Related to Eye Injuries, 2008 

  Owens, Pamela L.; Mutter, Ryan (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2011-05)

• Emergency Department Visits for Injuries Caused by Air and Paintball Guns, 2008 

  Mutter, Ryan; Owens, Pamela (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2011-08)

• Special Study on the Meaning of the First-Listed Diagnosis on Emergency Department and Ambulatory Surgery Records 

  Senathirajah, M.; Owens, P.; Mutter, R.; Nagamine, M. (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2011-03)

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