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Robert Town

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Statistics

Publications

56

Citations

4.3K

H-Index

29

Active since

1992

Affiliations

University of Minnesota(Current)

University of Pennsylvania

National Bureau of Economic Research

Minnesota Department of Health

University of California, Irvine

Robert Town is an author at University of Minnesota specializing in health economics, hospital economics, and health services administration.

Publications per year

1992–2023

55

Publications

56

Mergers When Prices Are Negotiated: Evidence from the Hospital Industry

Gautam Gowrisankaran, Aviv Nevo, Robert Town · American Economic Review · 2015 · 400 citations

Health Professions, Health Administration, Health Services Administration +17

National health care costs of peripheral arterial disease in the Medicare population

Alan T. Hirsch, Lacey Hartman, Robert Town et al. · Vascular Medicine · 2008 · 344 citations

Public Affairs, Insurance, Health Economics +16

The Industrial Organization of Health-Care Markets

Martin Gaynor, Kate Ho, Robert Town · Journal of Economic Literature · 2015 · 338 citations

Social Sciences, Health Care Management, Insurance +17

Are All the Good Men Married? Uncovering the Sources of the Marital Wage Premium

Kate Antonovics, Robert Town · American Economic Review · 2004 · 307 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Labor Economics +13

Competition, Payers, and Hospital Quality<sup>1</sup>

Gautam Gowrisankaran, Robert Town · Health Services Research · 2003 · 249 citations · Full text

Health Professions, Health Policy, Health Services Administration +17

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